October 2017 Monthly Catalogue Welcome to the October 2017 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue, which lists all new titles added to our website in the last month. This month we have a particularly interesting list of books on fish and marine mammals. The Royal Museum for Central Africa is publishing The Inland Water Fishes of Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Human Use, while the Paris Museum of Natural History is publishing Charles Plumier (1646-1704) and His Drawings of French and Caribbean Fishes, both due in October. More practical titles are North Sea Fish and Their Remains from Pisces Conservation, which can both be used to identify live fish, and establish identity based on fish remains, and Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada from the University of Toronto Press (December). Of related interest are the recently published Whales' Bones of the Americas, South Atlantic and Antarctica which is the final book in this series on the practical and decorative uses to which whale bones have been put, and Newsouth Publishing's The Secret Life of Whales: A Marine Biologist Reveals All (November). We have two excellent books on bats. Pelagic Publishing will publish Field Guide to Amazonian Bats (February), which is the first such compilation for this species-rich region. We also received a book on the bats of the Swiss canton of Fribourg, which is available in either French or German. Chimaira released Studies on Anomalies in Natural Populations of Amphibians, and Bloomsbury has announced a second edition of the Field Guide to East African Reptiles for January. We furthermore now stock A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maasai Mara, which is an affordable pocket guide. Birders can look out for Behind More Binoculars (October), which is a sequel to the previous collection of interviews with birdwatchers, as well as two fold-out guides to birds of Japan and Thailand. Brill has announced the second edition of Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga for October. On the subject of plants, we have NatureBureau's The Flora of Sussex (February), the Nordic Lichen Flora, Volume 6: Verrucariaceae 1, and Three Centuries of Garden Lists, a compilation of plants lists from historically important works. Readers interested in conservation and biodiversity should have a look at the work done by a group of environmental lawyers, as related in Client Earth, while Financial Times columnist Harry Eyres shows how our ability to observe Earth from a distance has transformed the awareness of our environmental impact in Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation. Struik, in the meantime, has announced a book with a cautiously optimistic note; Overkill: The Race to Save Africa's Wildlife is due December. We also have several fascinating books on the history of science, with MIT Press announcing Listening in the Field: Recording and the Science of Birdsong for March, which describes how sound recording has evolved, the University Press of New England publishing The Lives of Dillon Ripley: Natural Scientist, Wartime Spy, and Pioneering Leader of the Smithsonian Institution, and Chicago University Press releasing a paperback version of Huxley's Church and Maxwell's Demon, which charts the rise of naturalistic science. If you are looking for something lighter to read, Seren Books published the memoir Waterfalls of Stars: Ten Years on Skomer Island, while Lonely Planet provides the perfect book to plan your next outdoor trip with National Parks of Europe. As always, if you are looking for a particular title that we do not yet have in our range, or you would like to suggest a title for NHBS to stock, please do get in touch. Leon Vlieger Catalogue Editor Ornithology Birds of Seattle 160 pages | 125 colour illustrations | Lone Pine Publishing And Puget Sound Paperback #237471 1996 9781772130195 £10.99 Add to Basket Chris C Fisher An easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated guide to help you identify and understand the feathered strangers nibbling at your backyard feeder or singing from a nearby tree. Full-color illustrations and clear, enjoyable descriptions on 125 common and... A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia 176 pages | 300 colour photos, 2 colour maps | John Beaufoy Books Including Sabah and Sarawak Paperback #237035 Feb-2018 9781912081639 £11.99 Add to Basket GWH Davidson(Author), Yeap Chin Aik(Author) This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Malaysia (including the state of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo) is perfect for resident and visitor alike.High quality photographs from sone of... A Practical Illustrated Guide to Attracting & Feeding Garden Birds 256 pages | 760+ colour photos and colour illustrations, colour The Complete Book of Bird Feeders, Bird Tables, Birdbaths, Nest Boxes and Backyard distribution maps | Southwater Birdwatching Paperback #237380 2016 9781780194998 £7.99 Add to Basket Jen Green(Editor) This is the complete book of bird feeders, bird tables, birdbaths, nest