. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. William G Haled al. 269 Bull. 2005 125(4) TABLE 4 Distribution of plumage types in live Venetian Redshanks Tringa totanus and Italian museum specimens. BP= breeding plumage. DARK BROWN Full BP Partial BP PALE GREY Full BP Partial BP CINNAMON Full BP Partial BP Museum skins 2 27% 1 2 45% 3 0 3 27% Lagoon of Venice 1993-2001 22 53% 65 10 36% 48 0 18 11% Plumage variation Of the 163 breeding Redshank trapped on the Venetian lagoon (including the ten retraps) only 32 had full breeding plumage (Table 4). In all others (131) some winter f
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. William G Haled al. 269 Bull. 2005 125(4) TABLE 4 Distribution of plumage types in live Venetian Redshanks Tringa totanus and Italian museum specimens. BP= breeding plumage. DARK BROWN Full BP Partial BP PALE GREY Full BP Partial BP CINNAMON Full BP Partial BP Museum skins 2 27% 1 2 45% 3 0 3 27% Lagoon of Venice 1993-2001 22 53% 65 10 36% 48 0 18 11% Plumage variation Of the 163 breeding Redshank trapped on the Venetian lagoon (including the ten retraps) only 32 had full breeding plumage (Table 4). In all others (131) some winter feathers were retained, and the extent of breeding plumage in Venetian Redshanks was very similar to Danish birds. Of the six counts taken, there was no significant difference between Italian and Danish males, but there was significant. Figure 7. The colour forms of Redshank Tringa totanus breeding in the Lagoon of Venice; left to right i) chocolate-brown morph. ii) pale grey morph, and iii) cinnamon Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : The Club
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