A Field Guide to the birds of East and Central Africa

Fair used hardcover in dust jacket. Binding is loose; reinforced with tape on some pages. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Previous owner's notes throughout. DJ is chipped and torn. In vinyl protective cover.

This is the first field guide to the birds of Africa from Southern Rhodesia to the Red Sea. Over 450 species are described and illustrated. Notes on field identification, with their distribution for the entire African continent, are given on a further 324 allied species. The text gives details of plumage, size, voice, flight, habitat and distribution. The plates illustrate every species in the text (179 in color, 280 in black and white), using the famous Peterson identification system.

First American Edition With an introduction by Roger Tory Peterson