NO. 12 BODY TEMPERATURE OF BIRDS WETMORE 



Table ^. — Continued 



51 



Species 



Temperature 



Mean I ^V,"'' 



1 mum 



Maxi- 

 mum 



•Sol 



*"• ail 



Reference 



Sturnidae 

 Sturnus vulgaris 



Paradiseidae I 



Paradisea apoda \ ? 



CORVIDAE i 



Cohens monedula . . . j M, 



...If. 



Psilorhinus morio . . . | ? 

 Pyrrhocorax alpinus..\ ? 



106.7 loi. 9 109. 1 17 



107.8 

 106.5 

 106.6 



106.7 

 107.0 

 107.7 



IIO.O 



107.7 



104.3 no. 2 55 



103.5108.755 



I 

 103.3 109.256 



105.2 108.4 

 106.2 108.8 



Simpson and Galbraith, 



190S, p. 22,7. 

 Simpson and Galbraith, 



190S, p. 237. 

 Simpson and Galbraith, 



1905, p. 237. 

 Simpson and Galbraith, 



1905, p. 237. 



Bergtold, 1917, p. 55. 



Simpson and Galbraith, 



190S, p. 237. 

 Simpson and Galbraith, 



190S, p. 237. 

 Bergtold, 1917, p. 57. 

 Milne-Edwards, H., 1863, 



p. 17. 



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