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OWING to the special meaning of late attached to the word “mimicry” by naturalists, the above heading seems liable to mislead when applied to the fact mentioned by Mr. J. Stuart Thomson (page 361) In answer to his inquiry perhaps you will allow me to quote the following from the fourth edition of Yarrell's “British Birds” (vol. ii. p. 229) with respect to the starling.
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NEWTON, A. “Mimicry in Birds”. Nature 17, 380–381 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017380e0
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