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Superdove : how the pigeon took Manhattan-- and the world / Courtney Humphries.
Van Pelt Library QL696.C63 H86 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humphries, Courtney, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pigeons--Anecdotes.
- Pigeons.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 The Pigeon's Progress 1
- 2 Invited Guests 7
- 3 Darwin's Metaphor 23
- 4 Hopeful Monsters 39
- 5 Homing 63
- 6 Hunt and Peck 81
- 7 Escape of the Superdoves 99
- 8 A Squab Is Born 115
- 9 The Urban Habitat 129
- 10 Defining Pigeons 139
- 11 Pigeon Mothers 153
- 12 Origin 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196).
- ISBN:
- 9780061259166
- 0061259160
- OCLC:
- 214285938
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