Digital Commons Network^™

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1948) 16(2a), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Migration Observers Wanted...........Chandler S. Robbins 72

Recent Changes in Nomenclature of Nebraska Birds...R. Allyn Moser 74

The Omaha Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union...........75

Nebraska Birds in the G. D. Swezey Cabinet of Natural History at Doane College....William F. Rapp, Jr. 76

The 1948 Spring Season in the Crete Area............Rosetta A. Grefe 80

N.O.U. Co-operative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for the First Half of 1948............83

Obituary............91

General Notes............92

Announcements............96

Book Reviews............82, 98

Synoptic Revision Of The United States Scarab Beetles Of The Subfamily Dynastinae, No. 5: Keys To Tribes And Genera, Lawrence Saylor

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

This paper completes my studies covering a synoptic review of the United States dynastine scarab beetles, the preceding four parts having been published in this same JOURNAL.

KEY TO UNITED STATES TRIBES

The genera of the tribes Phileurini and Dynastini were covered in Part 4 of this series, and the genera of the tribe Cyclocephalini in Part 1. The tribe Oryctini was discussed in Part 2 and in Part 3 and was completed in Part 4; these eight United States genera of Oryctini may be separated as follows: KEY TO GENERA OF UNITED STATES ORYCTINI

SUPPLEMENT Euetheola subglabra Schaeffer Since …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1948) 16(2b), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents of Volume 16

Number 1

Birds of the Stapleton Area of Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon .............1

Nesting of the Double-crested Cormorant in Nebraska Mrs. Carl N. Collister.............22

Christmas Bird Censuses Adrian C. Fax.............27

Observations on Same Eastern Montana Birds Wm. Youngworth …………38

General Notes …………51

Minutes of the Forty-seventh Annual Meeting …………57

Report of the Forty-fourth Annual Field Day …………63

Announcements …………65

News and Comment …………67

Book Review …………69

Obituary …………70

Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Boundary Problems In The Rocky Mountain Region, James Steele Williams

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

A variety of paleontologic and stratigraphic problems are presented by rocks near the Mississippian- Pennsylvanian boundary in the central and northern Rocky Mountains. Stratigraphic sections of these rocks show diverse interpretations of fundamental concepts of stratigraphy and paleontology. In many places where Upper Mississippian rocks directly underlie Pennsylvanian rocks it is difficult to determine the precise location of the boundary between these units. Formations that straddle the boundary are very useful and satisfactory over large areas. Most geologists use various types of lithologic criteria to distinguish formations, but some appear to rely mainly on faunal data, unconformities, or attempts to …

The Possibility Of A Land Bridge Across Nebraska In Mississippian Time, E. C. Reed

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The lithologic and paleontologic differences between the Mississippian sediments of the Mid-Continent region and those of the northern Rocky Mountain and Black Hills regions suggest either that the Mississippian seas were not directly continuous between these two regions or that sea connections were greatly restricted. The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze the available subsurface data in Nebraska and surrounding states in the light of this problem. The study is primarily lithologic. Mississippian sediments are known to be widely distributed in the subsurface of much of Iowa and Kansas, in southeastern and extreme southwestern Nebraska, and in …

A Contribution To The Study Of Certain Avian Strigeids (Trematoda), Asa C. Chandler, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The examination of more than 200 species of birds by Rausch during the past few years, has disclosed a number of interesting strigeids, some of which are considered in the present paper. Three species appear to be undescribed and two of these are of particular interest in that they occur in passeriform birds, a group rarely parasitized by strigeids. In addition to the descriptions of the new species, remarks concerning Hysteromorpha triloba (Rudolphi, 1819) are included.

Synoptic Revision Of The United States Scarab Beetles Of The Subfamily Dynastinae, No. 4: Tribes Oryctini (Part), Dynastini, And Phileurini, Lawrence W. Saylor

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

This paper is the fourth in the series of my United States dynastine scarab beetle studies and completes the specific listings and notes. The fifth, and last, part will include a complete classification of the tribes and genera, from the Nearctic standpoint.

