 | - Book Title: The Birds of the London Area
- Author: The London Natural History Society
- ISBN: MWoo15599321
- Publisher: Rupert Hart -Davis
- Year Published: 1964
- Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($36.30 USD)
- Description: Rupert Hart - Davis 1964, new revised edition.: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 6 by 8.75 inches tall: 332 pages including index: coloured frontispiece: 31 black and white photographic illustrations: five black and white diagrams. Synopsis:A survey first prepared in 1957 and brought up to date in 1964, by a committee of the London Natural History Society, tracing the changes since 1900 in the population of birds in and around London. The contents include: -- Part One: Preface to the new revised edition. Introduction. The Physical Setting by R.S.R. Fitter. Inner London by S Cramp and W. G. Teagle. The Suburbs by RSR Fitter. The Reservoirs and Other Large Waters by R. C. Homes. The Gravel Pits by E R Parrinder. The River Valleys and Sewage Farms by CB Ashby. The Thames Marshes below London by J. F. Burton,R C. Homes, and R B Warren. The Woodlands by Dr Geoffrey Beven. Agricultural land by H F Greenfield and W. D Melluish. Commons, Downs and Parkland by R. C. Homes. Migration by E R Parrinder. Roosts and Fly Lines by S Cramp, E R Parrinder and B A Richards. Part Two: Systematic list. Part Three: The Years 1955 to 1961 by R C. Homes, S Cramp and D I. M Wallace. Bibliography. Index. The diagrams include: -- Inner London. Starling flylines to the central London roosts. Recoveries of starlings from the central London roosts. The heron population of the London area. The northern part of the London area. The southern part of the London area. Nocturnal migration, Regents Park 1959 -- 62. Condition: dust jacket tired and discoloured: blue cloth hardcover and contents clean and good.
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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