RANKIN, NIALL. — Haunts of British Divers.

London: Collins, 1947. 1st edition. "The author has taken the unusual course of selecting three birds from two orders, the Podicipitiformes and Colymbiformes or diving-birds, and following them to their various breeding places in Britain. He draws an interesting comparison between the lives of three individual pairs which, although of similar build and habit, have chosen widely separated areas for their breeding and have totally different neighbours in consequence." 25cms x 18.5cms x 2cms. Pp.96, 82 black & white photo plates by the author + colour frontispiece and 11 pen and ink drawings by Margaret Myddelton. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper toned to rear with small edge chips and loss to top of spine. VG/G+.