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Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society1969, Volume 5 |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Title | Bird Navigation |
| Author(s) | Ron C. Dillaway |
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| The paper reviews the methods by which birds orientate themselves and navigate to a desired destination. Homing is classified; theories are presented; experimental proofs and negations observed are reviewed. Methods of studying bird flight are described. A series of experiments on short range navigation by pigeons conducted by the author are described and results interpreted. |