10 pp of colour illustrations, b&w photographs throughout, with tables, text-figures, maps, 7 appendices: gazetteer, bird surveys, food plants, monthly records, recording rates for birds listed in McLennan’s diaries, and preliminary bird list for Bickerton Island, index. The lower edge is soiled in places. Pictorial card cover. This comprehensive reference describes the relative abundance, habitats and regional distribution of each of the 228 bird species that have been reported for the island over 80 years of visitation by ornithologists. Following the introduction, the book covers the avifauna of the region and provides an annotated list of birds on Groote Eylandt and neighbouring islands. 011214 ORNITHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BIRDS