Digitalt nytrykk av original fra 1988 (print on demand)
Forlagets egen omtale:
Denis
Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking
that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of
a species always close at hand. The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was
surprisingly poorly researched and his work soon provided interesting insights
into this successful and adaptable little bird. As new opportunities to travel
opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His
travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one of the group, found
only in deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of this authoritative
monograph on sparrows in 1988.
