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  1.          Allen, A.A. (et al.), 1963. Stalking birds with the color camera. Washington: National Geographical Society. Large 8vo. Pp. viii,351, 385 col. photos, index. Orig. cloth. - The photos show 275 species of North American birds.  - € 17.50

  2.         Ardea. Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Ornithologische Vereniging. Jaargang 33-75. 1944-1982.  Four first volumes bound, remainder in orig. issues. Lacks Jg. 40 , 41 and 42,  Jg. 43 nr. 4 and Jg. 51 nrs. 3/4. - € 125.00

  3.         [ Audubon ]  Chancellor, J.M., 1978. Audubon. A biography. New York: Viking Press. Large 8vo. Pp. 224, many    illus. (partly col.) in text and on pls., index. Orig. cloth in dust jacket. - € 22.50

  4.         [ Audubon ] Rourke, C., 1936. Audubon. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 8vo. Pp. x,342, 12 col. pls. (incl. frontisp.), wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. Jacket  slightly rubbed, good otherwise. - € 20.00

  5.         Bährmann, U., 1978. Eine biometrische Analyse zur Morphologie der Nebelkrähe (Corvus corone cornix L.) und ihre interspezifischen Variation. Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 35(1/4): pp. 223-252, 26 tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  6.         Baird, S.F., 1864-1872. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1. [North and Middle America.] [Smiths. Misc. Coll., 181.] Washington. Pp. vi,478, text figs., index. New half cloth, marbled boards.  -  Originally published in sheets, 1864-1866, and here reissued in book form with an index. Deals only with the Oscines; no more was published. According to Coues ‘many new species and varieties and some new genera are described’, not only from North but also from Central and South America. - € 72.50

  7.          Baker, T.B.L., 1835. An ornithological index, arranged according to the Synopsis Avium of Mr. Vigors. London: R. Taylor, W. Wood. Pp. viii,187, index. Old plain cloth-backed boards. -  Cf. Stresemann (Engl. transl.) p. 177 ff. - € 22.50

  8.         Balen, J.H. van, 1973. A comparative study of the breeding ecology of the great tit Parus major in different habitats. Ardea, 61: pp. 1-93, 24 diagrs., tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - Thesis. - € 15.00

  9.         Barnes, J.A.G., 1975. Titmice of the British Isles. Newton Abbot: David & Charies. Pp. 212, 8 pls. of photos, 5 figs., notes, refs., index. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 21.50

  10.         Barrow, M.V., 1998. A passion for birds. American ornithology after Audubon. Princeton. Lg8vo. Pp. 352, 33 illus., refs., index. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket.  - ‘Admirably comprehensive, penetrating, and very readable [...], fills a gaping hole in the history of science as well as ornithological literature [...]’ (David E. Allen).  - € 49.50

  11.         Barrows, W.B., & Schwarz, E.A., 1895. The common crow of the United States. [U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull., 6.] Washington: Government Printing Office. Pp. 98, frontispiece, 2 figs., index. Plain new wrappers. - € 13.50

  12.          Bartsch, P., 1919. The bird rookeries of the Tortugas. Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst., 1917: pp. [ii],469-500, 38 pls. of photos. New plain wrs. - € 10.00

  13.         [ Beekhuis, J. (et al.), eds.,] 1988. Atlas van de Nederlandse vogels. [Tweede, iets gewijzigde druk.] Arnhem: SOVON. Large 4to. Pp. 594, numerous distrib. maps, many drawings, some photos, tabs., bibl. of 895 entries, species index in Dutch, English, and Latin. Orig. laminated pict. boards. - € 37.50

  14.         Bennett, R.B., 1961. Budgerigars, canaries and foregn finches. London: G.A. Pearson. Large 8vo. Pp. 320, many illus. on 20 (12 coloured) plates, 2 pls.of photos, numerous drawings, index. Orig. boards in slightly rubbed pictorial dust-jacket. - € 28.50

  15.         Bent, A.C., 1953. Life histories of North American wood warblers. Order Passeriformes. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 203.] Washington. 8vo, 24.5cm. Pp. xii,734, many photos on 83 pls., bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut.  - Original edition. -  € 45.00

  16.         Bent, A.C., 1958. Life histories of North American blackbirds, orioles, tanagers, and allies. Order Passeriformes: families Ploceidae, Icteridae, and Thraupidae. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 211.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,549, many photos on 36 pls., bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. -  Original edition. - € 40.00

  17.         Berg, B., 1929. Mijn vriend uit Lapland. De morinelplevier. Geautoriseerde bewerking van Rinke Tolman. ‘s-Gravenhage: H. P. Leopold. Pp. [iv],110, frontisp., many photos. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  18.         Berg, B., 1931. Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja. Berlin: D. Reimer. Pp. 208, frontisp., 100 photos. Orig. pictorial cloth. Little rubbing to ends of spine and front cover, contents good. - First edition. - € 12.50
     
  19.         Berg, B., 1933. Die letzten Adler. [86.-100. Tsd.] Berlin: D. Reimer. Pp. 164, frontisp., 34 photogr. pls. Orig. cloth. -   € 13.75

  20.         Bergh, L.M.J. van den, (et al., eds.,) 1979. Vogels van de grote rivieren. Utrecht: Het Spectrum. 4to. Pp. 328, photos, figs., many distrib. maps, bibl., index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 19.50

  21.         Berlepsch, Hans Graf von, 1911. Die Vögel der Aru-Inseln, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. H. Merton. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 34: pp. 51-98, tabs. 4to. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  22.         Berlepsch, Graf H. von, & Stolzmann, J., 1896. On the ornithological researches of M. Jean Kalonowski in Central Peru. [Part 1.] Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896: pp. 322-388, 2 fine lithogr. pkls. by J.G. Keulemans coloured by hand. Extract, plain new wrs. First text page in xerox copy (small loss of a few letters), few light age marks. - Without the finishing part 2 of 1902 (not illustrated). The plates depict Dubusia stictocephala and Tyranniscus frontalis. - € 20.00

  23.         Bewick, T., 1961. A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself. Edited and with an introduction by Montague Weekley. With wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. London: The Cresset Press. Pp. xxxvi,204, frontisp., 17 figs. Orig. cloth in laminated dust jacket. Ex-library copy, title page heavily stamped, very good otherwise. - € 19.50 

  24.         Blake, E.R., & Hanson, H.C., 1942. Notes on a collection of birds from Michoacan, Mexico. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 22(9): pp. [ii],513-551, 9 photos of habitats on 4 pls., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.25

  25.         Blanchan, N., 1898. Birds that hunt and are hunted. Life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds, and waterfowls. With introduction by G.O. Shields. New York: Doubleday & McClure. Large 8vo. Pp. xii,359,[3], 48 col. pls. (incl. frontisp.), index. Orig. cloth. Binding a little marked, ends of backstrip frayed, contents very good. - € 30.00

  26.         Blok, A., & Dybbro, T., 1980. De blauwe reiger. [Kosmos Vogelmonografieën.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 79, numerous photos, drawings and maps throughout, bibl. Orig. stiff pictorial wrs. - € 10.00

  27.         Bocca, M., & Maffei, G., 19880. L'avifauna della zona umida di Quart-St. Marcel (Valle d'Aosta). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 6(2): pp. 541-583, 9 figs. and sketch maps, tabs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 6.50

  28.         Bochenski, Z., 1968. Nesting of European members of the genus Turdus Linnaeus 1758 (Aves). Acta Zool. Cracov., 13(16): pp. 349-440, 7 pls., 4 figs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 12.00

  29.         Boekema, E.J., Glas, P., & Hulscher, J.B. (editors), 1983. Vogels van de provincie Groningen. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff / Bouma’s Boekhuis. Small 4to. Pp. 387, 22 coloured photogr. plates, several halftone photos in text, 75 figs. (mostly distrib. maps), bibl., indexes. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 22.75
           
  30.       Booth, C.G., 1981. Birds in Islay. [Second edition.] Port of Charlotte, Isle of Islay: Argyll Reproductions Ltd., 1975, reprinted 1981. 8vo, 22.5cm. Pp. 63, 33 photos (8 col.) on 20 pls., 1 map, drawing, bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. € 9.50

