by W. B. Yapp
Series: Contemporary biology
Publisher: Edward Arnold, 1st ed., 1970
ISBN-10: 0713122633
ISBN-13: 978-0713122633
246 pages
The theme of this book is that birds are interesting in their own right as animals, and that in organization and intelligence they are the equals of mammals other than the primates; they are not merely glorified reptiles.
The anatomy and physiology of birds and some aspects of their sexual and social life are discussed from this point of view. The book considers also the control of bird numbers, and their distribution and dispersion, with the evolutionary problems that these involve.
This book will be of value to University and college students taking courses in zoology, biology, animal behaviour and ecology. It will also find a large readership amongst intelligent birdwatchers who want to learn something about scientific ornithology.