Bird-Song: The Biology of Vocal Communication and Expression in Birds

Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Spotting along top edge. Corners of jacket worn.

Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, Number 12.

The sounds uttered by birds have always had a particular fascination to poets and to many ordinary people. Dr Thorpe has made a scientific study of the sounds themselves, of the circumstances in which they are uttered, and of their significance; he now reviews his findings and those of his fellow scientists.