Poyser hardcover of the first editon in fine condition in like dust jacket. Complete natural history with illustrations by Donald Watson. Nethersole-Thompson has been studying his favorite bird, the Greenshank Tringa nebularia, since 1931.Greenshanks is a major contribution to bird studies and takes its place beside Desmond Nethersold-Thompson's four earlier monographs. The illustrations in color and monochrome by Donald Watson have all the veracity and atmosphere that one has come to expect of this gifted artist.