1951. A preliminary study of a physical basis of bird navigation. Part II. J. Appl. Physiol. 22(6): 746-760. =LIST OF BIRD SPECIES MENTIONED IN TEXT= NOTE: For all North American species the authors have followed nomenclature in the 1957 edition of the A.O.U. Check-list. Also, we have incorporated the new names presented in the April 1973 issue of The Auk (volume 90, number 2, pages 411-419), the quarterly journal of the A.O.U. For other parts of the world we have used the most authoritative sources available. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albatross, Black-footed _Diomedea nigripes_ Albatross, Laysan _Diomedea immutabilis_ Blackbird, Brewer's _Euphagus cyanocephalus_ Blackbird, Red-winged _Agelaius phoeniceus_ Blackbird, Rusty _Euphagus carolinus_ Blackbird, Yellow-headed _Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus_ Blackcap _Sylvia atricapilla_ Bluebird, Eastern _Sialia sialis_ Bluethroat _Luscinia svecica_ Bobolink _Dolichonyx oryzivorus_ Bobwhite _Colinus virginianus_ Brant (Atlantic) _Branta bernicla hrota_ Brant, Black _Branta bernicla nigricans_ Bunting, Black-headed _Emberiza melanocephala_ Bunting, Cretzchmar's _Emberiza caesia_ Bunting, Indigo _Passerina cyanea_ Bunting, Ortolan _Emberiza hortulana_ Bunting, Snow _Plectrophenax nivalis_ Canvasback _Aythya valisineria_ Cardinal _Cardinalis_ Chat, Yellow-breasted _Icteria virens_ Chuck-will's-widow _Caprimulgus carolinensis_ Coot (American) _Fulica americana_ Crane, Sandhill _Grus canadensis_ Creeper, Brown _Certhia familiaris_ Crossbill, Red _Loxia curvirostra_ Crow (Common) _Corvus brachyrhynchos_ Cuckoo, Black-billed _Coccyzus erythropthalmus_ Cuckoo, Yellow-billed _Coccyzus americanus_ Curlew, Bristle-thighed _Numenius tahitiensis_ Dove, Mourning _Zenaida macroura_ Dove, Turtle _Streptopelia turtur_ Duck, Black _Anas rubripes_ Duck, Wood _Aix sponsa_ Eagle, Bald _Haliaeetus leucocephalus_ Egret, Great _Casmerodius albus_ Egret, Snowy _Egretta thula_ Eider, Common _Somateria mollissima_ Eider, King _Somateria spectabilis_