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Notes and References:

Bowmaker, J. K., Heath, L.A., Wilkie, S. E., & Hunt, D. M. (1996) Visual Pigments and Oil Droplets from Six Classes of Photoreceptor in the Retinas of Birds Vis. Res., 37(16) pp. 2183-94

Hart, N. S. (2001) The Visual Ecology of Avian Photoreceptors. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 675 to 703, 2001

Osorio D., Vorobyev M., Jones C.D. (1999) COLOUR VISION OF DOMESTIC CHICKS. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 2951-2959

Lind O., Mitkus M., Olsson P., Kelber A. (2013) Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media. Proc. R. Soc. B 281: 20132209. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2209

DeMello LR, Foster TM, Temple W (1992) DISCRIMINATIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE DOMESTIC HEN IN A VISUAL ACUITY TASK. JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR 58: 147-157

Sweeney, A. M., Haddock, S. H., & Johnsen, S. (2007). Comparative visual acuity of coleoid cephalopods. Integrative and comparative biology 47(6), 808-814.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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