Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves

by Robert L. Merz

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 12, No. 12, pp. 521-551, 22 figs.
October 25, 1963

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Jaw Musculature
Of the Mourning and White-winged Doves

BY
ROBERT L. MERZ

University of Kansas
Lawrence
1963

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University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Theodore H. Eaton, Jr.
Volume 12, No. 12, pp. 521-551, 22 figs.
Published October 25, 1963
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED BY
JEAN M. NEIBARGER, STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1963
29-7865

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Jaw Musculature
Of the Mourning and White-winged Doves

BY
ROBERT L. MERZ

For some time many investigators have thought that the genus Zenaida, which includes the White-winged and Zenaida doves, and the genus Zenaidura, which includes the Mourning, Eared, and Socorro doves (Peters, 1937:83-88), are closely related, perhaps more closely than is indicated by separating the several species into two genera. It is the purpose of this paper to report investigations on the musculature of the jaw of doves with the hope that, together with the results of other studies, the relationships of the genera Zenaida and Zenaidura can be elucidated.