boxes and backyard bird watching. It helps you learn what to feed garden birds, from seeds, grains and peanuts to fruits, suet cakes and fat balls, as well as how to attract... Oiseaux du Sahara Atlantique Marocain [Birds of the Moroccan Atlantic Sahara] 359 pages | ~350 colour photos, colour illustrations and colour Patrick Bergier(Author), Michel Thévenot(Author), Abdeljebbar Qninba(Author), Jean-Roch distribution maps | Societé d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France Houllier(Contributor), Paul Isenmann(Foreword By) Paperback #234779 2017 9782916802053 £64.99 Add to Basket This book presents the 383 species of birds that have been observed in the Moroccan Atlantic Sahara, a territory on the south-western borders of Morocco situated at the junction between the Western Palaearctic and the Sahel. 68 species reproduce here... 03-10-2017 https://www.nhbs.com/monthly-catalogue Page 1 The Blue Tit 304 pages | 8 plates with colour photos, 10 b/w illustrations | T & AD Martyn Stenning(Author) Poyser Ltd (A & C Black) Sporting a mix of blue, yellow, white, green and black, the Blue Tit is unmistakable. It is thriving Hardback #235119 Feb-2018 9781472937384 £49.99 Add to Basket well in a world dominated by humans, taking advantage of our propensity to feed birds and provide nest-boxes. In turn, this charismatic species... Birds of the Canary Islands 224 pages | 67 plates with colour illustrations; colour distribution maps | Eduardo García-del-Rey(Author) Christopher Helm The Canary Islands is a popular destination for birders and travellers with an interest in wildlife Paperback #235619 Feb-2018 9781472941558 £19.99 Add to Basket and nature, and one of the best places in the world to see several scarce species such as the Houbara Bustard. They also hold a number of endemic... 50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya 160 pages | 180 colour photos | Random House Struik Catherine Ngarachu(Author) Paperback #236738 Dec-2017 9781775842484 £8.99 Add to Basket For the very first time, local and visiting birders will have a detailed guide to Kenya’s best birding sites. The book will help them to locate the key species in each area, including sought- after ‘specials’ and endemics. Top... Birding 101 12 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations | Waterford Press A Folding Pocket Guide for Beginning Birders Unbound #237302 2017 9781620052297 £6.99 Add to Basket Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO)(Author) Birders use many kinds of information to identify birds, including size and shape, colour pattern, markings, behaviour, habitat and calls. This handy, US-centric guide puts basic birding skills at your fingertips, explaining simple techniques that... Right Bird, Right House 12 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Waterford Press Providing a Safe Space for Birds to Raise Their Young Unbound #237323 2017 9781620052273 £6.99 Add to Basket Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO)(Author) Many species of birds will nest in boxes or other structures that meet each species' requirements for a safe place to nurture eggs and nestlings. This guide provides the tools for launching a successful nesting structure project, starting with an... Birds of Serbia: Breeding Population Estimates and Trends for the Period 2008-2013 159 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, maps | Bird Protection and Study [Serbian] Society of Serbia / Društvo za Zaštitu i Proucavanje ptica Srbije Slobodan Puzovic(Author), Dimitrije Radišić(Author), Milan Ružic(Author), Draženko Paperback #237369 2015 9788680728001 £52.99 Add to Basket Rajković(Author), M Radakovic(Author) This report gives population estimates and trends of breeding birds in Serbia from 2008 to 2013. It features an extensive English summary. Hnízda Pěvců České Republiky [Bird Nests of the Czech Republic] 208 pages | colour photos | Academia Jiří Formánek(Author) Hardback #237420 2017 9788020026880 £43.99 Add to Basket The goal of this photographic guide of bird nests is to foster a wider interest in the birds of the Czech Republic, not just for the young generation, but also for all people who like to go into nature.Summary in Czech:Cílem tohoto atlasu... Developments in Woodpecker Biology 133 pages | colour photos, colour photos, colour illustrations, tables | Hans Winkler(Editor) Biologiezentrum This book contains 8 papers by different authors on a range of subjects including woodpecker Hardback #237459 2015 £54.99 Add to Basket systematics, morphology, cognition, ecology, breeding biology and population densities. It accompanied the exhibition "Spechte: Hör mal wer da... Feathers of European Owls 206 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations, colour & b/w tables | Oriolus Insights into Species Ecology and Identification Forläg Marian Cieślak(Author) Hardback #237475 2017 9789197865227 £49.99 Add to Basket Marian Cieślak (1950 – 2016) became one of the few researchers in Europe to commence with scientific study of bird feathers, and most especially – the feathers of birds of prey and owls.