Franz Bairlein: O''kologie der Vo''gel.
G. Fischer 1996, 150p. 3-437-25018-3. DM 44.

13661 Kathryn Brown: Food fight drives evolution.
Science 21 July 2000, 369-371.

Paul Johnsgard: Cormorants, darters, and pelicans in the world.
Smithsonian Institution Press 1992/93, 450p. Pds. 39. The first part of the
book looks at the comparative biology starting with taxonomy, then ranging
through comparative morphology and anatomy, feeding behaviour and foraging,
before concluding with population dynamics and conservation biology.
The bulk of the book is devoted to accounts of 32 species of cormorants and
shags, two species of darters and seven species of pelicans. It is difficult
to fault this volume as a work of reference, and as the first world-wide
survey of these species it is sure to find shelf space on libraries around
the world. However, it is a reference book, not a book that will be 
orrowed through or read for pleasure, says the reviewer (David Tomlinson).
The colour plates are disappointing.

5603 Andrew Kitchener: Justice at last for the dodo. 
New Scientist 28 August 1993, 24-27. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was
discovered by hungry Dutch sailors in the forests of Mauritius in 1598.
It died out in the 17th century.

David Mindell: Avian molecular evolution and systematics.
Academic Press 1997. 0-12-498315-4. $85.

11777 Kevin Padian/Luis Chiappe: Der Ursprung der Vo''gel und ihres Fluges.
Spektrum 1998/4, 38-48.

11963 Adelheid Stahnke: Ta''uschender Bettelruf.
Spektrum 1998/7, 20-21. Das Kuckucksjunge imitiert den Bettelruf der
Ku''ken des Brutpaares.