THE PEREGRINE FALCON IN GREENLAND: OBSERVING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. By James T. Harris.

1979 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 242mm). Ppviii,255. B/w photographs, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Cream-grey cloth, dark grey peregrine design to upper board, spine titled in dark grey.

"This account of the author's studies of the peregrine falcon in West Greenland is a thorough examination of an endangered species from both scientific and humanistic perspectives. ...Harris was part of the first research team to study Greenland's peregrine falcons. The group's task was to learn whether the falcons still nested on cliffs rising above the tundra. Here he describes vividly the search for the eyries an, in particular, his intensive observation of one falcon family, sharing with the reader the development of his own feelings toward the species and the individual birds. The author also acquaints us with the history of the peregrine, explaining with admirable clarity the ways in which DDT and other pesticides interfere with the birds' reproductive cycle and the implications in subsequent population decline." The book is divided into four parts: Part I: The first encounter. Part II: The tundra for a home; Part III: Peregrine days and nights; Part IV: Uneasy neighbours; Part V: Eyasses.