Australia's Parrots (Australian Nature)

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Child & Associates.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Minor crease in the lamination. Coloured photo-covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: Sumptuous colour photos throughout.* Pages: 62 pp. text. ii pp. Index at rear.* Product Description:- Australia has some of the most remarkable and beautiful parrots in the world. There are over 50 species in this country and Jane Dalby has selected about 40 of these for this book. There is a detailed description of the physical appearance of each genus with colour photographs to make identification easy. There are descriptions of the birds feeding and breeding habits and their fascinating courtship displays. Jane also describes the complex systems of communication that parrots use - alarm calls, contact calls and territorial calls. The informative text is complemented by over 95 magnificent colour photographs by one of Australia's foremost photographers, Ken Stepnell.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal faults reducing it to VG+*