  31.        Borchert, W., 1925. Die Vogelwelt der Umgebung von Schönebeck (Elbe). Abh. Ber. Mus. Natur- u. Heimatk. Magdeburg, 4(1): pp. 4-60, 1 map. 4to. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 13.50

  32.        Borchert, W., 1927. Die Vogelwelt des Harzes, seines nordöstlichen Vorlandes uns der Altmark. Abh. Ber. Mus. Natur- u. Heimatk. Magdeburg, 4(3): pp. 317-652, 7 maps, indexes. 4to. Orig. wrs. - € 57.50

  33.         Brasseler, H., & Bekierz, F.W., 1984. Bibliographie ornithologischer Bibliographien. / Bibliography of ornithological bibliographies. I.-II. [Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenberg, 72 & 99.] Frankfurt a.M. 4to, 30cm. Vol. 1: pp. 158; vol. 2: pp. 214. Orig. wrs. - € 34.50

  34.         Brouwer, G.A., 1934. De avifauna van het Prinsenhof en omgeving (Friesland). Ardea, 23(1/2): pp. 1-50, 2 pls., 1 map, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 8.00

  35.         Brouwer, G.A., 1954. Historische gegevens over onze vroegere ornithologen en over de avifauna van Nederland. Overdruk uit Ardea, Jaargang 41, Jubileumnummer. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Pp. 225, 35 pls., 12 illus. in text, notes, bibl., indexes. Orig. wrs. - € 28.50
       
  36.         Brouwer, G.A., 1965. Some data on the status of the Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia L., in Europe, especially in the Netherlands. Zool. Meded. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 39: pp. 481-521, 1 pl., 6 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 6.50
         
  37.         Bryant, H.C., 1914. A survey of the breedings grounds of ducks in California in 1914. The Condor, 16(5): pp. 217-239, 9 photos in text. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - With name and signature of the Durch naturalist W.C. van Heurn (1887-1972) with notice "1918, Nov., San Francisco" and some pencilled notes in his hand. -  € 5.00

  38.         Buekers, P.G., 1921. De nesten en eieren van onze vogels. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Small 8vo. Pp. xxiv,125, 32 pls. of eggs (mostly coloured), 25 photos of nests on plates (incl. frontisp.), index. Orig. cloth. A bit loose in binding, good otherwise. - Coloured plates derived from ‘Eggs and nests of British birds’ by Frank Finn. ­- € 15.00
  39.         Burleigh, T.D., 1972. Birds of Idaho. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. Large 8vo. Pp. xiv,467, 12 photogr. colour plates, 1 map and 21 photos in text, bibl., index. Orig. cloth in pictorial dust-jacket.  - Only edition. - € 35.00

  40.          Campbell, B., & Ferguson-Lees, J., 1972. A field-guide to birds’ nests. With the assistance of Henry Mayer-Cross. Bird drawings by D.I.M. Wallace. London: Constable. Pp. xiv,545, 8 plates of photos, 234 bird drawings, numerous distrib. maps and breeding time charts, index. Hardbound in dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  41.         Campbell, B., 1974. The dictionary of birds in colour. Photographs from Ardea Photographics, London, and Aquila Photographics, David Attenborough, Biophotos, [...]. London: Michael Joseph. 4to. Pp. 352, 1008 col. photos, text figs., index. Hardbound.  - First printing. - € 19.50
      
  42.         Cate, C. ten, Slater, P.J.B., & Kruijt, J.P., 1993. Conference Proceedings: Song learning and imprinting: an inquiry into the mechanisms of behavioural development. Haren (University of Groningen, NL), 22-24 July 1992. [Netherlands Jour. Zool., 43(1-2).] Utrecht. Pp. 234, diagrs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 19.50

  43.         Cerny, W., & Drchal, K., 1973. Welke vogel is dat? Een gids voor vogelliefhebbers. Voor Nederland bewerkt door M.A. IJsseling. Zutphen: Thieme. 8vo, 19.3cm. Pp. 343, 790 col. figs., 64 col. photos of eggs and nests, 336 distribution charts, indexes. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  44.         Chapman, F.M., 1921. The distribution of bird life in the Urubamba Valley of Peru, [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 117.] Washington. Pp. 138, fold. frontisp. map, 7 pls. of photos of biotopes, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 16.00

  45.         Cavé, A.J., 1968. The breeding of the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus L., in the reclaimed area Oostelijk Flevoland. Netherl. Jour. Zool., 18(3): pp. 313-407, 7 pls., 11 figs. and diagrs., tabs., refs. Wrs. - € 8.50

  46.         Cerny, W., & Drchal, K., 1973. Welke vogel is dat? Een gids voor voggelliefhebbers. Voor Nederland bewerkt door M.A. IJsseling. Zutphen: Thieme.  8vo, 19.3cm. Pp. 343, 790 col. figs., 64 col. photos of eggs and nests, 336 distribution charts, indexes. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  47.         Coker, R.E., 1920. Habits and economic relations of the guano birds of Peru. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 56: 449-511, 1 map, 25 photos on 17 pls. New plain wrs. - € 11.50

  48.         Comes, P., & Goethe, F., 1978. Die ornitho-ökologischen Verhältnisse im Seevogelschützgebiet Scharhorn und im Scharhorn-Neuwerk-Watt. [Hamburg. Küstenforsch., 38.] Hamburg. 4to. Pp. 109, 36 photos, ,maps, and diagrs., 2 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 18.00

  49.         Cooper, R.P., 1966. Birds of a salt-field. Melbourne: ICI. Pp. viii,62,[6], coloured frontispiece, 49 (some col.) photos, index. Orig. stiff wrappers. - € 11.50

  50.         Corti, U.A., 1945. Die Vögel des Kantons Tessin. [Boll. Soc. Ticin. Sci. Nat., 39-40.] Bellinzona. Pp. 366, 112 pls. of photos, index. Orig. wrs. - € 32.50

  51.         Cox, J., 1985. Observations on falconry and Pakistan. Karachi: Pilot Publishing. 8vo, 23.78cm. Pp. 106, 20 photos and drawings, 7 figs., gloss., short bibl., index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 20.00

  52.         Creutz, G., editor, 1949. Beiträge zur Vogelkunde.  Leipzig: Geest & Portig. 8vo, 21cm. Pp. viii,280, several figs. and photos, author index, bird names index. Plain new stiff wrs., orig. printed front cover mounted. - Collection of 9 papers on various ornithological subjects with regard to Saxony and Lausitz (eastern Germany) dedicated to Erwin Stresemann on occasion of his 60th birthday. - € 15.00

  53.         Cruson, E.S., 1976. Checklist of the birds of the World. A complete list of the species, with names, authorities, and areas of distribution. With the assistance of Richard A. Foster. London: Collins. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. xii,212, index of English and Latin generic names, bibl., end-paper maps. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 13.50
            
  54.         Deignan, H.G., 1963. Checklist of the birds of Thailand. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 226.] Washington. Pp. xii,263, 1 map, index. Orig. wrs. - € 19.25

  55.         Delacour, J., (et al.,) 1935. Notes avicoles, extraites de L’Oiseau et la Revue Française d’Ornithologie, Vol. V, N.S. Paris. Pp. 111, 2 col. pls. Orig. wrs. - With author’s presentation inscription.- € 14.75

  56.         Devillers, P. (et al.), 1988. Atlas van de Belgische broedvogels. Brussel. Oblong large 8vo. Pp. 395, 174 full-page distrib. maps, bibl., indexes. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 19.50

  57.         Dijk, A.J. van, & Os, B.L.J. van, (editors,) 1982. Vogels van Drenthe. Assen: Van Gorcum [for] Stichting Werkgroep Avifauna Drenthe. Small 4to. Pp. xvi,348, 304 distrib. charts and diagrs., several drawings of birds, 1 fold. colourd map in pocket, bibl., indexes. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 21.50

