Preface to the Series -- Preface to this Volume -- Contents -- About the Series and Volume -- About the Series and Volume Editor -- 1. Classification and Phylogeny OF Birds -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 NON-PASSERINES -- 1.2.1 Basal Relationships -- 1.2.2 Palaeognathae -- 1.2.3 Galloanserae -- 1.2.3.1 Relationships within Gall iformes -- 1.2.3.2 Relationships within Anseriformes -- 1.2.4 Neoaves -- 1.2.4.1 Monophyly of neoavian orders -- 1.2.4.2 Relationships between neoavian orders (or their monophyletic fragments)
1.2.4.3 Relationships within neoavian orders (or their monophyletic fragments) 1.2.4.4 Monophyly of neoavian families -- 1.2.4.5 Relationships within neoavian families -- 1.2.4.6 Monophyly of neoavian genera -- 1.2.5 Classification of Non-passerines -- 1.3 PASSERINES -- 1.3.1 Monophyly of Passeriformes -- 1.3.2 Monophyly of Passerine Families and Genera -- 1.3.3 Basal Relationships within Passerines -- 1.3.4 Relationships within New World Suboscines -- 1.3.4.1 Furnarii -- 1.3.4.2 Tyranni -- 1.3.5 Relationships within the Corvidan grade
1.3.5.1 Menuroidea and other near-basal groups 1.3.5.2 Meliphagoidea and other groups outside Corvoidea -- 1.3.5.3 Corvodea -- 1.3.6 Relationships within Passerida -- 1.3.6.1 Groups not within any superfamily -- 1.3.6.2 Sylvioidea -- 1.3.6.3 Certhioidea -- 1.3.6.4 Muscicapoidea -- 1.3.6.5 Passeroidea -- 1.4 CONCLUSION -- 1.5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1.6 LITERATURE CITED -- 2. Anatomy of the Testis and Male Reproductive Tract -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.1.1 Testis Shape, Asymmetry and Size -- 2.1.2 Body Temperature and Testis Function in Birds
2.1.3 Consistency and Structure of the Testis 2.1.4 The Excurrent Ducts of the Testis -- 2.1.5 Blood Supply to the Reproductive Organs -- 2.2 THE TESTIS -- 2.2.1 The Testicular Capsule -- 2.2.2 Seminiferous Tubules -- 2.2.3 Sertoli Cells -- 2.2.3.1 Functions of the Sertoli Cell -- 2.2.4 Interstitial Tissue of the Testis -- 2.2.4.1 The boundary (peritubular) tissue -- 2.2.4.2 The interstitium -- 2.2.4.3 The Leydig cell -- 2.2.4.4 Functions of the intertubular tissue -- 2.3 THE EXCURRENT DUCTS OF THE TESTIS -- 2.3.1 The Rete Testis
2.3.1.1 Surface features of the rete testis tubules/lacunae 2.3.1.2 The histology and ultrastructure of the rete testis cells -- 2.3.1.3 Functions of the rete testis -- 2.3.2 The Efferent Ducts (Ductuli Efferentes) -- 2.3.2.1 Surface morphology of the efferent ducts -- 2.3.2.2 Histology and ultrastructure of the efferent duct epithelia -- 2.3.3 The Epididymal Duct Unit -- 2.3.3.1 General organization and features -- 2.3.3.2 The ductus deferens and its modifications -- 2.3.3.3 Surface features of the epididymal duct unit
