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Roland Green

The books are ordered by publication date with the most recent at the top of the page.

Bird art

Bird art

A Homage to Roland Green: His Norfolk Legacy

David Joel

2012

Produced to coincide with an exhibition of work by Roland Green in 2012.

Watching Wild Life

David Stephen

Collins

1963

British Animals Of The Wild Places

J. Wentworth Day

Blandford

1960

Birds Of Cyprus

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1958

British Wild Animals

George Cansdale

Ladybird Books Series 536: Nature

Wills & Hepworth

1958

"Although much of the country-side is covered with farms and towns, there are still lots of wild animals to be seen if we keep our eyes open and watch patiently. Even in the parks of our large cities, Squirrels may be seen playing in the trees or Bats flying around at dusk. Many wild animals are hunters by night, spending the day asleep in their hide-outs. Others, like Field Voles and Shrews, mostly keep out of sight, while Bats and Dormice sleep most of the winter. So most of these creatures, both large and small, are more difficult to watch than birds; but if we really try we can spot some of them and study their habits."

British Birds

Wilfred Willett

Adam & Charles Black

1956?

Probably not the first edition

A Third Book of British Birds and their Nests

Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald

Ladybird Books Series 536: Nature

Wills & Hepworth

1956

"Well, here is a third book about British birds and their nests, and I hope you will like it as much as you did the other two. This time, Roland Green, a very famous bird artist, has painted beautiful pictures of the birds I have written about. If you look at these carefully, you should easily recognise the birds when you see them. All the birds in this book are common - though some are more common than others. However, to see one or two, you will have to visit places like the seashore or big ponds."

They Walk In Wild Places: Animals Of The British Isles

J. Wentworth Day

Blandford

1956

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Birds Of Eastern and North Eastern Africa

African Handbook Of Birds: Series 1

C. W Mackworth-Praed, C.H.B. Grant

Longmans

1952-1955?

This series was published in two volumes, Volume 1 covers non-passerines, volume 2 covers passerines. This series is part of the 6 volume African Handbook Of Birds.

How I Draw Birds: A Practical Guide for the Bird-Watcher

Roland Green

1951

Popular Handbook Of Indian Birds

Hugh Whistler

Illustrations: H. Gronvold, Roland Green

Gurney and Jackson

4th edition

1949

From the preface:

The Popular Handbook of Indian Birds was first published in 1928, followed by a second edition in 1935, and a third in 1941. This last edition was becoming exhausted when the author died, and Mrs Whistler asked me to prepare this new edition. Mr B. B. Osmaston, who has such a wide knowledge of Indian birds and their habits, has given very great assistance and, in addition, several ornithologists in India, Mr Salim Ali, Mr C. M. Inglis, Mr W. H. Mathews, and the Rev. F. S. Briggs, sent to Mrs Whistler their notes and suggestions which, as far as possible, have been incorporated. In the original edition 250 birds were described, and in each succeeding issue the number was increased. In the present edition 7 more species have been added, and 12 referred to in the text. There is also one new coloured plate and five text figures all of which are the work of Mr Roland Green.

Sketching Birds

Roland Green

1948

British Birds In Their Haunts

Rev C.A. Johns

Editor: W. B. Alexander

Routledge & Kegan Paul

25th edition

1948

A revised edition of a work first published in 1862. Includes colour plates by Foster and black and white plates by Green.

Birds In Britain

Frances Pitt

Macmillan & Co

1948

Bird-Watching in English Counties

Various authors

Royal Society For The protection Of Birds

1947/1948

A series of short booklets about birdwatching in specific English counties. The following list of booklets is incomplete:

• A Bird-Watcher In Cheshire, Arnold Whitworth Boyd, 1947
• A Bird-Watcher In Devon, Henry G. Hurrell, 1947
• A Bird-Watcher In Leicestershire and Rutland, A.E. Jolley, 1947
• A Bird-Watcher In Nottinghamshire, J. Staton, 1947
• A Bird-Watcher In Yorkshire, Ralph Chislett, 1948
• A Bird-Watcher In Lancashire, Clifford Oakes, 1948
• A Bird-Watcher In Cornwall, Peter H.T. Hartley, 1948
• Bird-Watching In London, Richard, R.S. Fitter, 1948

Wing-Tips: The Identification of Birds in Flight

Roland Green

Black

1947

Wing to Wing

E.H. Ware

Foreword: E.W. Hendy

Paternoster Press

1946

Subtitled "Bird Watching Adventures at Home and Abroad with the RAF."

Includes 30 photographs by the author and 26 sketches by Roland Green.

My Book of Birds

W,M. Daunt and E.J.S. Lay

Cover: Raymond Sheppard

MacMillan & Co

1943

Children's bird book with 16 colour plates by Roland Green and a number of uncredited black and white illustrations. One of a series of "My Book Of" books.

Birds Of Our Gardens

Enid Blyton

George Newnes

1940?

The Handbook Of British Birds

H.F. Witherby, Rev. F.C.R. Jourdain, Norman F. Ticehurst, and Bernard W. Tucker

H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd

1938-1941

Published in 5 volumes:

• Volume One: Crows to Flycatchers
• Volume Two: Warblers to Owls
• Volume Three: Hawks to Ducks
• Volume Four: Cormorants to Cranes
• Volume Five: Terns to Game-Birds

A number of editions of this five volume set were subsequently published. A concise edition The Popular Handbook Of British Birds was first published in 1952.

A Systematic Review of the Genus Phylloscopus (Willow-Warblers or Leaf-Warblers)

Claude B. Ticehurst

1938

193 pages with 2 colour plates by Roland Green.

