The Roseate Spoonbill (Richard Fitter's copy) by Allen, Robert Porter - 1966

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1942). Octavo, softbound (stiff, full-color illus. green wrappers), xviii + 142 pp + [vi] pp. Very Good, with light wear to covers. From lower cover: “Rosy pink, with wing and tail coverts of deeper carmine. The tail tawny orange. It is as though an orchid has spread its lovely wings and flown.” Thus as the Roseate Spoonbill been described. But it is a sorry fact that man’s persecution once reduced this magnificant species to the verge of extinction throughout tis normal range in the Gulf region of the United States. Now once again in the ascendent thanks to stringent conservation measures, this book has never been more fully described than in this book, originally prepared under the auspices of the National Audubon Society. The author actually lived among the Spoonbills for months at a time in preparing this study. His findings on distribution from the earliest recorded sightings, through the period of low ebb in the 1890s, to the 1930s; on… Read More

Dover `, 1966. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Dover Publications, 1966. Paperback. 142pp. Frontis. Illus. 1st edition 1966. Slight wear to covers. Previous seller's label to front free end-paper. A decent copy. (p2). First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, 1942. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 2 OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY. CARD COVERS, WORN, BUT CONTENTS VERY GOOD. WITH CHARTS, TABLES AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.