The Herring Gull's World: A Study of the Social Behavior of Birds (The New Naturalist)

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One of the most brilliant volumes in the whole New Naturalist series Dr. Tinbergens investigation into the life history and habits of the herring gull is already established as a classic work of modern animal behaviour studies.A charmingly written and exciting monograph it tells us about the mind of a gull established on practically all the coasts of the northern half of the world; but it tells us also more than a little about the workings of our own minds.