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The Urogenital System Of The Male And Female English Sparrow, Passer Domesticus, Peter Paul Wisniewski

Bachelors’ Theses

The testes is a pair of oval organs posterior to the lungs and anterior to the kidneys. Each testes is attached by a mesentery to the anterior end of the kidney. An adrenal gland is located at the anterior portion of each testes. The vasa deferentia are slender convoluted tubules. Each arises from the median edge of the testes passes cauded along the ventral surface of the kidney, paralleling the ureter and enlarging slightly at the distal end to form a small seminal vesicle, which enters the urogenital region of the cloaca by a papilla. The male urodaeum is smaller …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1943) 11(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Some Observations of the Loggerhead Shrike in Lincoln County, By Mary Paine Middleton ........................................................ 1

The Present Status of the Whooping Crane in Nebraska, By A. M. Brooking ...................................................................... 5

Results of a Two-Day Walking Trip Along the Missouri River in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, By Frederic D. Garrett ............................................................ 8

Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Regional Meetings and Field Days During May, 1943 ............................................................ 11

General Notes .................................................................................... 16

Announcement .................................................................................... 21

Book Review ........................................................................................ 22

A Message From N. O. U.'s President ............................................ 23

Obituaries ............................................................................................ 24

Index To Volume Xi, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams, A. A., 7, 13; Miss Joyce, 13; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J., 15.

Anhinga, 33.

Arbuckle, Col., 7.

Armitage, Ben., 7.

Asyndesmus lewis, 18.

Audubon, 31.

Avocet, 17.

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Yellow-legs, Greater, 12, 40; Lesser, 10, 12, 14, 15, 40.

Yellow-throat (subsp.), 14, 44; Florida, 36; Northern, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16; Western, 12.

Young, Mrs., 20.

Zimmer, John T., Article on Doctor’s Degree Awarded, 21–22, 49.

Zwink, Chris, 7.

The Life History Of Cyclocoelum Microcotyleum, George Alfred Butler

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Monostome trematodes of the family cyclocoelidae, taken from the American coot, Fulica americana, were described as a new species, Cyclocoelum microcotyleum, by Noble in 1933. These flukes were found in the air-spaces or the coelomes of birds taken from the waterways near Stockton, California.

Before this present work various attempts had been made to determine the lite history of this fluke. A number of fresh-water snails, indigenous to the region in which the definitive host was found, were exposed to miracidia of this fluke, but observations or infection were not obtained. In the winter of 1940-41 specimens of …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1942) 10(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Should the Belted Piping Plover Be Recognized As a Valid Race?
By R. Allyn Moser .......................................................... 31

The Hungarian Partridge and Its Range in Northern Nebraska, By Glenn Viehmeyer ....................................................... 37

The Vanishing Bird Life of Nebraska, By A. M. Brooking ........... .43

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List For Spring of 1942 ....... .47

General Notes .......................................................... 52

List of Members .................................................... 56

A Study Of The Anatomical Structure Of The 6mm Wall-Eyed Pike, Richard E. Roche

Bachelors’ Theses

The following is a detailed study of the 6 mm Wall-eyed Pike. The organs and organ systems are presented and discussed in the same serial order that they appear in the embryo beginning at the anterior end and proceeding posteriorly. There has apparently been very little work done on the embryology of the Wall-eyed Pile for the literature contains only one article that is even closely related to this problem. In 1890 Reighard made a general study of the development of the Wall-eyed Pike from the time of fertilization to the fully grown adult. He did not, however, make any …

Index To Volume X, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Aegialtis meloda, 34, 35; meloda circumcintus, 34, 35, 36.

Adams, Miss Beulah, article by, 52.

Ajaia ajaia, 52.

Andrena swenki, 5.

Annual Meeting, 43rd Minutes of, 22–25.

Avocet, 46.

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Woodpecker, Downy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Eastern Hairy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Ivory-billed, 54; Lewis’s, 54; Red-bellied, 25, 26, 28, 49; Red-headed, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49.

Wren, Bewick’s, 50; House, 26, 27, 28, 30, 50.

Yellow-legs, Greater, 26, 48; Lesser, 25, 26, 28, 30, 48.

Yellow-throat, Northern, 26, 27, 28, 50; Western, 30.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1942) 10(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Myron Harmon Swenk, A Biography, By Harry C. Oberholser.. 1

Distribution and Migration of the Solitary Sandpiper in Nebraska, By Myron H. Swenk and Edson Fichter.............. 15

Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Meeting ....................... 22

Report on the Fortieth Annual Field Day ...................................... 25

General Notes ....................................................................................... 30

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1941) 9(2) Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Myron H. Swenk .................................. 25

The Role of Owl Pellet Analyses in Faunistics
By Edson Fichter ................................................ 26

Present Day' Bird Life Along the Missouri River Compared With Say's and Audubon's Findings By F. W. Haecker and R. Allyn Moser .................................... 31

Cooperative Migration List For Spring of 1941 ................................ 35

General Notes ................................................................ 41

List of Members ............................................. 46

A Study Of Subspecific Variation In The Richardson Pocket-Gopher (Thomomys Talpoides) In Nebraska, With Descriptions Of Two New Subspecies, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

There has been little published evidence of the occurrence of pocket gophers of the genus Thomomys in Nebraska.

