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BODY TEMPERATURE OF BIRDS WETMORE 



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Table 4. — Average temperatures of families of birds, summarised from 



Table 3 



Family 



No. of 

 species 



Temperature 



Mean 



Minimum Maximum 



No. of 

 records 



Colymbidae 



Laridae 



Rynchopidae . . . . , 



Anhingidae 



Phalacrocoracidae 



Pelecanidae 



Anatidae 



Ibididae 



Ardeidae 



Aramidae 



Rallidae 



Phalaropodidae . 

 Recurvirostridae . 



Scolopacidae 



Charadriidae .. . . , 

 Odontophoridae . , 



Columbidae 



Cathartidae , 



Buteonidae 



Falconidae 



Aluconidae 



Strigidae 



CucuHdae 



Alcedinidae 



Picidae 



Caprimulgidae . . , 

 Micropodidae . . . . 



Trochilidae 



Tyrannidae 



Alaudidae 



Corvidae 



Icteridae 



Fringillidae 



Tangaridae 



Hirundinidae 



Bombycillidae . . . . 

 Ptilogonatidae . . 



Laniidae 



Vireonidae 



Mniotiltidae . . . . , 



Motacillidae 



Cinclidae 



Mimidae 



Troglodytidae .. . . 



Certhiidae 



Sittidae 



Paridae 



Chamaeidae 



Sylviidae 



Turdidae 



4 

 10 

 I 

 I 

 I 

 2 



14 

 2 

 6 

 I 

 2 

 2 

 2 



IS 

 6 



3 

 4 

 I 



4 

 2 



I 

 6 

 2 

 I 



20 



4 

 2 



5 



19 

 I 



14 

 i.S 

 46 

 4 

 7 

 I 

 I 

 I 

 8 



41 

 2 

 I 

 5 

 7 

 I 

 4 



10 

 I 



4 

 10 



103.6 

 106.3 

 105.0 



105.7 

 106.2 

 103.6 

 107.0 

 106.5 

 104.3 

 104-5 

 105.9 

 106.6 

 105. 7 

 106.7 

 106.7 

 107.6 

 108.2 

 103.8 

 106.0 

 106.0 

 103.5 

 103.7 

 108.7 

 104- O 

 108.0 



107. I 

 106.2 

 103.2 

 108.7 

 109.4 

 107.9 

 108.4 

 108.6 

 108.6 

 106.7 

 108.9 

 107.4 

 107.8 



107.7 

 108.2 



108.5 

 107.3 



108. Q 

 107.6 



107 . 5 



107.5 

 107.9 

 108.0 



107.3 

 108.9 



IOI.3 

 105. 1 



104. Q 

 107.0 



10 



38 



2 

 I 



7 



9 



98 



6 



26 



2 



14 



54 



45 



140 



26 



13 



39 



I 



8 



5 



2 



12 



6 



2 



64 

 8 



7 



15 



71 



9 



62 



106 



236 



2\ 

 23 



6 

 2 

 4 

 23 

 16^ 

 6 



T 

 15 

 30 



5 



17 

 44 



3 



18 

 2Z 



