James L. Gould, James; Carol Grant Gould

Life at the Edge: Readings from Scientific American Magazine

NY: W.H. Freeman, 1989. Paper bound, 8vo, later printing, illustrated, 162pp inc. bibliography & index. Tight and clean - as new. 370 grams - ships letter mail.

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Book number: 4418

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History 0716720116

D.S. Johnson

Natural History of Singapore

Leicestershire, Tynron, 1992. New! Paper bound, revised edition (first pub'd 1964), illustrated, ix + Pp142. Includes general index & index to scientific names. Remainder mark top edge, otherwise a new, fine, unread, unopened copy. 170 grams.

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Book number: 2903

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History 9781856460743

P. Klassen; A.R. Westwood; W.B. Preston, W.B. McKillop

The Butterflies of Manitoba

Winnipeg: Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1989. Paper bound, smaller 4to, first edition, maps throughout, illustrations in colour, vi + Pp290. Includes references, glossary, numerous appendices including appendix of species. A tight, unmarked, very good or better copy. 940 grams -- depending on destination, extra postage charge may be requested.

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Book number: 26276

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Butterflies Manitoba Klassen Westwood Preston Mckillop Field Guides: Butterflies and Moths 0920704166

Joseph Wood Krutch

The Great Chain of Life

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Paper bound, illustrated by Paul Landacre with a new preface by Edward Abbey, xxvii + Pp227. Tight and clean - a very good or better copy. 320 grams - ships letter mail.

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Book number: 1242

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Animal Habits Behavior Evolution; Behaviour Natural History 0395259436

Joseph Wood Krutch

If You Don't Mind My Saying So ... Essays on Man and Nature

New York: William Sloane, 1965. Hard bound, later printing, xiv + Pp402. Very good in very good lightly edge-torn and edge-chipped dust jacket. 600 grams.

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Book number: 1281

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History Philosophy

Canadian Geographic; Aaron Kylie (ed.)

Canadian Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 1 (January/February 2015)

Ottawa: Canadian Geographic, 2015. Paper bound, 8 x 11 inches, Pp82. A very good or better copy / near fine. Some of the contents: The Big Bad Wolf? Exploring our love-hate relationship with the wolf by Alanna Mitchell; The national bird project: Four essays to inspire your participation in helping choose Canada's national bird, by Will Ferguson et al; Keeping them wild: Wildlife rehabilitation sites across the country help injured and abandoned animals recover and get back to where they belong, by Caroline Barlott; Fine specimens: 16 significant items that the Canadian Museum of Nature has collected from one of the harshest habitats on Earth -- the Canadian Arctic, by Fraser Los; A Humpack is Born: Humpack whales are a common sight in Canada's East Coast waters each summer, but these migratory giants begin their journey north from important calving grounds near the Dominican Republic (photography by Mike Beedell with text by Jessica Finn); and Wild things 2014: Canadian Geographic and the Canadian Museum of Nature present the winners of the Wildlife Photography of the Year competition. 170 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

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Book number: 27772

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Canadian Geographic Wolf Wolves, Birthing Humpback Whales Calving, Wildlife Rehabilitation Sites Across Canada

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: June 1957, Vol. XV, No. 2

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1957. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, red and cream covers (see scan), Pp49-92. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover sketch: Immature Little Blue Heron. Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We have over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' in stock (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: The Little Blue Heron, Starlings in Western Canada, Wisconsin 'Chickens', Raising Cranes, White Pheasants of Saskatchewan, The Trumpeter Swan, North American Co-operative Bird Migration Study (1957), Forestry in Saskatchewan, Additions to the Flora of Manitoba, Some Mushrooms of Prince Albert, How to Collect and Press Plants; etc.

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Book number: 26128

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Little Blue Heron, Starlings Western Canada, Wisconsin Chickens, Raising Cranes, White Pheasants Saskatchewan, Trumpeter Swan, North American Co-Operative Bird Migration Study, Forestry Sask

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: September 1957, Vol. XV, No. 3

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1957. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, red and cream covers (see scan), Pp93-140. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Common Shrew. Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Cranberry Hike; The Wily Magpie; Mockingbird at Dilke; Cooperative Spring Migration Study; Birds of the Isle of Bays; Dogs in the Duck Factory; Summer Banding; Crippled Owl Nesting; Protection of Hawks and Eagles; Raising Sandhill Cranes; Records of the Horned Toad in Saskatchewan; Short-Tailed Shrew Records; Ernest Thompson Seton; etc.

