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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

Blough, P. M. (1972) Wavelength generalization and discrimination in the pigeon. Perception & Psychophysics, 1972, Vol. 12 (4) 342-348

Bowmaker, J. K. (1977) The visual pigments, oil droplets and spectral sensitivity of the pigeon. Vision Research Volume 17, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 1129-1138. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(77)90147-X

Emmerton, J. & Delius, J. D. (1980) Wavelength Discrimination in the 'Visible' and Ultraviolet Spectrum by Pigeons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A; 141(1) pp. 47-52. doi:10.1007/BF00611877

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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