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The herring gull's world : a study of the social behaviour of birds / by Niko Tinbergen.

By: Series: New naturalistPublication details: Collins, 1953. London :Description: xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 598.42
Contents:
Editor's preface -- Foreword by konrad lorenz -- Preliminary and acknowledgements -- Part one: Introduction -- 1. Aims of field work on bird behaviour -- 2. The executive organs -- 3. The sense organs -- 4. Non-reproductive behaviour -- Part two: Settling down in the colony, fighting and territory -- 5. First arrival -- 6. Fighting and threat -- 7. The origin of the threat postures -- 8. Individual recognition -- 9. Site tenacity -- 10. Some aspects of fighting and territory -- Part three: Pair formation and pairing -- 11. The old paris -- 12. The formation of new pairs -- 13. The behaviour of mated birds -- 14. The origin of courtship displays -- 15. Nest-building -- Part four: Incubation -- 16. Brooding behaviour -- 17. Experiments on egg recognition -- 18. The hatching of chicks -- 19. Defence against the brood -- 20. The "gull problem" -- Part five: Family life -- 21. The behaviour of the chicks -- 22. Analysing the chick's world -- 23. Sign stimuli in other animals -- 24. Personal ties -- Conclusion -- List of plates -- Bibliography -- Index --
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Non-Loanable Book Library Reserve 598.42 TIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 000422585

Illustrated with 51 photographs taken by the author. 58 drawings and diagrams

Index and bibliographical sources present

Editor's preface -- Foreword by konrad lorenz -- Preliminary and acknowledgements --
Part one: Introduction -- 1. Aims of field work on bird behaviour -- 2. The executive organs -- 3. The sense organs -- 4. Non-reproductive behaviour --
Part two: Settling down in the colony, fighting and territory -- 5. First arrival -- 6. Fighting and threat -- 7. The origin of the threat postures -- 8. Individual recognition -- 9. Site tenacity -- 10. Some aspects of fighting and territory --
Part three: Pair formation and pairing -- 11. The old paris -- 12. The formation of new pairs -- 13. The behaviour of mated birds -- 14. The origin of courtship displays -- 15. Nest-building --
Part four: Incubation -- 16. Brooding behaviour -- 17. Experiments on egg recognition -- 18. The hatching of chicks -- 19. Defence against the brood -- 20. The "gull problem" --
Part five: Family life -- 21. The behaviour of the chicks -- 22. Analysing the chick's world -- 23. Sign stimuli in other animals -- 24. Personal ties --
Conclusion -- List of plates -- Bibliography -- Index --

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