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The Raccoon, A New Host For Microphallus Sp., With Additional Notes On M. Ovatus From Turtles, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Discusses the raccoon, a new host for Microphallus sp., with additional notes on M. ovatus from turtles.

Parasites Of Ohio Muskrats, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Parasites of the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) have received considerable study, but little in Ohio. From March 20, 1943, to March 22, 1945, 70 Ohio muskrat carcasses were examined, most of them being obtained from trappers by Merrill C. Gilfillan, Leader of the Pittman-Robertson Muskrat Project in Ohio. The specimens were from seven localities: Lake Erie Marshes (28); Killbuck Valley Marsh (17, lacking liver and lungs); Walnut Creek (19) and Whetstone Creek (2), (Morrow County); Buckeye Lake (1); Little Scioto River, Marion County (1); and Union County near Marysville (2).

New Records Of Macracanthorhynchus Hirudinaceus In Sciuridae, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

New records of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus in Sciuridae, from specimens collected in central Ohio, including those from the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger rufiventer) and the chipmunk (Tamias striatus).

Synoptic Revision Of The United States Scarab Beetles Of The Subfamily Dynastinae, No.1: Tribe Cyclocephalini, Lawrence W. Saylor

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The important subfamily Dynastinae has for some time been relatively neglected, taxonomically speaking, and only in the past few years have new species been described or the larval characters of many species better characterized. In all collections I have seen,numerous United States species are grossly misidentified, and it is hoped that the present papers will help to rectify this condition.

Ritcher's paper (1944) is an excellent contribution to the immature stages of these insects. His title, however, Dynastinae of the United States, is very misleading, because this paper includes only a small proportion of the described United States species, and …

Handbook On Ussr Military Forces: Chapter V, Tactics. 1 November 1945, 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.” TM 30-430, Chapter V, 1 November 1945, “Tactics,” is a detailed discussion of Soviet tactics for using particular types of forces and for particular types of operations and conditions.

This chapter is illustrated with numerous maps, diagrams, and charts. This manual is listed in WorldCat under Accession Number: OCLC: 19989681

A Note on Scholarly Usage -- Since revised editions of Army manuals are customarily issued with the same manual number and title as the previous editions, the minimal scholarly citation must contain the …

Sources Of Amylase-Producing Bacteria, George L. Peltier, L.D. Beckord

Papers in Microbiology

In the search for bacteria possessing high amylolytic activity, some thousand or more isolates were screened on soluble starch agar and the extent of their activities determined qualitatively by the loss of medium response to Lugol's iodine solution. The selected isolates were then grown on a liquid wheat bran medium and the resulting starch-dextrinizing activity measured quantitatively. No attempt was made to determine the properties of the various amylases. The primary purpose of this report is to point out the original sources from which the isolates were made and to correlate the nature of the substrates with the extent of …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1945) 13(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

General Notes ..................................................... 49

Annual Spring Field Days Held During May, 1945 .................... 53

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List For First Half of 1945 ...................... 58

Recent Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds ......................................... 65

Membership Roll of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ............ 67

List of Subscribers to the Nebraska Bird Review .......................... 71

Current Exchanges ............................72

The Effects Of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, And Pressure On Growth In Chilomonas Paramecium And Tetrahymena Geleii Furgason, D.M. Pace, R.L. Ireland

Papers in Microbiology

The effects of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pressure on animal organisms have been widely studied, but most of the investigations in this field concern chiefly the effects of extreme, especially high, atmospheric pressures on blood changes, respiration, length of life, etc., in Vertebrates.

Very few detailed observations have been made on the relation between oxygen tension or carbon dioxide tension and growth in Protozoa. The few investigations that have been carried out are concerned primarily with the effect of these gases on respiration although some observations have been made on the relation of aerobic and anaerobic conditions and growth in …

Comparison Of Census Methods For Pheasants In Nebraska, H. Elliot Mcclure

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

In plans for the Nebraska Upland Game Bird Pittman Robinson Project the censusing of pheasants and tabulation of population densities was of prime importance. A summary of the data at hand and a comparison of the various methods tried will be discussed here.

