Chromosome complements of ten species of shorebirds, order
Charadriiformes, were analyzed and compared. Mitotic chromosomes
from the pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba), Heermann's gull (Larus
heermanni), the California gull (L. californicus), the western gull
(L. occidentalis), the American avocet (Recurvirostra americana),
the western willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Wilson's snipe
(Capella gallinago), the...