Good hardcover, lacking dust jacket, wear and discoloration on covers. Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. The account of Beebe's travels through Ceylon, India, Burma, China, Japan, the Malay States, Borneo and Java in pursuit of the pheasants of each country with camera, field-glasses, and gun. Nearly 100 species are included, describing their voice, courtships, battles, nests and eggs, and general life history and relation to surroundings. The birds are illustrated in colored plates by Beebe, G.E. Lodge, A. Thorburn, H. Gronvold, C.R. Knight, H. Jones, and L.A. Fuertes.