The Birds of California

Very good hardcover in very good, un-clipped dust jacket. Some shelf wear. First edition. Scarce in this condition.

Within the borders of California are found more different natural habitats and species of wildlife than any other state can claim. The wildlife populations includes more than 500 species of birds -- some numbering in the millions, others reduced to but a few dozen individuals. California's birds have always been of great interest to ornithologists and other biologists, and in recent years they have attracted increasing attention from a much larger group -- amateur ornithologists, birders, and nature-oriented people of all kinds. Yet the last work on the distribution of California's birds was published more than thirty years ago, and it was highly technical. The Birds of California both brings its subject up to date for the professional and makes it accessible to the amateur. It contains a complete annotated listing of all the birds which have occurred in California from 1900 to 1974: their range in the state, the seasons during which they occur, the habitats they frequent, their breeding status.