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The Range of Flight of Musca domestica1 Experiments Conducted in the Town of Cambridge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

George H. F. Nuttall
Affiliation:
Quick Professor of Biology, Cambridge.
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It having been considered desirable that further experiments upon the range of flight of flies should be carried out, the investigation of the subject was entrusted to Dr E. Hindle and Mr G. Merriman, who are engaged in research in my laboratory. Although the experiments here recorded were carried out under somewhat adverse climatic conditions, they appear of sufficient interest to warrant publication, since the results with regard to the influence of wind seem to run counter to those recorded by previous workers, and also, apart from Hewitt's work referred to below, data have hitherto been wanting in respect of the range of flight of flies (Musca domestica Linn.) in towns. The simple graphic method of recording the results of the flight experiments, which occurred to me during the course of the work, may commend itself to others who may carry out similar investigations in the future.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1914

References

1 Reprinted from the Reports to the Local Government Board on Public Health and Medical Subjects (1913, New Subject Series, No. 85, pp. 20–41, with the permission of His Majesty's Stationery Office).