Gamebirds of Southern Africa by P A Clancey
Gamebirds of Southern Africa by P A Clancey
Being a Guide to all the Major Sporting Birds of Africa. South of the Cunene, Okavango and Zambezi Rivers
Hardcover
Publisher: Purnell, 1967 first edition.
Condition - Very Good: The DJ has some wear but is now covered with a fresh Mylar sleeve. The Book has some tape residue on the front and back pages. The book is clean and the pages clear and without markings.
Clancey served in the 51st (Highland) Division with the Allied forces in Sicily and Italy during World War II, narrowly escaping death and being deafened in one ear by an artillery explosion.
Clancey wrote extensively about the taxonomy of African birds, naming some two-hundred sub-species of Southern African birds.
The first edition of this excellent volume by Clancey exploring the gamebirds of Southern Africa. This volume focuses on the gamebirds of Africa south of the Cunene, Okavango and Zambezi Rivers. A guide designed to furnish information on the plumages, biological patterns, and nesting habits of the major sporting birds of South Africa.
Including a description and study of ducks, francolins and quails, guineafowl, sandgrouse, buttonquail or hemipodes, bustards, and many others.
Illustrated with twelve coloured plates, ten maps, and various line drawings in text.
Illustrated with twelve coloured plates, ten maps, and various line drawings in text. Collated, complete.
