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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Preparations for [mating begin] in the early spring by the assumption of what is called a "nuptial dress, "which is worn only by the male, and which contrasts in a very conspicuous manner with the plumage worn during the rest of the year.  1, record 1, English, - nuptial%20dress

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La livrée nuptiale, chez les animaux, est un patron de coloration différent indiquant la disponibilité pour l'accouplement ou le frai chez une espèce dichromatique, avec une mise en avant des caractères sexuels secondaires.  1, record 1, French, - livr%C3%A9e%20nuptiale

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The adult plumage during the breeding season.  2, record 2, English, - breeding%20plumage

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Brighter and often more colourful than the basic plumage.... In some species, including the bobolink, house sparrow and European starling, the nuptial plumage is acquired by the wearing down of the tips of the feathers rather than by a moult as such.  2, record 2, English, - breeding%20plumage

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plumage des adultes pendant la saison de reproduction.  1, record 2, French, - plumage%20nuptial

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Plus éclatant et souvent plus coloré que le plumage normal. [...] Chez certaines espèces, notamment le goglu, le moineau domestique et l'étourneau sansonnet, le plumage nuptial s'acquiert par l'usure du bout des plumes plutôt que par la mue.  1, record 2, French, - plumage%20nuptial

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plumage that is usually duller than the nuptial, or alternate plumage, that some birds acquire at the end of the breeding season and maintain until spring, when they moult into their nuptial plumage.  2, record 3, English, - basic%20plumage

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plumage terne que certaines espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent à la fin de la saison de reproduction et qu'ils conservent généralement jusqu'au printemps, au moment où ils revêtent un nouveau plumage nuptial.  1, record 3, French, - plumage%20de%20base

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

S'applique également au plumage des espèces dont la coloration est semblable tout au long de l'année.  1, record 3, French, - plumage%20de%20base

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The male has a deep chestnut-colored nuptial plumage and, as in all ducks of this genus, a bright blue bill.  1, record 4, English, - white%2Dheaded%20duck

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A cell or chamber excavated by certain bark beetles under the host bark, in which mating takes place.  1, record 5, English, - nuptial%20chamber

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The building of nuptial chambers may also be accomplished by other similar types of insects.  2, record 5, English, - nuptial%20chamber

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petite cellule creusée sous l'écorce des arbres par certains insectes en vue de réaliser l'accouplement.  2, record 5, French, - chambre%20nuptiale

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] un bostryche [...] est un insecte qui mange l'intérieur de l'arbre pour nourrir ses larves [...] La chambre nuptiale est creusée par les mâles. Leurs habitats sont sous l'écorce des arbres.  1, record 5, French, - chambre%20nuptiale

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Definitive plumage, which does not change with age, but which varies according to the seasons and the point in the moult cycle. It may consist either of basic plumage, which is also called eclipse plumage in some species, and nuptial, or alternate, plumage.  1, record 6, English, - adult%20plumage

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plumage définitif d'un oiseau, qui varie selon les saisons et suivant le cycle de mue, lequel comprend généralement deux phases de plumage : le plumage de base aussi appelé plumage d'éclipse pour certaines espèces et le plumage nuptial.  1, record 6, French, - plumage%20adulte

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Bark beetle.... Those whose tunnels form characteristic patterns--several egg galleries issuing from a central nuptial chamber--are termed engraver beetles.  2, record 7, English, - engraver%20beetle

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An area in which the male of certain grouse(as the prairie chicken) takes his stand during the breeding season and performs his characteristic nuptial display accompanied by booming or drumming sounds produced by vibrating the wings in air.  1, record 8, English, - booming%20ground

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'aire de parade comprend un emplacement sur le sol et un certain nombre de branches servant de perchoirs verticalement au-dessus. Évidemment, c'est la parade des mâles qui agit sur les femelles et les stimule jusqu'à la réponse, mais l'emplacement de la parade est aussi une nécessité pour ces espèces, chez lesquelles les liens conjugaux sont lâches et peu durables.  1, record 8, French, - aire%20de%20parade

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pearl organs or nuptial tubercles(...) are little horny excrescences that become evident just before the spawning season(...)  1, record 9, English, - pearl%20organ

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les Cyprinidae [...] mâles présentent en période reproductrice une poussée d'organes perliformes, sortes de verrues cornées, prenant naissance [...] sur la tête [...]  1, record 9, French, - organe%20perliforme

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish