SOMMAIRE : Preface to the Fifth Edition 1 Sensory Physiology: Vision / Onur Gunturkun 2 The Avian Ear and Hearing / Reinhold Necker 3 The Chemical Senses in Birds / J. Russell Mason, Larry Clark 4 The Somatosensory System / Reinhold Necker 5 Functional Organization of the Spinal Cor˜ / Reinhold Necker 6 Motor Control System / Jacob L. Dubbeldam 7 The Autonomic Nervous System of Avian Species / Wayne J. Kuenzel 8 Skeletal Muscle / A. L. Harvey, I. G. Marshall 9 The Cardiovascular System / Frank M. Smith, Nigel H. West, David R. Jones 10 Respiration / F. L. Powell 11 Renal and Extrarenal Regulation of Body Fluid Composition / David L. Goldstein, Erik Skadhauge 12 Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology / D. Michael Denbow 13 Energy Balance / Charles R. Blem 14 Regulation of Body Temperature / W. R. Dawson, G. C. Whittow 15 Flight / P. J. Butler, C. M. Bishop 16 Introduction to Endocrinology: Pituitary Gland / Colin G. Scanes 17 Thyroids / F. M. Anne McNabb 18 The Parathyroids, Calcitonin, and Vitamin D / Christopher G. Dacke 19 Adrenals / R. V. Carsia, S. Harvey 20 Pancreas / Robert L. Hazelwood 21 The Pineal Gland, Circadian Rhythms, and Photoperiodism / Eberhard Gwinner, Michaela Hau 22 Reproduction in the Female / A. L. Johnson 23 Reproduction in Male Birds / John D. Kirby, David P. Froman 24 Incubation Physiology / Hiroshi Tazawa, G. Causey Whittow 25 Physiology of Growth and Development / Larry A. Cogburn, Joan Burnside, Colin G. Scanes 26 Immunophysiology / B. Glick