OWLS: A GUIDE FOR ORNITHOLOGISTS. By Ron Freethy. Photographs by Eric and David Hosking.

1992 1st edition. Large square 8vo (226 x 249mm). Pp134. Colour and b/w photographs by Eric and David Hosking, classification charts, bibliography. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is an interesting and readable account of all 134 members of the owl family. Excellent pictures by Eric and David Hosking. Chapters include: What is an owl?; The evolution and classification of owls; The folklore of owls; The Barn Owls and Bay or Grass Owls; The Otus owls; The Bubo owls; The Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca); The Fish Owls; Spectacled, Burrowing, Little, Mottled Owls and Pygmy Owlets; The Strix owls; The Asoi, Pseudoscops, Nesasio and Aegolius owls; Owl conservation.