Title
The "Pealea" phenomenon and other notes on storm petrels
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 1596
Series:
Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition, no. 62
By
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973
Snyder, Jessie Pennoyer.
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, American Museum of Natural History, [1952]
Notes
Title from caption.
"December 8, 1952."
"The long-legged storm petrels of the genera Garrodia, Pelagodroma, Fregetta, and Nesofregetta sometimes show spotting or streaking as variations from the normal plumage pattern."
Contents: Spotting and striping in the long-legged storm petrels -- The status of Pealea lineata (Peale) -- Evolution of the foot in the long-legged storm petrels -- Fregetta grallaria -- Fregetta tropica -- Oceanites oceanicus -- Nesofregetta albigularis.
Subjects
59.84,2P
,
Classification
,
Color
,
Feathers
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Petrels
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Storm petrels
,
Variation
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.1596, 1952
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
31841147
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