Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats

Cuckoos and Cowbirds are amongst the select bird groups renowned as professional parasites, who always lay their eggs in the nests of other species. Occasional parasitic laying is also widespread in many other birds, who gladly parasitise the nests of their own kind when the opportunity arises.

All the puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and by ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour.

Author: N.B. Davies
Publisher: AC& Black
Extra Details: Hardback 7 x 10 inches tall.310 Pages. Ilustratated with Colour and B&W photos and artworks. NEW BOOK