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Science 16 January 1976:
Vol. 191. no. 4223, pp. 206 - 207
DOI: 10.1126/science.191.4223.206
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White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli) to Song

LEWIS PETRINOVICH 1, THOMAS PATTERSON 1, and HARMON V. S. PEEKE 2

1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside 92502
2 Laboratory of Psychobiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143

The pattern of responses of both male and female white-crowned sparrows to playback of recorded song depends on whether the female has eggs, nestlings, or fledglings, and on the behavior under consideration. These patterns can be understood in the context of the behavior patterns appropriate during each of the different stages of the reproductive cycle.

Submitted on August 20, 1975
Accepted on October 14, 1975

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