The minds of birds /
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Author / Creator: | Skutch, Alexander F, (Alexander Frank), 1904-2004 |
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1996. |
Description: | xvi, 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 23 Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 23. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3509239 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Recognition of Individuals
- Ch. 2. Memory and Anticipation
- Ch. 3. Social Life
- Ch. 4. Emotions
- Ch. 5. Play
- Ch. 6. Counting and Timing
- Ch. 7. Tool Using
- Ch. 8. Aesthetic Sense
- Ch. 9. Dissimulation
- Ch. 10. Mental Conflicts
- Ch. 11. Intelligent Birds
- Ch. 12. Apparently Stupid Behavior
- Ch. 13. Freedom and Altruism
- Ch. 14. The Brain and Senses
- Ch. 15. Homing and Migration
- Ch. 16. The Mind of a Parrot
- Ch. 17. Summary and Conclusions.