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There was some discussion on IBN-L recently following the discovery that "Birds of Ireland" by Ussher & Warren (1900) is available as a download in Word format on the Waterford County Library site (8.4 MB). This prompted others to enquire about the availability of "Migration of Birds as Observed at Irish Lighthouses and Lightships" by Barrington also in 1900. While it appears that this is unavailable online and nearly so in the flesh (There were only 300/350 [I can't remember which is correct] copies produced and many of them were torn up for loo paper in some of the lighthouses [or so legend has it] - Eric Dempsey), it was an incentive to put this rough "work-in-progress" list of the principle Irish birding books on line - B.G. 03.2004

Irish Birding Books 1850 - 1990

The Natural History of the Birds of Ireland John J. Watters 1852 Dublin & London
The Natural History of Ireland (vol 1-3) William Thompson 1859 London
A list of Irish Birds A.G.More 1885 Nat. Museum
A list of Irish Birds A.G.More 1890 Nat. Museum
Birds of Ireland R.J.Ussher & R.Warren 1900 London UKŁ240-4505
Migration of Birds as Observed at Irish Lighthouses and Lightships R.M.Barrington 1900 Dublin & London
A list of Irish Birds R.J.Ussher 1908 Nat. Museum
A list of Irish Birds A.R.Nichols 1924 Nat. Museum
A list of the Birds showing the species contained in the National Collection G.R.Humphreys 1937 Nat. Museum UKŁ5-155
The way that I went R.L.Praeger 1937 Methuen €1901
Some Irish Naturalists R.L.Praeger 1949 Dundalk
Natural History of Ireland R.L.Praeger 1950 London UKŁ10-455
An Irish Santuary - birds of the North Bull P.G.Kennedy 1953 Dublin UKŁ50-605
The Birds of Ireland Kennedy, Ruttledge & C.F.Scroope 1954 London & Edinburgh UKŁ30(cloth)-605
A list of the Birds of Ireland P.G.Kennedy 1961 Nat. Museum UKŁ10-305
Ireland's Birds. Their Distribution & Migrations R.F.Ruttledge 1966 London UKŁ20-605
A Guide to Irish Birds C. Moriarty 1967 Mercier Press
The Natural History of Cape Clear Island J.T.R.Sharrock (ed) 1973 UKŁ25-300!5
Breeding Birds of Britain & Ireland J.Parslow 1973 Poyser
A list of the Birds of Ireland R.F.Ruttledge 1975 Nat. Museum €104
The Birds of Dublin & Wicklow C.D.Hutchinson 1975 Dublin
Saltee Islands of Birds and Legends R.Roche & O.Merne 1976 Dublin
The Atlas of the Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland J.T.R.Sharrock 1976 €273
Ireland's Wetlands & their Birds C.D.Hutchinson 1979 Dublin
A list of the Birds of Ireland R.F.Ruttledge 1980 Nat. Museum
The Guide to the Birds of Ireland G.D'Arcy 1981 Dublin €252
The Birds of Ireland G.D'Arcy 1986 Belfast
The Irish Dipper K.W.Perry 1986 Derry UKŁ105
The Atlas of the Wintering Birds in Britain & Ireland P.Lack 1986 Poyser UKŁ13-253
Watching Birds in Ireland C.D.Hutchinson 1986 Dublin UKŁ35
Birds in Ireland C.D.Hutchinson 1989 Poyser UKŁ305
Birds in counties Galway and Mayo R.F.Ruttledge 1994 IWC

Prices where shown are indicative only:
1 1st ed; 2nd ed Hodges Figgis 1939 $65 2004; €45 poor condition Dublin 2004
2 2003
3 2004
4 2007
5 www.ABE.CO.UK 2010

 
 

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