British Birds

Wilfred Willett

The Ruskin Studio: 1937

Ward, Lock & Co: 1950s?

A set of 12 booklet. Uncertain about publishing history. Each booklet is approximately 20 pages with four colour plates and line drawings. The booklets are:

• British Birds No. 1: Thrushes and Blackbirds
• British Birds No. 2: The Titmice
• British Birds No. 3: Meadow Birds
• British Birds No. 4: Hedgerow Birds
• British Birds No. 5: Water Birds
• British Birds No. 6: Shore Birds
• British Birds No. 7: Homestead Birds
• British Birds No. 8: Woodland Birds
• British Birds No. 9: Finches
• British Birds No. 10: Flycatchers
• British Birds No. 11: Marsh Birds
• British Birds No. 12: Small Wading Birds

The Birds Of Tropical West Africa

David A.Bannerman

Crown Agents For The Colonies

1931-1951

Published in 8 volumes with over 3,500 pages in total and 85 coloured plates.

Nicoll's Birds of Egypt

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen

Hugh Rees Ltd

1930

Two volume (700 pages) work with 31 colour plates, a colour frontispiece and a number of black and white photogravure plates and illustrations.

This work was started by Michael J. Nicoll, the Assistant Director of the Zoological Gardens of Giza, who died before he could complete the task. It was completed by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen.

The Wonder Book Of Nature

Editor: H. Holding

Illustrations: Margaret Tarrant, Grace Jones, Roland Green and others

Ward, Lock & Co

1930?

The Animal Book

Enid Blyton

George Newnes

1927

The Bird Book

Enid Blyton

George Newnes

1926

Birds And Their Young

T.A. Coward

Gay & Hancock

1923

Birds In Flight

W.P. Pycraft

Gay & Hancock

1922

From the preface: "There are hosts of people who have a genuine love of our native birds without yearning to possess their skins, or desiring to acquire the reputation of being "Ornithologists." They would call them all by name if they could, but seek, alas! in vain, for some book wherein they will find some magic phrase which will enable them to identify every bird they meet by the wayside. Most of our native birds have learnt that "discretion is the better part of valour," when in the neighbourhood of Man. Hence one gets but too often no more than a fleeting glance at their retreating forms, which, from frequent encounters, have become familiar, yet they leave no more than a vague image in the memory. " What bird was that? I have often seen it but have never succeeded in taking it unawares." This is a question, and its comment, often put to me. Those who are in this quandary, and they are many, are always hoping to find some book which will enable them to correctly name the retreating forms. That book wUl never be written. In the following pages an attempt is made to aid such inquirers, and at the same time the difficulties of the task are pointed out. It is hoped, however, that this attempt will find a welcome among those for whom it is made. If it helps them to understand something, at least, of the absorbing and fascinating problems which the study of flight in the animal kingdom presents, it will at least have served some useful purpose. The pursuit of the flying bird will inevitably stimulate a desire to know more about the bewildering changes of plumage presented at different seasons of the year, as well as by the striking differences which often distinguish the two sexes, and the immature birds. The endeavour to satisfy this desire will open up a new world. Those who would pass to this knowledge should possess themselves of the Practical Handbook of British Birds. Though most severely practical, and designed for the serious student alone, even the beginner will find interest in the description of these several plumages, and much else beside that it is essential to know. Now that the study of flight is so much to the fore, some may turn to these pages in the hope of gaining useful information on the theme of mechanical flight. Some help they may find. But it was not for this that they were written. The flight of an aeroplane and the flight of a bird have little in common - at present; though something may be learned by the study of gliding flight and soaring, which of course have their place in this book. But anatomical details and mechanical formulae, necessary to the serious student of flight, would have been entirely out of place here, and they have been omitted. My task has been by no means easy. But it has been enormously helped by the extremely skilful and beautiful work of the artist, Mr. Roland Green. Where birds are concerned, few artists in the past, and very few in the present, have shown any ability to combine accuracy in drawing with ingenuity of composition and faithfulness in colouring. Mr. Green has shown this rare combination; his coloured plates and line-drawings speak for themselves."

The Canary Islands: Their History, Natural History And Scenery

David A. Bannerman

Many black and white photographs

Gurney & Jackson

1922

From the foreword:

"This book does not profess to be a complete Natural History of the Canary Islands. It deals principally with their Ornithology, and Parts II. and III. contain accounts of various expeditions made by the author during a more or less thorough exploration of the group on behalf of the Bird Department of the. British Museum of Natural History. When in pursuit of birds in the various islands, it naturally followed that other subjects besides ornithology had, in the course of investigations, to be studied. The geological formation of the Islands had to be examined in relation to the fauna and flora ; the Zones of Vegetation for their bearing on the distribution of bird-life, and so it came about that the material for Chapters II. to VI. was accumulated. The ornitho- logical results have already been published in the pages of the Ibis — the Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union. The lack of any really brief account of the discovery and conquest of the Islands prompted me to include Chapter I., although it is somewhat outside the scope of this book. So attractive is the early history of the Archipelago, that any traveller sufficiently interested in the Natural History of the Islands to read these pages, will almost certainly want to know something of their early inhabitants and conquerors."

Birds One Should Know

Rev Canon Theodore Wood

Gay & Hancock

1921

A popular edition was published in 1925.

Includes 8 colour plates and 16 black and white plates by Roland Green.

The Birds Of Australia

Gregory M. Mathews

Witherby

1910-1927

Originally issued in 75 instalments. These were collected in 12 volumes which were published by Witherby between 1910 and 1927. A 13th volume collected supplementary instalments.