Book no. 65 in The New Naturalist series. This is a detailed and authoritative account of the world's waders, their biology and ecology. Chapters include: The Waders; Habitats and Adaptation; Geographical Distribution and Variation; Breeding Biology; Migration; Wintering Populations; Communal Roosting; Moult; Feeding Ecology; Energy Balance; Mortality and Evolution; Carrying Capacities in the non-breeding season; Cockles and Conservation; Appendices provide: Monthly records of rarities, American waders in the British Isles, rare Eurasian waders in the British Isles, other Hastings rarities struck off the British List, species not considered now as rarities. The jacket is very good; the rear has a covering of light foxing spots, which also appear on the flap folds. The book covers are fine, with a light bump to lower spine end. Grey foxing speckles on the the upper text block edge and occasional spots on other edges. Inside pages and plates clean. 24 b/w photographic plates plus nu