8vo, pp304 + 34 pages of colour plates with b/w maps. charts and illustrations throughout. Hardcover in dust jacket. DJ in very good condition with a little rubbing to top edge. Blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in near fine condition. Inside near fine. A lovely copy of this comprehensive monograph on the beautiful Snowy Owl. Seller Inventory # 001052

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Snowy Owl (Poyser Monographs)

Publisher: Poyser, London

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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The Snowy Owl - possibly the world's sexiest bird - needs little introduction. This massive white owl breeds throughout the Arctic, wherever there are voles or lemmings to hunt, from Scandinavia through northern Russia to Canada and Greenland. Southerly movements in winter see North American birds travel as far south as the northern United States, while infrequent vagrants on the Shetlands and other northern isles are a magnet for birders....

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