ISBN10: 0701806907, ISBN13: 9780701806903, [publisher: Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne] Hardcover 616pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, chocolate brown leatherette boards with gilt text to spine, green endpapers, foreword by Dean Amadon, preface by author, intro., pacific distribution, col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, full page col. illust., distribution maps, drawings, ref., indexes. Parrots of the World has been conceived to meet the needs of ornithologists, institutions, aviculturists, and naturalists generally. Every species and subspecies, including those now extinct, is described. Standad taxonomic measurements taken from museum specimens are listed as part of these descriptions. Information on distribution, status, habitats, general habits, movements, feeding, call-notes, and nesting habits, including measurements of eggs are given. Size: Large Thick Quarto
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1981]

Lansdowne Editions 1978 2nd, Revised edition HARDCOVER Very Good- 616pp, quarto hardcover. fading to book spine and outer edges of boards, solid binding, owner stamp, interior clean. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.