The Cotingas: Bellbirds, Umbrellabirds and Allies

By Snow, David

SKU# 17273

$ 35.00

Pp. 203, 22 full page color plates by Martin Woodcock, 30 full page distribution maps.  Publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in white on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to.  This book monographs the family Cotingidae, some of the most spectacular birds of the American tropics – the 65 species of the bellbirds, umbrellabirds and related species.  This family evolved in South America when it was an island continent isolated from all other land masses.  This resulted in a diverse assemblage of species of some of the most brilliantly plumaged of all birds.  This volume is co-published by The British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press.  No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Publisher Cornell University Press
Publisher Place Ithaca, NY
Date Published 1982
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Near fine
Condition Description A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket with one small tear repaired.
ISBN 0-8014-1490-3
Limited Edition