![History / Natural History- Birds. / Birds of Australia, 160 colour-plates from the lithographs of John Gould. by John Gould, [Illustrations ] A. Rutgers (text) John Gould, [Illustrations ] A. Rutgers (text) Methuen & Co 1967: blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: dust jacket: 321 pages: including 160 colour plates from the lithographs of John Gould. Synopsis: John Gould (1804-1881), one of the most influential British ornithologists of the time produced and illustrated no fewer than 41 folio volumes. This volume reproduces 160 of the plates that first appeared in his volume ' The Birds of Australia ' each accompanied by a full description of the species portrayed. Contents include:- Cassowaries, Kiwis, Emus , Megapodes, Hemipodes, Bustards, Cranes , Rails, Jacanas, Thick- Knees, Oystercatchers, Pratincoles, Plovers, Stilts and Avocets, Terns, Storm- Petrels, Geese Swans and Ducks, Ibises, herons, Hawks and Eagles, Pelicans, Tropic Birds, Frigate Birds, Darters, Cormorants, Albatrosses, penguins, Cuckoos, Pigeons, Parrots and Parrakeets, Owls , Owlet-Nightjars, Frog -Mouths, Bee-Eaters, Rollers, Kingfishers, Pittas, Lyre Birds, Scrub Birds, Warblers, Thrushes, Flycatchers, Nuthatches, and Flower Peckers , Sunbirds, Honey-Eaters, White-Eyes, Swallows, Currawongs and Australian Butcher Birds, Wood- Swallows, Mudnest Builders, Wattle- Birds, Birds of Paradise, Bower- Birds, Cuckoo- Shrikes, Drongos, Weaver-Finches and Starlings. Condition: Slight blemish to lower edge of blue cloth hardcover: edges of dust cover rubbed and with small repairs: front free end-paper slightly discoloured and with remnants of small sticker: contents very clean: overall collectable and good. used books](http://www.marywardbooks.com/images/mary-ward-books.gif)
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