"This book, the first one to portray a tropical seabird community, treats the 22 species of seabirds of the Hawaiian archipelago from a conservationist point of view. . . . A class book that is well researched and an important addition to seabird...
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"This book, the first one to portray a tropical seabird community, treats the 22 species of seabirds of the Hawaiian archipelago from a conservationist point of view. . . . A class book that is well researched and an important addition to seabird...
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Very Good. 4to. x, 249pp, 24pp of coloured plates, 16 figures, 8 tables, appendix: some common and scientific names, bibliography, index. Many paragraphs are marked by pencil ticks in the margin. Page edges lightly foxed. Illustrated light card cover. This book, the first one to portray a tropical seabird community, treats the 22 species of seabirds of the Hawaiian archipelago from a conservationist point of view.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Large 8vo. x, 249pp. Index, appendix, bibliography, bw & col ills, maps. Or blue-gray cloth with pictorial jacket. The first book to portray a tropical seabird community, this volume treats the 22 species of seabirds of the Hawaiian archipelago from a conservationist point of view. Current knowledge of albatross, shearwaters, petrels, frigate birds, boobies, tropicbirds, terns and noddies is summarized explaining their similarities and differences in regard to nesting, food habits, migration at sea, and adaption to a tropical environment. Emphasizes the threats faced on land and at sea, but includes such positive aspects as the establishnment of a new Laysan albatross colony on the main islands. Invaluable reference to the indigenous sea birds of Hawaii, their lives and the threats they face.