GIFT INSCRIPTION on the front free endpaper as follows: ""To Merrillyn: My very best to a fellow bird-watcher. Hope \ you enjoy the book. Mark Stalmaster."" Large 8vo. xi, 1-227p. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Michelle LaGory, as well as numerous black and white charts. Also 16 captioned color photos. A color photo of the author on the rear turn-in of the dust jacket. Appendixes, Literature Cited, and Index. Blue paper over boards with white letters on the spine. Just touches of wear to the extremities, covers clean, spine lettering intact, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket shows ever so slight shelf where but is not priced clipped. ""This is the most comprehensive book ever put together on the bald eagle."" [from the dust jacket] Mark V. Stalmaster holds a Ph.D. in biological ecology from Utah State university and was a park ranger and Yellowstone Park for seven years. He is currently a consulting a wildlife biologist. This is an authoritative work on the bald eagle by anexpert in the field. With its numerous drawings charts and color photos this is a ""must have"" for anyone interested in bald eagles.