Warm-blooded vertebrates
Source:
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-, et al.. Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872, Editor
Warm-blooded vertebrates
New York: Smithsonian institution series, inc., 1931
389 p. illus.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.WarmBloodVert
Contents
Part I: Birds, Wetmore, Alexander
Chapter I: Birds in relation to man, pp. 1-12
Chapter II: Adaptations for progression by flying , pp. 13-24 ff.
Chapter III: Color and its arrangement, pp. 25-38
Chapter IV: Ancestors and ancestry, pp. 39-49
Chapter V: Migration and its study, pp. 50-67
Chapter VI: Homes and their location, pp. 68-78
Chapter VII: Eggs and their care, pp. 79-90
Chapter VIII: Something about young birds, pp. 91-102
Chapter IX: Voice and other sounds, pp. 103-113
Chapter X: Studies afield and in the laboratory, pp. 114-125
Chapter XI: Food and economic relations, pp. 126-142
Chapter XII: The kinds of birds in brief review, pp. 143-166
Part II: Mammals and how they are studied, Miller, Gerrit S., Jr.; Gidley, James W. pp. [167]-[169] ff.
Chapter I: Personal experiences with fossil mammals, pp. 171-187
Chapter II: How history is read from the fossil record, pp. 188-206
Chapter III: How existing mammals are collected, pp. 207-217
Chapter IV: Mammals in the museum, pp. 218-227
Chapter V: How mammalogy began and grew, pp. 228-241
Chapter VI: Some simple shop talk, pp. 242-259
Chapter VII: Museum comedy, pp. 260-266
Chapter VIII: The most ancient known mammals, pp. 267-268
Chapter IX: Egg-laying mammals, pp. 269-279
Chapter X: Pouched mammals, pp. 280-310
Chapter XI: Ordinary mammals, pp. 311-375
Selected bibliography, pp. 376-380
Index, pp. 381-389 ff.
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