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Book number: 26129

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Cranberry Hike; Wily Magpie; Mockingbird Dilke Saskatchewan; Cooperative Spring Migration Study; Birds Isle of Bays; Duck Factory; Summer Banding; Crippled Owl Nesting; Protection Hawks Eagl

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: September 1958, Vol. XVI, No. 3

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1958. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and cream covers (see scan), Pp97-144. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Yellow-headed Blackbird. Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: The Chimney Swift; Protective Coloration of Western Meadowlark; Mallard Nesting in abandoned Crow's Nest; Lark Sparrows at Saskatoon; Mocking Bird Saskatoon; Black Duck Saskatchewan; American Avocets Oak Lake Manitoba; Young Raptors; Predation Peregrine Falcon; Gyrfalcon Record Saskatchewan; Prairie Falcon Nesting Records; Marsh Hawks; Falconry Saskatchewan; Magpie Nest Building; Edible PLants Saskatchewan; Showy Milkweed; Prairie Dogs; Hoary Bats; Barking Timber Wolf Wolves; Polished Stone Axe Discovery, Broadview Saskatchewan; Life Histories of North American Blackbirds Orioles Tanagers; etc.

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Book number: 26133

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Chimney Swift; Protective Coloration Western Meadowlark; Mallard Nesting Nests Abandoned Crow Nest; Lark Sparrows Saskatoon; Mocking Bird Saskatoon; Black Duck Saskatchewan; American Avocets

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: June 1959, Vol. XVII, No. 2

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1959. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, green and cream covers, Pp45-84. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Marbled Godwit (see scan). Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Dance of the Sharp-Tailed Grouse; Resident Longspurs; Pintail Drake-Mallard Pair Association; Photos of resident owls; Courtship Behaviour of Least Flycatcher; Northern Three-toed Woodpecker Yorkton; Hooded Mergansers at Yorkton; Interesting Black Duck Records; Protection for Hawks and Owls in Saskatchewan; Jefferies Inglewood Bird Sanctuary; Establishing Wildlife Sanctuaries; Saskatchewan Wild Greens; etc.

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Book number: 26136

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Dance Sharp-Tailed Grouse; Resident Longspurs; Pintail Drake-Mallard Pair Association; Courtship Behaviour Least Flycatcher; Northern Three-Toed Woodpecker Yorkton; Hooded Mergansers Yorkton

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: September 1959, Vol. XVII, No. 3

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1959. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, green and black covers, Pp85-132. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Dance of the Whooping Crane (see scan). Stamp of Manitoba Naturalists Society top of title page. A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock over 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Whooping Crane Dance During Migration; A.C. Bent's 1917 Trip to Saskatchewan; First Records of Barred Owl in Saskatchewan; Spring Migration in the Regina Area; Shorebird Paradise Beaverhill Lake Alberta; Birds with Long Noses; Great Horned Owl distraction display; Great Horned Owl Banding; Golden Eagles Nesting Saskatchewan; Parula Warbler Song; Snowy Owl Concentrations; Baker's Star Tulip Mariposa Lily; Painted Turtle in Saskatchewan; Amphibians at Moose Mountain Park, Saskatchewan; Blue Jay Bookshelf; etc.

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Book number: 26137

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Whooping Crane Dance During Migration; Bent 1917 Trip Saskatchewan; First Records Barred Owl Saskatchewan; Spring Bird Migration Regina Area; Shorebird Paradise Beaverhill Lake Alberta; Bird

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: March 1961, Vol. XIX, No. 1

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1961. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, brown and cream covers, Pp1-56. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Willow Ptarmigan (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock about 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Buffalo Rock; Short-eared Owl; Problem of the Lesser Sandhill Crane; Sandhill Cranes of Big Grass Marsh; Mallards do Dive; Apparent escape behaviour of Red-breasted Nuthatch; Kingfisher escape tactics; Trumpeter Swans nesting in Saskatchewan; Bank Swallows nesting in gravel stockpile; Mockingbird at Grenfell; Prairie Nests Records Scheme; Migratory congregations of hawks; Tribute to A.C. Budd (1889-1960); Records of Saskatchewan fern species in the Qu'Appelle Valley; Hooded Ladies' Tresses; Botanical collections in the Black Lake region of northern Saskatchewan; Large-flowered hemp nettle; The examination of starch grains; Bobcat collected near Regina; Summer record of Silver-haired Bat in southern Saskatchewan; The Mud Dauber Wasp; The Bracken Cairn, a prehistoric burial; etc.