  58.         Dijksen, A.J., & Dijksen, L.J., 1977. Texel vogeleiland. [Bibl. Kon. Nederl. Natuurhist. Ver., 25.] Zutphen: Thieme. Large 8vo. Pp. 246, 23 col. photos on 8 pls., many photos and drawings in text, 36 diagrs., refs., index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 22.50

  59.         Dwight, J., Jr., 1900. The sequence of plumages and moults of the Passerine birds of New York. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 13(1): pp. 7-360, 7 pls. of photos, bibl. Orig. wrs., unopened. Spine neatly mended. - € 14.75

  60.         Elter O., 1986. La collezione ornitologica del Museo di Zoologia dell’Università di Torino. [Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., VIII.] Torino. Pp. 513,[3], 5 col. pls., 4 figs. Orig. wrs. - € 22.50

  61.         Engholm, W.A., 1897. Om fågellivet i Sjön Tåkern. Bih. Kgl. Sevnska Vet.-Akad., Afd. IV, 22(5).] Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt. Pp. 55, 1 double-page map. Plain wrs. - € 9.00

  62.         Ferensa, B., editor, 1967. Klucze do oznaczania kregowców Polski. Czesk IV-A. Ptaki - Aves. Non-Passeriformes. Kraków. 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. 414, 221 figs., indexes. - "Determination keys to the fauna of Poland." Polish text. - € 22.50

  63.         Ferensa, B., editor, 1971.  Klucze do oznaczania kregowców Polski. Czesk IV-B. Ptaki - Aves.  Passeriformes. Kraków. 8vo, 23.8cm. Pp. 249, 128 figs., indexes. - "Determination keys to the fauna of Poland." Polish text. - € 19.50

  64.         Flower, S.S., & Nicoll, M.J., 1918. The principal species of birds protected by law in Egypt. Cairo: Government Press [for] Ministry of Agriculture. Small 4to, 27cm. Pp. iv,8, 25 figs. on 8 fine coloured plates. Orig. printed stiff wrs. - € 15.00

  65.         Frade, F., & Bacelar, A., 1959. Catálogo das aves da Guiné Portuguesa. II. Passeres. [Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., Est. Zool., Ser. 2, 7.] Lisboa. Small 4to, 25.5cm. Pp. 116, index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 15.00

  66.         Friedmann, H., 1937. Birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Ethiopia and Kenya Colony. Part 2. Passeres. [Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 152(2).] Washington. Pp. xii,506, col. frontisp., 14 pls. of photos, 30 distrib. maps, refs., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. Little cover wear, contents good. - € 34.50

  67.         Friedmann, H., 1960. The parasitic weaverbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 223.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,196, 4 col. pls., 12 pls. of halftone photos, bibl., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. Small stain on front cover, good otherwise. - € 19.50
     
  68.         Friedmann, H., 1963. Host relations of the parasitic cowbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 233.] Washington. 8vo. 23.5cm. Pp. x,274, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.50
      
  69.         Friedmann, H., 1968. The evolutionary history of the avian genus Chrysococcyx. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 265.] Washington. Pp. viii,137, 12 figs. on 2 coloured pls., 4 figs. tabs., refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 17.50

  70.         Friedmann, H., 1963. Host relations of the parasitic cowbirds. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 233.] Washington. 8vo, 23.5cm. Pp. x,274, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.50

  71.         Galbraith, I.C.J., 1956. Variation, relationship and evolution in the Pachycephala pectoralis superspecies (Aves, Muscicapidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4(4): pp. 131-222, 6 figs. in text and on 1 fold. annex, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 14.00

  72.         Gallagher, H., 1978. De spreeuw. [Dieren dichterbij, 5.] Utrecht : Het Spectrum. Pp. 208, 75 drawings, photos, and diagrs., bibl. of 311 items, index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 12.50

  73.         Gargett, V., 1990. The Black Eagle. A study. Randburg: Acorn Books. 8vo. Pp. 279, frontisp., 40 col. photogr. pls., 53 figs., 60 tabs., bibl., index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 45.00

  74.         Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1832. Considérations sur les caractères employés en ornithologie pour la distinction des genres, des familles et des ordres, et détermination de plusieurs genres nouveaux. N. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pais, Série 3, 1 : pp. 357-397. 4to. New plain wrappers. - € 30.00

  75.         Le Gerfaut. Revue Belge d’Ornithologie. Volumes 25-33. Bruxelles, 1935-1943. Large 8vo. In original issues. - € 68.50

  76.         Gessner, Conrad, 1669 (1981). Vollkommenes Vogel-Buch, darstellend eine warhafftige und nach dem Leben vorgerissene Abbildung aller, so wol in den Lüfften und Klüfften als in den Wäldern und Feldern, und sonsten auf den Wassern und daheim in den Häusern, nicht nur in Europa, sondern auch in Asia, Africa, America, und deren neu-erfundenen Ost- und West-Indischen Insulen, sich enthaltender zahmer und wilder Vögel und Fieder-Viehes […]. Anjetzo aber nach dem Lateinischen Drucke von neuem übersehen an gar vielen Orten […] verbessert und […] in eine recht deutliche und saubere Teutsche Sprache gebracht […] auch mit sehr vielen neuen Figuren theils bekannter meistentheils aber fremder und ausländischer gar seltsamer Vögel und ihrer Beschreibung gezieret und vermehret durch Georgium Horstium M.D. […]. Frankfurt a.M.: W. Serlin, facsimile reprint Hannover: Schlüter. Thick (6.5cm) folio, 33.8cm. Pp. [vi],380,[iv],212,[14],[5], engraved frontispiece, numerous large (some full-page) woodcuts, index. Orig. simile-vellum boards.  - Well produced facsimile reprint of one of the finest classics in ornithological literature, with a short postface by Werner Steinigeweg. This work formed vol. II of a collected and extended German edition of Gesner’s works entitled “Gesneri redivivi, aucti et emendati”. The original edition appeared in Latin in 1555 entitled “De avium natura” as the third volume of his five-volume “Animalium historia”. - € 75.00

  77.         Gibson, E., 1920. Further ornithological notes from the neighbourhood of Cape San Antonio, Province of Buenos Ayres. Part III. Phoenicopteridae-Rheidae. The Ibis, Ser. II, 2(1): pp. 1-97. Plain new wrs., uncut. Last 8 lines of text (= p. 97) in old typescript copy. - € 12.50

  78.         Goldbach, R., & Hansen, K., 1980. De zilvermeeuw. [Vertaling en bewerking: Rob Goldbach.] [Kosmos Vogelmonogr.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vvo, 25cm. Pp. 95, numerous photos, figs., drawings and maps throughout., short bibl. Orig. stiff pict. wrs. - € 10.00

  79.         Godfrey, W.E., 1950. Birds of the Cypress Hills and Flotten Lake regions, Saskatchewan. [Bull. Nalt. Mus. Canada, 120.] Ottawa. 8vo, 24.8cm. Pp. iv,96, 4 photos, 2 maps, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  80.         Gooders, J., 1974. Where to watch birds in Europe. In collaboration with Jeremy Brock. New York: Taplinger. Pp. 299, 25 photogr. plates, 27 maps, geographical index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 9.50

  81.         Grenquist, P., 1940. Studien über die Vogelfauna des Schärenhofkirchspiels Kökar, Åland. Acta Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn., 62: pp. 1-132, 12 photos, 15 maps. Wrappers. - € 14.75

  82.         Greppin, L., 1902. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Avifauna im Kanton Solothurn. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn, 1:  pp. 5-135. Orig. printed wrs.  - € 17.50

  83.         Greppin, L., 1906. Versuch eines Beitrages zur Kenntnis der geistigen Fähigkeiten unserer einheimischen Vögel und Notizen über deren Verbreitung in der Umgebung von Solothurn. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn, Ber., 15(3): pp. 1-206, bibl. Orig. wrs.  - € 20.00

