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Forest and Bird, Volume 14, Issue 3, 1 August 1982, Unnumbered Page

ed on New Zealand birds this century. collection of Lodge paintings in the world remaining unpublished pages, ull colour plates, llustrated. 68 {eek Sir Charles Fleming Charles Fleming, KBE FR S. (and a member of the American Philosophical Society) , iS one of New Zealand' $ leading scientists. An active conservationist, and a prolific writer on zoology and the earth sciences, he provides an authoritative and readable text that will appeal to the dedicated ornithologist as well as the general reader. Contents Foreword Bv Sir Peter Scott, Chairman of the World Wildlife Fund (International) Preface By Dr J C Yaldwyn; Director of the National Museum of New Zealand Covers the history of the commissioning and subsequent provenance ofthe pamtings. Introduction Includes a biography of Lodge;, backgrounds the history of the paintings , outlines the plan ofthe book and presents a history of the birds of New Zealand from the viewpoints of geology, evolution and conservation The colour plates Gives the history of discovery bio-geography and and accompanying evolutionary development of the species illustrated and texts discusses the impact of man and the problems of conservation today: The text has much of interest for the nternational reader .