Genus Aphonus LeConte

Tribe DYNASTINI -- Genus Dynastes Kirby, Genus Megasoma Kirb

Tribe PHILEURINI -- Genus Archopbileurus Kolbe, Genus Phileurus Latreille

Sarcocystis (Aspergillus?) In Wood Warblers [General Notes], George H. Breiding, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

On August 9, 1944, near Columbus, Ohio, Breiding collected an immature male black and white warbler (Mniotilta varia). Upon preparing it as a study skin, the bird was found to be heavily infected with Sarcocystis. This experience was repeated with an adult male Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia), taken near Cheat Bridge, Randolph County, West Virginia, June 14, 1945. Both birds appeared to be in healthy condition.

Two species of wood warbler, the olive-backed warbler (Parula pitiayumi) and the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) have previously been recorded as hosts for this organism …

American And British Atomic Energy Reports, O. Willard Holloway

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

This publication lists all of the reports on atomic energy which have been released by the Office of Technical Services. Included are reports of both the United States and Great Britain. These reports are available to interested parties in either photostat
or microfilm form. Reports should be ordered from OTS by PB number and the order should be accompanied by a check or money order made payable to the Treasurer of the United States.

For convenience this publication is arranged in four parts:

Part 1. List of American Atomic Energy Reports.

Part 2. Numerical Index to American Atomic Energy Reports …

Annual Report: 1948

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Educational program of extension work was supported entirely from County Tax funds. The Budget for the coming year was raised to $3,475 from last years budget of $2975. This was very much appreciated, as it will allow a more complete extension service program. This is $25.00 under the $3500 calling allowed by the new bill L. B. 405

The annual meeting was attended by 164 people. The program which was held in the new 4-H building and at the experimental Station, consisted of a business session, four talks on current livestock problems, and a morning and afternoon session of witnessing …

Mima Mounds: A Reply, Victor B. Scheffer

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Major Grant believes that gophers behave in one way, and we believe that they behave in another-or we admit that we do not know exactly how they behave. I have plainly stated (1947, PP. 293, 294) that our evidence is indirect; that we have not seen gophers building a giant mound; that we do not know whether mound building is a contemporary or a historic process; and that we do not know whether the stimulus for mound building is a hardpan or a high water table or both.

Our main contentions are that mounds of the Mima type occur only …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1948) 16(1), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

CONTENTS

Birds of the Stapleton Area of Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon...............1

Nesting of the Double-crested Cormorant in Nebraska
Mrs. Carl N. Collister..............22

Christmas Bird Censuses..............Adrian C. Fox 27

Observations on some Eastern Montana Birds....Wm. Youngworth 38

General Notes..............51

Minutes of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting..............57

Report of the Forty-Fourth Annual Field Day ..............63

Announcements ..............65

News and Comment ..............67

Book Review.............. 69

Obituary..............70

Mule Deer Record For Minnesota, Harvey L. Gunderson

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

During the hunting season of 1947, Leonard Nygren shot a deer near Pillager, Cass County, Minnesota. The deer, which weighed 153 pounds dressed, was disqualified in a sportsman's contest because it was not considered a white-tailed deer, according to a newspaper report. The report was investigated and the animal in question was identified as a mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus. This extends the known range of this deer in Minnesota nearly 100 miles to the east. John Jarosz, Museum Preparator, and the writer went to Nygren's place nine miles north of Pillager and measured and skinned the animal which is …

A Preliminary Study Of A Physical Basis Of Bird Navigation, Henry L. Yeagley

Papers in Ornithology

The bird navigation theory as presented implies an organ or organs in the bird's physiology which are sensitive to the effect of its motion through the vertical component of the earth's magnetic field and to the effort exerted to overcome the coriolis force, due to the earth's rotation. Both these influences involve a set of lines which together form a navigational gridwork. By correlating its instantaneous land speed with the two above effects, a bird can fly to its home which is a unique point in this gridwork, or to related companion points existing in the gridwork at positions other …

