Description
"The book begins with an introduction to the various seabird families: the penguin family; the albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels; the pelican family, including gannets, boobies, frigatebirds, tropicbirds and cormorants; gulls, skuas, terns and auks. This is followed by a resume of the world's oceans and the food and feeding habits of the birds. There are also chapters on seabird breeding behaviour, breeding biology, migration, populations and relationship with man." --Dust jacket.
