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An introduction to ornithology

Title: An introduction to ornithology / George J. Wallace.
Author: Wallace, George John, 1906-
Publication: New York : Macmillan, 1963.

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Description

xiii, 491 pages : illustrations, maps, tables; 24 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliography.

Contents

The history and current status of bird study -- The bird : characteristics, origin and classification -- External features and their adaptations -- Internal features and their function -- Locomotion, on land, water, and in the air -- The sense organs and endocrine glands -- Bird behavior -- The annual cycle : arrival, territory, courtship, mating, and song -- The annual cycle : nests, eggs, incubation, and hatching -- The annual cycle : postnatal life -- The migration of birds -- The distribution of birds -- Food habits and economic relations -- Conservation and management -- Classification of birds -- Ornithological methods -- Ornithological organizations and their journals.

LCCN

63011812

OCLC

ocm00965212
965212
SCSB-316565

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Princeton University Library