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 , Petrels , Storm petrels , Variation

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1596, 1952

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31841147