WILDFOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Peter Scott and Hugh Boyd.

WILDFOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Peter Scott and Hugh Boyd.

THE NEW WILDFOWLER. Edited by Noel M. Sedgwick, Peter Whitaker and Jeffery Harrison.

THE NEW WILDFOWLER. Edited by Noel M. Sedgwick, Peter Whitaker and Jeffery Harrison.

A THOUSAND GEESE. By Peter Scott and James Fisher.

(1953) 1954 reprint. 8vo (145 x 218mm). Pp240. Colour frontispiece and b/w text illustrations by Peter Scott, b/w photographs, map, bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is Sir Peter Scott's account of his expedition to discover the principal breeding-grounds of the pinkfoot in the central desert of Iceland. Interesting from the bird point of view, but also a detailed acount of the geography of one of the more inaccessible parts of the country. Chapters include: First catch your goose; The way in; Journey up the Thorsa; The Great Oasis; The ice-cap; Peter's diary - the guides return; James's diary - the goose-pens; Goose-netting and a snowy owl; Peter's diary - the flowers of the Eagle's Fell; The day of frustration; The day of success; Peter's diary - netting, botany and an air-drop; James's diary - a thousand up; Journey home; The last secrets of the netting-places. Appendices are: The pinkfoot in Spitsbergen; The pinkfoot in Greenland; Notes on the birds of the Thjorsarver vidh Hofsjokul.
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Book Code
491
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Author Scott (Peter Markham) and Fisher (James).
Book Code 491
ISBN B0000CIOVW.
Book Description Slight browning to end-papers and edges but good-plus in used dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1954
Publisher Collins.
Place London.