Owls of the World: Their Evolution, Structure and Ecology

Librex Milan, Italy: Eurobook Limited - A & W Visual Library, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2. Rignall, John - Photos and Maps. 216 Pages Indexed. Four lines of inked owner's name and date inside front cover. No other marks or stamps. Minor cover edge and corner wear. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, tables, drawings and maps. Owls are one of the groups of birds most subject to prejudice, both malevolent and to a less extent benevolent, and to misunderstanding. All over the world those concerned with shooting pheasant or hunting other game birds tend to view owls with much the same suspicion and as they do hawks and falcons: with curiously conflicting emotions of love or hate. This book aims to clear people's minds of such prejudices, and will go some way towards helping them to understand the place of nocturnal birds of prey in the ecology of a habitat. Contents: Preface, Introduction by BERNARD STONEHOUSE. PART I - Owls and Men by JOHN SPARKS. The origins of owls by C. A. WALKER. What makes an owl by PHILIP BURTON. PART II - Barn and Bay owls Tyto, Phodilus by IAN PRESTT AND REGINALD WAGSTAFFE. Fishing owls, Eagle owls and the Snowy owl,Ketupa, Scotopelia, Bubo, Nyctea by MICHAEL FOGDEN. Scops and Screech owls, Otus, Lophostrix by G. P. HEKSTRA. Wood owls Pulsatrix, Ciccaba, Strix, Rhinoptynx, Asio by HEIMO MIKKOLA. Hawk owls Ninox, Sceloglaux, Uroglaux, Nesasio, Surnia by COLIN HARRISON. Little, Pygmy and Elf owls Athene, Speotyto, Micrathene, Glaucidium, Aegolius, Pseudoscops by HOWARD GINN. Conservation RONALD MURTON. Owl Pellets DAVID GLUE. PART III - Check list of species. Owl voices by WOUTER VAN DER WEYDEN AND HOWARD GINN. Glossary and Books for further reading. Index.