Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ================================================================== UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 157-211, figures 1-23, 4 tables ---------------------- November 15, 1954 ---------------------- Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae, A Taxonomic Study BY WILLIAM B. STALLCUP UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1954 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Robert W. Wilson Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 157-211, figures 1-23, 4 tables Published November 15, 1954 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED BY FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER TOPEKA, KANSAS 1954 [Union Label] 25-4632 Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae, A Taxonomic Study BY WILLIAM B. STALLCUP CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 160 MYOLOGY OF THE PELVIC APPENDAGE 162 General Statement 162 Materials and Methods 163 Description of Muscles 164 Discussion of Myological Investigations 175 COMPARATIVE SEROLOGY 185 General Statement 185 Preparation of Antigens 186 Preparation of Antisera 188 Methods of Serological Testing 188 Experimental Data 190 Discussion of Serological Investigations 190 CONCLUSIONS 201 SUMMARY 208 LITERATURE CITED 210 INTRODUCTION