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MORRIS, Beverley Robinson.
British Game Birds and Wildfowl.
A fantastic work on British Game Birds. Beverley Morris was a younger brother of Francis Morris, the famous ornithologist. This work ran to five editions (this is from the last edition); all the later issues used a lithographic process.
- Published
- London: John C Nimmo, 1897.
- Plates
- 60
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: John C Nimmo, 1897.
- Ref
- 63
5th edition; 2 volumes with 60 double-page hand-coloured lithographic plates. 8vo. Complete. Half leather with gilt in rule to boards; gilt devises and letters to spine; bands in blind to spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Some spotting and mild foxing throughout; corners and joints slightly rubbed - a good copy. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Pheasant. 2. Capercaille. 3. Black Grouse. 4. Red Grose. 5. Ptarmigan. 6. Sand Grouse. 7. Partridge. 8. Red-Legged Partridge. 9. Barbary Partridge. 10. Virginian Partridge. 11. Quail. 12. Andalusian Quail. 13. Great Bustard. 14. Little Bustard. 15. Great Plover. 16. Golden Plover. 17. Dotterel. 18. Woodcock. 19. Great Snipe. 20. Common Snipe. Volume 2. 21. Jack Snipe. 22. Brown Snipe. 23. Sabine's Snipe. 24. Grey-Lag Goose. 25. Bean Goose. 26. Pink-Footed Goose. 27. White-Fronted Goose. 28. Bernicle Goose. 29. Brent Goose. 30. Red-Breasted Goose. 31. Egyptian Goose. 32. Spur-Winged Goose. 33. Canada Goose. 34. Hooper / Berwick's Swan / Polish Swan. 35. Ruddy Sheldrake. 36. Common Sheldrake. 37. Shoveller. 38. Gadwall. 39. Pintail Duck. 40. Bimaculated Duck. 41. Mallard. 42. Garganey Teal. 43. Summer Duck. 44. Teal. 45. Wigeon. 46. American Wigeon. 47. Eider Duck. 48. Stellar's Western Duck. 49. King Duck. 50. Common Scoter. 51. Surf Scoter. 52. Red-Crested Whistling Duck. 53. Pochard. 54. Ferruginous Duck. 55. Scaup Duck. 56. Tufted Duck. 57. Long-Tailed Duck. 58. Harlequin Duck. 59. GoldenEye. 60. Buffel-Headed Duck.
