Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds, Volume 1Alexander James Marshall |
Contents
Introduction | 17 |
Locomotor Adaptations | 19 |
Feeding Adaptations | 33 |
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adaptations air sacs Anat Archaeopteryx arises arteries Australia avian barbs barbules belly bills birds blastoderm blood body bones bronchi cartilage Cathartidae cavity cells chick embryo color coracoid Corvidae crest differentiation digit distal diving domestic fowl dorsal ducks Earliest known fossil ectoderm embryo Eocene epidermal evolution Exptl extensor Family fauna feather germs fleshy fibers flexor flight flightless foramen fossils fossils known function fused Galliformes genera genus Geococcyx glands groups Grus humerus insertion intestine layer living species longus lung mammals melanin melanoblasts melanocytes membrane mesoderm Miocene Morphol muscle neural neural crest notochord Oligocene organ origin papilla parabronchi passerines penguins petrels Physiol pigeon pigment Pleistocene plumage posterior primitive streak proximal ratites region reptiles respiration respiratory ribs skull somites South America Sparrow sternum structure studied SUBORDER surface tarsometatarsus tendon thrush-sized tibiotarsus tissue toes tropical Univ Upper usually ventral vertebrates Warbler wing yolk Zool