• DOI:10.2307/4083702
Corpus ID: 87736861

Variability in Body Pterylosis, with Special Reference to the Genus Passer

@article{Clench1970VariabilityIB,
  title={Variability in Body Pterylosis, with Special Reference to the Genus Passer},
  author={M. H. Clench},
  journal={The Auk},
  year={1970},
  volume={87},
  pages={650-691}
}

M. H. Clench

Published 1970

Biology

The Auk

PTERYLOGRAPHY, the study of avian feather tracts, is an old field of ornithology, rich in history but comparatively neglected in recent years. The first recorded observation that feathers are distributed over a bird's body in specific patterns predates Linnaeus (Scherren, 1903), but not until the early 19th century studies by C. L. Nitzsch was pterylography established as a branch of avian anatomy. Nitzsch made the fundamental descriptive studies in the field and gave it much of the terminology… CONTINUE READING

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