This authoritative work of reference has been planned to take account of the great advances that have been made since the publication of the Handbook of British Birds (1938-41), which for may years provided the basis on which ornithological research in the UK was built.  Ornithologists now work on a wider geographical basis, and this new handbook covers the whole of the Western Palearctic, which includes all Europe together with the Middle East to Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. This volume IV covers terns to woodpeckers In mint condition and in original packaging.The book weighs more than 2kg.