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The life of the robin / David Lack.
- Title
- The life of the robin / David Lack.
- Author
- Lack, David, 1910-1973.
- Publication
- London : Penguin Books, 1953.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | S 8388.48 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 240 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- ""A full account of Britain's most popular bird written primarily for the layman and illustrated with line drawings and photographs.""--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Pelican book
- Subject
- Robins
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography : p. 215-[235].
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- My robins -- Song -- The red breast -- Fighting -- The formation of pairs -- Courtship -- Nest, eggs, and young -- Migration -- Age -- Food, feeding, and being fed upon -- The significance of territory -- Adventures with a stuffed robin -- Recognition -- Tameness -- A digression upon instinct -- Postscript: my further work on the robin.
- OCLC
- 2599609
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library