Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse: Including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies

Description

Covering almost 260 species of gamebirds, this book focuses on identification, status and distribution, habitats and geographical variation. Many of these species are both exotic and endangered, some are kept in private aviaries, while others are exploited commercially.

Steve Madge became interested in birds as a child, the honking croaks of ravens along the rugged coast of his native Cornwall being among his earliest memories. He lived in Cornwall, but spent part of the year overseas leading birdwatching tours for Birdquest, the company he helped to form. He is a former member of the British Birds Rarities Committee, and contributed many articles on birds to journals in various parts of the world. His book with Hilary Burn, Wildfowl, was a worthy winner of British Birds' 'Bird Book of the Year' award; he was also a co-author of the Helm Identification Guides, Handbook of Bird Identification and Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse. David Mead is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of East Anglia. John D. Cox is the DuMez Professor of English at Hope College, USA.

This entire book must have been a labor of love for its authors. . . . [It] lets one appreciate the great beauty of these birds. . . . This new book satisfies my need to have close at hand a convenient world reference on one of my favorite groups of birds. -- Paul A. Johnsgard, Birding