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Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1982. Paper bound, illustrated in colour & black & white with bank of colour plates up front, Pp120. Includes references. Ex-library copy in very good condition. 180 grams.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1965. Paper bound, 2nd printing, illlustrated, x + Pp118. Includes index. Few ink-scored passgaes else a very good copy. 210 grams - ships letter mail.

Winnipeg: Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1974. Heavy illustrated card covers, illustrations by James A. Carson, Pp159. Includes bibliography and checklist of Manitoba vertebrates. Short gift inscription with date inked to top of front blank, and covers moderately creased else a very good or better copy. 320 grams. From the Preface: Animals are an integral part of the environment and ecology of our province. At this time, in the history of our evolving planet, we are very concerned about the ultimate consezuence of man's actions (often quite irresponsible) on our environment. And rightly so -- while we can still enjoy the frog and cricket calls at night, or thrill at the sight of a mammal running into a thicket. Or who can fail to feel primitive emotions stir while watching migratory waterfowl wheeling overhead or wonder at the ability of a clam to live in the mud at our feet. We would like to think that the generations following us will also enjoy these same experiences. We hope this book… Read More

Winnipeg: Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1974. Paper bound, heavy illustrated card covers, illustrations by James A. Carson, 158pp inc. bibliography & checklist of Manitoba vertebrates. Very good+/-- in stiff wrappers. 320 grams.

London: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hard bound, reprint edition with corrections and an additonal chapter on south-east Asia. Illustrated, viii + Pp573. Includes references and index. Bottom back corner lightly rubbed else very good in edge-torn, moderately chipped, good plus dust jacket. 1.08 kilograms unpacked - depending on destination, additional postage may be requested! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Kenneth Gardner, 1981. Paper bound, oblong 12mo, illustrated, Pp172. Includes bibliography. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 440 grams. Multiple copies available. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Kenneth Gardner, 1981. Paper bound, edition not stated, oblong 12mo, illustrated with black and white maps and colour plates, 172pp includes bibliography. Light creases down spine. Gift dedication neatly and modestly at top of front free endpaper else clean and tight. 430 grams - ships lettermail at much reduced postage! Multiple copies available. Scan available on request. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Kenneth Gardner, 1981. Paper bound, edition not stated, oblong 12mo, illustrated, Pp172. Includes bibliography. Light creases down spine, but a tight and unmarked, very good copy. 440 grams. Multiple copies available. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp1-48. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Richardson's Ground Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Some courtship behaviour of the Short-eared Owl; Observation of a Great Horned Owl feeding behaviour; Further Great Gray Owl records; Screech Owl at Regina; A fall crow roost and possible migration near Saskatoon; White-breasted Nuthatch caching food; Annual report of the Whooping Crane population; BIrd records from across the Prairies; Townsend's Solitaire at Fort Qu'Appelle; Banded Purple Finch recovered at Yorkton; Bird observations along the La Ronge-Churchill River and Hanson Lake Roads; Some Saskatchewan finches (photos); Apparent breeding record of… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1963. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, green and black & white covers, Pp129-168. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Northern Flying Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Qu'Appelle Valley Hiking Trail; Additions to the check-list of Saskatchewan Birds; Greater Scaup sighted in Regina; Wascana goose summers on the Arctic prairie; First specimen record of Western Tanager in southern Saskatchewan; A change in the nest site of the House Sparrow; Large concentrations of Common Loon on Wildnest Lake; Recent Black-throated Blue Warbler records in Saskatchewan; Unusual Red-headed Woodpecker record in Moose Jaw area; Summer observations of White-winged Crossbills at Regina; Gumweed; Three additions to the flora of Saskatchewan;… Read More

Regina: Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1968. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp165-216. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Red Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: True Conservation by Thomas Gwynn; Pollution of the North Saskatchewan River by Beattie Martin; Wild Life in India by Jagdish Aggarwal. Birds: Pileated Woodpecker nests at Good Spirit Lake; Taping the song of the Golden-winged Warbler; The Harlequin Duck in Saskatchewan; Additional bird species for Cree Lake; Porcupine in Ferruginous Hawk's nest; New sighting of Band-tailed Pigeon in Alberta; Recoveries of Robins banded in Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan bird banders William I. Lyon and H.E.… Read More

