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Blue Jay Measurements
Description
Body measurements for a sample of blue jays
Format
A data frame with 123 observations on the following 9 variables.
BirdID | ID tag for bird |
KnownSex | Sex coded as F or M |
BillDepth | Thickness of the bill measured at the nostril (in mm) |
BillWidth | Width of the bill (in mm) |
BillLength | Length of the bill (in mm) |
Head | Distance from tip of bill to back of head (in mm) |
Mass | Body mass (in grams) |
Skull | Distance from base of bill to back of skull (in mm) |
Sex | Sex coded as 0=female or 1=male |
Details
Body measurements for captured blue jays. Values are averaged for birds captured more than once.
Source
Data from Keith Tarvin, Department of Biology, Oberlin College