Translations Available

These translations of bird papers are held in the Society's library. A more comprehensive list was published in Current Ornithology 1986, vol.4: 243-300. These translations have been added to the library since that list was published. They are available for copying or loan to WOS members. Please contact the librarian for information on copying charges.

Aleksandrova, V.D. 1969. Classification of vegetation. Principles of classification and classification systems of various phytocenological schools. "Nauka" Publishing House. Leningrad. 10pp.

Arutyunyan, P. I. 1963. Contribution to the research of the sesamoid bone of the tibiometatarsal joint in domestic birds. Izv. Akad. Nauk. Arm. SSR Biol. Nauki., 16(6):69-74.

Boas, J. E. V. 1931. Feathers. Section from Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbeltiere by Balk. Goppert, Kallius & Lubosch. 29pp.

Dementiev, G. P. et al. 1948. Guide to the Birds of the USSR (or Handbook for Identification of the Birds of the USSR). Gos. Izd. "Sov. Nauk.," Moscow; pp. 1-449. Pp 120-129, Order Alcae or Alciformes. 14 p.

Ebert, J. 1967. Peregrine Falcon carries egg from nest. On the alleged reduction in clutch size of the central-European Peregrine, Falco p. peregrinus Gmel. Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 29(6):65-69.

Encke, F.-W. 1965. Clutch size, hatching success and fledgling success of the House Sparrow in relation to habitat and breeding period. Beitr. z. Vogelkunde, 10:268-287. 14 pp.

Golliez, R. 1967. Beitrag zur Pterylose von Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Filoplumae. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 78(2): 315-364. 36 p, and pdf of original.

Groebbels, Franz. 1932. The uropygial gland. In Der Vogel, Borntraeger Bros (ed.), Berlin, Vol. 1, pp. 838-846, 895. 12pp.

Heinroth, O. 1911. Beitrage zur Biologie, namentlich Ethologie und Psychologie der Anatiden. Proc. Fifth International Ornithological Congress, Berlin, 1910, p. 589-702. Translated by Paul A. Johnsgard, 1956. 132 p.

Ilichev, V.D. 1961. Some laws of the evolution of the external ear in vertebrates. Zoolog Zhurnal, Vol. XL, No.12. 1p.

Ilichev, V.D. 1972. Bioacoustics of birds. Concluding chapter, pp.248-253. Laboratory of Ornithology. Moscow University. 8pp.

Lange, Bernhard. 1931. The integument of the the Sauropsida. Pp. 375-446. In Handbuch der vergleichenden anatomie der Wirbeltiere. Urban and Schwarzenberg, Vol. I. 46pp.

Matyakubov, S. D. 1984. Distribution and ecology of Galliformes in Tashkent region. Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1984(4):33-36.

Nishida, Takao. 1963. Comparative and topographical anatomy of the fowl. X. The blood vascular system of the hind-limb in the fowl. Part I. The artery. Jap. J. Vet. Sci., 25(2):93-106. 45pp.

Ornitologiya. 1980, v. 15, short description of each article. 9 p.

Paris, Paul. 1906. On the uropygial gland of birds. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 31:101-107. 3pp.

Sick, Helmut. 1937. Morphological - functional investigations about the fine texture composition of the bird feather. J. Ornithol., 85:206-372. 130pp.

Slijper, E. J., and J. M. Burger. 1950. The art of flying in the animal kingdom. Leiden: E. J. Brill, pp. 63-93 only. 38pp.

Stresemann, Erwin. 1965. The molt of Gallinaceous birds. J. Ornithol., 106(1):58-64.

Stresemann, Erwin, and Vesta Stresemann. 1966. The molt of birds. J. Ornithol., 107:1-53 (general section; 54 pp.), 273-289 (Alcae, Gaviae, & Podicipedes; 20 pp.), 346-356 (Psittaci; 19 pp.), 375-386 (Caprimulgidae; 16 pp.) only. Copies of original pages with illustrations would be extra.

Sy, Maxheinz. 1936. Functional anatomical investigations of bird flight. J. Ornithol., 84:199-296. 77pp.

Tinbergen, N. A German - English Glossary of Ethological Terms. (Compiled by Koehler) taken from the German edition of Tinbergen's Study of Instinct.

Vilks, E. K. 1958. Experimental investigation of the behavior of certain Passerines during the nesting period by means of natural stimuli. Akad. Nauk. Latviyskoy SSR, Trudy VI, pp. 177-186. Translations from Russian Biology, No. 4. 11 p.

Vilter, V. 1934. The formation of the feather and its histologic mechanisms. Bull. Ass. Anat., 36:1-42. 42pp.

Vladimirskaya, E. M. 1958. On inversion of sex glands in birds in the post-embryonal period of growth. Prog. Modern Biol., 46 Part 3(6):357-365. 19pp.

Wobus, U. 1960. Nestbau und Balz des Rothalstauchers. [Nest contruction and display of the Red-necked Grebe] Vogelwelt 81:61-62. 2 p.

Wobus, U. 1964. Der Rothalstaucher. [The Red-necked Grebe] A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt. Starting on p. 39, section on courtship, 12 p.

Yasuda, Mikio. 1961. Comparative and topographical anatomy of the fowl. XI. On the nervous supply of the hindlimb. Jap. J. Vet. Sci., 23(3):145-155. 36pp.