The Starling Tapa dura - 1984

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. xiv, 315, 16 plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w.. 1st edition.. [9780192177056]

Published by Oxford University Press, 1984. Hardback. Very Good/Nearly Fine. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The starling's extraordinary biological success. From habitat choice through to roosting. B/w illustrations. Reprint. Top & tail of spine shelf rubbed, a few minor knocks to board edges. Large personal bookplate to front endpaper. Otherwise contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lovely.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. xiv, 315, 16 plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w.. 1st edition.. [9780192177056]

Oxford University Press, 1984-05-10. Hardcover. Good/Good. 223 x 144 mm. NO. The European starling is one of the most successful birds in the world. It lives in close association with man and has been spread around the world by man, yet it is a bird many people love to hate. The starling is a garden bird, a woodland bird, a farm bird, and a city bird and in all these habitats it conflicts with man to some degree. This book traces the development of the starling from an arboreal, largely fruit-eating ancestor, probably in south-east Asia, to the ground-dwelling omnivorous bird that we see today." Chapters include: The successful starling; A place to live; The calendar; Ostentation; A new generation; The hungry hordes; A time to die; A balanced diet; Gatherings; A route to success; Relations with man. In the 1890s, fewer than 140 starlings were introduced to Central Park in New York. The current American population is close to 200,000,000. Starlings have displaced many native species, and… Leer más

Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York: Oxford University Press , 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 315 pages, 16 pages of plates: illustrations; 23 cm. Subjects: Starlings. Birds Europe. Ornithology.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press. HARDCOVER. VG. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Dust jacket bright and shiny with a small surface nick, light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear to book, but top corners of jacket are eroding a bit with small nicks.