Kruijt, J.P.

Ontogeny of Social Behaviour in Burmese Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus).

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1964. First edition Pp. xi, 201, 25 text-figures. Publisher's printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. The wild Burmese red junglefowl are thought to have been the progenitor of the domesticated chicken. This monograph documents the social behavior of this species. Faint bump to upper back rear corner, no ownership marks, a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 2766

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds taxonomy behavior Burmese Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus spadiceus

Lack, David

Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

London: Methuen & Co LTD, 1968. First edition. Pp. xii, 409, 24 text-figures, 21 line-drawing. Publisher’ red cloth, dark red compartment on spine with gilt lettering, 8vo. This volume discusses ecological adaptations for breeding birds including nest dispersion, pair-bonds, clutch size, size of eggs, growth rates, and brood parasites. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on front endpapers, rear endpapers, page 86, and page edges. Neat underlining on pages 4-9, 11-17, and 20. Sunning to spine and covers, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9256

Catalogue: Ornithology

Lansdowne, J.F. and Livingston, J.A.

Birds of the Eastern Forest, in two volumes, complete

Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1968-1970. First edition. Pp. 261 + 231; 112 full page color plates from paintings by Lansdowne. Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt bird on the front cover of each volume, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio. Presents the avifauna of North America stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine set, in fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 9801

Catalogue: Ornithology

Lansdowne, J.F. and Livingston, J.A.

Birds of the West Coast, in two volumes, complete (first edition)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976-1980. First edition. Pp. 175, 53 full page color plates, some plates folding; pp. 167, 48 full page color plates from paintings by Lansdowne. Publisher’s original cream-colored course-weave cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover and on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14.5 x 10.5 inches). Presents the birds of the Pacific Northwest. The foreword to volume 1 is written by S. Dillon Ripley while the foreword to volume 2 is penned by Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. No ownership marks. A fine copy in fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 9819

Catalogue: Ornithology

Leopold, A Starker

The California Quail

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977. First edition. Pp. xx, 281; color frontis plate from painting by G. M. Christman, 95 text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs). Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. A thorough review of California’s state bird, the California Quail by the well-known California naturalist, A. Starker Leopold. No ownership marks. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9834

Catalogue: Ornithology

Leopold, A Starker

The California Quail

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977. First edition. Pp. xx, 281; color frontis plate from painting by G. M. Christman, 95 text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs). Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. A thorough review of California’s state bird, the California Quail by the well-known California naturalist, A. Starker Leopold. From the research collection of Michigan naturalist, Durward L. Allen with his signature on the front endpaper. Warmly inscribed by Leopold to Durward Allen on the title page. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9835

Catalogue: Ornithology

Lowe, Percy R.

On the Systematic Position of the Swifts (Suborder Cypseli) and Hummingbirds (Suborder Trochili), with special reference to their Relation to the Order Passeriformes.

London: Zoological Society, 1939. First edition Pp. 38, 4 full page monochrome plates, 1 text-figure. Original printed blue wrappers, folio. London, 1939. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume 24, part 4. Single institutional stamp on the wrapper, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. The text, plates and wrappers are bright and clean, a tight very good copy..

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Book number: 3530

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds swifts cypseli hummingbirds trochili passeriformes

Lucas, A.M. and Stettenheim, P.R.

Avian Anatomy Integument, Parts I-II, complete

Government Printing Office, Washington, 1972. First edition. Pp. xii, x, 750, 422 text-figures and photos (some partly colored). Publisher’s original gray cloth, lettered in black on the spines and front covers, sm folio. United States Department of Agriculture Handbook no. 362. This two-volume set presents a detailed reference to the anatomy of domestic fowl and birds used in laboratory settings. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Empty pocket on rear blank endpaper. A fine copy..

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Book number: 9830

Catalogue: Ornithology

Malcolm, George and Maxwell, Aymer

Grouse and Grouse Moors

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Pp. viii, 286; 16 color plates from paintings by Charles Whymper, 1 black-and-white plate. Publisher’s original gray-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with gilt illustrations of grouse on the front cover and spine, top page edge in gilt, sm 8vo. No ownership marks. A tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9738

Catalogue: Ornithology

Marshall, A. J.

