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SOMETHING DIFFERENT 
BIRDS 
FROM THE 
HIDE 
Described and photographed by 
IAN M. THOMSON, 
L.D.S., F.R.P.S. 
The adventures of an experienced bird photographer. His 
subjects range over the most interesting of British Birds: 
Bittern, Water Rail, Lapwing, Curlew, Short-Eared Owl, 
Skua, Hooded Crow, Skylark, Phalarope and many more. 
The format of the book is both arresting and unusual in 
that the second part consists entirely of a remarkable series 
of 64 photographs finely reproduced in photogravure to the 
full extent of the page — 8Jx5J inches — thus enabling the 
smallest details to be clearly brought out. Each plate is 
faced by a short descriptive note. 
PRESS OPINIONS 
“ It is always easier in reviewing a book to detect faults 
than to point out good points, and yet in Birds from the 
Hide I found the faults non-existent, and was left to marvel 
at the sheer excellency of this remarkable work .... a book 
that I can only describe as the finest descriptive work on 
bird life than I have ever read.” 
W.T.C.R. in Game and Gun. 
“ This book will give hours of delight to most bird lovers, 
and may stir enthusiasm to help the few who are striving 
to save the disappearing rareties of marsh and fen.” 
Shane Leslie in The Daily Telegraph. 
Obtainable from 
all booksellers 
12s. 6d. net 
(by post 13s. 3d. 
The publishers 
A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 
4-6 SOHO SQUARE, 
LONDON, W.l. 
will gladly send on request a copy of 
the special four-page prospectus con- 
taining a separate specimen of one of 
the 63 remarkable plates. 
