Publications by David Lack Books 1934 The Birds of Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Bird Club, Cambridge. 1943 The Life of the Robin. Witherby, London. 4th edn. (revised) 1965. 1947 Darwin's Finches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Harper Torch­ book paperback edn. 1961. Japanese edn. 1974. 1950 Robin Redbreast. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1954 The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. Clarendon Press, Oxford. Paperback edn. 1970. Russian edn. 1957. 1956 Swifts in a Tower. Methuen, London. 1957 Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief. Methuen, London. Reprinted with new chapter 1961. 1965 Enjoying Ornithology. Methuen, London. 1966 Population Studies of Birds. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1968 Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds. Methuen, London. 1971 Ecological Isolation in Birds. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford and Edinburgh. 1974 Evolution Illustrated by Waterfowl. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford and Edinburgh. 1976 Island Biology. fllustrated by the Land birds of Jamaica. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford and Edinburgh. Papers 1930 Double -brooding of the Nightjar. Br. Birds, 23, 242 - 244. 1930 Some diurnal observations on the Night jar. Land. Nat., 1930, pp. 47-55. 1930 Spring migration, 1930, at the Cambridge Sewage Farm. Br. Birds, 24, 145 -154. 1931 Coleoptera on St. Kilda in 1931.Entomologists' Monthly Mag., 47, 1 -4. 1931 Observations at sewage farms and reservoirs, 1930: Migration at Cambridge, autumn, 1930.Br. Birds, 24,280-282. 1932 Some breeding habits of the European Nightjar. Ibis, (13) 2, 266-284. 1932 Birds of Bear Island. Bull. Br. Omith. Qub, 53,64-69. 1932 With John Buchan and T. H. Harrisson. The early autumn migration at St. Kildain 193l.Scott.Nat., 1932,pp.1-8. 1932 Further notes on insects from St. Kilda in 1931. Entomologists' Monthly Mag.,48, 139-145. 1933 With G. C. L. Bertram. Bear Island. Geog. J., 81, 45-53. 278 Evolutionary ecology 1933 Trichoptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera from Bear Island. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 10,12,205-210. 1933 Nesting conditions as a factor controlling breeding time in birds. Proc. zoo/. Soc. Land., 1933, pt. 2, pp. 231 -237. 1933 Habitat selection in birds with special reference to the effects of afforesta­ tion on the Breckland avifauna.]. Anim. Ecol., 2, 239-262. 1933 With G. C. L. Bertram. Notes on the birds of Bear Island. Ibis, (13) 3, 283 -301. 1933 With L. Lack. Territory reviewed. Br. Birds, 27, 179-199. 1934 Some insects from the Scoresby Sound region, East Greenland, with an account of the fauna of a nunatak.Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 10, 14, 599-606. 1934 Habitat distribution in certain Icelandic birds.J. Anim. Ecol., 3, 81-90. 1934 With T. H. Harrisson. The breeding birds of St. Kilda. Scott. Nat. 1934, pp. 59-69. 1934 With B. B. Roberts. Notes on Icelandic birds, including a visit to Grimsey. Ibis, (13) 4, 799 -807. 1934 With G. C. L. Bertram and B. B. Roberts. Notes on East Greenland birds, with a discussion of the periodic non -breeding among Arctic birds. Ibis, (13) 4, 816-831. 1934 With L. S. V. Venables. Territory in the Great Crested Grebe. Br. Birds, 28, 191 -198. 1935 Territory and polygamy in a Bishop -bird (Euplectes hordeacea hordeacea Linn.). Ibis, (13) 5, 817-836. 1935 The breeding bird population of British heaths and moorland. (Together with an account of a census over seven years on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire, by R. M. Lockley.) J. Anim. Ecol., 4, 43-57. 1936 On the pugnacity at the nest of a pair of Onychognathus wal/eri walleri. Ibis,(13)6,821-825. 1936 With H. L. Lack. Review. Territory. Some recent American work. Br. Birds, 29,255 -258. 1936 With L. S. V. Venables. Further notes on territory in the Great Crested Grebe.Br. Birds, 30,60-69. 1937 The function of the Goldcrest's crest. Br. Birds, 31, 82-83. 193 7 The psychological factor in bird distribution. Br. Birds, 31 , 130 - 136. 1937 A review of bird census work and bird population problems. Ibis (14) 1, 369-395. 1937 With L. S. V. Venables. The heathland birds of South Haven Peninsula, Studland Heath, Dorset. J. Anim. Ecol., 6, 62 -72. 1938 With G. C. L. Bertram. Notes on the animal ecology of Bear Island. J. Anim. Ecol., 7, 27-52. 1938 With R. M. Lockley. Skokholm Bird Observatory homing experiments. 1. 1936 -37. Puffins, Storm-Petrels and Manx Shearwaters. Br. Birds, 31, 242-248. 1938 With J. Fisher. Field observations on birds in 1937. Bull. Anim. Behav., 1, 8-17. 1939 The behaviour of the Robin. Part I. The life-history, with special reference to aggressive behaviour, sexual behaviour, and territory. Part II. A partial Publications by David Lack 279 analysis of aggressive and recognitional behaviour. Proc. zoo/. Soc. Land., 109A, 169-219. 