Abstract
THE title of this book scarcely conveys to the would be reader what its contents really are. Briefly put, these may be said to be an attempt to prove that every action of the bird is controlled or carried out by instinct and that intelligence does not exist in the bird mind.
Birds at the Nest.
By Douglas Dewar. Pp. viii + 271. (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, Ltd., 1928.) 7s. 6d. net.
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Birds at the Nest . Nature 122, 958 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122958b0
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