Thomomys talpoides pierreicolus subsp. nov

Pierre Richardson Pocket-Gopher

Thomomys talpoides cheyennensis subsp. nov.

Cheyenne Richardson Pocket-Gopher

Nebraska Bird Review (January–June 1941) 9(1) Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

The Present Status of the Greater Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Sandhill Region of Nebraska, by Glenn Viehmeyer ... 1

The First Wildlife Inventory of Nebraska Shelterbelts, by Carroll F. Orendurff ... 7

Nesting of the Great Horned Owl in Douglas County, by F. W. Haecker ... 8

General Notes ... 11

Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Meeting ... 19

Report on the Thirty-ninth Annual Field Day ... 24

Index To Volume Ix, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Andropogon furcatus Muhlenberg, 3, 6; hallii Hackel, 3, 6; scoparius Michaux, 6.

Agropyron smithii Rydberg, 6.

Ash, green, 7.

Avocet, 32, 37.

Anthus spinoletta rubescens, 43.

A.O.U. Meeting at Denver by Miss Mary Elsworth, 44.

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Woodcock, 32.

Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34, 38; Northern Downy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34; Red-bellied, 15, 16, 18, 19, 38; Red-headed, 24, 38; Pileated, 32.

Wood Pewee, 34; Eastern, 24, 38.

Wren, Baird’s, 44; Bewick’s, 33, 39, 44, 45; Prairie Marsh, 39; Rock, 32, 39; Short-billed Marsh, 32; Texas, 44; Western House, 24, 34, 39. …

Phylogenetic Studies On The Blood-Inhabiting Trematodes, Harold Frederick Dieckmann

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Trematodes belonging to the blood-inhabiting group have long attracted the attention of parasitologists and medical men, especially those trematodos belonging to the family Schistosomidae because throw widely distributed species, Schistosoma Japonicum, S. haematobium, and S. mansoni, are parasitic in man, and in endemic regions are the cause of important human diseases. These schistosomes, with a few exception, have undergone more detailed research than any other trematodes.

Since the discovery of the first digenetic trematode exhibiting sexual dimorphism by Rudolphi (1819), which was named Distoma canaliculatum, and the descriptions of the other blood flukes up until the present time, a vast …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1940) 8(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

CONTENTS

The Northern Purple Martin as a Neighbor. By Mrs. George W. Trine ........................................................ 45

Birds of a Surviving Area of Original Prairie Land in Eastern Nebraska. By Don B. Whelan .................................................... 50

Some 1939 Bird Observations Made at Red Cloud, Webster County. By Charles S. Ludlow ................................................................ 55

Some Notes on the Summering Birds of Western Nebraska. By Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon ............................................ 61

Distribution and Migration of the Dowitcher in Nebraska. By Myron H. Swenk .................................................................... 63

Cooperative Migration List for the Spring of 1940 ........................ 75

General Notes ................................................ ..................................... 83

Minutes of the Forty-first …

A Study Of The Geographical And Ecological Distribution Of The Buffy Plains Pocket Mouse (Perognathus Flavescens Flavescens), With Description Of A New Subspecies From Nebraska, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The Buffy Plains Pocket-mouse (Perognathus flavescens flavescens) is a typical mammal of the Sandhill Region of Nebraska. Its home, like that of other species of pocket-mice, is a series of burrows in the ground, consisting of several entrance holes leading to the main 'burrow, in which is located the nest and the food storage chambers. In the Nebraska sandhills its burrows and nests are commonly placed beneath clumps of Spanish Bayonet or Prickly Pear Cactus, and the entrance holes usually are so distributed as to open from under the plant in all directions.

The writer had hoped to …

A Study Of The Skeletal System Of Emys Blanding Turtle, Joseph M. Mosovsky

Bachelors’ Theses

The turtles have a bony investment or shell, into which the legs, head, and tail maybe drawn. In some turtles there is a hinge on the lower part of the shell that enables the animal to enclose itself more completely. Turtles which have no way of defending themselves other than by their shells have a well developed plastron and carapace for protection, but our vicious friend the snapping turtle whom nature has provided with powerful jaws and muscles has a comparatively small plastron. The marine turtles have the limbs fin-like, indicating their aquatic life. The land turtles have them short …

Deer Inventory Studies In Minnesota, Gordon Fredine

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Subspecific Variation In The Yellow Pocket-Gopher (Geomys Lutescens) In Nebraska, And Of The Geographical And Ecological Distribution Of The Variants, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The Yellow Pocket-Gopher (Geomys lutescens) was described by Merriam (14) in 1890, as a paler and smaller subspecies of Geomys bursarius, based on "numerous specimens received from the Sand Hills of western Nebraska", and especially upon an adult Cjl type specimen (No. 23595, U. S. N. M.) collected in the sandhills along Birdwood Creek, Lincoln County, Nebraska, May 27, 1889, by A. B. Baker. Although even as late as 1931 Scheffer (17) classified Geomys lutescens as a subspecies of G. bursarius, it is without doubt specifically distinct from G. bursarius. In all of its variations …

Index To Volume Viii

Nebraska Bird Review

Amundson, Geno A., article by, 19.