1939 The display of the Blackcock. Br. Birds. 32, 290-303. 1939 Further changes in the Breckland anifauna caused by afforestation. J. Anim. Ecol., 8, 277-285. 1939 With J. T. Emlen. Observations on breeding behaviour in Tri -coloured Redwings. Condor,41, 225-230. 1939 With L. S. V. Venables. The habitat distribution of British woodland birds. J. Anim. Ecol., 8, 39 -71. 1940 The Galapagos Finches. Bull. Br. Ornith. Qub, 60, 46- 50. 1940 The releaser concept in bird behaviour. Nature, Land., 145, 107-108. 1940 Observations on captive Robins. Br. Birds, 33, 262-270. 1940 The behaviour of the Robin. Population changes over four years. Ibis, (14) 4, 299-324. 1940 Courtship feeding in birds. Auk, 57, 169 -178. 1940 Habitat selection and speciation in birds. Br. Birds, 34,80-84. 1940 Evolution of the Galapagos Finches. Nature, Land., 146, 324-327. 1940 Variation in the introduced English Sparrow. Condor, 42, 239-241. 1940 Pair-formation in birds. Condor, 42,269-286. 1940 With L. S. V. Venables. Migratory Limicoline birds in the Galapagos. Ibis, (14) 4, 730-731. 1941 Some aspects of instinctive behaviour and display in birds. Ibis, (14) 5, 407-441. 1941 Notes on territory, fighting and display jn the Chaffinch. Br. Birds, 34, 216-219. 1941 With W. Light. Notes on the spring territory of the Blackbird. Br. Birds, 35,47-53. 1941 With others. Courtship feeding in birds. Auk, 58, 56-60. 1942 Ecological features of the bird faunas of British small islands. J. Anim. Ecol., 11,9-36. 1942- 43 The breeding birds ofOrkney.Ibis, (14) 6, 461 -484; 85, 1 -27. 1943 The age of the Blackbird. Br. Birds, 36, 166 - 175. 1943 The age of some more British birds. Br. Birds, 36, 193 - 197, 214 - 221. 1944 Early references to territory in bird life. Condor, 46, 108 -111. 1944 The problem of partial migration. Br. Birds, 37, 122 -130, 143 -150. 1944 Birds perching on reptiles. Ibis, 86, 222. 1944 Ecological aspects of species -formation in passerine birds. Ibis, 86, 260-286. 1944 Correlation between beak and food in the Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus. Ibis, 86, 552-553. 1944 With W. B. Alexander. Changes in status among British breeding birds. Br. Birds, 38,42 -45,62-69,82-88. 1945 The Galapagos Finches (Geospizinae). A study in variation. Occ. Pap. Calif Acad. Sci., XXI. 1945 The ecology of closely related species with special reference to Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Shag (P. aristotelis). J. Anim. Ecol., 14, 12-16. 1945 With G. C. Varley. Detection of birds by radar. Nature, Lond., 156,446. 280 Evolutionary ecology 1946 Clutch and brood size in the Robin.Br. Birds, 39,98-109, 130-135. 1946 The balance of population in the Heron. Br. Birds, 39, 204 - 206. 1946 Do juvenile birds survive less well than adults? Br. Birds, 39, 258 -264. 1946 The taxonomy of the Robin Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). Bull. Br. Omith. Club, 66,55-65. 1946 The names of the Geospizinae (Darwin's Finches). Bull. Br. Omith. Qub, 67, 15-22. 1946 Competition for food by birds of prey. J. Anim. Ecol., 15, 123 - 129. 1946 With R. Parkhurst. The clutch -size of the Yellowhammer. Br. Birds, 39, 358-364. 1946 With J. H. Owen. The eggs of the Red-backed Shrike. Ool. Rec. 20, 1 -12. 1947 A further note on the taxonomy of the Robin, Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). Bull. Br. Ornith. Club, 67, 51 -54. 194 7 The significance of clutch -size in the Partridge (Perdix perdix). J. Anim. Ecol. , 16, 19 - 25. 1947- 48 The significance of clutch-size. Ibis, 89,302 -352; 90,25-45. 194 7 With H. Arn. Die Bedeutung der Gelegegrosse beim Alpensegler. Orn. Beob. , 44, 188-210. 1948 Further notes on clutch and brood size in the Robin. Br. Birds, 41,98-104, 130-137. 1948 Natural selection and family size in the Starling. Evolution, 2, 95 -110. 1948 Notes on the ecology of the Robin. Ibis, 90, 252- 279. 1948 The significance of litter-size. J. Anim. Ecol., 17, 45-50. 1948 With A. Schifferli. Die Lebensdauer des Stares. Orn. Beob., 45, 107-114. 1949 Comments on Mr. Skutch's paper on clutch-size. Ibis, 91,455-458. 1949 The significance of ecological isolation. in Genetics, Paleontology and Evolution (ed. G. L. Jepsen et al.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, pp. 299-308. 1949 The apparent survival-rate of ringed Herons. Br. Birds, 42, 74 -79. 1949 Vital statistics from ringed Swallows. Br. Birds, 42, 147-150. 1949 The position of the Edward Grey Institute, Oxford. Bird Notes, 23, 231 -236. 1949 Family size in certain Thrushes (Turdidae). Evolution, 3, 57-66. 1949 An ornithological examination paper. New Nat. no. 6, 49- 53. 1949 With E. Lack. Passerine migration through England. Br. Birds, 42,320-326. 1949 With E. T. Silva. The weight of nestling Robins. Ibis, 91, 64-78.