Controlling The Ph Of Cultures Of Penicillium Notatum Through Its Carbon And Nitrogen Nutrition, Albert E. Dimond, George L. Peltier

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

A survey of published material reveals relatively little information concerning the nutritional physiology of Penicillium notatum Westl. on synthetic media. Metabolism studies of P. notatum on various media have appeared to be incidental to the more pressing problem of producing penicillin quickly and in quantity. Fleming (1929) originally used a nutrient broth non-synthetic in nature. The Oxford group (Abraham et al., 1941) then adopted a modification of the so-called Czapek-Dox synthetic medium which supplies nitrogen as sodium nitrate and glucose as carbohydrate. Hobby, Meyer, and Chaffee (1942) suggested that brown sugar be substituted for glucose in this nutrient, with …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1945) 13(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Check-List of the Birds of Nebraska,
By F. W. Haecker, R. Allyn Moser, and Jane B. Swenk .............1

Hammond's Flycatcher in Nebraska, By John T. Zimmer ...................41

Collectors, Birds, and Parasites, By Doris Gates............41

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

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1944) 12(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

A Survey of Nesting Birds in the Fontenelle Forest, by Dr. Frederic D. Garrett … 25

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1944 … 31

General Notes … 40

Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds … 44

Miscellaneous … 51

Membership Roll of the N.O.U. … 52

Notes On The Trematode Subfamily Loimoinae (Monogenea), With A Description Of A New Genus, Harold W. Manter, Waldo L. Schmitt

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

The subfamily Loimoinae was named by Price (1936) for a peculiar monogenetic trematode, Loimos salpinggoides MacCal lum, 1917, from the gills of a dusky shark, Carcharias obscurus (Lesueur), at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. Price (1938) redescribed this trematode, correcting several errors made by MacCallum. Manter (1938) described Tricotyle scoliodoni from a shark, Scoliodon terrae-novae (Richardson), from Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. He noted some similarities between Tricotyle and Loimos. The redescription of Loimos by Price increased these similarities.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1944) 12(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Distribution of Upland Game Birds in Nebraska,
By Levi L. Mohler ............................... 1

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

Minutes of the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting ............................ 17

Report on the Forty-first Annual Field Day ................................ 21

Miscellaneous ...................................... 22

Bulletin 361, Potato Flea Beetle Control In Western Nebraska, 1944

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 361, Potato Flea Beetle Control in Western Nebraska, 1944

Censusing Pheasants By Detonations, H. Elliot Mcclure

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

A study of the ecology and management of the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus c. torquatus) was begun in Nebraska in the spring of 1941. Prime among the objectives of the survey was to devise some method by which the populations could be estimated or counted. In conjunction with roadside counts as practiced in Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states, attempts were made to derive a closer estimate than by that method. Every game technician working with roadside counts of pheasants realizes the difficulties involved. Having had success in estimating the numbers of mourning doves by counting their calls …

A Theorem On The Unit Groups Of Simple Algebras, Ralph Hull

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Let k be an algebraic number field of finite degree m and let A be a normal simple algebra of degree n, order n², over k. Our object is to prove the following theorem.
THEOREM. If A is an R-algebra, that is, if n>2 or at least one infinite prime place of k is unramified in A when n=2, then any two distinct maximal orders of A have distinct groups of units.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1943) 11(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Nesting of the Red-shouldered Hawk in Sarpy County,
By Dr. Charles A. Stewart ..................................... 25

Photographing the Pileated Woodpecker in Minnesota,
By W. Leroy Wilcox ......................................................... 31

Bird Observations· from Southern Army Camps,
By Cpl. Ralph W. Velich .............................. 33

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1943 .... 38

General Notes ....................................... 45

A Message From N. O. U.'s President .........................48

Membership Roll of the N. O. U. ................................................... 50

The Collection, Rearing, And Release Of Parasites Of The European Corn Borer In 1942, Charles A. Clark, Stanley W. Carter

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

To furnish parasites for release in 1942, overwintering corn borer larvae were collected in two localities, central Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts, in the fall of 1941. Several of the most important parasites of the European corn borer imported from Europe and the Orient are established and abundant in these localities.

Collections were made in central Connecticut during the period October 27 to November 15, 1941. A total of 14,214 host larvae, or an average of 861 per working day, were obtained. Collections in southeastern Massachusetts were made during the period November 12 to 25 but, owing to a very light …

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

Increases In Aphid Populations On Potato Plants Sprayed With Zinc Arsenite In Western Nebraska, Roscoe E. Hill, H. Douglas Tate

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

During the 1941 growing season, field observations in western Nebraska indicated that aphids, Myzus persicae (Sulz.), were becoming abundant in experimental potato plots that had been treated with zinc arsenite-lime sulfur spray for controlling potato flea beetles, Epitrix cucumeris (Harr.), and the potato psyllid, Paratrioza cockerelli (Sulc.). Detailed examinations of leaves showed that significantly greater populations were present on the sprayed than on the untreated plants. Evidence of slight increases also was noted on plants dusted with a barium fluosilicate and sulfur mixture.

