Abstract
THE characteristic of this interesting book is that it studies the behaviour of birds as living wholes and in their natural environments. “One reaction in itself is neither more nor less important than another; each forms a portion of the environment for others; each is sensitive to the modification of others—they form a constellation, and somewhere in the organisation of the living bird they have a common structural link.” “The whole has value, the parts by themselves have none.” It is a piece of work that will greatly please the author of “Holism and Evolution”.
An Introduction to the Study of Bird Behaviour.
By H. Eliot Howard. Pp. xii + 136 + 11 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1929.) 42s. net.
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Bird Courtship. Nature 124, 523–525 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124523a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124523a0