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Book number: 26139

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Buffalo Rock; Short-Eared Owl; Lesser Sandhill Crane Problems; Sandhill Cranes Big Grass Marsh; Mallards Dive; Escape Behaviour Red-Breasted Nuthatch; Kingfisher Escape Tactics; Trumpeter Sw

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: June 1961, Vol. XIX, No. 2

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1961. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, brown and cream covers, Pp57-104. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Nesting grounds of the Arctic Tern, south shore Lake Athabasca (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock about 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: The Arctic Tern in Saskatchewan; The Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker; Whooping Crane Monument; Recent Records of the Greater Prairie Chicken in Saskatchewan; First Cardinal specimen for Saskatchewan; Clark's Nutcracker, an unusual visitor to Saskatchewan; Black Tern nesting photo; Observations of nesting Tree Swallows; Bank Swallows nesting in gravel stockpiles; Observations of Bohemian Waxwing behaviour; Sandhill vegetation; Wild pea-vine; Perfumed fungus on Arabis; Blue-green algae in Saskatchewan lakes; Helping the Beaver; Second Bobcat near Regina; Large stone 'hoes'; Huge spear blade found; Flora boreali americana; Prairie wildflowers; etc.

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Book number: 26140

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Arctic Terns Saskatchewan; Black-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker; Whooping Crane Monument; Records Greater Prairie Chicken Saskatchewan; First Cardinal Specimen Saskatchewan; Clark's Nutcracker

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: March 1962, Vol. XX, No. 1

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp1-48. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Richardson's Ground Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Some courtship behaviour of the Short-eared Owl; Observation of a Great Horned Owl feeding behaviour; Further Great Gray Owl records; Screech Owl at Regina; A fall crow roost and possible migration near Saskatoon; White-breasted Nuthatch caching food; Annual report of the Whooping Crane population; BIrd records from across the Prairies; Townsend's Solitaire at Fort Qu'Appelle; Banded Purple Finch recovered at Yorkton; Bird observations along the La Ronge-Churchill River and Hanson Lake Roads; Some Saskatchewan finches (photos); Apparent breeding record of Turkey Vulture along the South Saskatchewan River; Unusual nesting sites of Brown Thrasher and Yellow-shafted Flicker; Hunting Behaviour of a Swainson's Hawk; An outbreak of botulism in the Regina Waterfowl Park; Snowy Owl banding project; Deformed Hairy Woodpecker; Flora of eroded hillsides; First record of Common Mullein for Saskatchewan; The Cecropia Moth in the prairie provinces; Plans for a small sanctuary; Red Fox in southwestern Saskatchewan; Ecology of the aspen parkland of western Canada; etc. Two copies available.

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Book number: 26143

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Courtship Behaviour Short-Eared Owl; Observation Great Horned Owl Feeding Behaviour; Great Gray Owl Records; Screech Owl Regina; Crow Roost Migration Near Saskatoon; White-Breasted Nuthatch

[Saskatchewan Natural History Society] Ledingham, George (ed.)

The Blue Jay: June 1962, Vol. XX, No. 2

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp49-96. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Fluted-stem Helvella (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: With a naturalist on Southampton Island; Bird Notes from Mexico and the southwest; Blad Eagle harries nesting Canada Geese; Stomach contents of Great Horned Owls; Common Tern recovery from Cook Islands; Birds of the Kazan Lake region, Saskatchewan; Hazards faced by colonial birds; Protection urged for colonial birds on Redberry Lake; Additional records of meadowlark night song; Astragalus gilviflorus Sheld; Silverberry photo; vegetation of eroded hillsides; Dward mistletoe, a plant parasite; First report of sea lavender in Saskatchewan; Common mullein in Saskatchewan in 1956; High Plains petroglyphs; Red Fox in Gull Lake area; Mammals of Manitoba; etc.

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Book number: 26144

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Blue Jay Saskatchewan Natural History Society, George Ledingham, Naturalist Southampton Island; Blad Eagle Harries Nesting Canada Geese; Stomach Contents Great Horned Owls; Common Tern Recovery Cook Islands; Birds Kazan Lake Region Saskatchewan; Hazards C