New books purchased
Bats: from evolution to conservation, 2nd ed., by John D. Altringham, drawings by Tom McOwat and Lucy Hammond. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: YV (10bi-ii).
Biochemistry, 7th ed., by Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, and Lubert Stryer, with Gregory J. Gatto. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman and Company; 2012. Balfour Library shelfmark: EH (50gi-iii).
Biological anthropology: the natural history of humankind, 3rd ed., by Craig Stanford, John S. Allen, and Susan C. Anton. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson; 2013. Balfour Library shelfmark: qYYV (3ci-ii).
Development of the nervous system, 3rd ed., by Dan H. Sanes, Thomas A. Reh, and William A. Harris. Burlington, MA: Elsevier: Academic Press; 2012. GF (216ci-iii).
Ecology, 2nd ed., by Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman and Sally D. Hacker. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: GG (272bi-ii).
Evolution: a developmental approach, by Wallace Arthur. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (331i-iii).
Evolution since Darwin: the first 150 years, edited by Michael A. Bell ... [et al.]. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (330i-ii).
The geometry of evolution: adaptive landscapes and theoretical morphospaces, by George R. McGhee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2007. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (329i-ii).
Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 15: weavers to New World warblers, by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, and David Christie. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: qK (63).
How and why species multiply: the radiation of Darwin's finches, by Peter R. Grany and B. Rosemary Grant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 2008. Balfour Library shelfmark: KY (50i-ii).
How we live and why we die: the secret lives of cells, by Lewis Wolpert. London: Faber and Faber; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: EC (307i-ii).
Introduction to genetic analysis, international 10th ed., by Anthony J. Griffiths ... [et al.]. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman and Company; 2012. Balfour Library shelfmark: EN (131ji-ii).
The major transitions in evolution revisited, edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (271b).
Physical anthropology: an introduction, [13th ed.], by Robert Jurmain ... [et al.]. [Belmont, CA]: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning; 2012. Balfour Library shelfmark: qYYV (4mi-ii).
Plant ecology, 2nd ed., edited by Michael J. Crawley. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science Ltd.; 1997. Balfour Library shelfmark:GG (127bi-ii).
Plasticity, robustness, development and evolution, by Patrick Bateson and Peter Gluckman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EEB (75i,iii).
Principles of animal communication, 2nd ed., by Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: GFY (14bi-ii).
Principles of social evolution, by Andrew F. G. Bourke. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (327iv,v).
Sensory transduction, by Gordon L. Fain, with illustrations by Margery L. Fain. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: GFM (26ii-iii).
Vertebrates: comparative anatomy, function, evolution, 6th ed., by Kenneth V. Kardong. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2012. Balfour Library shelfmark: UU (26fi-iv).
The weather makers: our changing climate and what it means for life on earth, by Tim Flannery. London: Penguin Books; 2007. Balfour Library shelfmark: GGW (216i-iii).
Donations:
Animal camouflage: mechanisms and function, edited by Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: GGT (22i-ii).
Bioelectrogenesis: a comparative survey of its mechanisms with particular emphasis on electric fishes, edited by Carlos Chagas and Antoni Paes de Carvahlo. Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company; 1961. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (3).
The cane toad: the history and ecology of a successful colonist, by Christopher Lever. Otley: Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing; 2001. Balfour Library shelfmark: WJI (3).
Commentary on the effects of electricity on muscular motion, by Luigi Galvani. Translated into English by Margaret Glover Foley. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library; 1953. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (7).
Descriptive catalogue of the physiological series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Part I: surviving Hunterian specimens demonstrating those organs in plants and animals for the special purposes of the individual. Part II: Hunterian species demonstrating the products of generation together with surviving Hunterian specimens from other sections. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone; 1970-71. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (6i-ii).
A discourse on the torpedo, delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, November 30, 1774, by Sir John Pringle. London: Royal Society; 1775. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (4).
The electrical eel: or, Gymnotus electricus, by Adam Strong. A new edition, with considerable additions. London: [J. Bew]; 1777. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (5).
Das elektrische Organ des afrikanischen Zitterwelses (Malopterus electricus Lacepede), anatomisch Untersucht von Emil Ballowitz. Jena: Gustav Fischer; 1899. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (12).
Die elektrischen Fische: nach neuen Untersuchungen anatomisch-zoologisch dargestellt, von Gustav Fritsch. Erste Abtheilung: Malopterus electricus. Zweite Abtheilung: die Torpedineen. Leipzig: Verlag von Veit Comp.; 1887-1890. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (11i-ii).
Essai sur les phenomenes electriques des animaux, par Ch. Matteucci. Paris: Carilian-Goeury et Vr. Dalmont; 1840. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (1).
Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part 2: sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. New Haven , CT: Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University; 1953. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (10ii).
The great auk, or garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.): its history, archaeology, and remains, by Symington Grieve. London: Thomas C. Jack; 1885. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (8).
The natural history of the frog fish of Surinam, by Thomas Hutchinson. York: [G. Peacock]; 1796[?]. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (9).
Naturalised birds of the world, by Christopher Lever. London: T. & A. D. Poyser; 2005. Balfour Library shelfmark: K (230b).
The naturalized animals of Britain and Ireland, by Christopher Lever. London: New Holland Publishers; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: YZ.41 (9b).
Naturalized birds of the world, by Christopher Lever. Harlow: Longman Scientific and Technical; 1987. Balfour Library shelfmark: K (230).
Naturalized fishes of the world, by Christopher Lever. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; [1996]. Balfour Library shelfmark: V (30).
Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world, by Christopher Lever. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2003. Balfour Library shelfmark: W (27).
Plasticity, robustness, development and evolution, by Patrick Bateson and Peter Gluckman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EEB (75ii).
They dined on eland: the story of the acclimatisation societies, by Christopher Lever. London: Quillar Press; 1993. Balfour Library shelfmark: G (57).
Traite des phenomenes electro-physiologiques des animaux. D'etudes anatomiques sur le systeme nerveux et sur l'organe electrique de la torpille. Paris: Fortin, Masson et Cie; 1844. Balfour Library shelfmark: Keynes (2).
