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UNINA9910715638403321 |
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Titolo |
Treaty with the Seneca Indians. Memorial of Benjamin Ferris, in behalf of the four yearly meetings of Friends, of Genesee, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, remonstrating against any appropriation being made to carry out the treaty with the Seneca Indians. January 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1841 |
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1 online resource (3 pages) |
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House document / 26th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 66 |
[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 383] |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Budget |
Fraud |
Indian reservations |
Indians |
Speculation |
Legislative materials. |
United States Appropriations and expenditures |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
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UNINA9910957917503321 |
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Autore |
Johnsgard Paul A |
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Titolo |
The avian brood parasites : deception at the nest / / Paul A. Johnsgard |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
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0-19-770027-6 |
1-280-52922-9 |
9786610529223 |
0-19-535499-0 |
1-4294-1568-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Parasitic birds |
Brood parasites |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p379-396. _ Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and index. |
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Contents; Preface; 1 An Overview of Brood Parasitism; 2 Eco-morphology and Interspecific Mimicry; 3 Behavioral and Reproductive Ecology; 4 Breeding Behavior; 5 Host Retaliation: The Co-evolutionary Arms Race; 6 Waterfowl (Family Anatidae); 7 Honeyguides (Family Indicatoridae); 8 Old World Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae); 9 American Ground-cuckoos (Family Neomorphidae); 10 African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae); 11 Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini); Appendixes; A: Glossary; B: Latin Names of Birds Mentioned in the Text; References; Taxonomic Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N |
OP; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discusses all of the world's nearly 100 species of obligatory brood parasites - those birds that reproduce only by laying their eggs in the nests of other species - and the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation. |
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