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Chapter C: G. Sibley, 1946, Condor, Vol. 48, p. 92; Coles, 1937, Proc

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Zool. Soc. London_, 1937, pp. 261-73; Fleay, 1937, _Emu_, Vol. 36,
pp. 153-63 (mound builders).

CORMORANT FISHING

B. Laufer, 1931, _Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. (Anthr. Ser.)_, 18,
pp. 201-62; Gudger, 1926, Amer. Nat., 60, p. 5 (cormorant fishing).

THE SHRIKE'S LARDER

A. C. Bent, 1950, _U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull._ 197, p. 120 (shrike's
larder).

BIRD FLAVORS

H. B. Cott, 1946, _Proc. Zool. Soc. London_, Vol. 116, pp. 371-524
(bird flavors).

HOW MANY FEATHERS HAS A BIRD?

A. Wetmore, 1936, _Auk_, Vol. 53, p. 159; F. B. Hutt and L. Ball,
1938, _Auk_, 55, p. 651 (number of feathers).

LAST YEAR'S BIRDS' NESTS

A. C. Bent, 1925, _U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull._ 130, pp. 91, 92; H. F.
Lewis, 1938, _Bird-Lore_, Vol. 40, p. 239 (eider down).

SYMBIOSIS--ANIMALS LIVING IN MIXED HOUSEHOLDS

A. C. Bent, 1938, _U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull._ 170, pp. 384-86, 398
(burrowing owl). H. Friedmann, 1930, _Natural History_, Vol. 30, p.
205 (social weaver). W. H. Hudson, 1920, _Birds of La Plata_, Vol.
2, p. 31 (monk parrot). W. R. B. Oliver, 1930, New Zealand Birds,
p. 118 (_Sphenodon_).

BIRD APARTMENT HOUSES

A. C. Bent, 1942, _U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull._ 179, p. 490 (purple
martin). A. Wetmore and F. C. Lincoln, 1933, _Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus._, Vol. 82, art. 25, p. 44 (West Indian woodpecker). D.
Bannerman, 1933, _Birds of Tropical West Africa_, Vol. 3, p.
381 (barbets). J. T. Emlen, 1954, _Auk_, Vol. 71, p. 16 (cliff
swallows). W. H. Hudson, 1920, _Birds of La Plata_, Vol. 2, p.
31 (monk parrot). A. Wetmore and B. H. Swales, _U. S. Natl. Mus.
Bull._ 155, p. 346 (palm chat); H. Friedmann, 1930, _Nat. Hist._,
Vol. 30, p. 205 (social weaver).

BIRD HELPERS AT NESTING TIME

A. Skutch, 1935, _Auk_, 52, p. 257 (helpers at nest). M. M. Nice,
1943, _Trans. Linn. Soc._, Vol. 6, p. 79 (young feeding young). R.
C. Murphy, 1936, _Oceanic Birds of South America_, Vol. 1, p. 360
(emperor penguins).

WEAVERS AND TAILORS IN THE BIRD WORLD

H. Friedmann, 1922, _Zoologica_, Vol. 2, p. 355 (weaverbird). C. A.
Wood, 1926, _Smithsonian Rept._, p. 349 (tailorbird).

SOCIAL PARASITES AMONG BIRDS

A. H. Miller, 1946, _Sci. Monthly_, Vol. 62, p. 238 (social
parasites).

FISH EATS BIRD!

W. E. Glegg, 1945, _Ibis_, p. 422 (fish eating birds).

CROWS ARE SMARTER THAN "WISE" OWLS

A. L. Rand, 1943, _Canad. Field Nat._, Vol. 57, p. 35 (saw-whet
owl). A. L. Rand, 1942, _Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist._, 79, p. 518
(blue jay). A. C. Bent, 1946, _U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull._ 191, p. 196
(raven), p. 266 (crow).

TAME WILD BIRDS

D. Lack, 1942, _Ibis_, p. 271 (flycatcher). A. H. Chisholm, 1943,
_Ibis_, p. 105 (honey eaters). H. H. Brimley, 1934, _Auk_, 51, p.
237 (phoebe).

BIRDS AS PILFERERS

A. L. Rand, 1954, _Fieldiana-Zoology_, Vol. 36, p. 31 (pilfering,
several species).

HIBERNATION IN BIRDS

W. L. McAtee, 1947, _Amer. Midland. Nat._, 38, p. 191 (old records
on torpidity). E. C. Jaeger, 1949, _Condor_, 51, p. 105 (poor-will).

SNAKESKINS IN BIRDS' NESTS

A. L. Rand, 1953, _Nat. Hist. Miscl._ (Chicago), No. 125
(snakeskins in nests).

CO-OPERATION BY BIRDS

A. L. Rand, 1954, _Fieldiana-Zool._ (Chicago), Vol. 36, pp. 10, 12
(co-operation, various species).

WATCHDOGS AT THE NEST

R. E. Moreau, 1942, _Ibis_, p. 240 (in Africa). D. R. Dickey and A.
J. van Rossem, 1938, _Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist._, _Zool. Ser._,
Vol. 23, p. 360 (in El Salvador).

BIRD GUIDES TO HONEY

H. Friedmann, 1954, _Nat. Geog. Mag._, Vol. 105, p. 551
(honey-guides).

OXPECKERS

D. Bannerman, 1948, _Birds of Tropical West Africa_, Vol. 6, p. 105
(oxpecker).

WINGS IN FEEDING

J. Delacour, 1946, _Auk_, Vol. 63, p. 441 (black heron).

CONDITIONING IN BIRDS

A. L. Rand, 1942, _Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist._, Vol. 79, p. 517
(shrikes).

POISONOUS BIRDS

E. H. Forbush, 1927, _Birds of Mass._, etc., Vol. 2, p. 34 (ruffed
grouse). D. L. Serventy and H. M. Whittell, 1948, _Birds of Western
Australia_, pp. 73, 74 (Australian pigeons). R. Meinertzhagen,
1912, _Ibis_, p. 96 (Mauritius pigeon).

BIRDS WASHING FOOD

F. G. Evenden, 1943, _Condor_, 45, p. 120 (dipper). For divers
records of washing food see _British Birds_ for 1946, 6 and 8.

HOW BIRDS USE COWS AS HUNTING DOGS

A. L. Rand, 1953, _Auk_, 70, p. 26 (ani).

BATTLE OF THE SEXES AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE

A. L. Rand, 1952, _Fieldiana-Zoology_ (Chicago), Vol. 34, p. 65.

WATER IN THE DESERT

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