Ruggles-Brise, Cecily J.

Notes on Some Birds of Dar Es Salaam. With 29 Illustrations.

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons Limited, no year (c.1927). 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVII, 96 pages. 29 illustrations, including 2 monochrome photographs. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt vignette on front board. Deckled edging. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some untrimmed pages at rear. Beautiful illustrations on front and rear endpaper.

Includes, for example, the following: Passeres or Perching Birds / Parrots, Raptorial Birds and Doves / Game Bird, A Tame Gull Etc / Migrants etc.
All illustrations – both photographic and hand-drawn – give the common and Latin names of the birds. Among these are, for example, The Purple-crested Turacoa / Crowned Cranes / Vultures / White-necked Ravens / Whydah-birds / The Amethyst Sunbird / An East African Flycatcher / The Ground Hornbill / The Centropus / Eagle Owl mobbed by Buzzards / Flamingos / The Hadadah Ibis / Sand Grouse / Guinea Fowl etc.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Birds · British East Africa · Dar Es Salaam · Natural History · Natural History – Rare · Ornithology · Ornithology – Rare · Travel Africa – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120077AB

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