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Mirror-image color-preferences for background and stimulus-object in the gull chick (Larus atricilla)

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Küken der amerikanischen Lachmöwe (Aztekenmöve,Larus atricilula), die in dunklen Brutkasten schlüpfen, picken bei farblosem Hintergrund mehr nach roten oder blauen als nach grünen oder gelben Attrappen. Farblose (schwarzweisse) Attrappen lösten dagegen vermehrtes Picken gegen grünen oder gelben Hintergrund aus als gegen einen roten oder blauen. Die Farbbevorzugung ist also spiegelbildlich. Mögliche Deutungen des Wahrnehme-Mechanismus werden diskutiert.

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  1. Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, Newark, N.J., USA

    J. P. Hailman

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My thanks to my wife Elizabeth for help in running experimental trials; to U.S.P.H.S. Grant GM 12774 (Dr. C. G.Beer) and to U.S.P.H.S. Grant M-2271 (Dr. D. S.Lehrman) for financial support of my field studies on gulls; and to Dr.Beer, my wife and many students who helped in the field. The manuscript was helpfully criticized by Drs.Beer andLehrman. This study was completed under tenure of a USPHS-NIMH postdoctoral research fellowship. The report constitutes contribution No. 1 from the Brigantine Field Station of the Institute of Animal Behavior.

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Hailman, J.P. Mirror-image color-preferences for background and stimulus-object in the gull chick (Larus atricilla). Experientia 22, 257–258 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01900947

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