Regina: Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1968. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp117-164. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Sandhill Cranes (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Saskatchewan bird banders: John R. Carter of Muscow; Violet-green Swallow at Regina; Nesting of the Great Gray Owl in Manitoba; Oregon Junco at Island Lake, Manitoba; Varied Thrush at Rosetown, Saskatchewan; Rusty Blackbird attacks sparrows; Vocalization in the White Pelican; 1967 review of Saskatoon bird observations; Eighth annual May bird census, Regina; Cooperative spring migration study, 1968; Recoveries of Bronzed Grackles banded in Saskatchewan; First reports of Eastern Wood Pewee… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1967. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp105-156. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Whooping Cranes in Saskatchewan snow, April 27, 1966 (see scan). Small snag top of front cover else a very good copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Water Pollution by G.F. Ledingham; Destruction of the Prairie Falcon at Calgary, Alberta; Recoveries of Red-tailed Hawks banded in Saskatchewan; Recoveries of Black-crowned NIght Herons banded in Saskatchewan; Cooperative Spring Migration Study; Save the Whooping Crane; Some interesting bird records from The Pas, Manitoba; Record of white wing-barring in Common Crow; Third record of the Glaucous Gull in Alberta; Scarlet… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1964. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, orange and black & white covers, Pp133-180. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Saguaro (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Preserving Nature in Parks by R.Y. Edwards; Notes on the western race of the Pigeon Hawk; Marsh Hawk attempts to salvage a dead Coot; Bald Eagle records from the Churchill River area; Late nesting of a Gray Partridge; Nesting of the Mockingbird at Cadogan, Alberta; Additional records of the Mockingbird; Additional fall records of the Yellow Rail; Varied Thrush at Regina; Northern record for Cinnamon Teal; A tree-perching Sora; Co-operative spring migration study 1964; Woolly Yarrow on the dry prairie; Striped Coral-root; Records of mammals in the Lake Athabasca area,… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp97-136. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover sketch: Little Brother of the Plains by R.D. Symons (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: From southern deserts to northern sand dunes; Co-operative spring migration study; Our four blackbirds at Boggy Creek; Prevention of crop damage caused by blackbirds; Early record of Gyrfalcon near Regina; Trouble among colonial birds at Isle of Bays; Second annual spring birds census; Partial albino redwing sighted for fourth year; Unusual nest sites of Common Crows, Sora, and Common Grackle; Next protection of the American Widgeon; Fall Saw-Whet Owl concentrations in Ontario; First report of Lotus corniculatus in Saskatchewan; The Blacktailed Prairie… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1966. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp101-156. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Harvest near Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan, September 1965 (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Some Ecological Features of the Rocanville-St. Lazare Area by Everett Peterson; Bird Sanctuaries in Saskatchewan, 1887-1965, by L.H. Murray; The colonial birds at Suggi Lake, Saskatchewan; Need for pelican protection; Black Brant records from Western Saskatchewan; Notes on the Rough-legged Hawk in the Perry River region, Northwest Territories; A breeding bird survey on uncultivated grassland at Regina; Northern record: Lark Bunting nesting… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1964. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, orange and black & white covers, Pp45-88. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Brewer's Blackbird (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: A Short History of the W.P. Fraser Herbarium, Univeristy of Saskatchewan by George Argus; Bird Photography by Hans Dommasch; Large Flock of Western Tanagers; Unusual owl-loon aerial collision; Snowy Owl captures duck; Recollection of an encounter between a Golden Eagle and a Great Blue Heron; Winter birds of Norway House; A southerly record of the Willow Ptarmigan; The Black-billed Magpie; Status of the Mockingbird in the Northern Great Plains; Killdeer photos; White Cinquefoil; Pronghorns at Regina; Further reports of Lynx; plus book reviews; etc. Two copies… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1964. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, orange and black & white covers, Pp1-44. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Snowy Owl (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Status of Hawks and Owls under Manitoba's New Wildlife Act; Hope for Water Birds subjected to Detergents; Clark's Nutcracker in the Cypress Hills; Unusual occurrence of a Spruce Grouse; Sight record of a Dipper in southwestern Saskatchewan; Yellow-breasted Chat at Moose Jaw; Mockingbird at Elbow Saskatchewan; An observation of the western race of the Gray-crowned Rosy Finch; The Bird life at Cree Lake, summer 1963; Some 1963 Bird Records for the Saskatoon district; Unusual recovery of banded Black Duck; Banding recovery of Great Gray Owl; Unusual Birds at Lake… Read More

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1957. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, red and cream covers (see scan), Pp49-92. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover sketch: Immature Little Blue Heron. Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We have over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' in stock (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: The Little Blue Heron, Starlings in Western Canada, Wisconsin 'Chickens', Raising Cranes, White Pheasants of Saskatchewan, The Trumpeter Swan, North American Co-operative Bird Migration Study (1957), Forestry in Saskatchewan, Additions to the Flora of Manitoba, Some Mushrooms of Prince Albert, How to Collect and Press Plants; etc. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp49-96. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Fluted-stem Helvella (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: With a naturalist on Southampton Island; Bird Notes from Mexico and the southwest; Blad Eagle harries nesting Canada Geese; Stomach contents of Great Horned Owls; Common Tern recovery from Cook Islands; Birds of the Kazan Lake region, Saskatchewan; Hazards faced by colonial birds; Protection urged for colonial birds on Redberry Lake; Additional records of meadowlark night song; Astragalus gilviflorus Sheld; Silverberry photo; vegetation of eroded hillsides; Dward mistletoe, a plant parasite; First report of sea lavender in Saskatchewan; Common mullein in Saskatchewan in 1956;… Read More