Bird navigation: the solution of a mystery?
New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
BIRDS - Biology
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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
The Ostrich communal nesting system.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Perspectives in ornithology: essays presented for the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Nest: the art of birds.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2012. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Janine Burke, art historian, author, amateur naturalist and nature lover, has spent many years observing birds. This book is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging and intimate book that will appeal to all those who love..... More
Egg: nature's miracle of packaging.
London: William Collins, 1987. Octavo, photographs, fine 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
Songbird journeys: four seasons in the lives of migratory birds.
New York: Walker & co., 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they do in..... 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
Ornithology.
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. second edition). Small quarto, black and white illustrations, sunned and sloppy dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
Birds of man's world.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1978. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. 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 birds of the wetlands.
London: Croom Helm, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
Birds as individuals.
London: Readers Union, (1953. reprint). Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. 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
A world of naturalists.
London: John Murray, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
How birds migrate.
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
Island biology: illustrated by the land birds of Jamaica.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, signature and owner's stamp, defective dustwrapper. More
Dangerous birds.
New York: Lyons & Burford, 1996. Octavo, softcover. In this brilliant collection of essays, Lembke shares her love and knowledge of birds and the sense of wonder they inspire. More
Behaviour of the Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs.
Leiden: Brill, 1956. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Bird navigation.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, (1955. first edition). Octavo, bookplate, dustwrapper. A classic work on migration. More
Some ectoparasites of the birds of Asia.
Bangkok: Applied Scientific Research Corporation of Thailand, 1973. Quarto, some wear. More