5 Books on Ornithology and Bird Art 1. Maynard Reece-The Upland Bird Art of Maynard Reece 1977-Abrams, 1st edition Condition: book very good, dustjacket good (small tear in back) 28x31 cm, 160 pages As a companion to The Waterfowl Art of Maynard Reece this book features the work of American artist Maynard Reece, renowned for his realistic paintings, watercolours and drawings of birds. The book contains 84 illustrations, including 79 plates in full colour. 2. Alexander Wetmore-Song and Garden Birds of North America 1964-National Geographic Society, 1st Edition. Condition: very good, all records included, no dustjacket 26x18 cm, 400 pages and 6 double-sided records with 70 bird songs Over 300 species portrayed and fully described. 555 illustrations, 509 in full colour. Alexander Wetmore was Research Associate and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, past President of the American Ornithologists' Union. The book includes 6 records of Bird Songs of Garden, Woodland and Meadow, produced as a companion to this book by Arthur A. Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. 3. M.G. Wells-World Bird Species Checklist 1998-Wordlist, 1st Edition Condition: book and dustjacket very good 24x16 cm, 671 pages The World Birds Species Checklist is a must for the international birder/ornithologist. For the first time a full checklist of world species contains around 18.000 alternative scientific and over 27.000 alternative English names which are used in modern field guides and scientific literature to describe 9941 bird species. 4. Christine E. Jackson-Bird Painting (The Eighteenth Century) 1994-Antique Collector’s Club, 1st Edition Condition: book and dustjacket very good 28x22 cm, 143 pages, 900 grs. In this book, the author describes works by major artists of the 18th Century including Pieter Casteels, Marmaduke Cradock and others. The author not only discusses the artists and their frequent use of symbolism in their painting, bus also gives us fascinating glimpses into bird behaviour. 5. Sir A. Landsborough Thomson-A New Dictionary of Birds 1964-Nelson, 1st Edition Condition: book very good, no dustjacket 26x19 cm, 928 pages, 2400 grs. A significant reference book those interested in ornithology. Illustrated with 16 colour plates by C.E. Talbot Kelly and others, 32 pages of b&w photographs and more than 300 line drawings.