THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE BRONZE MANNIKIN, LONCHURA CUCULLATA by DESMOND MORRIS 1 (Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University of Oxford) 2 (With 21 figs) (Rec. 20 - VIII - 1956) I. INTRODUCTION There are approximately one hundred species of Estrildine Finches (Sub- family Estrildinae of the Ploceidae). All the members of this exclusively Old World group are extremely small and many are comparatively easy to 1) My thanks are due to the following for valuable discussions on the subject of the present paper: Dr A. J. CAIN, Dr N. TINBERGEN, Miss ERICA EISNER and, in particular, Miss FAE
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