Edité par Lutterworth Press, E-332, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0718829611 ISBN 13 : 9780718829612
Vendeur : Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Lutterworth Press, Cambridge UK, 1998. 207 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Found in the tropics, pittas are brightly colored and unforgettable for those who have seen them flash past. A living jewel in the rainforest. This monograph, beautifully painted with gouache dry-brush technique, is laid out to show the characteristics of each species together with details of sex, age, date, locality and museum where each bird-skin is kept, with its registration number. It also has a complete list of all scientific synonyms; a bibliography of more than 1,300 references; a list of all islands where pittas have been found (and their status if known) ; and a list of museum holdings worldwide of pitta skins, eggs and fluid specimens. The book also contains a study of the little known dusky stripes, a phenomenon unique to the pitta and never described before; and demonstrates a unique moulting pattern where immatures, moulting into adult plumage, are often found with naked head and neck. This beautiful scientifically based book is an invaluable guide for ornithologists, pitta researchers, conservationists, and museums. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Edité par THE LUTTERWORTH PRESS CAMBRIDGE, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0718829611 ISBN 13 : 9780718829612
Vendeur : Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, Royaume-Uni
VERY GOOD COPY IN CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. FRONT COVER SHOWS THE GURNEY`S PITTA. SPONSORED BY THE CARLSBERG FOUNDATION, COPENHAGEN.