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A like new 1st edition hardcover of 'The Pinyon Jay' by John M. Marzluff and Russell P. Balda. Clean blue boards, gilt titles and small gilt birds to spine, and blue endpapers. Features black and white illustrations, diagrams, and information throughout. A tight, bright, and clean copy of 317pp, with no inscriptions and an unclipped dust jacket. (16.5x24cm). Seller Inventory # 165
The complex breeding system of Pinyon jays, involving helpers at their nest, the bird's dependence on the seed of the Pinyon Pine and their highly developed food hoarding behaviour, provides the backdrop for a species monograph on this North American bird.
Review: "The authors have made a commendable effort to make their study as readable as possible...their style is never dull, for they are constantly asking rhetorical questions, and providing detailed but well-reasoned answers." -- David Tomlinson, New Scientist
Title: The Pinyon Jay: Behavioural Ecology of a ...
Publisher: T. & A. D. Poyser, London
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Tony Angell & Caroline Bauder
Condition: Like new
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a well preserved and tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a near fine pictorial dust jacket which is protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated, xvii + 317pp. Seller Inventory # 290485
Quantity: 1 available