The Cactus Wren.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1973. Octavo, graphs, signature, softcover. More
BIRDS - Behaviour
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The life of birds.
London: BBC Books, 1998. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Beautifully illustrated with more than two hundred colour photographs, the book will delight and inform bird lovers and any general reader with an interest in nature. More
The human nature of birds: a scientific discovery with startling implications.
Melbourne: Bookman, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Weather and bird behaviour.
Calton: Poyser, (1983. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The cowbirds a study in the biology of social parasitism.
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1929. Octavo, photographs, substantial fragment of dustwrapper, upper board with top-edge blemish. More
Bird nests and construction behaviour.
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
An introduction to the study of bird behaviour.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1929. Quarto, ten uncoloured plates, near fine copy in excellent dustwrapper. More
An introduction to the study of bird behaviour.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1929. Quarto, ten uncoloured plates. Contemporary red half calf by Waltbys of Oxford, bookplate, apart from a few minor spots a handsome copy. More
Birds: their habits and skills.
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
Territorial and mating behavior of the House wren.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1941. Octavo, graphs, signature, softcover. More
Birdsong by the seasons: a year of listening to birds.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Octavo, with two CDs, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is a celebration of birdsong from January through December. The stories begin with a pileated woodpecker on New Year's Day; they unfold through the year, covering limpkins and scrub-jays in February in Florida, prairie birds..... More
Biology of birds.
London: Nelson, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Gifts of the crow: how perception, emotion, and thought allow smart birds to behave like humans.
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
Transactions of the Linnean Society of New York Volume VIII: development of behaviour in precocial birds.
New York: Linnean Society, July,1962. Octavo, text illustrations, patchily faded wrappers. More
The private life of birds.
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
The winter birds.
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
A comparative study of the behavior of red-winged, tricolored, and yellow-headed blackbirds.
Berkeley: University of California, 1968. large octavo, wrappers, photographs, text illustrations, a fine copy. More
Sexual selection, lek and arena behavior, and sexual size dimorphism in birds.
Washington: American Ornithologists' Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
The avian migrant: the biology of bird migration.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Octavo, maps, laminated boards, review copy. The purpose of migration, regardless of the distance involved, is to exploit two or more environments suitable for survival or reproduction over time, usually on a seasonal basis. Yet individual organisms can practice the phenomenon differently, and birds..... More
The sunning behaviour of birds: a guide for ornithologists.
Chew Magna: Bristol Ornithological Club, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. More
Helpers at birds' nests: a worldwide survey of cooperative breeding and related behavior.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Octavo, illustrations, sunned spine otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Courtship and display among birds.
London: Country Life, 1940. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The migration of birds: a consideration of Herr Gatke's views.
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
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