"An earlier version of this book was originally published by Melbourne University Publishing Limited, Australia, in 2012"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.
Contents
Searching for puffins : an introduction -- Distant relatives -- Chick embryos and other developing life forms -- Sentinel chickens -- Falling crows -- Ticks, sheep, grouse and the glorious twelfth -- Flu flies -- Bird flu : from Hong Kong to Qinghai Lake and beyond -- Bird flu guys -- Bug detectives -- Hawaiian wipeout -- The great parrot panic of 1929-30 -- Catching cancer -- Blue bloods and chicken bugs -- Killing the vultures -- Heavy metal -- Red knots and crab eggs -- Hot birds -- For the birds, and for us -- Latin binomials for common bird names.
