The context and function of duet and solo songs in the Red-shouldered Blackbird

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a,b   Kirkconnell, Arturo ^c   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

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