Gerald Durrell describes a six month tour of New Zealand Australia and Malaya with the BBC Natural History Unit to discover many animal rarities and discover what was being done about conservation at the time. ."Then, quite suddenly from behind a large clump of snow grass, a [New Zealand] Takahe appeared. ... there stood a bird the size of a large turkey - but more rotund in shape - and against the background of dark beech leaves and pale blond snow grass, he glowed like a jewel. He had a heavy, almost finch-like beak that, like his legs, was scarlet; his head and breast were a rich Mediterranean blue, and his back and wings a misty dragon green. He stood straddle-legged among the snow grass, cocked his head at me and made his drumming noise. I gazed at him with admiration, and he looked back at me with the deepest suspicion. Presently, having examined me carefully, he bobbed his head and then slowly and with immense dignity, he stepped carefully around a clump of snow grass and disappeared." Wydawnictwo Fontana.Str.220.Stan książki bardzo dobry.