Nebraska Cattle Grub Survey, Lewis T. Graham, H. Douglas Tate

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The scarcity of data on the actual extent of cattle grub infestation in Nebraska became evident during the winter of 1942--43 when a control program was being organized. Although there were some cattlemen who were acutely aware of the losses occasioned by this pest, there were many others who had given the problem little thought or who believed that infestation resulted largely from the importation of feeder cattle. More detailed information was obviously desirable in order to present an accurate and convincing account of the problem to the cattle growers.

The Occurence Of The Potato Tuber Worm In Nebraska, H. Douglas Tate

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

A sample of potatoes showing tuber worm injury was submitted to the Entomology Department by a farmer of Elmwood (Cass County), Nebraska in September 1939. A few days later the farm was visited and a bin of about 125 bushels of potatoes was found to be heavily infested with the potato tuber worm. In compliance with instructions, the grower either used or destroyed the entire crop during the early part of the ensuing winter. Potato fields in the same vicinity were examined the following year, but no specimens or evidence of injury by this pest could be found. Apparently, this …

Missourian Triticites Of The Northern Mid-Continent, Benjamin H. Burma

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The tendency toward fine discrimination in fusulinid species has made necessary standardization in their study. Theories and practices of fusulinid study are herein discussed in some detail. Four new species of Triticites are described from the Missouri series of the Pennsylvanian system; one species from the Virgil series and two froim the Missouri are redescribed, and the characters of the other five known Missourian species from the northern mid-Continent are shown in graphs, thus bringing together the known Missourian species. Finally consideration is given to the ontogeny and phylogeny of the group.

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

Teachers' Pay In Ancient Greece, Clarence A. Forbes

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

One who ventures upon an account of how the teachers of Greek antiquity fared in the matter of remuneration might do well to begin by entreating exemption from such a penalty a the luckless Phrynichus brought down upon himself for his tear-provoking tragedy of the mileton alusis. The Athenians fined Phrynichus a thousand drachmas, we are told, "because he had reminded them of their own troubles."

Generally speaking, intellectual labors in ancient Greece prior to the Hellenistic Age were undertaken for their own sake, with no thought of securing material rewards.2 The dramatists were spurred by competition, but not by …

Parabos Dodsoni Barbour And Schultz: A Correction, Erwin Hinckley Barbour, C. Bertrand Schultz

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

A Bos-like animal, Parabos dodsoni, was recently described by Barbour and Schultz (1941, "A New Fossil Bovid from Nebraska", Bull. Univ. Nebr. State Museum, Vol. II, No. 7, pp. 63-66, Figs. 24-27, December) as a new genus and species from the Pleistocene of Nebraska. Attention has been called to the writers by Dr. E. H. Colbert of the American Museum of Natural History that the name Parabos is preoccupied. Parabos was introduced as a generic name by C. Arambourg and J. Piveteau (1929, "Note preliminaire sur un Ruminant du Pliocene inferieur du Roussillon," C. R. Bull. Soc. Geol. de …

Competition Of Western Wheat Grass With Relict Vegetation Of Prairie, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Many profound changes in mid-continental grasslands have resulted from the recent extended drought. In the prairies of eastern Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota, the earlier continuous stands of bluestem (Andropogon scoparius and A. furcatus) have often been greatly fragmented and now occur as relict patches a few square feet to many square rods in extent. Loss of approximately 95 per cent of little bluestem has left the prairie cover very open. Over large areas, except for weeds and a few surviving grasses and forbs, the soil was bared (Weaver, Stoddart and Noll, 1935; Weaver and Albertson, 1939). Grasses …

The Basic Analogue Of Kummer’S Theorem, J. A. Daum

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

About one hundred years ago, E. E. Kummer proved the formula
(1) ₂F₁ [_{1 + a – b} ^{a, b; -1}] = [Γ(1 + a - b)Γ(1 + a/2) ÷ Γ(1+a)Γ(1+a/2 - b)
which has since been known as Kummer's theorem. This appears to be the simplest relation involving a hypergeometric function with argument ( - 1).
All the relations in the theory of hypergeometric series _rF₈ which have analogues in the theory of basic serie3 are those in which the argument is ( + 1 ) …

Life History And Habits Of The Potato Flea Beetle In Western Nebraska, Roscoe E. Hill, H. Douglas Tate

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

In the potato-growing section of the North Platte Valley of western Nebraska, the difficulty of producing high quality potatoes frequently is greatly increased by the presence of destructive populations of the potato flea beetle Epitrix cucumeris Harris. Csually foliage injury by the adults is comparatively unimportant, but larval injury to tubers often greatly reduces the quality of the crop. Since prevention of tuber injury by the larvae has extended downward from the sides of the cages. Unless food was available in the form of plant growth within the cages, either green potato foliage or cut tubers were supplied as long …