Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

TERMINOLOGY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SKELETON

NERVES

MUSCLES

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

SUMMARY

LITERATURE CITED

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History


Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 363-474, 20 figs.

October 25, 1963

Variation in the Muscles and Nerves
of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse
(Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)

BY

E. BRUCE HOLMES

University of Kansas
Lawrence
1963


UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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  Vol. 1. Nos. 1-26 and index. Pp. 1-638, 1946-1950.
* Vol. 2. (Complete) Mammals of Washington. By Walter W. Dalquest. Pp. 1-444, 140 figures in text. April 9, 1948.
  Vol. 3. *1. The avifauna of Micronesia, its origin, evolution, and distribution. By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 1-359, 16 figures in text. June 12, 1951.
      *2. A quantitative study of the nocturnal migration of birds. By George H. Lowery, Jr. Pp. 361-472, 47 figures in text. June 29, 1951.
      3. Phylogeny of the waxwings and allied birds. By M. Dale Arvey. Pp. 473-530, 49 figures in text, 13 tables. October 10, 1951.
      *4. Birds from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. By George H. Lowery, Jr., and Walter W. Dalquest. Pp. 531-649, 7 figures in text, 2 tables. October 10, 1951.
      Index. Pp. 651-681.
* Vol. 4. (Complete) American weasels. By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 1-466, 41 plates, 31 figures in text. December 27, 1951.
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* Vol. 6. (Complete) Mammals of Utah, taxonomy and distribution. By Stephen D. Durrant. Pp. 1-549, 91 figures in text, 30 tables. August 10, 1952.
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  Vol. 9. *1. Speciation of the wandering shrew. By James S. Findley. Pp. 1-68, 18 figures in text. December 10, 1955.
      2. Additional records and extension of ranges of mammals from Utah. By tephen D. Durrant, M. Raymond Lee, and Richard M. Hansen, Pp. 69-80. December 10, 1955.
      3. A new long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) from northeastern Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker and Howard J. Stains. Pp. 81-84. December 10, 1955.
      4. Subspeciation in the meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 85-104, 2 figures in text. May 10, 1956.
      5. The condylarth genus Ellipsodon. By Robert W. Wilson. Pp. 105-116, 6 figures in text. May 19, 1956.
      6. Additional remains of the multituberculate genus Eucosmodon. By Robert W. Wilson. Pp. 117-123, 10 figures in text. May 19, 1956.
      7. Mammals of Coahulia, Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 125-335, 75 figures in text. June 15, 1956.
      8. Comments on the taxonomic status of Apodemus peninsulae, with description of a new subspecies from North China. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 337-346, 1 figure in text, 1 table. August 15, 1956..
      9. Extensions of known ranges of Mexican bats. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 347-351. August 15, 1956.
      10. A new bat (Genus Leptonycteris) from Coahulia. By Howard J. Stains. Pp. 353-356. January 21, 1957.
      11. A new species of pocket gopher (Genus Pappogeomys) from Jalisco, Mexico. By Robert J. Russell. Pp. 357-361. January 21, 1957.
      12. Geographic variation in the pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae, in Colorado. By Phillip M. Youngman. Pp. 363-384, 7 figures in text. February 21, 1958.
      13. New bog lemming (genus Synaptomys) from Nebraska. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 385-388. May 12, 1958.
      14. Pleistocene bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo LeÓn, MÉxico. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 389-396. December 19, 1958.
      15. New subspecies of the rodent Baiomys from Central America. By Robert L. Packard. Pp. 397-404. December 19, 1958.
      16. Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 405-414, 1 figure in text. May 20, 1959.
      17. Distribution, variation, and relationships of the montane vole, Microtus montanus. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 415-511, 12 figures in text, 2 tables. August 1, 1959.
        (Continued on inside of back cover)

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History


Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 363-474, 20 figs.

October 25, 1963

Variation in the Muscles and Nerves
of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse
(Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)

BY

E. BRUCE HOLMES

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. 9, pp. 363-474, 20 figs.
Published October 25, 1963

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

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JEAN M. NEIBARGER, STATE PRINTER
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Variation in the Muscles and Nerves
of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse
(Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)

BY
E. BRUCE HOLMES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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