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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 45-75, 6 pls., 1 fig.

December 20, 1956

Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima

GLEN E. WOOLFENDEN

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1956

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Harrison B. Tordoff

Volume 10, No. 2, pp. 45-75, 6 pls., 1 fig. Published December 20, 1956

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY FERD VOILAND. JR., STATE PRINTER TOPEKA, KANSAS 1956

Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima

GLEN E. WOOLFENDEN

Transcriber's Note: There are three symbols used in the caption for Figure b in Plate 1 which are not available in the Latin-1 character set. They have been noted as follows:

For the black triangle --> [triangle]. For the black dot --> . For the five pointed star --> .

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 48

MATERIALS AND METHODS 48

DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 49

FLORA 50

REPTILES 50

MAMMALS 50

PREDATORS 50

PASSERINE ASSOCIATES 51

WINTER STATUS AND SPRING MIGRATION 51