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Herring Gull's World: Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds (Collins New Naturalist) Hardcover – January 1, 1961

by Niko Tinbergen (Author), Well-illustrated (Illustrator)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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Hardcover - 1953 - First Edition (no other editions listed) Green boards are square with sharp corners, little or no wear, binding is tight. Text block has some foxing as do some of the pages but does not interfer with the text. No dust jacket.
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  1. Print length
    255 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Basic Books
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1961
  5. ISBN-10
    9780002130912
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0002130912
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0002130912
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; 1st Am. ed. edition (January 1, 1961)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780002130912
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0002130912
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Five Cat Brewery
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible to casual birders and the scientific community alike
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016
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Fantastic book, great behavioral study of Herring Gulls. Recommended to me from a colleague who studies Herring Gulls.
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Psychobio
4.0 out of 5 stars The Herring Gull's World: social behaviour of birds
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2010
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Tinbergen was a renowned ethologist who took his work seriously and enthusiastically observed animals in their natural environment in great detail. His ability to analyse and make detailed notes on these birds, as well as carrying out experiments, makes the book essential reading for anyone interested in this area of animal life.

Without the kinds of technological advances we would consider essential for such work nowadays, he was able to put together a detailed study giving high quality information about the life and habits of herring gulls. For its time (late 1950s) the book is well-illustrated and is split into logical sections covering: general features e.g. sense organs and non-reproductive behaviour; settling down in the colony, fighting and territory; pair formation and pairing/mating & nest building behaviour; incubation, hatching and defence of the brood; family life including chick behaviour, analysis of the chick's world, sign stimuli in gulls and other animals, personal ties.

The book is illustrated with black & white plates as well as line drawings giving useful information about posture, movement and so on. Well worth a read by anyone interested in the work of early naturalists, ethologists, biologists, those interested in social behaviour of animals and early scientific method. With regard to the latter, he includes several simple but effective experiments on the gulls to show various aspects of their complex behaviour.

Tinbergen's painstaking work is a pleasure to read and to refer to when watching gulls and other animals. It is a classic of its time and deserves rich praise, as indeed given by Konrad Lorenz in the foreword.
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Scabs
2.0 out of 5 stars cover in a poor state, including holes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2017
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Not impressed by quality, which I didn't feel reflected the description: cover in a poor state, including holes, tears and creases, and pages FULL of inscriptions etc.

I am enjoying the read though.
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