The California Woodpecker and I, a Study in Comparative Zoology

Good+ used hardcover in good dustjacket.  Foxing to top edge of pages.  Fading, discoloration, and small tears to DJ; sun faded spine. 

The storage of food for later use is rare among birds. This particular behavior provides the starting-point of this study, and the first part of the book is mainly ornithological.  The author proceeds with an essay in comparative zoology and psychology, in which bird and man are contrasted.  He then leads to a philosophical discourse under the caption “My Understanding of Men and Woodpeckers”.

Full title: The California Woodpecker and I, a Study in Comparative Zoology.  In which are set forth numerous facts and reflections by one of us about both of us

Color frontispiece illustration by Allan Brooks.

University of California Press, 1938. First edition.