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Title: Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves

Author: Robert L. Merz

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 12, No. 12, pp. 521-551, 22 figs.
October 25, 1963

Jaw Musculature
Of the Mourning and White-winged Doves

BY

ROBERT L. MERZ

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1963

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

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.

METHODS AND MATERIALS

In order to determine in each species the normal pattern of musculature
of the jaws, heads of 13 specimens of doves were dissected (all
material is in the Museum of Natural History of The University of
Kansas): White-winged Doves (_Zenaida asiatica_), 40323, 40324, 40328,
40392, 40393; Zenaida Doves (_Z. aurita_), 40399, 40400; Mourning Doves
(_Zenaidura macroura_), 40326, 40394, 40395, 40396, 40397, 4