Book Description

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the birds exhibited at the Department of Zoology in the British Museum in 1910. With detailed descriptions of habitat, natural history, anatomy, and more, this volume will be of considerable interest to ornithologists and collectors of vintage ornithological literature. "Description of the Specimens in the Bird Gallery", "Saururae", "Ratitae", "Carinate", "Acromyodi", "Saururae", "Neornithes", "Rheiformes", "Rhea", "Moas", "Emus", "Cassowaries", "Kiwis", "Game birds", "True Game Birds", "Megapodes", "Description of the Nesting-Series of British Birds", "Explanation of Plates", "Appendix on the Structure of Birds", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete the original artwork and text.