Polydactyly in a Vaux's Swift

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 424-426

  Sakai, Walter H ^a  

^a SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD;

AVES; CHAETURA VAUXI;

EID: 33845353181     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-090.1     Document Type: Article

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