Sex Ratios Based on Museum Collections: A Caution

A recent paper on sex ratios in gulls based on label notations of museum specimens overlooked the probability of missexing, especially in young birds, and of labelling errors, although workers were warned about such errors in a 1976 paper by Clench.

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Sea birds
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Symbolism
Testes
Waterfowl
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