Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed..... More
New York: Walker & co., 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. WAS $25. 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..... More
Calton: Poyser, (1983. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1929. Octavo, photographs, substantial fragment of dustwrapper, upper board with top-edge blemish. More
London: Museum Press, 1965. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2002. reprint). Large octavo, photographs, text illustrations., laminated boards. Bird nests and contruction behaviour provides a broad view of our current understanding of the biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1952. Octavo, some wear to wrappers, text illustrations. Behaviour, an International Journal of Comparative Ethology, Supplement no. 2. More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1952. Octavo, signature, softcover. An early and classic study of animal behavior by Robert Aubrey Hinde (1923 – 2016), British zoologist and pioneering ethologist. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1929. Quarto, ten uncoloured plates, near fine copy in excellent dustwrapper. More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2001. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. An unusual collection of curious facts about birds. It describes a wide range of topics including behaviour and physiology; flightlessness; courtship rituals and territorial displays; nest building; and senses and memory. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Large octavo, text illustrations and diagrams, audio CD of birdsong included. A good copy in dustwrapper. Through personal stories, Kroodsma puts the reader inside the mind of a research scientist to explore how and why birds sing and how people can better understand them through their..... More
London: Nelson, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013. Octavo, black and white illustrations. Marzluff and Angell portray creatures that are nothing short of amazing: they play, bestow gifts on people who help or feed them, use cars as nutcrackers, seek revenge on animals that harass them, are tricksters that lure birds to..... More
Los Angeles: Cooper Ornithological Society, 1990. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
New York: Linnean Society, July,1962. Octavo, text illustrations, patchily faded wrappers. More
London: New Holland, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Illustrated with stunning photography, this is an authoritative guide to the fascinating secret lives of birds the world over. Insights are given into various bird behaviours, including migration, navigation, feeding and breeding. Bird protection and conservation are also covered..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Berkeley: University of California, 1968. large octavo, wrappers, photographs, text illustrations, a fine copy. More
Washington: American Ornithologists' Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
Chew Magna: Bristol Ornithological Club, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Octavo, illustrations, sunned spine otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Country Life, 1940. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: R H Porter, 1897. Octavo, binder's cloth, the sticker of H. M. Whittell with his signature and that of D. L. Serventy, library stamp on recto of title page, signed by the author. More