British Game Birds and Wildfowl

Illustrated description of British game birds by Beverley Robinson Morris, the younger brother of the British ornithologist Francis Orpen Morris. He describes 69 species, of which 60 are shown on the hand-coloured plates, which occasionally show both male and female. Morris mentions how they look, where they can be found and how their eggs and nests look. If appropriate, he also mentions how the birds can be prepared to eat.

Hardcover. English. Groombridge. No Date. 254 pp with 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Benjamin Fawcett. Rebacked with the original front and rear and part of spine, with gold vignette on upper cover and gilt title on spine; new end papers and clean copy inside. Book No: 2504690