Crows and Jays: A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World

Fine used hardcover. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear and wrinkling at top and bottom edges.

One hundred and twenty species of crows, jays, and their allies live in the world today. All the crows and jays are shown in Hilary Burn's 30 color plates. Each plate is accompanied by a caption page summarizing the most notable field marks of each species, along with the color range maps. Each species is described in depth in the authoritative accounts by Steve Madge. He also includes identification techniques and a review of all aspects of corvid behavior, distribution, population, and taxonomy.

This book is both an identification guide and a scientifically accurate natural history, designed to give anyone, whether a birder or biologist, a greater understanding of the lives of this complex group of birds. It will be a standard work of reference for many years to come.