The Sunbirds of Southern Africa, also the Sugarbirds, the White-Eyes, and the Spotted Creeper Oppian is easily the most

Oppian is easily the most important

There is an armorial book plate of William Newall on the front pastedown

with 100 hand-colored lithographic plates (partially colored as called for)

The title of the volume “Book of Great Nishikigoi” originated in Takeo Kuroki’s naming of all the prize koi in the All Japan Nishikigoi Show as the ‘greatest Nishikigoi’

The Sunbirds of Southern Africa, also the Sugarbirds, the White-Eyes, and the Spotted Creeper Oppian is easily the mostPp. 351, 10 color plates from painting by John Perry, 12 monochrome plates, 41 line drawings, 24 distribution maps, 7 inch gramophone record (with bird calls) in pocket at rear. Publishers original tan cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. A comprehensive monograph on the feeding habits and behavior of the nectar sucking bird families of South Africa. The gramophone record at the rear has never been removed from