Bakererpes Fragilis N. G., N. Sp., A Cestode From The Nighthawk (Cestoda: Dilepididae), Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The examination of an Eastern Nighthawk (Chordeiles m. minor (Forster)), collected September 25, 1945, at Marion, Ohio, revealed numerous, very small cestodes free in the lumen of the small intestine. About fifty specimens were found, but, because of the delicate strobila of this species, few were entire.
Although these cestodes were very thin and translucent, the preparation of well-stained whole mounts presented unusual difficulty. Best results were obtained with a mixture of Ehrlich's and Delafield's haematoxylin stains. Frontal and transverse serial sections, cut at 10 and 15 μm, were made.
This cestode clearly belongs in the sub-family Dilepidinae, but, …

The Post-Kansan Geologic History Of The Lower Platte Valley Area, Gilbert Carl Lueninghoener

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

This investigation is essentially a geomorphological study of the lower Platte River Valley area in eastern Nebraska. The area comprises Saunders, Dodge, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, and Cass counties. The area defined above is one of the most critically located of any for the study of the post-Kansan history of the lower Platte River Valley. It lies between the older till (Nebraskan and Kansan) borders to the west and the younger till (Illinoian, Iowan, and Wisconsin) borders to the east. Physiographic changes have therefore transpired in a strictly post-Kansan periglacial region. The Kansan till is the youngest in the area. The …

Riboflavin Production By Molds, George L. Peltier, Raymond Borchers

Papers in Microbiology

Very little information is at hand regarding the ability of molds to synthesize riboflavin. Few citations pertaining directly to riboflavin production by true molds are available.2 Pontovich (1943) found as much as 2 mg riboflavin per g of Aspergillus flavus mycelium. Tanner et at. (1945) determined the quantity of riboflavin in the submerged fermentation media of Penicillium chrysogenum. The highest value found was 1. 36 mg per ml. The primary purpose of this study was to screen several hundred isolates, recently obtained from soil, crop residues, and composts, for their ability to produce riboflavin on a wheat bran substrate.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1947) 15(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Bird Departure Dates .........Wilson Tout 1

Recent Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds .........F.W. Haecker 5

"Drumming" in the Chimney Swift .........W.E. Eigsti 9

Banding Mourning Doves in Eastern Nebraska.........Wilhelmina and Leroy Gulotta 12

Hawk Populations in Nebraska......... John H. Wampole 20

Winter Birds of the Fontenelle Forest......... Charles A. Stewart 24

Notes on the Nesting of the Acadian and Alder Flycatchers......... Frank H. Shoemaker ......... 31

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1947......... 36

General Notes......... 40

Nebraska Bird Club News......... Adrian C. Fox......... 55

Announcements......... 60

News and Comment......... …

Suggestions For The Handling Of Certain Mammals, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

For experimental work, it is often desirable to handle the smaller wild mammals more freely than usual methods allow. Howell (Journal of Mammalogy (1937) 18(4): 513) suggests the feeding of pentobarbital sodium in milk or other food. While this may be satisfactory for animals accustomed to captivity, it can hardly be used for those newly captured.

Pullorum Disease In The Coot, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Among specimens collected on March 8, 1945, at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, were a number of coots (Fulica americana). When the latter were examined for parasitic infection, it was noticed that the ovary of one specimen was deformed, and much enlarged when compared with those of other birds of this species collected on the same day. No other lesions were detected macroscopically, and the bird appeared to be in normal physical condition. The ovaries resembled those found in chickens affected with pullorum disease, and a pure culture of Salmonella pullorum was recovered.

Riboflavin Production By Molds, George L. Peltier, Raymond Borchers

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Very little information is at hand regarding the ability of molds to synthesize riboflavin. Few citations pertaining directly to riboflavin production by true

molds are available. Pontovich (1943) found as much as 2 mg riboflavin per g

of Aspergillus flavus mycelium. Tanner et at. (1945) determined the quantity of

riboflavin in the submerged fermentation media of Penicillium chrysogenum.

