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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

The Origin Of Daemonelix, Alvin Leonard Lugn

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Attention is called to the controversy of some years ago over the origin of the "Devil's Corkscrews." The problem may have appeared unimportant then, but now a correct understanding of the paleoecology of Harrison time may hinge on the explanation of these strange "fossils." The characteristics of Daemonelix are briefly reviewed, they are compared to the lianas of the modern tropical jungle, and the postulated conditions of Harrison sedimentation are believed to supply an adequate explanation for the presence of fossil rodent remains in the Daemonelices. The possibility of a vegetal origin of these fossils is believed to be demonstrated.

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

The Feeding Habits Of Gambusia Affinis Affinis, With Special Reference To The Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles Quadrimaculatus, A.D. Hess, Clarence M. Tarzwell

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

The viviparous top minnow, Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird and Girard), has for many years been considered an important predator of the immature stages of mosquitoes. Various field workers have reported on the value of this species in controlling both anopheline and culicine mosquitoes, but few detailed studies have been made. Probably the most detailed of these has been that of Hildebrand (1925). His investigations were made during the summers of 1921-24 in the vicinity of Augusta, Ga., with the subspecies G. affinis holbrooki. Employing the common dipper method, he compared the densities of anopheline and culicine larvae and pupae in …

Permian Pelecypods In The Lower Quartermaster Formation, Texas, Robert Roth, Norman D. Newell, Benjamin H. Burma

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The age of the Quartermaster formation of Oklahoma and Texas has been the subject of some controversy, being variously given as late Permian or Triassic (?). Fossils have not been reported from these beds until the present discovery of a faunule in the lower part of the Doxey shale at the base of the Quartermaster. Three species are recognized, Naticopsis transversus (Beede), Schizodus oklahomensis Beede, and Myalina acutirostris, n. sp. These forms characterize the recently described Whitehorse fauna and indicate close relationship of the enclosing beds with the Whitehorse formation, even though the Quartermaster fossils occur more than a …

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

An Analysis Of Fishing In The Tva Impoundments During 1939, R. William Eschmeyer, Clarence M. Tarzwell

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

An inventory of fishing on Norris, a storage reservoir, was begun in 1938. The following year it was extended to Wheeler, a run-of-the-river reservoir, and to the tailwater area below Wilson Dam. This inventory, therefore, covered each of the three general types of fish habitats created by the TVA dams. This discussion is a summary of the 1939 fishing data, together with recommendations for fish management based on the creel census information. The data collected totaled 34,270 usable fishing records, representing a catch of 98,495 fishes.

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

On Certain Basic Series, John Daum

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

The identity
(1) Σ_n=1^∞ (qⁿ)/[(1-qⁿ)²] {(1÷(1-q)) + (1÷(1-q²)) + … + (1 ÷ (1 -qⁿ))} = Σ_n=1^∞ [(n²qⁿ)
was deduced from arithmetical considerations by E. T. Bell. About five years ago, W. N. Bailey proved the relation
(2) Σ_n=0^∞ [(1-q)(1-q²)…(1-qⁿ] ÷ [(1-z)(1-qz)…(1-qⁿz)] x [(zⁿ + 1) ÷ (1 - q^{n …}

Intelligence Sections In The Offices Of Chiefs Of Arms And Services (Ag 321.19mid 6 Sept. 1940), Emory S. Adams

United States Army: Publications

This document consists of a memorandum instructing senior staff officers in the headquarters of the War Department to set up intelligence sections in their offices. Those senior Army staff officers included the Chief of the Air Corps, the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, the Chief of Engineers, the Chief of Ordnance, the Chief Signal Officer , the Quartermaster General, and the Surgeon General. Also included are a “Distribution Sheet” showing who copies were sent to and a letter from the National Archives forwarding the memorandum to Robert L. Bolin.

The memorandum was a charter for organizations that grew into …

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 …

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

The Genetics Congress, R. A. Emerson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Mice and men reported from

Edinburgh after the Congress

(JOURNAL OF HEREDITY for

September 1939) but since then there

has been silence, as far as getting into the

record any details of the Congress. On

account of the disruption to trans-Atlantic

travel caused by the declaration of

war between England and Germany,

September 3, the American delegation to

the Congress was considerably delayed

in getting back. Only two failed ultimately

to return, Dr. and Mrs. F. W.

Tinney of the Division of Farm Crops

of the University of Wisconsin. They

were among about a dozen members of

the Congress who …

Nebraska In Relation To The Problems Of Pleistocene Stratigraphy, Alvin Leonard Lugn

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Nebraska is so peculiarly situated with respect to Pleistocene deposits of glacial, fluviatile, and eolian origin that it holds the key to the solution of many important problems of the stratigraphy of that period. A brief outline of the Pleistocene geology of Nebraska with several illustrations is followed by a statement of and brief discussion of several of these problems. The main problems touched upon are: age of the Loveland loess, Pleistocene classification, correlation with Europe, the need for a better understanding of what is meant by "glacial" and "interglacial," the problem of glacial and interglacial loess, the duration of …

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

Fifty Years Of Achievement In Agricultural Investigation, R. T. Prescott

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

In Nebraska, a hustling frontier state in 1887, the legislature hesitated not at all in taking advantage of the provisions of the Hatch Act, and now that fifty years have elapsed since the Station was founded, seventy-five years since the Land Grant College Act was passed and the U. S. Department of Agriculture established, and almost twenty-five years since the Agricultural Extension Service was added, it seems worth while to present a general summary of achievement within the state. The main object will be to show some of the important things that have been learned through the investigations of the …

The Comparative Ability Of The Bob-White And The Ring-Necked Pheasant To Withstand Cold And Hunger, Paul L. Errington

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

The native Bob-white (Colinus virginianus) and the introduced Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) may both, on occasion, suffer severe winter mortality over much of their common range in north-central United States. Their habitats often overlap, although the Pheasant has a greater cruising radius and an ability to live in a more open type of country than the Bob-white. In given localities they also live upon much the same kinds of winter foods.

