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BROOD PARASITISM AND EGG TRANSFER IN CAVE SWALLOWS (PETROCHELIDON FULVA) AND CLIFF SWALLOWS (P. PYRRHONOTA) IN SOUTH TEXAS

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Associate Editor: S. G. Sealy

HEATH B. WEAVER1 AND CHARLES R. BROWN2

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104, USA

‘Present address: 630 North 80th West, no. 3, Logan, Utah 84321, USA.

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