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Proceedings of the [twelfth] International Ornithological Congress: Helsinki, 5-12 June 1958.
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
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Reed-warblers: an introduction to their breeding-biology and behaviour.
(1949. Octavo, black and white photographs, graphs, line drawings. Bookplate of Roy Cooper, some foxing throughout otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Bird song: biological themes and variations.
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
Ecdysis, as morphological evidence of the original tetradactyle feathering of the bird's fore-limb, based especially on the perennial moult in Gymnorhina tibicen [drop title].
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
How birds work: a guide to bird biology.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. Octavo, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ornithology.
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. second edition). Small quarto, black and white illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
Avian architecture: how birds design, engineer and build.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. This book describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around..... More
Bird hybrids: a check-list with bibliography.
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
The structure and life of birds.
London: Macmillan, 1895. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's grren and gilt cloth, some wear, a good copy. More
Bird coloration, volume one: mechanisms and measurements.
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
The distribution of breeding seabirds in the Bailiwick of Guernsey 1986-1990.
St Peter Port, Guernsey: La Société Guernesiaise, 1991. Octavo, wrappers, maps, tables. More
The nature of a bird's world.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1935. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, partly unopened. More
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Acta [eighteenth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: Moscow, August 16-24, 1982.
Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, a very good copy. More
The avian brood parasites: deception at the nest.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Discusses all of the world's nearly 100 species of obligatory brood parasites - those birds that reproduce only by laying their eggs in the nests of other species - and the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation..... More
Bird navigation.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1955. first edition). Octavo, bookplate, dustwrapper. A classic work on migration. More
Bird navigation.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1955. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, ex library, dustwrapper. More
Some ectoparasites of the birds of Asia.
Bangkok: Applied Scientific Research Corporation of Thailand, 1973. Quarto, some wear. More
Why birds fly: an inquiry into environmental influences.
Melbourne: S. John Bacon, 1953. Octavo, wrappers, More
The problems of birds as pests (Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 28 and 29 September 1967).
London: Institute of Biology, 1968. Octavo, text illustrations, a good copy in sunned and slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
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Acta [Seventeenth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici.
Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations. Most of the articles are in English. More
Ornithology in laboratory and field.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, (1967. fourth edition). Octavo, text illustrations, checklists in pocket at back, laminated boards. More
Studies in neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker
Washington: AOU, 1997. Large octavo, publisher's cloth, illustrations. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 48. More
The myology of the Raven (Corvus corax sinuatus). A guide to the study of the muscular system in birds.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a few spots. More
Proceedings thirteenth International Ornithological Congress: Ithaca, 17-24 June 1962.
Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union, 1963. Large octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, fine copy. More
Proceedings thirteenth International Ornithological Congress: Ithaca, 17-24 June 1962.
Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union, 1963. Large octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's cloth, fine copy. More