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Bohemian Waxwings engaged in sham feeding.

Title: The Canadian field-naturalist
Identifier: canadianfieldnat1951otta (find matches)
Year: 1951 (1950s)
Authors: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Publisher: Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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168 The Canadian Field-Naturalist (Vol. 65 COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING' E. O. HOHN Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Alberta. APPARENTLY very little is known of the courtship of the Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus). Bent's Life History of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos and Their Allies (U.S. Bulletin 197, p. 64) remarks that the short statement by Mr. Swarth 1922, quoted below, is all that the author could find on the subject. The Hand- book of British Birds (H. F. Witherby et al, 2nd Ed., 1943) gives no information on court- ship in its account of the old world form, Received for publication February 26, 1951. Bombycilla g. garrulus. The statement by Mr. Swarth just referred to reads, "On one occasion one of a pair of waxwings, presum- ably the male, was seen strutting about and exhibiting his beauties to his mate. Consi- dering that the two sexes are alike in every respect, it seemed a rather superfluous per- formance, but at any rate one bird was hop- ping excitedly about from branch to branch, while the other sat still and looked on. The active performer kept the tail partly spread, wings drooping and crest raised and the whole body was held stiffly upright. After
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Bohemian Waxivings engaged in sham feeding.

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