  84.         Haar, A.A. ter, 1909. Handboek voor den nuthoenfokker. Groningen: P. Noordhoff. Large 8vo, 24cm. Pp. viii,474,[2,blank],[8,adverts.], 150 drawings, index. Contemp. plain quarter cloth, printed title label on backstrip. Small repair to rear cover, one gathering bound upside down, good otherwise. - First and best edition, the second and last edition (1920) was a bit abridged. - € 50.00
      
  85.         Haartman, L. von, 1952. Über ungepaarte Männchen in Grenzpopulationen der Kleinvögel. Acta Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn., 69(1): pp. 1-28, 4 maps, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 4.00

  86.         Hachisuka, M., & Udagawa, T., 1953. Contribution to the ornithology of the Ryukyu Islands. Quart. Jour. Taiwan Mus., 6(3-4): pp. 141-279, 1 sketch map. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 18.50

  87.         Hafner, F., 1994. Das Steinhuhn in Kärnten. Ökologie, Verhalten und Lebensraum. [Carinthia II, Sonderheft 52.] Klagenfurt. 8vo, 23cm. Pp. 135, 86 illus. in text (incl. many colour photos), refs., bibl. Orig. stiff pictorial wrs. - € 15.00

  88.         Hagen, Y., 1952. The gyr-falcon (Falco r. rusticolus L.) in Dovre, Norway. Some breeding records and food studies. [Skrift. Norske Vid.-Akad. Oslo, I. Kl., 1952 No. 4.] Oslo: J. Dybwad. Large 8vo, 27cm. Pp. 37, 8 pls. of photos, 1 sketch map in text, refs. Orig. printed wrs.  - € 12.00

  89.         Harkness, R., & Murdoch, C., 1971. Birds of prey in the field. A guide to the British and European species. Illustrated with drawings by the authors and photographs by Eric Hosking, Lennart Norström, and Arne Schmitz. London: H.F. & G. Witherby. Pp. 208, 24 pls. of photos, many drawings, index. Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 11.50

  90.         Harnisch, E., 1929. Der Vogelzug im Lichte der modernen Forschung. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer. Pp. viii,131,[5], 15 pls. of photos, 15 figs., bibl. Orig. cloth. - € 13.50

  91.         Harris, M.P., & Norman, F.I., 1981. Distribution and status of coastal colonies of seabirds in Victoria. Mem. Natl. Mus. Victoria, 42: pp. 89-106, 3 sketch maps, tabs., refs. Small 4to. Wrs. - € 4.00

  92.         Haverschmidt, F., 1955. List of the birds of Surinam. [Publ. Found. Sci. Res. Surinam & Netherl. Antilles, 13.] Utrecht. Pp. 153, 2 portraits, 2 pls., 1 map, bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 16.00

  93.         Hens, P.A., 1965. Avifauna van de Nederlandse provincie Limburg, benevens een vergelijking met die der aangrenzende gebieden. Tweede herziene druk. [Publ. Natuurhist. Gen. Limburg, 15.] Maastricht. 4to. Pp. 528, few photos and 2 maps in text, bibl. New cloth. - € 35.00

  94.          Herring, R., 1932. Fuglene ved de danske Fyr i 1930. 48de Aarsberetning om danske Fuglene. Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 92: pp. 385-454. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 6.00

  95.          Hoffmann, G., 1936. Rund um den Kranich. [Schrift. Deut. Naturkundever., N.F., 4.] Oehringen: F. Rau. Large 8vo. Pp. 17, 146 photos. Orig. cloth. - Bird life in an area of former East Prussia, now Poland.  - € 18.50

  96.          Hoffmann, L., 1953. Form und Entstehung des Zeichungsmusters dunenjunger Flußseeschwalben. Rev. Suis. Zool., 60(4): pp. 653-706, 16 figs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.00

  97.          Holgersen, H., 1956. On a collection of birds from N' Zérékoré, French Guinea. [Sterna, 25.]  Stavanger: Stavanger Museum. 8vo. Pp. 19. Orig. wrs. - € 3.00

  98.          Hollom, P.A.D., 1988. The popular handbook of British birds. [Fifth revised edition.] London: H.F. & G. Witherby. Pp. xxvi,486, 360 coloured illus. on 120 plates,. 8 plain pls., 23 (16 col.) pls. of egges, many drawings in text, index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 20.00

  99.         Hosking, E., & Newberry, C., 1945. Birds of the night. With a chapter on the eyes and ears of owls by Stuart G. Smith. London: Collins. 4to. Pp. 128, frontisp., 85 photos, figs., index. Orig. cloth. - € 12.50

  100.         Hosking, E., & MacDonnell, K., 1979. A passion for birds. Fifty years of photographing wildlife. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. 4to. Pp. 224, numerous magnificent photos (partly in colour and/or full-page). Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  101.         Hue, F., & Etchécopar, R.D., 1970. Les oiseaux du Proche et du Moyen Orient, de la Méditerranée aux contreforts de l’Himalaya. Illustré par Paul Barruel. Paris: N. Boubée. Pp. 948,[4], numerous col. figs. on 32 pls., 356 drawings, 429 distrib. charts, 3 maps (incl. frontispiece), bibl., indexes. Orig. cloth in slightly marked dust-jacket. - € 95.00

  102.         Hume, R., 1994. Europese vogels in hun biotoop. Nederlandse bewerking Arnoud B. van den Berg. Utrecht : Het Spectrum. Large 8vo, 24.3cm. Pp. 240, col. frontisp., many large photos of biotopes, numerous col. figs. of bird species and some other figs., species index. Orig. pictorial laminated boards. € 17.50

  103.         Hustings, F., 1990. Broedvogels van Savelsbos en Bunderbos in 1990. [SOVON-Rapport 1990/13.] Beek-Ubbergen: SOVON. 4to. Pp. [ii],127, many distrib. maps, figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  104.         Ihering, H. von, 1898. As aves do Estado de S. Paulo. Rev. Mus. Paulista, 3: pp. [ii],113-476, index. Plain stiff new wrs. Paper very slightly browned, good otherwise. - € 35.00

  105.         Ihering, H. von, 1902. Contribuiçoês para o conhecimento da ornithologia de S. Paulo. Rev. Mus. Paulista, 5: pp. 261-329, 9 figs. of eggs on 1 chromolithogr. pl., 2 wood-engraved figs. of nests in text. Plain new wrs. Last text page in xerox copy. - € 15.00

  106.         Ihering, H. von, 1914. Nocas contribuçoês para a ornithologia do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paulista, 9: pp. 411-488, 1 photogr. pl. of nests, 11 col. figs. of eggs on 1 pl. (part), 1 other col. pl. New plain wrs., uncut. - Includes German translation on pp. 449-487.  Contents: A. Die ornithologischen Sammlungen des Museu Paulista. B. Neue Beobachtungen über brasilianische Vogelnester unf Vogeleier. - € 15.00

  107.         Joensen, A.H., & Preuss, N.O., 1972. Report on the Ornithological Expedition to Northwest Greenland 1965. [Medd. om Grønl., 191(5).] Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. Large 8vo. Pp. 58, 4 plates, 20 figs., 4 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs.  -  € 13.50

  108.         Johnsgard, P.A., 1983. The Grouse of the World. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 4to. Pp. xvi,413, frontisp., 72 (partly col.) photos, 31 (partly compos.) drawings, refs., index. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 39.50

  109.         Jong, M. de, 1968. Vogelnesten en eieren. Bussum: J.A. van Dishoeck. Pp. 151, 8 col. pls., many drawings by Rein Stuurman, index. Orig. laminated stiff wrs. - € 9.50

  110.         Junge, G.C.A., & Kooima, J.G., 1951. On a collection of birds from the Khwae Noi Valley, Western Siam. [Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 15.] Leiden: E.J. Brill. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 38, 1 sketch map, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 5.00

  111.         Kearton, J., 1931. Bird life in England. [London:] P. Allan. Pp. xii,237,[7,adverts.], frontisp., 44 plates of photos. Orig. cloth. Small patch of browning on free end-papers, very good otherwise. - € 13.50

  112.         Klaas, E.E., ,1968. Summer birds of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., 17(14): pp. 579-611, 1 fig., refs. Plain wrs. - € 6.00

