Deserts.A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with colour photographs,to the wild-flowers,birds, reptiles,insects,and other natural wonders of North America's deserts from Oregon to Mexico.1985.618 coloured photographs.Many figs.and sitrib.maps.638 p.8vo.Paper bd.

Contents(partly): Deserts: (How to use this guide/ Preface/ Introduction/ The Great Basin Desert/ The Colorado Plateau Semidesert/The Mojave Desert/ The Sonoran Desert/ The Chihuahuan Desert/ Somespecial vegetation types common to all deserts/ Aspects of the biologyof desert organisms/ How to use the colour plates)/ Colour Plates:(Deserts 1-36/ Wildflowers 37-165/ Mushrooms 166-168/ Reptiles andAmphibians 169-291/ Fishes 292-300/ Trees, Shrubs, Cacti, and Grasses301-366/ Insects and Spiders 367-402/ Butterflies and Moths 403-450/Mammals 451-528/ Birds 529-618)/ Species Descriptions: ( Wildflowers and Mushrooms/ Reptiles and Amphibians/ Fishes/ Trees, Shrubs, Cacti,and Grasses/ Insects and Spiders/ Butterflies and Moths/ Mammals/Birds)/ Appendices.