GREENSHANKS. By Desmond and Maimie Nethersole-Thompson. Illustrated by Donald Watson.

# (1979) 1979 1st US edition. Large 8vo. Pp275. Colour paintings and b/w illustrations by Donald Watson, b/w photographs, bibliography. Green cloth.

# Detailed account of the ecology and biology of the greenshank drawn from decades of fieldwork by the authors and their children. This volume supersedes their earlier publication, called The Greenshank, which appeared in the New Naturalist series in 1951. This is the American edition of Poyser's original title, the two books being to all intents and purposes identical.