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Rare birds in Britain and Ireland / by J.N. Dymond, P.A. Fraser and S.J.M. Gantlett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lundy, J. N.
- Series:
- Poyser Monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rare birds--Great Britain--Identification.
- Rare birds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Calton [Scotland] : Poyser, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book by a trio of rare-bird specialists is a successor to two earlier works (long out of print), Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1974 and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1976). It unifies both of the earlier books and updates them, adding more than 80 species to the previous total.The authors have analysed and considered some 45,000 records of scarce and rare birds in Britain and Ireland for the period 1958-85. Extreme rarities outside the period are also listed. They have produced not only a book of great fascination for those who delight in rarities for
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; CATEGORY D SPECIES; EXTREME VAGRANTS; References and bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612986758
- 9781282986756
- 1282986759
- 9781408139639
- 1408139634
- 9781408139622
- 1408139626
- OCLC:
- 742333291
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