Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk
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"..a vastly entertaining and accurate book of birds. In the course of his world-wide travels Dr. Rand, who is curator of the enormous collection of birds at the Chicago Natural History Museum, has come across a wealth of bird data-- some that is familiar, much that is not generally known."
Chapters (254)(click to expand)
- STRAY FEATHERS FROM A BIRD MAN'S DESK
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- STRAY FEATHERS FROM A BIRD MAN'S DESK
- BIRDS USING TOOLS [Ref]
- BIRDS AS BRIGANDS [Ref]
- BIRDS BATHING [Ref]
- HOW BIRDS ANOINT THEIR FEATHERS [Ref]
- TRAVELING BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
- MALADAPTATION IN BIRDS [Ref]
- FEATHERED BABY SITTERS AND CO-OP NURSERY NESTS [Ref]
- BIRDS' NESTS AND THEIR SOUP [Ref]
- WALLED WIVES OF HORNBILLS [Ref]
- BURIED EGGS AND YOUNG [Ref]
- THE SNOWY OWL AS A TRADE INDEX [Ref]
- MONKEY BIRDS [Ref]
- BIRD-MADE INCUBATORS [Ref]
- CORMORANT FISHING [Ref]
- THE SHRIKE'S LARDER [Ref]
- BIRD FLAVORS [Ref]
- HOW MANY FEATHERS HAS A BIRD? [Ref]
- LAST YEAR'S BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
- SYMBIOSIS—ANIMALS LIVING IN MIXED HOUSEHOLDS [Ref]
- BIRD APARTMENT HOUSES [Ref]
- BIRD HELPERS AT NESTING TIME [Ref]
- A NAME FOR A BOAT
- WEAVERS AND TAILORS IN THE BIRD WORLD [Ref]
- SOCIAL PARASITES AMONG BIRDS [Ref]
- FISH EATS BIRD! [Ref]
- CROWS ARE SMARTER THAN "WISE" OWLS [Ref]
- TAME WILD BIRDS [Ref]
- BIRDS AS PILFERERS [Ref]
- HIBERNATION IN BIRDS [Ref]
- SNAKESKINS IN BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
- CO-OPERATION BY BIRDS [Ref]
- WATCHDOGS AT THE NEST [Ref]
- BIRD GUIDES TO HONEY [Ref]
- OXPECKERS [Ref]
- WINGS IN FEEDING [Ref]
- INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF BIRDS
- CONDITIONING IN BIRDS [Ref]
- POISONOUS BIRDS [Ref]
- KINGFISHERS ON THE TELEPHONE
- ON IDENTIFYING SEA SERPENTS
- CONSERVATION OVER THE TELEPHONE
- BIRDS WASHING FOOD [Ref]
- HOW ANIMAL VOICES SOUND TO FOREIGN EARS
- SIGHT IDENTIFICATION
- GREEN HUNTING JAYS TURN BLUE
- HOW BIRDS USE COWS AS HUNTING DOGS [Ref]
- EARLY BIRD LISTING
- BATTLE OF THE SEXES AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE [Ref]
- WATER IN THE DESERT [Ref]
- BIRD GRAVEYARDS [Ref]
- ANIMAL GARDENS [Ref]
- DROPPING THINGS [Ref]
- LEARNING BY BIRDS [Ref]
- CAN BIRDS COUNT? [Ref]
- COURTSHIP FEEDING [Ref]
- THEY TURNED THE TABLES [Ref]
- SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT [Ref]
- DUST AND SNOW BATHING
- DECORATION IN THE HOME [Ref]
- CURIOSITY IN BIRDS
- REFERENCES
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