"... occasionally one of these is of such outstanding artistic and literary merit that it deserves a special binding as a collector's issue. Birds of Australian Gardens is the first of these select books which will be known as Rigby Collector's Issues".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.

"Approximately 700 species of birds are found in Australia but only a comparatively small number frequent cities and suburbs. It is some of these common birds which are presented in this book"--Introduction.