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Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study By: William B. Stallcup |
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Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 157 211, figures 1 23, 4 tables November 15, 1954
Myology and Serology
of the Avian Family Fringillidae,
A Taxonomic Study BY
WILLIAM B. STALLCUP
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1954
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
Robert W. Wilson
Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 157 211, figures 1 23, 4 tables
Published November 15, 1954 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1954
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Myology and Serology
of the Avian Family Fringillidae,
A Taxonomic Study BY
WILLIAM B. STALLCUP
CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION 160 MYOLOGY OF THE PELVIC APPENDAGE 162
General Statement 162
Materials and Methods 163
Description of Muscles 164
Discussion of Myological Investigations 175 COMPARATIVE SEROLOGY 185
General Statement 185
Preparation of Antigens 186
Preparation of Antisera 188
Methods of Serological Testing 188
Experimental Data 190
Discussion of Serological Investigations 190 CONCLUSIONS 201 SUMMARY 208 LITERATURE CITED 210
INTRODUCTION
The relationships of many groups of birds within the Order
Passeriformes are poorly understood. Most ornithologists agree that
some of the passerine families of current classifications are
artificial groups. These artificial groupings are the result of early
work which gave chief attention to readily adaptive external
structures. The size and shape of the bill, for example, have been
over emphasized in the past as taxonomic characters. It is now
recognized that the bill is a highly adaptive structure and that it
frequently shows convergence and parallelism. Since studies of external morphology have failed in some cases to
provide a clear understanding of the relationships of passerine birds,
it seems appropriate that attention be given to other morphological
features, to physiological features, and to life history studies in an
attempt to find other clues to relationships at the family and
subfamily levels. This paper reports the results of a study of the relationships of some
birds of the Family Fringillidae and is based on the comparative
myology of the pelvic appendage and on the comparative serology of
saline soluble proteins. Where necessary for comparative purposes,
birds from other families have been included in these investigations... Continue reading book >>
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