Birds of the Labrador Peninsula and Adjacent Areas: A Distributional List

Fine hardcover of the Carnegie Museum/University of Toronto Press edition in a mylar-protected, price-clipped dust jacket. A complete systematic list, with introductory information on Geography and Physiography, General Geology, Climate, Population and Resources, Ecological Conditions, Ornithological History of the Labrador Peninsula, Carnegie Museum Expeditions, Seasonal Occurrence, Life-zones, Geographic History of the Labrador Avifauna, Conservation of Bird Life, and New Forms of Birds Described from the Labrador Peninsula, 1789 - 1950. The text concludes with a Bibliography, a Gazetteer of Localities with a Fold-out Map, and an Index to Families and Names of Birds. The newly bound Buteo Books version with a biographical note by Kenneth C. PARKES is also available from Buteo Books.