King A P, West M J
Dev Psychobiol. 1983 Jul;16(4):335-42. doi: 10.1002/dev.420160408.
To investigate the modifiability of the brown-headed female cowbird's (Molothrus ater ater) response to male song, we reared M.a. ater females with either M.a. ater or M.a. obscurus males, whose songs differ in geographic origin. The females were later tested for their responsiveness to playbacks of M.a. ater and M.a. obscurus song. Rearing with M.a. obscurus males had no effect on the female's preference for her native song variant, suggesting a closed program for receptive development. The data on song perception are contrasted with those previously obtained for male production and indicate different constraints on song perception as opposed to song production.
为了研究褐头牛鹂（Molothrus ater ater）雌性对雄性歌声反应的可变性，我们将M.a. ater雌性与M.a. ater或M.a. obscurus雄性一起饲养，它们的歌声在地理起源上有所不同。这些雌性随后接受测试，以检验它们对M.a. ater和M.a. obscurus歌声回放的反应能力。与M.a. obscurus雄性一起饲养对雌性对其原生歌曲变体的偏好没有影响，这表明接受性发育存在一个封闭程序。关于歌声感知的数据与之前关于雄性发声的数据形成对比，表明歌声感知与歌声产生受到不同的限制。