Bower-Birds: Their Displays and Breeding Cycles, A Preliminary Statement

London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Pp iv, (v-viii), 208; 26 plates (black-and-white photos). Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines, lg 8vo. From the research collection of American herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front free endpaper and his name printed lightly on the page edges. Spine is canted, light sunning to upper edge of front cover, a clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9496

Catalogue: Ornithology

Mathews, Gregory M.

The Birds of Australia, Supplement No. 2 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 2: Order Passeriformes (Part) + Supplement No. 3 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 3: Order Passeriformes (Concluding Part)

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1923-1924. First edition. Pp. xvi, 117-156; pp. viii, 157-244. Original printed pale green stiff wrappers, folio (14 x 10 inches). This is supplement no. 2 and 3 only of the 5 part supplement set of The Birds of Australia. The first part ""Supplement No. 1 - Check List of the Birds of Australia, Part 1: Orders Casuariformes to Meenuriformes + Order Passeriformes (part)"" is not present. Also not present is ""Supplement No. 4 and 5: Bibliography of The Birds of Australia"" which completes the five supplement set. Only supplement no. 2 and no. 3 are offered here. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Light edge wear to the outer edges of the wrappers; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7941

Catalogue: Ornithology

Mayr, E. and Rand, A.L. + Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R.

Results of the Archbold Expeditions, No. 14: Birds of the 1933-1934 Papuan Expedition + No. 16: Some Marsupials of New Guinea and Celebes

New York: American Museum, 1937. First edition Pp. 248, color frontis by G.M. Sutton, 1 text-figure + pp. 146, 12 text-figures. Early green pebble cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 73, article I + IV. Presents two reports of the Archbold expedition to island southeast Asia. The entire volume 73 is offered (776 pages). It also contains two articles on sharks as well four other articles. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front wrapper, name stamp of Museum on the rear wrapper, white call number on spine, no other marks and no signs of use. A bright, clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 2579

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds avifauna

Mendall, H.L.

The Ring-Necked Duck in the Northeast

Orono: University of Maine Studies, 1958. First edition. Pp. xv, 317, (2), 24 photo-plates, 16 text-figures. Later green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Univ. of Maine Studies, second series, no. 73. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Empty paper pocket on the rear endpaper. A fine copy..

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Book number: 9777

Catalogue: Ornithology

Miller, A. H. et al. (editors)

University of California Publications in Zoology, volume 52, no. 1-5 (1951-1954).

Berkeley: University of California, 1951-1954. First edition. Pp. iv, 459; 15 full page black-and-white photo-plates, numerous text-figures. Early wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated page edges, brown patterned endpapers, (all original printed gray wrappers bound in place), thick lg 8vo. This volume contains five monographs, three are on birds and two are on mammals. The two longest monographs are ""Distribution and variation of the brown Towhees"" by John Davis (120 pages, 12 text-figures, 1951) and ""Annual cycle, environment and evolution in the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves: Drepaniidae)"" by Paul Baldwin (114 pages, 4 photo-plates, 12 text-figures, 1953). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum stamps on the front original wrapper of each number and on rear endpaper. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5692

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds avifauna Zoology

Moore, John

A Treatise on Domestic Pigeons, comprehending all of the different species known in England; describing the perfections and imperfections of each, ... the method of breeding the most curious and valuable sorts, ... the generation of pigeons in general

London: C. Berry, 1765. First edition Pp. xvi, 144, engraved frontispiece of pigeon coop, 13 engraving plates of different pigeons. Later full green leather, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt ruling on the front and rear covers, attractive green marbled endpapers, 8vo. This work was originally privately printed in 1735 by John Moore. It was then titled 'The Columbarium' and issued in a very small edition - only six copies are known to exist in libraries around the world (Casey Wood, 471). It was later published in 1765 under the title 'A Treatise on Domestic Pigeons' in an edition of only 750 copies. This second printing was published anonymously by a practical pigeon fancier. However, it is an exact reproduction of Moore's Columbarium of 1735. This is the first English book on pigeons and is a great rarity. The title page shows some minor offsetting from the frontis plate, a few of the plates are trimmed with no loss to image, there is a touch of marginal foxing to a few pages of the text; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 3480

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Fine rare ornithology birds pigeons