Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Birds
Other Name
Report (British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931)). Series B ; v. 2 (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
B.A.N.Z.A.R. Expedition Committee ; issued by the Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide
Place
Date
1937
Physical Description
xiv, 288 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 104681 stamped with ownership details on half title "R.V. Roberts, 1283 Dominion Rd Ext., Mt Roskill South, Auckland."
Copy 104682 has "G. Archey. with compliments & kind words, R.A.F., Jan 1938."
Copy 94165 has "G A Buddle" handwritten in pencil on the half-title page.
Content
Pt. 1. A general account of the birds of the region: the southern ocean, the Crozets, Kerguelen, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, the pack ice, the Antarctic coastline
Pt. 2. Systematic, with accounts of the species: Sphenisciformes, Procellariiformes, Pelecaniformes, Lariformes, Charadriiformes, Anatiformes, Ralliformes, Passeriformes.
Public Access Text
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-281) and index.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
General Outsize
Land Vertebrates Library
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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