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The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee - Joseph Grinnell
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Title: The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee
Vol. 17, No. 17, pp. 505-515
Author: Joseph Grinnell
Release Date: August 25, 2010 [EBook #33531]
Language: English
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THE SUBSPECIES OF THE MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
BY
JOSEPH GRINNELL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY
THE SUBSPECIES OF THE MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
BY
JOSEPH GRINNELL
(Contribution From the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California)
Fieldwork was carried on by the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology during 1917 in the Inyo region of eastern California. In going over the collection of birds obtained, the attention of the writer was arrested by certain peculiarities evident in the Mountain Chickadees. Comparison with series from the Sierras showed the Inyo birds to be paler colored and longer tailed; and in order to appraise these differences in taxonomic terms it became necessary to assemble material representative of the entire range of the species, in so far as possible. The results of the study thus undertaken are presented herewith.
The material involved in the inquiry has amounted to 464 skins of the Mountain Chickadee, derived from the following sources other than the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: United States National Museum, through Dr. Charles W. Richmond; United States Biological Survey, through Mr.
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