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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hbk, xiv, 178 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 21 cm. Foxing to edges and end-papers o/w text and illustrations in good condition. Dust-wrapper flaps and verso foxed o/w good condition, not price-clipped. Contents : The Bird and its Breeding Distribution. -- Winter Quarters and Migrations. -- Territory, Pair-formation and Aggressive Display. -- Nuptial Display. -- The Nest. -- The Clutch. -- The Brood. -- The Final Phase. -- The Story of a Name. -- The Yellow Wagtail Group. -- Details of Breeding Distribution in Europe and Britain. -- The Parasites of Wagtails. [Birds Great Britain - Wagtails - Motacilla flava] p1909. with 26 paintings by Edward Bradbury ; 11 black-and-white photos taken by the author ; 4 line drawings and 4 maps. (illustrator).…

orig.cloth Rubbed. Corner bumped. Flyleaves foxed. Good. 24pp photoplates. 22x16cm, 128,(24) pp., Rubberstamp to half-title and title-page. Contents: Adventures with a Stuffed Cuckoo: Experiments with a Pair of Willow-Warbles; A Detailed Study of the Willow-Warber Variation During the Breeding Cycle; A Detailed Study of the Willow-Warbler Relevance & Recognition; Nightingale & Robin; Chats, Pipits, & Some Other Small Birds; Summing-Up on the Cuckoo; Intra-Specific Aggression: The Aggressive Displays of the Ringed Plver; The Aggressive Displays of the Oystercatcher;Experiments with Various Waders: Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Stone-Curlew, Greenshank & Redshank; The Wheather's Dance; Avocet Displays; Experiments with a Stuffed Jay, with an Australian Pallid Cuckoo, and at a Prepared Drinking Place; General Summing-Up. Locations/Orders : Availability Location : Museum Comp Zoology QL698 .S58 1955 Holdings Availability Description : 128 p. illus. 22 cm. Notes : Includes bibliography. Subject :Birds -- Behavior. Cuckoos. Authors : Hosking, Eric John, joint author. HOLLIS Number : 001073240 Description : 128 p. illus. 22 cm. Notes : Includes bibliography. Subject : Birds -- Behavior. Cuckoos. Authors : Hosking, Eric John, joint author. HOLLIS Number : 001073240 Rubbed. Corner bumped. Flyleaves foxed. Good.…