DEER: THE WILDLIFE SERIES. Edited by Duane Gerlach, Sally Atwater and Judith Schnell.

1994 1st edition. Large 4to (220 x 285mm). Ppxiii,384. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography. Green and buff boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

This is a detailed discussion, comparing the life and biology of whitetail,blacktail and mule deer in North America, with many excellent photographs. "More than 100 leading wildlife professionals, ...biologists, ...photographers, and artists have contributed to cover every aspect of theevolution, life history, anatomy, physiology, behaviour, and habitat of North American deer." Sections include; evolution and anatomy; inside the animal; white-tailed deer; mule and black-tailed deer; the future. A useful, serious book for the genuinely interested, and also readable and very well illustrated.