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_aWelty, Joel Carl
245 1 4 _aThe life of birds /
_cJoel Carl Welty.
250 _aThird Edition
264 3 4 _aNew York :
_bSaunders College ,
_c1982.
300 _axiv, 754 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index (pages 717-754).
504 _aIncludes bibliographic reference (pages 652-716).
505 2 _a1 Birds as flying machines -- 2 The kinds of birds -- 3 Skin, scale, feathers, and colors -- 4 Bones and muscles -- 5 Brain, nerves, and sense organs -- 6 Food, digestion and feeding habits -- 7 Blood, air, and heat -- 8 Excretion, reproduction, and photoperiodism -- 9 Behavior -- 10 Social behavior -- 11 Songs, calls, and other sounds -- 12 Territory -- 13 Courtship and mating habits -- 14 Nests -- 15 Eggs -- 16 Incubation and brood parasitism -- 17 The care and development of young -- 18 The numbers of birds and their regulation -- 19 The ecology of birds -- 20 The geography of birds -- 21 Flight -- 22 Migration and orientation -- 23 The origin and evolution of birds -- 24 Birds and man.
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_aBirds
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_aAves
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