First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Head of Zeus Ltd
Copyright © Simon Barnes, 2016
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The images in this book have been taken from the following sources: An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (Gurney and Jackson, 1889); The Natural History of Birds by Thomas Rymer Jones (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1867); Wood’s Natural History of Birds by J. G. Wood (Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862); Wikimedia Commons (pp. 196, 261 and 320).
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ISBN (E) 9781784970697
ISBN (HB) 9781784970703
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