A Field Guide to Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds information
1980 book by Gordon Beruldsen
A Field Guide to Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds
First edition cover
Author
Gordon Beruldsen
Language
English
Series
Rigby Field Guides
Subject
Nests and eggs of Australian birds
Genre
Field guide
Published
1980 (Rigby: Adelaide, South Australia)
Publication place
Australia
Media type
Print (hardcover) with dust jacket
Pages
448
ISBN
0-7270-1202-9
Dewey Decimal
598.29’94
A Field Guide to Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds is a guide to the identification of the nests and eggs of Australian birds, authored by Gordon Beruldsen.
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