Abstract
TO the making of bird-books there is no end, and out of the vast bird-fauna of Africa there comes continually something new. For more than thirty years, Sir Frederick Jackson served his country in East Africa, ending as Governor of Uganda, and all his leisure was spent on safari, mostly in the happy study of the birds. He planned a great book, but left it unfinished. It has now been completed with the utmost care and skill by Mr. W. L. Sclater, and, beautifully illustrated by Mr. Lodge and Mr. Grün-wald, it takes its place beside the works of Reichenow, Shelley, Sclater and Bannerman.
The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate
Sir Frederick John Jackson K.C.M.G., C.B. Completed and Edited by W. L. Sclafcer. Vol. 1: Struthionidae to Psittacidae. Pp. lii + 542 + 10 plates. Vol.2: Coraciidae to Sylviidae. Pp. viii + 545–1134. Vol. 3: Hirundinidae to Emberizidae. Pp. viii + 1137–1592 + 6 plates. (London: Gurney and Jackson, 1938.) 90s. net.
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The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate. Nature 142, 190 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142190a0
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