The scope of this paper is not intended to cover the ecological adjustments of Pheasants or of Bob-whites to their winter environment so much …

Annual Report: 1939

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

The educational program of agricultural extension has been sponsored by the Cherry County Extension Service. 359 families subscribed $1630.40 for the support of the work in 1939. The commissioners provided office space valued at $180.00. Other income provided $288.58 making a total operating fund of $2,103.38.

Expenditures for operating costs during the year were $180.00 for office space and $1671.29 for carrying on the program.

Mr. Jake Stasch of Nenzel, Mr. A. J. Galloway of Kilgore, and Mr. O. J. Dau of Cody were appointed members of the finance committee. They directed the canvass for subscriptions with the help of …

Bulletin 322, Soybeans In Nebraska, 1939

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 322, Soybeans in Nebraska, 1939

Circular 60, 50 Years Of Achievement In Agricultural Investigation, 1939

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Circular 60, 50 Years of Achievement in Agricultural Investigation, 1939

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

The Relation Of Certain Factors In Farm Family Life To Personality Development In Adolescents, Leland H. Stott

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Although "the family" has been much written about, and studied from many points of view in the past, relatively little attention has been given by investigators to the problem of determining the factors which make for successful family life. The need for information of this sort is obvious, and in recent years a few studies have been made from this point of view. The present study was undertaken for the purpose of gathering further information about "normal" families and some of the home-environmental factors which are thought to contribute to, or hinder, the achievement of successful family life.

The Nebraska State Geological Survey And The "Valentine Problem", Alvin Leonard Lugn

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The Nebraska State Geological Survey is primarily concerned with the stratigraphic classification of the Tertiary lithologic units in this state. When the stratigraphic relationships are fully understood, the faunas can be properly and correctly related and named, whether the stratigraphic names or others are used. It should be understood that this survey, in determmmg its acceptance of stratigraphic names on the basis of priority, is making every effort to differentiate names which have been applied in a strictly stratigraphic sense from names which. while they may be older, were applied in only a geographic or faunal sense and have only …

Ec1421 Revised 1938 Judging Six Common Varieties Of Chickens, H. E. Alder

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 1421 Revised 1938 describes how to identify and differentiate between the 6 most common varieties of chicken.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1938) 6(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Is the Prairie Chicken Passing? By Glenn Viehmeyer ... 25

General Notes ... 29

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration List for Spring of 1938 ... 36

Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting ... 42

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

Studies On Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy, I. Dietary Factors, Ii. Fibrosis And Lipomatosis Of Tissues, Violet Myrtle Wilder

Department of Biochemistry: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

dissertation published as three peer-reviewed papers:

Sergius Morgulis, Violet M. Wilder, and S. H. Eppstein. (September 1938). Further studies on dietary factors associated with nutritional muscular dystrophy. Journal of Nutrition 16(3): 219-227.

Howard C. Spencer, Sergius Morgulis, and Violet M. Wilder. (August 1937). A micromethod for the determination of gelatin and a study of the collagen content of muscles from normal and dystrophic rabbits. Journal of Biological Chemistry 120(1): 257-266.

Sergius Morgulis, Violet M. Wilder, Howard C. Spencer, and S. H. Eppstein. (August 1938). Studies on the lipid content of normal and dystrophic rabbits. Journal of Biological Chemistry 124(3): 755-766.

The Novels Of Edouard Rod (1857-1910), James Raymond Wadsworth

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

Swiss by birth and in his ethical attitude, German by training and in his emotions as well as in his philosophy, French by unofficial adoption and in his intellectual curiosity, Edouard Rod occupied an unusual place among the novelists of his generation. An inherited tendency toward melancholy, a sad and lonely childhood, and his introduction to the philosophy of Schopenhauer, enabled him to analyze successfully the pessimism of his period and laid the foundation for the doctrine of despair which constitutes one of the most constant factors in his work. Still, the inborn idealism and that enthusiasm for Wagner which …

Research Bulletin 106, Relation Of Certain Factors In Farm Family Life To Personality Development, 1938

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Research Bulletin 106, Relation of Certain Factors in Farm Family Life to Personality Development, 1938

Bulletin 313, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920-1937, 1938

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 313, Nebraska Tractor Tests 1920-1937, 1938

Orthogonal Polynomials With Orthogonal Derivatives, M. S. Webster

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

We are concerned with the following assertion:
THEOREM. If {φ_n(x)} and { φ_n’(x)} are orthogonal systems of polynomials, then {φ_n(x)} may be reduced to the classical polynomials of Jacobi, Laguerre, or Hermite by means of a linear transformation on x.