THE CUCKOO AND OTHER BIRD MYSTERIES. 1946, 1st edition, Second Impression, Includes author's Responses to Queries raised from the 1st, 1st edition, CUCKOO IS Famous for Laying its eggs in other birds Nest
by Captain Bernard Acworth, colour frontispiece of eggs, Migration map on inside covers of American golden Plover, Inner DJ Flap 10'6 NET
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London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, , 1946. HBDJ, 1946, 1st edition, Second impression STATED, VG/GOOD+, 202 pgs, Original green cloth gilt Titled in black on Spine,Hardcover. Used: Very Good/Good+. 202 pg. Hardcover in very good condition with good+ dust jacket of white titled in Red. Dust jacket has a few small tears Wrinkling at Btm lite Soil. . Book Condition: . Very Good. Jacket Condition: . Good+. CONCLUSION , ADDEDUM ,CUCKOO IS Famous for Laying its eggs in other birds nest & having same color as their Eggs, which was known to Ancients & mentioned by Aristotle & Pliny & in Bible in Leviticus XI & Deuteronomy XIV Idiosyncratic essays on bird life, a third of this book is devoted to the cuckoo, the rest is given over to theories of flight & migration with some interesting observations about insects & winds."Whether he is right or wrong he has done ornithology a great service by bringing to the solution of old problems an entirely new approach, cuckoo?s secret & Hawk-Like Appearance, Flight Factor in Insects. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- THE CUCKOO AND OTHER BIRD MYSTERIES. 1946, 1st edition, Second Impression, Includes author's Responses to Queries raised from the 1st, 1st edition, CUCKOO IS Famous for Laying its eggs in other birds Nest
- Author
- Captain Bernard Acworth, colour frontispiece of eggs, Migration map on inside covers of American golden Plover, Inner DJ Flap 10'6 NET
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London, Eyre & Spottiswoode,
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- CUCKOO BIRD Ornithology, Eggs, Bird behavior Naturalist
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