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    Category Antarctic;
    Author Murphy, Robert Cushman
    Title OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Sanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History. 2 VOLUMES
    Publishing Information New York: Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History,1936.
    Description 1936 Edition; Two volumes, illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jacques, photographs, maps, and other drawings; Vol I, xxii, 640 pages, 6 coloured plates, 1-38 b&w plates, 1-61 text figures; Vol II, viii, 641-1245 pages, 10 coloured plates, 39-72 b&w plates, 62-80 text figures. Index at front of both volumes, plates at back of both volumes. Original cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Contents clean, a lovely set. Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) was an American ornithologist who travelled on a number of expeditions on the ocean and was highly regarded as an expert on seabirds, with Murphy's petrel named for him. He also penned works such as 'Bird Islands of Peru' and 'Logbook for Grace: Whaling Brig Daisy', as well as over six hundred articles.This work is considered a classic piece of expertise on the seabirds of South America. Profusely illustrated with seventy two plates bound to the rear, including ten full colour plates illustrated by Francis L. Jacques.Complete in two volumes. A comprehensive look at avian life in this area. A classic of its field, especially significant for its descriptions of the birds of the Antarctic seas. Geographic background, hydrology, field work, family and species accounts include penguins, albatrosses, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, tropic-birds, pelicans, boobies, cormorants, man-o-war birds, oystercatchers, ducks & geese, skuas and jaegers, gulls, terns, skimmers. These 2 volumes weigh over 4Kg and extra postage may be required for overseas customers.
    Price £70.00
    Keywords penguins, albatrosses, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, tropic-birds, pelicans, boobies, cormorants, man-o-war birds, oystercatchers, ducks & geese, skuas, skimmers S1-Ant
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