Avocet, 20, 21, 61, 78, 85, 86.

Baldpate, 5, 13, 16, 76, 84, 97, 104.

Bittern, American, 13, 50, 60, 76, 86, 87, 90, 104.

Blackbird, Brewer, 21, 81, 84, 94; Red-winged (subsp.), 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 31, 44, 53, 56, 58, 62, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 105; Rusty, 5, 28, 57, 81; Yellow-headed, 6, 17, 20, 21, 26, 57, 81, 86.

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Wren, Common Rock, 62, 85; Eastern Carolina, 17; Western House, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 19, 52, 57, 59, 79, 85, 86, 89, …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1940) 8(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

The Relation of the Farm Shelterbelt to Wildlife. By Carroll F. Orendurff ................................................................ 1

General Notes ............................................................ 4

Distribution and Migration of the Chat in Nebraska and other Missouri Valley States. By Myron H. Swenk .................... 33

A Study Of Local Size Variations In The Prairie Pocket-Gopher (Geomys Bursarius), With Description Of A New Subspecies From Nebraska, Myron H. Swenk

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Beginning in the fall of 1913, the writer has continuously been interested in accumulating accurate body measurements, taken in the flesh, of Nebraska pocket-gophers. As a result quite an assemblage of such data has been secured. In the case of Geomys bursarius, the bulk of these data relates to specimens trapped in the vicinity of Lincoln, Lancaster County, involving to date 48 adult and 38 immature males and 50 adult and 65 immature females. Recently these measurements have been tabulated and compared with such measurements of the species as have been recorded in the literature from other parts of …

A Study Of The Variations In The Growth Of Blue Grama Grass From Seed Produced In Various Sections Of The Great Plains Region, Andrew Riegel

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

During the past 7 years the Great Plains Region, with its "dust bowl", has been the scene of unparalleled activity in the fields of range management and erosion control. The people of this short grass area are extremely conscious of the need for a sound, practical program of conservation that will revegetate the wasted pasture and cultivated land, which will aid materially in preserving the eroding soil. Many problems have arisen as the program of conserving the soil and the vegetation has progressed.

A History Of The Changes In Population Of Certain Mammals In Western Kansas, Floyd L. Carter

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This particular study has been restricted to certain mammals in western Kansas, including some on which there is little information, and others which observers would be most likely to notice in everyday life. For several years the writer has been vitally interested in the animal life in Kansas. Therefore, when the need for a study of western Kansas mammals was presented to him in the summer of 1936, the problem of this study was selected. It is hoped that this report will suggest to ecologists, historians, and others, further studies, including reasons for the changes here-in shown. What have been …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1939) 7(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Bird Banding Operations in Nebraska. By Harry E. Weakly .. 25

General Notes ........................................... 27

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1939 ... 37

Minutes of the Fortieth Annual Meeting .................... 43

Report on the Thirty-seventh Annual Field Day. . . . . . . . . . . .. 47

A New Bird Guide Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48

A Peripheral Vascular System As Seen By Means Of A Clark Window In The Ear Of The Rabbit, T. H. Seldon, R. H. Barrett, H. E. Essex

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Key To Snakes Of Minnesota, Milton D. Thompson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Light And Pituitary Activity In The Bird, Adolph R. Ringoen

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

The Growth Rate Of Wall-Eyed Pike (Stizostedion Vitreum (Mitchill) In Various Lakes Of Minnesota, Samuel Eddy, Kenneth Carlander

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Structure Of Hair As A Means Of Mammal Identification, Earl R. Oyer

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The hair of small and medium sized mammals is often found in the stomachs, feces and pellets of predators , for example in the stomachs and feces of coyotes and in the pellets regurgitated by hawks and owls. These pellets produced by hawks and owls and the feces of mammalian predators are the undigested residue of what these animals have eaten. If the hair from these sources can be identified, then much desirable information concerning the food of predators can be obtained. The purpose of this study has been to determine whether or not such identification is possible.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1939) 7(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Notes on Certain Ducks Nesting in Nebraska By Ward M. Sharp .................1

Some Ornithological Results of a Six-Weeks' Collecting Trip Along the Boundaries of Nebraska. By George E. Hudson .................4

General Notes................. 7

Announcements and Comments .................24