Description |
xix, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Contents: Old explanations of bird migrations. -- Methods of studying migrations. -- Migrations in Europe and Northern Asia. -- Migrations in North America. -- Migrations in the Southern Hemisphere. -- Migrations in Intertropical regions. -- Sea-bird migrations. -- Modes of migration. -- Bird invasions. -- The hibernation of birds. -- The physiological stimulus of migration. -- Orientation of migratory birds. -- The origin and evolution of migrations |
Notes |
"First published in the French language under the title : Les Migrations des Oiseaux" |
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Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson |
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Translated by Constance D. Sherman |
Bibliography |
Contains bibliography and index |
Subject |
Birds -- Migration.
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LC no. |
63001050 |
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