Bird vocalizations : their relations to current problems in biology and psychology : essays presented to W.H. Thorpe

Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Foreword / K.Z. Lorenz – Tonal quality of bird sounds / P. Marler – Experimental studies in the ontogeny of avian vocalizations / M. Konishi and F. Nottebohm – Song as a reinforcer / J.G. Stevenson – Song development in the zebra finch and other estrildid finches / K. Immelmann – The control of avian vocalization by the central nervous system / J.L. Brown – The effects of testosterone on avian vocalizations / R.J. Andrew – Roles of budgerigar vocalization in the integration of breeding behaviour / B.F. Brockway – Communication in canary courtship calls / J.A. Mulligan and K.C. Olsen – Duetting / T. Hooker and B.I. Hooker (Lade) – Functions of territorial song in the white-throated sparrow / J.B. Falls – Embryonic communication, respiration and the synchronization of hatching / M.A. Vince – Functional and ecological aspects of vocalization in weaverbirds / J.H. Crook – Vocal characters and avian systematics / W.E. Lanyon – Geographic variation in bird vocalizations / G. Thielcke – Aspects of the evolution of man's appreciation of bird song / E.A. Armstrong – The aesthetic content of bird song / J. Hall-Craggs. Subjects; Birdsongs – 20th century. Birds – Vocalization – 20th century. 1 Kg.