The minds of birds /

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Author / Creator:Skutch, Alexander F, (Alexander Frank), 1904-2004
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
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ISBN:0890966710 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-173) and index.
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.