  113.             Knox, R., 1823. Observations on the anatomical structure of the Cassowary of New Holland (Casuarius Nova Hollandiae, Cuv.). Read before the Wernerian Natural History Society, 26th April 1823. Extracted from the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. [Edinburgh: J. Constable.] 8vo. Pp. [ii],9, 3 figs. of windpipe and trachea on 1 engraved plate. Side-stitched in contemporary plain blue wrs., uncut. Spine neatly mended, good otherwise. - Inscribed: "To Monsieur The Baron Cuvier, Perpetual Secretary in the Institute of France, with the Author's respects". - € 50.00

  114.         Koenig, A., 1932. Die Schwimmvögel (Natatores) Aegyptens. Die Ruderfüsser (Steganopodes) Aegyptens. Die Flügeltäucher (Urinatores) Aegyptens. Schlussbeitrag zur Vogelfauna Aegyptens. [Jour. Ornith., 80. Jahrg., Sonderheft.] Berlin: R. Friedländer. Pp. viii,237, 4 plates. Orig. wrs., uncut.  - € 34.50

  115.         Kullenberg, B., 1946. Über Verbreitung und Wanderungen von vier Sterna-Arten. [Ark. f. Zool., 38A(17).] Stockholm. Pp. 80, 19 figs., refs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 11.00

  116.         Krebbs, K., 2002. Hummingbirds, beauty in flight. Lincolnwood, Illinois. Large square 4to, 30x30cm. Pp. 128, many large (some full-page) col. photos throughout, index. Orig. pictorial boards in dust-jacket. - € 17.50

  117.         Kuusisto, P., 1941. Studien über die Ökologie und Tagesrhytmik von Phylloscopus trochilus acredula (L.), mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Brutbiologie. [Acta Zool. Fenn., 31.] Helsingfors. Pp. viii,120, 10 tabs., 23 diagrs., 1 portr., refs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 13.50

  118.         Lansdown, P.G., 1975. Gulls at Blackpill, West Glamorgan. Swansea: published by the author. 4to. Pp. iv,26 printed by stencil from typescript original, 8 drawings. Wrs. - € 6.50

  119.          Le Messurier, A., 1904. Game, shore, and water birds of India. With additional references to their allied species in other parts of the world. Fifth edition. London: W. Thacker. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi,324, 180 illus. in text, 5 fold. tabs., index. New cloth. Some light foxing, some unobtrusive worm traces to last few pages. - € 42.50

  120.         Lesson, R.-P., 1913. Articles d’ornithologie parus dans l’Echo du Monde savant de 1842 à 1845. Réimpression faite par les soins de A. Ménégaux. Paris: Edition de la Revue française d’Ornithologie. 12mo. Pp. 280, frontispiece portrait. New wrs. - € 15.00

  121.         Lebret, T., 1979. Biesbosch-vogels. Uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het tachtigjarig bestaan van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels. Amsterdam: Kosmos. Small square 4to, 25cm. Pp. 124, many photos (some in colour), end-paper maps. Orig. pictorial laminated boards. - € 12.50

  122.         Lindner, F., 1900. Grundstein zur Ornis des Fallsteingebietes. Inaugural-Dissertation von Pastor Friedrich Lindner in Osterwieck am Harz. Separatabdruck aus Jahrg. XXVI der Ornith. Monatsschrift. Osterwieck: A.W. Zickfeldt. 8vo, 22.6cm. Pp. [iv],79, 1 small map in text, index of names of species and authors. Old cloth-backed boards, orig. printed covers mounted. - With author's presentation inscription to the prominent German ornithologist Carl R. Hennicke (presentee name cut into) and his library name stamp.- € 30.00

  123.         Lövenskiold, H.L., 1964. Avifauna Svalbardensis. With a discussion of the geographic distribution of the birds in Spitsbergen and adjacent islands. [Norsk Polarinst. Skrift., 129.] Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt. Large 8vo. Pp. 460, 14 coloured and 12 halftone photos on 18 plates, 33 distribution maps and 1 fold. geographic map in pocket, tabs., extensive bibl., index. orig. printed wrappers. - € 56.50

  124.         Low, G.C., 1929. Birds. (List of the vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927. Centenary edition. Volume II.) London. Pp. viii,832, index. Cloth. -  Listing 2,330 species. - € 49.50

  125.         Lowery, G.H., Jr., & Dalquest, W.W., 1951. Birds from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3(4): pp. 531-649, 7 figs., 2 tabs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 12.00

  126.         Lowery, G.H., Jr., 1951. A quantitative study of the noctural migration of birds. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3(2): pp. 361-472, 46 figs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 12.00 
  127.         Luden van Heumen, J.J., 1912. Iets over onderzoekingen naar het oeconomisch belang der vogels. Nijmegen: P.A. Geurts. 4to. Pp. 48, frontispiece. Orig. flexible cloth. - The frontispiece shows Ed. Blaauw’s collection of the contents of bird crops and stomachs. The analysis of these by Fr. Zacher covers pp. 23-41.  -    €  13.50

  128.         Lynes, H., 1933. Ornithology of the "Cercle d'Azilal" in Central Marocco. With a few notes on that of other parts of the Protectorate. (Mission de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien en 1925. II.) [Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc, 36.] Rabat. 8vo. Pp. 65, 23 photos of scenery on 7 fold. pls. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. Small repair to top of spine, good otherwise. -  14.00
                  
  129.         Madsen, F.J., 1957. On the food habits of some fish-eating birds in Denmark. Danish Rev. Game Biol., 3(2): pp. 19-83, refs. Wrs. - € 7.50

  130.         Makatsch, W., 1966. Vogels van riet en water. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Pp. 300, numerous (partly col.) photos, many drawings, index. Orig. quarter cloth in slightly worn dust-jacket. - Translated from German - € 14.50

  131.         Marshall, J.T., 1967. Parallel variation in North and Middle American screech-owls. [Mon. West. Found. Vert. Zool., 1.] Los Angeles: Western Foundation of Vertebvrate Zoology. 4to, 30m. Pp. [ii],72, col. photogr. frontisp., many figs. and photos, 1 sketch map, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 15.00

  132.         Mascha, D.E., 1905. The structure of wing-feathers. Smithson. Misc. Coll., 48(3): pp. 1-30, 33 photos and drawings on 16 pls., refs. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 8.00

  133.         Maslow, J.E., 1987. The owl papers. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. Large 8vo. Pp. viii,184, several full-page drawings, index. Orig. wrs. - € 10.00

  134.         Mayr, E., & Schauensee, R.M. de, 1939. Birds from Northwest New Guinea. / Birds from the Western Papuan Islands. (Zoological results of the Denison-Crockett South Pacific Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1937-1938. Part IV & V.) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,  91: pp. 97-144;145-163, 1 fold. map, 3 photogr. pls. of scenery. Large 8vo. Two parts in one volume, plain new wrs., uncut. - € 9.50

  135.         Meulen, R. van der, 1957.  Over een naam van het stormvogeltje: malefijt. Meded. Kon. Akad. West., Afd. Lett., Serie A, 84(4):p. 115-160, notes & refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. Spine mended. - € 5.00

  136.         Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1933a. A Seriema. (Notas ornithologicas, XII.) / Burmeister, H. von. Contribuição para historia natural da Seriema. Rev. Mus. Paulista, 23: pp. 35-90;91-152, 32 pls. of photos and some figs. New plain stiff wrs. - € 22.50

  137.         Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1933b. Tinanidae (Inhambús, Jaós, Taós, Codornas, "Perdizes", etc.). (Notas ornithologicas, XIII.) Rev. Mus. Paulista, 23: pp. 667-788, 17 pls. of photos and drawings, notes & refs. Plain new stiff wrs. - € 16.50

  138.         Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1937. Notas ornithologicas XIII. Tinamidae (Inhambûs, Jaós, Taós, Macucos, Codornas, « Perdizes », etc.) Rev. Mus. Paulista, 12: pp. 667-788, several photos and drawings on 18 pls. Plain wrs. - € 20.00

