A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Publication Number One of The ASA Wright Nature Centre

U S A: Livingston Publishing, 1973. Hardback. A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Shelf wwear to edge of D/J. Portraits by Don R. Eckelberry. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago have long been of especial interest to ornithologists and bird lovers. Politically part of the West Indies, they lie barely ten miles from the great Orinoco delta of Venezuela, and share with their mainland neighbour a rich and varied fauna. The climate of Trinidad is mild, the range of habitat wide, with extensive areas of tropical rain forest, mangrove forest, and fresh-water swamp. Birds breed virtually year round; the island attracts migrants from both North and South America, and in addition presents many interesting problems of distribution and species differentiation. The book has 28 identification plates in coloour and 25 drawings in black and white by ornithologist-artist John O'Neill, a specialist in neotropical birds. There are 8 supberb decorative plates - a labour of love by Don Eckelberry, who has an enduring and personal interest in the beautiful birds of Trinidad. Richard Ffrench has added habitat photographs to his Introduction, and other pertinent tabular material to make this book a complete guide. Illustrated. 470 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by John P. O'Neill. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo. Hardback.