Finches and Sparrows - an identification guise by Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan & Davis, John - 1993

London: Christopher Helm and A & C Black, 1993. Very well illustrated with 73 colour plates plus small line drawings in the text, large octavo, pp x, 500, very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly age-toned and with the slightest signs of wear. [A heavy book, it might need extra postage.]. [This is an identification guide to all world species of the true finches and sparrows. It describes the plumages and most distinctive races of all 290 species in the Fringillidae, Carduelidae, Estrildidae and Passeridae families. Each species has a colour map showing its distribution. The book is in the same series as "Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers" which won the "British Birds Bird Book of the Year 1992" award.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.