  139.        Muller, A.H., 1937. Structural modifications in the Hawaiian goose (Nesochen sandvicensis). A study in adaptive evolution. [Univ. California Publ. Zool., 42(1).] Berkeley. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. iv,68, several photos on 7 pls., 12 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  140.           [ Naumann ] Hamsch, S., editor,  1980. Festschrift zum 200. Geburtstag von Johann Friedrich Naumann, 14.2.1780-15.8.1857. Berlin: Kulturbund der DDR, Zentraler Fachausschuss Ornithologie und Vogelschutz. Pp. 115, illus. in text, bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 13.50

  141.         Naumberg, E., 1937. Studies of birds from eastern Brazil and Paraguay, based on a collection made by Emil Kampfer. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 74(3): pp. 139-205, refs. Orig. wrs.   - Conophagidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae (part). - € 10.00

  142.         Naurois, R. de, 1959. Premières recherches sur l'avifaune des Iles du Banc d'Arguin (Mauritanie). Alauda, 27(4): pp. 241-308, 9 photos on 4 pls., 11 figs., notes, refs. Author's offprint, plain new wrs. - With  author's presentation inscriprion to the Danish ornithologish Helge Volsoe. - € 8.00
     
  143.         Nes, J.G.Th. van, 1963. De eieren en nesten van onze vogels. 3e druk. Zutphen: W.J. Thieme. Pp. 160, 32 photos on 16 pls., 152 illus. of eggs on 19 (8 col.) pls., indexes. Orig. printed cloth. Little edge foxing, good otherwise. - € 9.50

  144.         Niethammer, G., 1944. Über die Vogelwelt Kretas. (Mit einem Beitrag zur Ökologie von O. von Wettstein.) Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 53(2): pp. 5-59, 19 photos on 4 pls., 1 fold. map, wrs. - € 11.00

  145.          Noll, H., 1956. Die Vogelwelt des Untersees. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Schaffhausen, 25: pp. [ii],273-384, 5 photogr. pls., 2 fold. tabs., 1 fold. map, bibl., index. Plain new wrs. - € 13.50
      
  146.         Noska, M., 1896.   Das kaukasische Königshuhn (Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pall.).) Eine monographische Studie. Separatabdruck aus Ornith. Jahrb. VII. Hallein. Large 8vo, 26.3cm. Pp. Pp. iv,25. Orig. printed wrs. Spine mended, little edge wear to covers, contents good. - Inscribed on front cover: "Herrn Dr. Lorenz v. Liburnau freundschaftlichst von Tschusi von Schnidthoffen". - € 10.00
        
  147.         Oberholser, H.C., 1914. A monograph of the genus Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new family of goatsuckers. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 86.] Washington. Pp. viii,123, 2 pls., 4 breedings range maps, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. Small repair to corner of front cover. - € 17.50

  148.          Oberholser, H.C., 1920. A revision of the subspecies of the white-collared kingfisher, Sauropatis chloris (Boddaert). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 55: pp. 351-395, refs. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  149.         Oberholser, H.C., 1932. The birds of the Natuna Islands. [U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull., 159.] Washington. Pp. vi,137, 1 map, refs., index. Orig. wrs., uncut. - South Chinese Sea. - € 15.00

  150.         Olson, S.L., 1973. Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). [Smithson. Contr. Zool., 152.] Washington. 4to. Pp. iv,53, 11 pls. of photos, 8 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 11.00

  151.         Oort, E.D. van, 1920. De vogeltrek en zijn tegenwoordig experimenteel onderzoek. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Pp. 32. Orig. wrs.  - Inaugural lecture. - € 4.50  
  152.         Oort, G.J. van, 1943. Vogeltrek. Tweede, geheel herziene druk. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Small 8vo. Pp. x,245, 30 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 9.50

  153.         Oort, G.J. van, 1960. Vogeltrek. Vierde, vermeerderde en geheel herziene druk. Leiden: E.J. Brill. Small 8vo. Pp. xii,195, 44 illus., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  154.         Opdam, P., 1978. De havik. Geillustreerd door Henk Slijper. [Dieren dichterbij, 2.] Utrecht: Het Spectrum. Pp. 188, 1 pl., 56 illus. in text, index. Orig. laminated pictorial boards. - € 12.50

  155.         Ouellet, H. 1969. Les oiseaux de l’île Anticosti, province de Québec, Canada. [ Mus. Natl. Sci. Nat., Publ. Zool., 1.] Ottawa. Pp. x,79, 3 photos, 1 sketch map, bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 12.50

  156.         Oustalet, E., 1872. Remarques sur l'Ibis sinensis de l'Abbé A. David. N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 8: pp. 129-138, 1 lithogr. pl. (J. Hüet del., Imp. Becquet) finely coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm. Offprint, orig. printed wrs. - € 30.00

  157.         Oustalet, E., 1874. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de brève (Pitta). N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 10: pp. 101-105, 1 lithogr. pl. (Hüet pinx., Arnoul lith.) excellently coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm. Offprint, orig. printed wrs. Very light foxing on blank part of plate only. - Dears with Pitta Elliotii, Oust., "rapporté de l'intérieur de la Cochinchine par feu M. Boussigon". - € 35.00

  158.         Parodi, R., & Pazzuconi, A., 1988. Catalogo della collezione ornitologia del Museo Friuliano di Storia Naturale. II. Nidi e uova. [Pubbl. Mus. Friul. St. Nat., 34.] Udine. Pp. 34, index. orig. wrs. - € 6.50

  159.         Parrot, C., 1907. Beiträge zur Ornithologie Sumatras und der Insel Banka, mit besonderer Zugrundelegung der von Dr. Hagen aus Banka gesammelten Vögel. Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., II. Kl., 24(1): pp. 149-286, notes & refs. 4to Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 18.00

  160.         Pelzeln, A. von, 1862-1863. Übersicht der Geier und Falken der kaiserlichen ornithologischen Sammlung. I - II. Sitzungsber. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 12: pp. 123-192; 13: pp. 585-636. Two parts in one volume, new plain wrs. - € 17.50

  161.         Peterson, R.T., & Chalif, E.L., 1973. A field guide to Mexican birds. Field marks of all species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize (British Honduras), El Salvador. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Small 8vo. Pp. xx,[2],298, numerous coloured illus. on 48 plates, index. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 21.50

  162.          Philippona, J., 1981.  De kleine rietgans. [Kosmos Vogelmonogr.] Amsterdam: Kosmos. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 64, 57 photos, figs., and maps, bibl. Orig. laminated stiff pictorial wrs. - € 9.00
             
  163.         Piersma, T., & Davidson, N., eds., 1992. The migration of knots [Clidris canutis]. Largely the proceedings of a workshop on ‘Recent advances in understanding knot migrations’, Ribe, Denmark, 21-22 September 1989. [Wader Study Group Bull., 64, Suppl.] Tring, Herts. 4to. Pp. 209, numerous photos, figs., maps, diagrs. and tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 28.50

  164.         Ploeger, P.L., 1968. Geographical differentiation in Arctic Anatidae as a result of isolation during the last Glacial. [Ardea, 56(1).] Leiden: E.J. Brill. Pp. viii,159, 6 photos on 2 pls., 37 distrib. maps in text, refs. Orig. wrs. -  Thesis. - € 18.50 

  165.         Potapov, R.L., & Flint, V.E., editors, 1989. Galliformes. Gruiformes. (Handbuch der Vögel der Sowjetunion. Band 4.) Wittenberg: A. Ziemsen. 8vo, 23.7cm. Pp. 427 printed in double columns, several drawings on 8 col. pls., many drawings and distrib. maps in 111 illus. in text, bibl., end-paper maps. Hardbound in dust-jacket. Rear part of jacket a little scratched, very good otherwise. - € 30.00

  166.         Price, N., 1959. Winged builders. A book of bird lore, chiefly concerned with the nesting, building, and family habits of British birds. London: G. Ronald. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. xiv,240, 24 photogr. pls., index. Orig. cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 12.50

