Birds and Their Young (eBook)

This book offers the reader extensive information on birds, with a special focus on mating and the growth of their offspring. This informative volume will appeal to those with an interest in raising young birds, and it would make for a fantastic addition to ornithological collections. Contents include: "e;Nests"e;, "e;Concerning Eggs"e;, "e;The Nestling, The Helpless Group"e;, "e;The Nestling, The Precocious Group"e;, "e;Behaviour of the Young"e;, "e;Behaviour of the Parents"e;, "e;Food and Feeding"e;, "e;Lessons and Language"e;, "e;Adolescence"e;, "e;Maturity"e;, "e;Maturity-continued. Courtship and Display"e;, etc. Thomas Coward (1867 - 1933) was an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer. He wrote on natural history, local history and Cheshire for a number of publications and books. Other notable works by this author include: "e;The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay"e; (1910), "e;The Migration of Birds"e; (1912), and "e;Bird Haunts and Nature Memories"e; (1922). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.