Witherby (Harry F.).. BIRD HUNTING ON THE WHITE NILE: A NATURALIST'S EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUDAN.. The Office of "Knowledge". London. 1902., 1902.

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Description: (Hardcover, 1902 ). 1902 1st edition. Pp117. B/w illustrations and photographs, maps, pictorial cloth. Cover badly stained, hinges tender. Good only. Travel and observations of local life along one of the Nile's larger tributaries in the Sudan, with much bird and mammal collecting along the way. "The journey, of which this little book forms a narrative, was undertaken for the sole purpose of endeavouring to add to our knowledge of the birds and beasts of the Soudan. Birds, being my special delight, received most attention, and I make no excuse for the amount of space occupied in discussing them in the following pages, I have added in an appendix a full list of the birds observed or collected, but for a complete account of them I must refer the reader to the Ibis for 1901, pp, 237-278. Of the animals, owing to my ignorance, I have very little to say." Contents I. THE DESERT RAILWAY, KHARTOUM AND OMDURMAN. 2. THE RIVER - ESSENTIAL ALIKE TO MAN, BEAST AND BIRD. 3. THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE. 4. CAMPING AND COLLECTING. 5. BIRDS. 6. A DANCE, A SAND-STORM, AND A RARE BIRD. Appendix A. LIST OF THE BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED. Appendix B. LIST OF THE MAMMALS. .

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WITHERBY, Harry F.. Bird Hunting on the White Nile. A naturalist's experiences in the Soudan.. London: The Office of Knowledge, 1902, 1902.

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Description: First edition, first impression, of the ornithologist Harry Witherby's account of his journey to and research on the White Nile. Witherby (1873-1943) travelled extensively to aid his research, visiting Iran, Russia, and Africa, even taking his wife with him on his travels and teaching her how to skin birds on their honeymoon. Witherby created the British Birds magazine, served as president of the British Ornithologists' Union, was made an honorary member of the American Ornithologists' Union, and was the first to start a bird ringing scheme. Octavo. Original light brown cloth, spine and cover lettered in black, cover decorated in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. Photographic frontispiece, illustrations in the text. Spine slightly leaning, a touch rubbed: a near-fine copy.

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Witherby, Harry F.. Bird Hunting on the White Nile. A Naturalist's Experiences in the Soudan. The Office of "Knowledge", London, 1902.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Slight wear. Inscribed by the author.

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