ISBN: 9780713639636 - Robins and Chats (helm Identification Guides) (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards, illustrated dust jacket, 688pp, colour photographs throughout, a few marks to inside of front flap of dust jacket, very slight crease to top edge of dust jacket, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Rose, Chris (illustrator).…

Octavo,688 pp.,colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, covers in detail the world's 175 species of robins and chats. Formerly considered to be part of the thrush family (Turdidae), this large group is now usually treated as separate family, Muscicapidae, together with the Old World flycatchers. The vast majority of species are Eurasian or African, with only a handful of species straying into the New World or Australasia. The Australian Robins, although superficially similar, have long been regarded as a separate family and are therefore not included in this monograph. Robins and chats are a diverse family comprising both highly colourful and visible species, such as the robin-chats of Africa, as well as some of the most skulking and elusive birds, such as the shortwings of Asia. Many chats, such as the well-known Nightingale, are renowned songsters, and a good number are highly sought-after by world listers for their extreme rarity or simply because they are hard to see. Rose, Chris (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Rose, Chris (illustrator).