The Puffin, M.P. Harris: Hardback: First Reprint: Seabirds: Ornithology

The Puffin

By M. P. Harris.

Published by T & A D Poyser, London, 1991. First reprint. Hardback cover with dust jacket (unclipped), 224 pages. Illustrated, plus photography, black & white.

Very good condition. No names or writing.

Dr Mike Harris of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, is an international authority on fratercula arctica, the Atlantic or Common Puffin, and the book reflects his great knowledge of the species. His enthusiasm for this appealing seabird is equally evident and he has succeeded in that difficult task of combining readability with scientific accuracy and detail.

All aspects of the puffin's lifestyle are considered as well as its current situation and the threats posed by man and his activities. Dr Harris notes that, for the present, "the general state of puffindom is better than at any time this century".

Keith Brockie has contributed some fine drawings and there are over 40 maps and diagrams, plus 24 pages of photographs. 

(Loc: Bindery shelves B1)