Citations:anting

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English citations of anting

(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
- 1958, Norman Erik Holgersen, The Anting Behavior of Birds, : unpublished M.S. dissertation, Cornell University, →OCLC, cover title:
  The anting behaviour of birds
- 1993, “Anting Behavior of Boat-tailed Grackles”, in Florida Field Naturalist, volume 21, number 3, Gainesville, Fla.: Florida Ornithological Society, →OCLC, page 76:
  Table 1. Anting by Boat-tailed Grackles, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, 1987–1990.
- 2002, Hannah Carrington Revis, Anting Behavior in Birds: Ant Selection and Effect of Ant Chemistry on Feather Ectoparasites, : unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Old Dominion University, →OCLC, cover title:
  Anting behavior in birds

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