The highest value found was 1. 36 mg per ml. The primary purpose of this study

was to screen several hundred isolates, recently obtained from soil, crop residues,

and composts, for their ability to produce riboflavin on a wheat bran substrate.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1947) 15(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Wintering Waterfowl 1946-1947. By John H. Wampole ... 1

Branta canadensis in Nebraska. By R. Allyn Moser ... 5

Notes on the Nesting of the Blue Grosbeak. By Mrs. Archie Middleton ... 8

Notes on Birds in Nebraska National Forest, Bessey Division. By Carl E. Smith ... 11

General Notes ... 14

Minutes of the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 26

Report of the Forty-third Annual Field Day of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 32

News and Comment ... 34

Reviews ... 36

Bulletin 386, Rations For Growing Leghorn Broilers, 1947

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 386, Rations for Growing Leghorn Broilers, 1947

Andrya Sciuri N. Sp., A Cestode From The Northern Flying Squirrel, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Among helminths taken from four northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus macrotis Mearns) were two cestodes belonging to the genus Andrya. These represent an undescribed species. The infected flying squirrels were collected in or near tamarack bogs during February, 1947, near Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1946) 14(2), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Notes on the breeding and nesting of the Long-billed Curlew
Levi L. Mohler ........................................................................... 31

Seasonal Relationships of Bobwhite Quail to Woody Vegetation in Nebraska........................................................................... David Damon 34

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1946 ......................................... 36

General Notes ...................................................... 43

News and Comments.................................. 48

Membership Roll of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union............................. 49

List of Subscribers to the Nebraska Bird Review............................. 53

Current Exchanges ............................. 54

Handbook On Ussr Military Forces: Chapter Ii -- Personnel Administration, War Department (Usa), Robert L. Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

TM 30-340, Handbook on USSR Military Forces, was “published in installments to expidite dissemination to the field.” TM 30-430, Chapter II, 15 May 1946, “Personnel Administration,” contains a thorough exploration of the Soviet military personnel system.

This chapter was originally classified “Confidential” and later remarked “Restricted.” It was declassified in 1951.

This manual is listed in WorldCat under Accession Number: OCLC: 19989681

Handbook On Ussr Military Forces, Chapter Vii: Logistics, War Department (Usa), Robert L. Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

TM 30-340, Handbook on USSR Military Forces, was “published in installments to expedite dissemination to the field.” TM30-430, Chapter VII, 1 March 1946, “Logistics,” is a discussion of rear area organization, administration, supply, transportation, medical services, and maintenance and repair services. This chapter is illustrated with organizational charts.

This manual is listed in WorldCat under Accession Number: OCLC: 19989681

Synoptic Revision Of The United States Scarab Beetles Of The Subfamily Dynastinae, No. 3: Tribe Oryctini (Part), Lawrence Saylor

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

This paper is the third in the series covering the United States dynastine scarab beetles and includes the four genera differentiated in the following key:

1. Apex clypeus acute and definitely bidentate, the teeth often worn and nearly obsolete. Apex clypeus acute, either sharply or bluntly so, but never bidentate. Mandibles definitely tridentate externally, the basal tooth often worn and barely visible; thorax not more than two-thirds the length of the elytra; color rufous to rufocastaneous or rufopiceous = Ligyrus Burmeister

2. Mandibles bidentate externally (caution: examine from below and laterally to avoid counting the lacinia teeth as third teeth …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1946) 14(1), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

The Genus Junco in Nebraska, By R. Allyn Moser ...................... 1

Cooperation in Upland Game Bird Research,
By Levi L. Mohler ........................................ 7

Notes on Birds of Great Britain, by Ralph Velich ........................ 10

Minutes of the Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting ................................ 13

Report of the Forty-Second Annual Field Day ............................ 18

General Notes ................................................................. 19

Book Review ................................................................... 23

Announcements ...................................................................... 24

Obituaries ..................................................... 27

Synoptic Revision Of The United States Scarab Beetles Of The Subfamily Dynastinae, No. 2: Tribe Oryctini (Part), Lawrence Saylor

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

This paper continues the series on United States dynastine scarab beetles and includes the three genera differentiated in the following key:

1. Apical margin of posterior tibia evenly truncate, never with angulations or teeth (lateral view); real apex of clypeus beyond (i.e., apical of) the apparent carinate apex; front male tibia frequently edentate. = Cheiroplatys Hope

2. Mandibles always large, always well exposed, always armed externally with teeth or else square in outline (cessus); apical margin of posterior tibia usually with 1 or 2 sharp angulations or 1 to 3 or 4 teeth. = Strategus Hope

3. Mandibles usually hidden …