THE BIRDS OF PORT MORESBY AND DISTRICT
by Roy D Mackay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Jacket has minor edge wear, and sun faded spine. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson (Aust.), Melbourne 1970 Hardcover with dust jacket Jacket has minor edge wear, and sun faded spine. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket To ornithologists the area around Port Moresby, New Guinea, some forty miles wide and a hundred miles long, is especially significant because of its natural environment. The variety of bird life here is astonishing - 364 species had been recorded by November, 1968 (it is possible to observe 1/3 of them in a weekend!).This book brings together all the known species in the area, and lists and describes the various environments in which they can be found. Book has colour frontispiece (Eclectus Parrot), 16 b&w photographs, common name & scientific names index, & bibliography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44693
- Title
- THE BIRDS OF PORT MORESBY AND DISTRICT
- Author
- Roy D Mackay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Jacket has minor edge wear, and sun faded spine. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson (Aust.), Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 74 pages
- Keywords
- natural environments boundary boundaries migration nesting conservation species common names scientific ornithology ornithologists New Guinea Birds Port Moresby
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