Two analyses were made relating eye color to size and quick-versus-deliberate behavior in families of birds. The areas of behavior studied were flight, feeding and escape. The results indicated that dark-eyed birds tend to be quick and light-eyed birds tend to be deliberate. These behavioral differences are over and above the fact that light-eyed birds tend to be larger than dark-eyed birds.
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