Buy this book on-line Skutch, Alexander F : Parent Birds and Their Young(Austin and London, University of Texas Press, 1976)
4to; original pale grey cloth; pictorial dustwrapper slightly rubbed and a little creased; the publishers' compliments label, signed by the author, pasted to front free endpaper; signature of previous owner, renowed ornithologist Gordon Maclean, on front pastedown; some tape marks to endpapers and flaps of dustwrapper; pp. xviii + (ii) + 503, incl. index; illustrated throughout with tables, figures, and black-and-white photographs. Good condition. "Parent Birds and Their Young is the most complete up-to-date worldwide survey of the family life and reproductive behavior of birds, from the formation of pairs to the young birds' attainment of independence. Written in language that the general reader can understand, it avoids technicalities, yet the thoroughness of its coverage, supported by a bibliography of over eight hundred titles, makes it valuable as a reference work for the ornithologist. More than one hundred illustrations accompany the text." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Skutch, Alexander F : Parent Birds and Their Young. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Skutch, Alexander F : Parent Birds and Their YoungUniv. Of Texas Press, Austin, 1976 ISBN 0292764243
503pp. Profusely Illus Contains chapters on nesting seasons, the timing of nesting, the forms and sites of nests, the art of nest building and more, 4to, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Skutch, Alexander F : Parent Birds and Their Young. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, livres d'occasion, atlases, first editions and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |