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Synopsis The present set aims to stimulate an understanding of behaviour of wide variety of animals including man, farm animals and best species and inspires the reader to take an interest in the field. It is profusely and attractively illustrated with line drawings. It introduces the basic ideas and concepts of modern ethology set in historical context, so showing how views have changed since the simple theories put forward by the founders of the field, such as Lorenz and Timberg, 30 years or more ago. The title is not intended to be comprehensive, nor could it be at this length, but it concentrates as putting across the basic principles of the subject as briefly and lucidly as possible. It does this with the aid of carefully selected examples, some recent and others classic or the field, and with numerous illustrations. The aim is to enthuse the reader with this active and exciting area of research and to lay a solid foundation on which further study of its various facts may be based.