Bird navigation: the solution of a mystery?
New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Tring: British Ornithologists' Club, 1999. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, paperback. British Ornithologists' Club Occassional Publication, number four. More
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: William Collins, 1987. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint and reviews the extensive literature on the subject. More
Vista. Ibis, 1992. Octavo, paperback. Supplement No. 2 (10 loose pages) is available free with Supplement No. 1. More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1938. Octavo, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume sixteen, part eight, 1903. Large quarto, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, small library stamp on front end paper, otherwise a good copy. More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Having finished the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), Lynx has now published a checklist in association with BirdLife: HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World. This is not..... More
Eastbourne: Aves Press, (2013. fourth edition). Quarto, fine copy in laminated boards. Revised extensively with additional new features, this edition has been updated to reflect the considerable change in our understanding of the evolution of birds derived from the study of their DNA over the past decade. This has resulted..... More
Liege: Tauraco, 1993. Octavo, 387 pp., softcover. More
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. Small quarto, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1975. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1978. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
London: Croom Helm, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, dustwrapper. This well illustrated volume synthesises more than 1,500 technical papers in this field. The focus is on the three primary mechanisms of colour production - melanin pigmentation, carotenoid pigmentation and structural coloration - but less common as well..... More
St Peter Port, Guernsey: La Société Guernesiaise, 1991. Octavo, wrappers, maps, tables. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1935. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, partly unopened. More
Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, a very good copy. More
London: John Murray, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, (2009. second edition). Octavo, textillustrations, maps, softcover. The mysteries of migration have puzzled birders and prompted scientific inquiry for years. In this revised and updated edition, Paul Kerlinger unravels the intricacies of migration. Using case studies and illustrations, he explains the basics of flight, the effects of..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2014. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in papered boards. An accessible, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the mysteries of ornithological Latin. It reveals the meaning, origin, and pronunciation of Latin binomials, helping readers to get to grips with the highly useful information that these..... More