Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Harrison B. Tordoff

Volume 10, No. 2, pp. 45-75, 6 pls., 1 fig.
Published December 20, 1956

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND. JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1956


Comparative Breeding Behavior
of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima

BY

GLEN E. WOOLFENDEN

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction [ 48]
Materials and Methods [ 48]
Description of the Area [ 49]
Flora [ 50]
Reptiles [ 50]
Mammals [ 50]
Predators [ 50]
Passerine Associates [ 51]
Winter Status and Spring Migration [ 51]
Territory [ 52]
Voice [ 58]
Song [ 58]
Calls [ 60]
Copulation [ 61]
Nests [ 62]
Eggs and Incubation [ 65]
Young [ 65]
Growth [ 65]
Behavior [ 68]
Food, Feeding and Care of the Young [ 71]
Acknowledgments [ 73]
Summary [ 73]
Literature Cited [ 74]