Waterfowl in Australia by H. J. Firth

Waterfowl in Australia

by H. J. Firth

A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1977
Black and white photographic plates, line drawings and graphs, illustrated endpapers
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers. Dustjacket very good with some rubbing, bumping, chipping and small tears, sunned spine, discolouration in parts (see photographs)

“Few birds are more fascinating to the observer than waterfowl, with their beauty in air or on water, their long flights and mass movements, and their pattern of living so finely adjusted to the effects of varying and often unpredictable rainfall.  The magnificent Black Swan, the Magpie Goose of the northern floodplains, the Green and White Pigmy Gese of the lily lagoons, the Cape Barren Goose of the windswept Bass Strait islands, and every species of Australian duck, as well as the acclimatised ones, are described in these pages.”