BAKER, E.C. STUART. — Cuckoo Problems.

London: H.F. & G.Witherby Ltd, 1942. 1st edition. "To enable him to deal with so vast a mass of material the owner has had the advantage of some 70 years personal study of Cuckoos and their life-histories, the present volume containing the result of that study, intimately combined with the work done by previous writers in many countries." Contents includes: I.The need for adaptation of cuckoos' eggs to those of the fosterers; II.Has any evolution taken place in adaptation of cuckoos' eggs to those of the fosterers? III.How has adaptation been attained? [survival of the fittest); IV.How is the cuckoo's egg placed in the nest? V.Other cuckoo problems; Appendices: i.ists of eggs of cuckoos in my own collection giving both trivial and scientific names; II.Lists of eggs of each species of sub-species of cuckoo in my collection with fosterers. Pp.xvo/207, 12 plates(8 in colour), spotting to closed page edges, library bookplate (H.K.Lewis & Co.Ltd Lending Library, London) to inside front board. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, Lewis Library bookplate wraped over to top edge has wear, boards rubbed and small bumps to edges. Good.