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Frederick Charles Lincoln. The Migration of North American Birds (1935)
The Migration of North American Birds (1935)
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE MYSTERY OF MIGRATION
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS
ADVANTAGES OF MIGRATION
THEORIES OF THE CAUSES OF MIGRATION
NORTHERN ANCESTRAL HOME THEORY
SOUTHERN ANCESTRAL HOME THEORY
THEORY OF PHOTOPERIODISM
WHEN BIRDS MIGRATE
MOVEMENTS OF SPECIES AND GROUPS
NOCTURNAL AND DIURNAL MIGRATION
HOW BIRDS MIGRATE
SPEED OF FLIGHT AND SPEED OF MIGRATION
ALTITUDES AT WHICH BIRDS TRAVEL
ORIENTATION
SEGREGATION DURING MIGRATION
WHERE BIRDS MIGRATE
DISTANCES OF MIGRATION VARY
SHORT AND UNDETERMINED MIGRATIONS
VARIABLE MIGRATIONS WITHIN SPECIES
FALL FLIGHTS NOT FAR SOUTH OF BREEDING RANGES
LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATIONS
ROUTES OF MIGRATION
WIDE AND NARROW MIGRATION LANES
ATLANTIC OCEANIC ROUTE
ATLANTIC COAST ROUTE AND TRIBUTARIES
MACKENZIE VALLEY-GREAT LAKES-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ROUTE AND TRIBUTARIES
PACIFIC COAST ROUTE
PACIFIC OCEANIC ROUTE
ARCTIC ROUTES
EVOLUTION OF MIGRATION ROUTES
VERTICAL MIGRATION
VAGRANT MIGRATION
PERILS OF MIGRATION
STORMS
AERIAL OBSTRUCTIONS
EXHAUSTION
INFLUENCE OF THE WEATHER ON MIGRATION
PROBLEMS OF MIGRATION
BANDING STUDIES
MOVEMENTS OF RESIDENTS
MIGRATION OF THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
MIGRATION OF THE YELLOW-BILLED LOON
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY[4]
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