  167.         Rand, A.L., 1946. List of Yukon birds and those of the Canal Road. [Natl. Mus. Canada Bull., Biol. Ser., 33.] Ottawa. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,76, 1 map, index. Half cloth. - € 11.50

  168.         Rand, A.L., 1971. Die Vögel. Ornithologie populär. Übersetzt und bearbeitet von Georg Steinbacher. München: Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag. Pp. 240, 16 pls. of photos, 28 figs., 10 tabs., indexes. Orig. laminated boards. - € 14.50

  169.         Reiser, O., & Knotek, J., 1901. Ergebnisse der ornithologischen Zugsbeobachtungen in Bosnien und der Hercegovina. [Separat-Abdruck aus Wissenschaftliche Mittheilungen aus Bosnien und Hercegovina, VIII. Band.] Wien: C. Gerold. 4to. Pp. 118, tabs. Wrs. - € 13.50

  170.         Revue Française d’Ornithologie. Publiée par A. Ménégaux. Tome IV (7e et 8e années, n° 69-92.) Orléans. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,398, illus., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. - € 25.00

  171.         Revue Française d’Ornithologie. Publiée par A. Ménégaux. Tome V (9e et 10e années, n° 93-116). Orléans, 1917-1918. Large 8vo. Pp. iv,352, illus., index. Orig. wrs., unopened. - € 22.50

  172.         Rich, P.V., 1975. Antarctic dispersal routes, wandering continents, and the origin of Australian non-passerine avifauna. Mem. Nat. Mus. Victoria, 36: pp. 63-125, 10 maps and diagrs. in text, refs. Small 4to. Plain new wrs. - € 9.50

  173.         Ridgway, R., 1875.  Outlines of a natural arrangement of the Falconidae. Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ., Ser. 2, No. 4: pp. 225-231,[17], 44 drawings on 8 pls. Orig. printed wrs. of journal issue. Waterstain on front cover, spine neatly mended with matching paper, good otherwise. - € 40.00

  174.          Rios Naceiro, F. de los, 1850. Catálogo de las aves observados en las cercanias de Santiago y otros puntos de Galicia. Mem. R. Acad. Cienc. Madrid, Ser. 3, Cienc. Nat., 1(2): pp. [ii],93-116. 4to. Plain new wrs. - € 20.00

  175.          Römer, A., 1863. Verzeichniss der Säugethiere und Vögel des Herzogthums Nassau. Aus den nass. naturw. Jahrbüchern H. XVII und XVIII. Wiesbaden: J. Niedner. 8vo. Pp. [ii],76,[2], 2 fold. letterpress tabs. Orig. printed wrs. - € 35.00

  176.          Salvadori, T., & Giglioli, E.H., 1888. Ucceli raccolti durante il viaggio della corvetta "Vettor Pisani" negli anni 1879, 1880 e 1881. [Estr. dalle Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II, Tomo XXXIX.] Torino: Ermano Loescher. Folio, 31.5cm. Pp. [ii],99-143. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. - South-East Asia, esp. Japanese and Chinese coasts. Listing 87 species, partly with descriptions. - € 25.00

  177.         Sassi, M., 1932-1935. Die Vögel der Österreichischen Costa-Rica-Expedition. I-II. Temminckia, 3: pp. 279-322; 4: pp. 135-222. Two parts in one volume, plain new wrs. Repar to inner blank margin of first leaf, good otherwise. - € 14.00

  178.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1947. New or little-known Colombian birds. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 99: pp. 107-154. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 6.50

  179.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1951. Northern Rhodesian birds. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 103: pp. 23-63. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  180.         Schauensee, R.M. de,  1952. A collection of birds from Southeastern Nariño, Colombia. (Colombian Zoological Survey, Part X.) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 104: pp. 1-33, 1 col. pl. of Phlegopsis barringeri by E.L. Poole. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs. - € 6.00

  181.         Schauensee, R.M. de, 1952. A review of the genus Sporophilia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 104: pp. 153-196, 2 maps. Large 8vo. Plain new wrs., uncut. - € 7.00 

  182.         Schumacher, S. von, 1956. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Waldhühner. Sonderdruck aus Das Hahnenbuch von Hans Schulberger. München: F.C. Mayer, [1956]. Large 8vo. Pp. 48, 33 illus. in text. Offprint, stapled as issued. € 8.00

  183.         Schwarthoff, H., 1974. Vögel im Jülicher Land. [Beiträge zur Fauna des Rheinlandes, 4.] Greven: Kilda-Verlag [for] Gesellschaft Rheinischer Ornithologen. Pp. 309, 47 photos, 7 maps, 4 fold. leaves of diagrs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 20.00

  184.         Serres, M. de, 1842. Des causes des migrations des animaux, et particulièrement des oiseaux et des poissons. [Natuurk. Verh. Holland. Maatsch. Wet., 2e Verz., 2.] Haarlem: A. Loosjes. 4to. Pp. [4],iv,322,[2,errata]. Orig. blue stiff wrs., uncut. - € 67.50

  185.           Shufeldt, R.W., 1883. Osteology of Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. / Osteology of Eremophila alpestris. / Osteology of the North American Tetraonidae. / Osteology of Lanius Ludovicianyus excubitorides. Osteology of the Cathartidae. [Extracted from:] Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical survey of the Territories: a Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part I. Washington: Government Printing Office. 8vo, 22.7cm. Pp. [ii],593-806, many figs. on 24 fine tinted lithogr. pls., several wood-engraved figs. in text; xerox copy of title-page of Report volume in front. New boards. - € 75.00

  186.         Smit, C.J., & Wolff, W.J., editors, 1980. Birds of the Wadden Sea. Final report of the section ‘Birds’ of the Wadden Sea Working Group. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. Pp. 308, 205 figs., maps and diagrs., 70 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 29.50

  187.         Smith, L.H., 1968. The lyrebird. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press. Large 8vo. Pp. xii,115, 101 photos of which 20 coloured, map, bibl. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 22.50

  188.         Spiker, C.J., 1935. A popular account of the bird life of the Finger Lakes section of New York, with main reference tp the summer season. Roosevelt Wild Life Bull., 6(3): pp. 385-551, 57 photos, 1 fold. map, refs., index. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 16.50

  189.         Stadler, H., 1930. Vogeldialekt. [Alauda, 2, Suppl. I.] Paris & Dijon. Pp. 66, refs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - German text - € 9.00

  190.         Stadler, H., 1932. La voix des chouettes de l’Europe moyenne. Extrait de l’Alauda [...]. Angers. Pp. [44].  Orig. wrs. - € 6.50

  191.         Stegmann, B., 1930. Die Vögel des dauro-mandschurischen Uebergangsgebietes. Jour. Ornith., 78(4): pp. 389-471, 1 fold. map, 1 pl. Plain new wrs. Ten tines of text of final page supplied in typescript. - Second (last) instalment not included. - € 10.00

  192.         Stein, F., 1839. Ueber die geographische Verbreitung und die Lebensweise der südamerikanischen Singvögel. Mitgetheilt aus d'Orbigny's Reise S. 141-158. [Extracted from:] Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Band 5. Berlin. 8vo, 20.8cm. Pp. 235-251, 1 fold. lettrepress tab. Old half cloth, marbled boards. - From the library of the German ornithologist Paul Leverkuhn (1867-1905), with his manuscript name and name stamp. -  € 20.00

  193.         Steinbacher, J., 1962. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vögel von Paraguay. [Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 502.] Frankfurt  a.M. 4to, 30cm. Pp. 106, 4 maps, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50

  194.         Stölker, C., 1875. Ueber Schnabelmissbildungen. Ber. Thätigk. St. Gall. Naturwiss. Ges., Jg. 1873/74: pp. 453-480, 6 figs. on 2 tinted lithogr. pls. 8vo. Orig. printed wrs. of journal issue. - € 10.00

  195.         Stone, W., 1936. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934. Part VI. Birds. Proc. Acad. Nat./ Sci. Philadelphia, 88: pp. 529-598. Plain new wrs. - € 10.00
     
