Ithaca, New York: Cornel University Press, 1991. Dana Gardner. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Folio; 12.25 inches tall; 130 pages with an index.

Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book. Item #014670
ISBN: 9780801425288

Pigeon" may mean only the familiar domestic bird or, as it does here, all 250-plus members of the family Columbidae, distributed worldwide except for the Arctic and Antarctic regions and some isolated islands. Skutch has spent 50 years studying both wild and domestic pigeons, chiefly in the United States and Costa Rica, and has thoroughly reviewed the published sources as well in compiling this comprehensive monograph of the family.  

This book will be equally valuable to birders, pigeon raisers, and undergraduate zoology students. He covers classification, food, reproduction and life cycle, pigeon-human relationships, homing and navigation, and Darwin's use of pigeons in his studies of evolution. Skutch writes well and entertains as well as informs.

Price: $29.95