ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD & GARDEN. {First American Edn.]

by Fabre, Jean Henri; (Florence C. Bicknell, trans.)

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NY:: Century,, 1921. Hardcover; ink `C-19' (?) inside front cover + ink name/date on front endpaper; spine ends lightly worn; otherwise good.. Profuse in-text b&w drawings. Fabre (1823-1915), entomologist; retired from teaching (1870) to a modest property at Serignan to study the nature, structure, social habits, etc. of its insects & natural inhabitants. ||| Using a narrative form, his `Uncle Paul' talks about Teeth & their shapes; Bats' Senses; Hedgehogs; Moles; Birds of Prey; Mice; Owls; Eagles; Hawks & Falcons; Ravens, Crows, Woodpeckers; Cuckoos; Shrikes; Titmice; Swallows; Swifts; Birds' Beaks; Snakes & Lizards; Caterpillars; Weevils; etc.