PIGEONS AND DOVES

The titles listed under these headings are BRAND NEW books listed alphabetically by author.
Price is for the cloth (hardback) edition unless indicated otherwise. Buteo Books makes
every effort to keep these titles in stock, but both price and availability are subject to change.

1117. BASKETT, Thomas S., et al. Ecology and Management of the Mourning Dove. Wildlife Management Institute/Stackpole, 1993. Black & white photos and illustrations. Maps. 567 pp. Quarto. $49.95

26-208. BLECHMAN, Andrew D. Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird. Grove Press, 2006. Chronicles the pigeon's transformation from beloved companion to feathered pest. 239 pp. $24.00

1118. GIBBS, David and Eustace BARNES. Pigeons and Doves. Yale/Pica Press: 2000. 76 excellent color plates illustrated by BARNES and John COX. Distribution maps for each species, The most up-to-date information on identification, natural history and taxonomy. 615 pp. $70.00
The first book to be dedicated to the field identification of this family of birds.

DEL HOYO, Josep, Andrew ELLIOTT, and Jordi SARGATAL, Editors. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Sandgrouse, Pigeons And Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots, Turacos, Cuckoos. 1997. The most complete natural history information available, heavily illustrated with spectacular color photos and color plates. 679 pp. $250.00

See further details about the Handbook of the Birds of the World series

1119. JOHNSTON, Richard E. and Marian JANIGA. Feral Pigeons. Oxford University Press, 1995. 320 pp. $85.00

1120. MATHEWSON, Worth. Band-tailed Pigeon: Wilderness Bird at Risk. Timber Press, 2005. The author discusses the reasons; habitat loss, hunting, disease; for the bird's decline. Color photos and line drawings by David HAGERBAUMER. 183 pp. $19.95

23-259. PALMER, John. A Bibliography of Older Pigeon Books from Rae to Levi (1678- c.1950). Christchurch: Arnold Books, 2005. 48 pp. Paper. $20.00

1121. SCHORGER, A.W. The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction. Blackburn Press, 2004. Reprint of the First edition originally published in 1955 by the University of Wisconsin. 424 pp. Paper. $65.00

Single-species monographs in the Birds of North America series:

530. Band-tailed Pigeon. Daniel M. Keppie and Clait E. Braun. 2000. 28 pp. - $7.50

611. Passenger Pigeon. D.E. Blockstein. 2002. 28 pp. - $7.50

644. Red-billed Pigeon. P.E. Lowther. 2002. 12 pp. - $7.50

596. White-crowned Pigeon. G. Thomas Bancroft and Reed Bowman. 2001. 24 pp. - $7.50

645. Common Ground-Dove. R. Bowman. 2002. 24 pp. - $7.50

630. Eurasian Collared-Dove. C.M. Romagosa. 2002. 20 pp. - $7.50

28. Inca Dove. Allan J. Mueller. 1992. 12 pp. - $7.50

117. Mourning Dove. R.E. Mirarchi and T.S. Baskett. 1994. 32 pp. - $7.50

13. Rock Dove. Richard F. Johnston. 1992. 16 pp. - $7.50

586. Spotted Dove. Kimball L. Garrett and Ronald L. Walker. 2001. 20 pp. - $7.50

436. White-tipped Dove. Kelly M. Hogan. 1999. 16 pp. - $7.50

710. White-winged Dove. T.W. Schwertner, H.A. Mathewson, J.A. Roberson, M. Small, and G.L. Waggerman. 2003. 28 pp. - $7.50

See also the complete Birds of North America list.