As new hardcover in dust jacket. Details the habitat, distribution, frequency, description, social organization, maintenance activities, reproduction, population dynamics, and relations with man of every southern African member of the four orders of birds under review. The area covered is South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho. Eight color plates by Graeme Arnott, with line drawings and distribution maps.