Description
Book Synopsis
During the century leading up to this book's publication in 1941, there had been a revolution in conditions governing the habits and numbers of wildfowl in many parts of the world, which led to diminishing numbers. This first volume by the International Committee for Bird Preservation contains eight papers by specialists.
Table of Contents
Foreword; Part I. Introduction: The History of Events Leading to the Formation of the Wildfowl Inquiry Subcommittee Percy R. Lowe; Part II. Conditions in Northern Breeding Areas of Wildfowl: 1. North-East Greenland C. G. Bird and E. G. Bird; 2. Iceland W. M. Congreve and S. W. P Freme; 3. Spitsbergen W. M. Congreve, C. T. Dalgety, J. H. McNeile and E. S. Steward; 4. Norwegian Lapland W. M. Congreve; Part III. The Distribution of Zostera (Eel Grass, Wigeon Grass) and Other Seashore Plants in Relation to the Migrations of Wildfowl R. W. Butcher; Part IV. British Decoys H. A. Gilbert, Colin McLean, C. W. Mackworth Praed and H. Leyborne Popham; Part V. Punt-Gunning C. T. Dalgety, R. A. H. Coombes, H. A. Gilbert, H. Leyborne Popham and T. Russell Goddard; Part VI. Ringing of the Duck at British Decoys for the Wildfowl Inquiry Committee A. Landsborough Thomson and C. W. Mackworth Praed; Part VII. Results of Ringing Duck: General Survey of Data from All Sources A. Landsborough Thomson; Part VIII. Close Time Phyllis Barclay-Smith: 5. Table of close times; Index.
