The Cowbirds: A Study in the Biology of Social Parasitism 5): (viii)

5): (viii)

This monograph is based primarily on 14 months of fieldwork from 1921-1922 in the Riu Kiu islands (also known as the Loo Cho islands) that stretch between the Japanese island chain and Formosa (now Taiwan)

the spine is lettered in gilt and with blind-stamped panel lines

Image depicts an Olive Crowned Roller (Coracias mosambicanus

1 engraved plain plate of fossil reptiles (all plates have tissue guards and are after paintings and drawings by Paul Oudart)

The Cowbirds: A Study in the Biology of Social Parasitism 5): (viii)Pp. xv, 421, 28 photo plates, 12 text figures. Publishers original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with elaborate gilt scene on the front cover, lg 8vo. Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are of New World origin, and are obligate brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species (from Wiki). Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and the top page edge,