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Page 117
Even among birds there are some - desert forms like different Larks , Nightjars ,
and Bustards , shore - dwellers like the Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper , and
reed - or bough - haunting species like Bitterns and Wrynecks , whose habits
restrict ...
Even among birds there are some - desert forms like different Larks , Nightjars ,
and Bustards , shore - dwellers like the Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper , and
reed - or bough - haunting species like Bitterns and Wrynecks , whose habits
restrict ...
Page 130
It is significant that this applied also to those of Colius striatus , a Mouse - bird that
lays ' in an open nest in isolated , often ... in general , there is a close correlation
between the coloration of birds ' eggs and the conditions under which they are ...
It is significant that this applied also to those of Colius striatus , a Mouse - bird that
lays ' in an open nest in isolated , often ... in general , there is a close correlation
between the coloration of birds ' eggs and the conditions under which they are ...
Page 292
DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY BIRDS I have already alluded
( p . 265 ) to Belt ' s observation that his fowls and ducks refused to touch a vividly
coloured red and blue frog when it was offered them . As a further example of ...
DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY BIRDS I have already alluded
( p . 265 ) to Belt ' s observation that his fowls and ducks refused to touch a vividly
coloured red and blue frog when it was offered them . As a further example of ...
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