The uropygial gland fat from the jackdaw, the carrion and the hooded crow are shown to be ester waxes. Chemotaxonomically the latter two are undiscernible. Their uropygial waxes consist of 4- and 6-monomethyl-, 4.6-, 4.8-, and 4.10-dimethyl- and 4.6.10- and 4.6.12-trimethyl- substituted fatty acids and n- (59.7%) as well as monomethyl-branched alkanols with branches in 4-, 6-, 10-, and
... [Show full abstract] 14-position. In contrast to the jackdaw they show no relation to the earlier investigated rook.
The uropygial gland fat from the jackdaw is composed of n- (35.7%) and 2-methyl-substituted fatty acids (64.3%) and w-(87.5%) and 2 methyl-substituted alkanols (12,5).
