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Notes and References:

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

Hart, N.S., Partridge, J.C., Cuthill, I.C. (1998) Visual Pigments, Oil Droplets, and Cone Photoreceptor Distribution in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 1433-1446 (1998)

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

Ghim MM, Hodos W (2006) Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 192(5):523-34. doi:10.1007/s00359-005-0090-5

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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