  196.         Stresemann, E., 1951 (1996).  Die Entwicklung der Ornithologie. Von Aristoteles bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Peters, facsimile reprint Wiesbaden: Aula Verlag. 8vo, 23cm. Pp. xvi,431, frontisp., notes, bibl., name index, subject index. Orig. laminated boards.  Fine. - € 49.50

  197.         [ Stresemann ]  Haffer, J., Rutschke, E., & Wunderlich, K., 2004. Erwin Stresemann (1889-1972), Leben und Werk eines Pioniers der wissenschaftlichen Ornithologie. 2., korrigierte Auflahe. [Acta Hist. Leopold., 34.] Stuttgart. 8vo. Pp. 465, 73 illus., bibl., index. Orig. boards. - € 38.00

  198.         Strijbos, J.P., 1964. Nieuw-Zeeland. Het land van de lange witte wolk. Met kleuren- en vele zwart-wit-foto’s van de auteur en zijn vrouw. Amsterdam: L.J. Veen. 8vo, 24cm. Pp. 172, col. frontisp., many photos on 40 pls., bibl. Orig. cloth. - With special reference to bird life.  -  € 14.50

  199.         Suetens, W. (et al.), 1961. De avifauna van de Braekmanpolder. Le Gerfaut/De Giervalk, Jg. 1961 (2): pp. 1-50, 1 sketch map. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 7.00

  200.         Sundström, K.-E., 1927. Ökologisch-geographische Studien über die Vogelfauna der Gegend von Ekenäs. [Acta Zool. Fenn., 3.] Helsingfors. Pp. 171, 27 photos on 13 pls., 1 fold. col. map, 1 portr., 15 distrib. maps in text, bibl. Orig. wrs., uncut. Spine neatly mended. - € 16.50 
           
  201.         Sushkin, P., 1912. Die Vogelfauna des Minussinsk-Gebietes, des westlichen Teils des Sajan-Gebirges und des Urjanchen-Landes. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1912: pp. 198-400, 1 map. New plain wrs. - € 20.00

  202.         Sushkin, P.P., 1927. On the anatomy and classification of the weaver-birds. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 57(1): pp. 1-32, 18 figs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 6.00

  203.         Swarth, H.S., & Bryant, H.C., 1917. A study of the races of the white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) occurring in California. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 17(11): pp. 209-222, 1 pl., 2 figs., refs. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs., uncut. - With signature of the Dutch naturalist W.C. van Heurn (1887-1972) and note "1918 Nov., San Francisco". - € 4.50 

  204.         Taczanowski, L., 1879. Liste des oiseaux recueillis au Nord du Perou par MM. Stolzmann et Jelski en 1878. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879: pp. 220-245, 3 lithogr. pls. finely coloured by hand. Extract, plain new wrs.  Final 5 lines of text (page 245) in neat old manuscript copy. - Plate 1 shows Cyclothis contrerasi (Zofja Glaser del., J. Smit lith.), plate 2 Pipreola lubomirskii, by J. Smit.- € 25.00

  205.         Taczanowski, L., 1880. Liste des oiseaux recueillis au Nord du Pérou par M. Stolzmann pendant les dernières mois de 1878 et dans la première moitié de 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880: pp. 189-220, 2 fine lithogr. pls. by J. Smit coloured by hand. Extract, plain new wrs. - The plates show Turdus maranonicus (male and female) and Conothraupis speculigera.  - € 25.00

  206.         Tanis, J.J.C., 1963. De vogels van Terschelling. Overzicht van alle op het eiland waargenomen soorten. [RIVON Meded., 143.] Leeuwarden: Fryske Akademy. Pp. 160, 7 fold. tabs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50

  207.         Thomson, J.A., 1923. The biology of birds. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Pp. xii,436, col. frontisp., 8 pls., 59 figs., bibl., index. Orig. cloth. Binding a little marked (mostly at ends of backstrip), contents very good. - With bookplate of Tracy Irwin Storer. - € 16.50

  208.          Tinbergen, N., 1958. Vogelleven. Met foto’s en tekeningen van de auteur. Uit het Engels vertaald door Hans Warren. Amsterdam: Ploegsma. 8vo. Pp. 64, frontisp., text illus. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. Some rubbing to jacket, else good. - € 10.00

  209.          Todd, W.E.C., 1914. The birds of the Isle of Pines. Incorporating the substance of field-notes by Gustav A. Link. Ann. Carnegie Mus., 10: Pp. 146-296, 10 photos of biotopes on 6 pls., 1 map, refs. Plain wrs. - West Indies. - € 16.00

  210.          Tolman, R., 1977. De kievit. Een monografie over onze nationale vogel. Tweede, herziene druk. Baarn: Bosch & Keuning. Pp. 211, 8 illus., bibl. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 7.50

  211.             Tolmer, L., 1931. Les becs croisés en Normandie. Caen: Jouan et Bigot. Pp. 107,[5], bibl. Orig. wrs. Front cover with stain and edge wear, good otherwise. - € 10.00

  212.          Tolsma, W., 1936. Vogelbescherming. Praktische vogelzorg om huis en hof en in de vrije natuur. ‘s-Gravenhage: Nederlandsche Vereeniging tot Bescherming van Dieren. Pp. viii,248, many photos and figs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 12.50

  213.          Tordorff, H.B., 1964. A systematic study of the avian family Fringillidae based on the structure of the skull. [Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 81.] Ann Arbor, Mi. Large 8vo, 25.5cm. Pp. 42, 71 figs., refs. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 10.00

  214.          Toussenel, A., 1853-1855.L’esprit des bêtes. Ornithologie passionnelle. Paris: Librairie Phalanstérienne. Vol. 1: pp. [8],iv,484,[2]; vol. 2: pp. viii,412,[2]; vol. 3: pp. [iv],372,[2], engraved frontispiece portrait of author. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, backstrips with raised bands. Bindings a bit worn at edges and corners of covers, contents very good save for a little foxing or browning in a few places.  - Scarce first edition of this popular treatise, an early attempt at a behavioural psychology and sociology of birds, written in a very readable literary style but combined with scientific thorougness. It went through four editions of which the last appeared in 1864. - Wood p. 600. Ripley & Scribner 291. - € 175.00

  215.          Tubià, J.F., 1912. Aves de Cataluña. Mem. R. Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat., 7(6): pp. 455-609, 81 figs. in text, index. New boards. Last leaf with marginal repair without loss of text, very good otherwise. - € 35.00
            
  216.         Valenciennes, A., 1807. Observations sur le genre des Langrayens (Ocypterus), et description de quatre nouvelles espèces de ce genre. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7: pp. 20-27, 6 figs. on 3 engraved pls. 4to. Old plain wrs., uncut. Small waterstain on one blank corner of plates, little foxing. - € 22.50

  217.         Verreaux, J., 1866. Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appartenant à la collection zoologique du Muséum. N. Arch. Muss. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 2: pp.  21-25, 2 lithogr. pls. (J. Hüet lith., Imp. Becquet) finely coloured by hand. Folio, 32cm.  Offprint, orig. printed wrs. Few faint foxing spots on plates. - Describing and depicting Cantropus lafresnayanus J. Verr. (from Celebes), Tanysiptera riedelii J. Verr. (from northern South America), and Myiobius latirostris J. Verr. (from Madagascar). - € 40.00

  218.         Vidal, I., 1850. Catálogo de las aves de la Albufera. Mem. R. Acad. Cien. Madrid, 1: pp. [ii],167-199. 4to. Plain new wrs. Facsimile of title-page of journal volume in front. - € 20.00

  219.         Vogelwerkgroep Noordwest-Achterhoek. Jaarboek 1991. [Lochem.] 4to. Pp. 46,[2], several maps, figs., tabs. and diagrs. Orig. wrs. - € 8.00

  220.         Voigt, A., 1909. Exkursionsbuch zum Studium der Vogelstimmen. Praktische Anleitung zum Bestemmen der Vögel nach ihrem Gesange. 5. vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Leipzig: Quelle u. Meyer. Pp. 326, illus., index. Small 8vo. Orig. flexible printed decorated cloth. - € 21.50

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