The Ibis. Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union
by Monk, J. F. (editor)
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- Paperback
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- See description
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, The British Ornithologists' Union/ Academic Press, 1966). Volume 108, No. 1, January 1966. 257 x 173mm; card wraps; splitting a little internally; pp. 160 + adverts.; 1 colour plate; numerous text figures. Good condition. A noteworthy inclusion in this number is S. Dillon Ripley's article on the discovery of the Sokoke Scops Owlet in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, "A Notable Owlet from Kenya." A colour plate after R. M. Fennessy's painting of the species serves as frontis. Other articles are: 'A breeding bird census and nesting success in Central America,' by Alexander F. Skutch; 'Breeding biology of the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus,' by M. P. Harris; 'Distribution, systematics and polymorphism of the African Weaver-bird Quelea quelea' by Peter Ward; 'The moult of the Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula,' by I. Newton; 'Adaptations to cliff-nesting in some arctic gulls (Larus),' by Neal G. Smith; 'Palaearctic migrants in Nigeria,' by J. H. Elgood, R. E. Sharland & P. Ward; 'Inactivity as an attack-inhibitor,' by C. J. O. Harrison; 'The pecking response of young Coots Fulica atra and Moorhens Gallinula chloropus,' by Janet Kear; 'Antiphonal singing and call notes of Laniarus barbarus barbarus,' by L. G. Grimes; 'Two-egg clutches in albatrosses,' by W. L. N. Tickell & R. Pinder; 'Body-weight changes and moult of some Palaearctic migrants in Southern Nigeria,' by A. R. Ludlow; 'Survival of young Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus in relation to presumed date of hatching,' by C. M. Perrins; 'Breeding notes on the White-crowned Cliff-chat Thamnolaea coronata in Central Nigeria,' by V. W. Smith, P. J. Woods & D. P. Ebbutt; 'Observations of migrating Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis off the Brazilian coast,' by William G. Metcalf. .
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- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
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- 1710
- Title
- The Ibis. Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union
- Author
- Monk, J. F. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- (London, The British Ornithologists' Union/ Academic Press, 1966)
- Keywords
- Sokoke Scops Owlet. The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. Ornithology. Ornithologists. Birds Birds
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- Birds;
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