The waterfowl of the world.
By: With plates in colour by Peter Scott.
Publisher: Country Life
Published: 1956
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Anatidae.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. The magpie goose, whistling ducks, swans and geese. Sheldgeese and shelducks.- v. 2. The dabbling ducks.- v. 3. Eiders, pochards, perching ducks, scoters, golden-eyes and mergansers, stiff-tailed ducks.- v. 4. General habits. The reproductive cycle. Ecology. Distribution and species relationships. Fowling. Conservation and management aviculture. Domestic waterfowl. The anatomy of waterfowl. Fossil Anseriformes. Corrections and additions. additions.