Book Description
Auks are fascinating and unusual seabirds that live throughout the cool seas of the northern hemisphere. This book is the first modern treatment of the entire family, highlighting their ecology and behaviour as well as providing comprehensive species accounts. All species are superbly illustrated in new colour plates by Ian Lewington especially commissioned for this volume.

Synopsis
This work is intended for professional and amateur ornithologists; birdwatchers; zoologists; student and researchers in animal behaviour and behavioural ecology; and members of Ornithological Societies in all countries, especially the Canadian Nature Federation, American Ornithologists' Union, and American Birding Association. The text covers: auks and their world; systematics and evolution; social behaviour; chick development and the transition from land to sea; and distribution and biogeography.

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