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Stray Feathers from a Bird Man's Desk

Stray Feathers from a Bird Man's Desk

by Austin Loomer Rand

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Author
Rand, Austin Loomer, 1905-1982
Title
Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk
Credits
Tim Lindell, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- Behavior
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66306
Release Date
September 14, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.STRAY FEATHERS FROM A BIRD MAN'S DESK
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.STRAY FEATHERS FROM A BIRD MAN'S DESK
  5. 5.BIRDS USING TOOLS [Ref]
  6. 6.BIRDS AS BRIGANDS [Ref]
  7. 7.BIRDS BATHING [Ref]
  8. 8.HOW BIRDS ANOINT THEIR FEATHERS [Ref]
  9. 9.TRAVELING BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
  10. 10.MALADAPTATION IN BIRDS [Ref]
  11. 11.FEATHERED BABY SITTERS AND CO-OP NURSERY NESTS [Ref]
  12. 12.BIRDS' NESTS AND THEIR SOUP [Ref]
  13. 13.WALLED WIVES OF HORNBILLS [Ref]
  14. 14.BURIED EGGS AND YOUNG [Ref]
  15. 15.THE SNOWY OWL AS A TRADE INDEX [Ref]
  16. 16.MONKEY BIRDS [Ref]
  17. 17.BIRD-MADE INCUBATORS [Ref]
  18. 18.CORMORANT FISHING [Ref]
  19. 19.THE SHRIKE'S LARDER [Ref]
  20. 20.BIRD FLAVORS [Ref]
  21. 21.HOW MANY FEATHERS HAS A BIRD? [Ref]
  22. 22.LAST YEAR'S BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
  23. 23.SYMBIOSIS—ANIMALS LIVING IN MIXED HOUSEHOLDS [Ref]
  24. 24.BIRD APARTMENT HOUSES [Ref]
  25. 25.BIRD HELPERS AT NESTING TIME [Ref]
  26. 26.A NAME FOR A BOAT
  27. 27.WEAVERS AND TAILORS IN THE BIRD WORLD [Ref]
  28. 28.SOCIAL PARASITES AMONG BIRDS [Ref]
  29. 29.FISH EATS BIRD! [Ref]
  30. 30.CROWS ARE SMARTER THAN "WISE" OWLS [Ref]
  31. 31.TAME WILD BIRDS [Ref]
  32. 32.BIRDS AS PILFERERS [Ref]
  33. 33.HIBERNATION IN BIRDS [Ref]
  34. 34.SNAKESKINS IN BIRDS' NESTS [Ref]
  35. 35.CO-OPERATION BY BIRDS [Ref]
  36. 36.WATCHDOGS AT THE NEST [Ref]
  37. 37.BIRD GUIDES TO HONEY [Ref]
  38. 38.OXPECKERS [Ref]
  39. 39.WINGS IN FEEDING [Ref]
  40. 40.INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF BIRDS
  41. 41.CONDITIONING IN BIRDS [Ref]
  42. 42.POISONOUS BIRDS [Ref]
  43. 43.KINGFISHERS ON THE TELEPHONE
  44. 44.ON IDENTIFYING SEA SERPENTS
  45. 45.CONSERVATION OVER THE TELEPHONE
  46. 46.BIRDS WASHING FOOD [Ref]
  47. 47.HOW ANIMAL VOICES SOUND TO FOREIGN EARS
  48. 48.SIGHT IDENTIFICATION
  49. 49.GREEN HUNTING JAYS TURN BLUE
  50. 50.HOW BIRDS USE COWS AS HUNTING DOGS [Ref]
  51. 51.EARLY BIRD LISTING
  52. 52.BATTLE OF THE SEXES AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE [Ref]
  53. 53.WATER IN THE DESERT [Ref]
  54. 54.BIRD GRAVEYARDS [Ref]
  55. 55.ANIMAL GARDENS [Ref]
  56. 56.DROPPING THINGS [Ref]
  57. 57.LEARNING BY BIRDS [Ref]
  58. 58.CAN BIRDS COUNT? [Ref]
  59. 59.COURTSHIP FEEDING [Ref]
  60. 60.THEY TURNED THE TABLES [Ref]
  61. 61.SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT [Ref]
  62. 62.DUST AND SNOW BATHING
  63. 63.DECORATION IN THE HOME [Ref]
  64. 64.CURIOSITY IN BIRDS
  65. 65.REFERENCES
  66. 66.INDEX

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