Storm Petrel and the Owl of Athena / / Louis Joseph Halle.
The first part of this book describes a wide variety of seabirds from the author's personal observation and knowledge of their ways; the second offers reflective essays on the general theme of birds in their relation to man.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1970 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Part One. From Another World
- Introduction
- I. From Another World
- II. The Fulmar Flying Free
- III. Of Gulls and Men
- IV. Birds that Attack Men
- V. The Great Auk, the Little Auk, and Man
- VI. Seagoing Sandpipers and Some Relatives
- VII. The Gannet and the Ancient Shag
- VIII. Birds of the Past and Birds of the Future
- Epilogue
- Part Two: Of Birds and Boundaries
- The Water Rail
- The Marsh Terns
- Scene: Geneva; Time: A Morning in June
- Alpine Choughs in a Valley
- The Concept of Species
- The Refugee Species
- The Parish of America
- Hudson's Pampas Today
- On Rereading Green Mansions
- The Owl of Athena
- Epilogue: The Religion of Sedge
- Bibliography
- List of Species and Index