The Birds of Ireland. An Account of the Distribution Migrations and Habits as Observed in Ireland. Assessed by G.R. Humphreys. London: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. First Edition. Pp, xiii, 437, uncut. Green cloth boards, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine bright copy.

Illustrated with eleven plates.

The most comprehensive work on birds in Ireland since the publication of Ussher & Warren’s book in 1900.

The main scope of the book is the distribution of the resident species, the summer & winter migrants and the birds of passage. An important feature of the book is the introduction of a new arrangements of Orders and Families to conform with the Wetmore system of classification.