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Familiar Wild Birds Volume 4
$15.49
Book
This book was written around 1890. This edition is a scanned copy of the orginal. See the gallery sample. You'll notice the orginal library marks and handwritten notes.
From the Preface of Familiar Wild Birds Volume 4
The concluding volume of "Familiar Wild Birds" contains still more examples than its predecessor of birs which are, alas, "Familiar" no longer. May it prove, perchance, that to make some of these now rarer denizens of Britain better know is to secure for them some better protection from that final extinction which has already overtaken not a few: and may this attempt to convey some idea of the wonderful variety of bird-life hepl promote the loving study rather than the total destruction of those "wild birds" that remain.
Birds Covered in this book:
Ring Ouzel, Kentish Plover, Buzzard, Cirl Bunting, Hawfinch, Stock Dove, Dartfor Warbler, Pochard, Black Redstart, Spotted Fly-catcher, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Whinchat, Common Scooter, Grey Wagtail, Smew, Black-Headed Bunting, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Rock Pipit, Cormorant, Creeper, Turtle Dove, Shore Lark, Gannet, Quail, Oyster-catcher, Cole Tit, Guilemot, Rock Dove, Dotterel, Marsh Tit, Little Auk, Reg-Legged Partridge, Sanderling, Long-Tailed Tit, Razor-Bill
Familiar Wild Birds Volume 3
$15.04
Book
Written between 1883 and 1888 this completer reproduction contains over 34 water color plates created by master painter Archibald Thorburn. The book contains information on now extinct species of birds as well as common birds still found in England, northern Europe. While this book is focused on the birds of England – you’ll recognize many species native to North America.
The book contains plates and egg information on the species as well for the ‘egg collector.’
Birds included in this volume:
Woodlark, Merlin, Bittern, Night-Jar, Storm Petrel, Stone-Chat, Wheat-Ear, Little Grebe, Caperchillie, Medow Pipit or Titlark, Pied Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Dunlin, Skylark, Golden Plover, Landrail, Wigeon, Richardson's Skua, Kite, Redshank, Sand Martin, Little Stint, Long-Eared Owl, Shieldrake, Redwing, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruff, White-Tailed Eagle, Grey Phalorope, Shoveller, Grasshopper Warbler, Golden Eagle, Eider Duck, Tawny Owl, Herring Gull
The Color Plates were created by Archibald Thorburn, one of Brittan’s best water color artists. About A. Thorburn:
Archibald Thorburn has been described as 'the greatest ornithological artist ever, with a wonderful gift for placing his bird subjects in harmonious surroundings'. At the age of 20, Thorburn's work was accepted for the Royal Academy Exhibition in London, and in 1887 his reputation was secured by a commission to illustrate Lord Lilford's Colored Figures of the Birds of the British Isles, for which he painted 268 watercolors.
Offered here is a scanned, reproduced copy. You’ll find handwritten notes and a few library marks on written on the scanned pages.
Familiar Wild Birds Volume 2
$15.76
Book
In this second volume we continue our task of making know to the general readers the apperance and habits of British Wild Birds. The cordial welcome extended to the first series is ample proof of the widespead interest felt in the subject; and it is hoped that this volume, like its predecessors, may help many to reconguise individualy the apperance, habits, and song of some of our birds.
Birds include:
Carrion Crow, Swallow, Sparrow Hawk, Blue Tit, Black Cap, Partridge, Wild Duck, Cuckoo, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Heron, Woodcock, Swift, Black-headed Gull, Common Snipe, Cheif Chaff, Martin, Hedge Sparrow, Dipper or Water Ouzel, Garden Warbler,Missel Thrush, Spoon-bill, Ptarmigan, Peregrine Falcon, Curlew, Hooded Crow, Water Rail, Common Bunting, Yellow Hammer, Gyr Falcon, Jack Snipe, Red-Backed Shrike, Chough, Puffin
This book was created from a scanned orginal copy. It includes bookpates and a few
margin notes written by hand from the orginial owner.
Approx Publication Date: 1900's
Pages 272
Familiar Wild Birds Volume 1
$18.04
Book
268 fact fill pages include color plates and descriptions of over 38 common birds including: Goldfinch, Magpie, Bullfinch, Starling, Chaffinch, Raven, Linnet, Rook, Common Wren,Jay, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Common Grouse, Kestrel, Robin, Repoll, Rinddove, Wryneck, Golden-Crested Wren, Whitethroat, Thrush, Siskin, Greenfinch, Redstart, Teal, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Great Tit, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Moor-hen, Nightingale, Lapwing, Barn-owl and Crossbill
