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  Moult in Birds (Paperback) By (author) H.B. Ginn, By (author) D.S. Melville

  

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  Short Description for Moult in BirdsPresents a summary of the plumage of birds, its structure, arrangement and functions and reviews the various types of moult patterns which are found and the ways of recording them. This title also presents species-by-species account of points including the number of flight feathers, the sequence, and season and rate of moult.
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  • Publisher: British Trust for Ornithology
  • Published: 01 January 1983
  • Format: Paperback 112 pages
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  • Categories: Birds (ornithology)
  • ISBN 13: 9780903793025 ISBN 10: 0903793024
  • Sales rank: 113,749

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Full description for Moult in Birds

• This work falls into two parts. The first section gives a short general summary of the plumage of birds, its structure, arrangement and functions and briefly reviews the various types of moult patterns which are found and the ways of recording them. The second part gives a systematic species-by-species account of points including the number of flight feathers, the sequence, season and rate of moult, its relationship to breeding and migration, and the extent of the post-juvenile moult. In addition, scatter diagrams of primary moult score plotted against date are given for some species.