British Sea Birds
by Charles Dixon
Publisher: Bliss, Sands and Foster 1896
ISBN/ASIN: B00OIE5RWU
Number of pages: 334
Description:
Amongst the many natural objects that confront the visitor to the sea, there are none more readily detected than birds. The wide waters of the ocean and its varied coast-line of cliff or sand, shingle or mud-flat, are the haunts of many birds of specialised type.
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