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Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1971) 39(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Turkey Vulture Nesting Records for Nebraska - A New Record for Sheridan County ................19

A Lancaster County Record for the Surf Scoter ................21

1970 (Thirteenth) Fall Occurrence Report................22

The Seventieth Annual Meeting................ 36

Notes ................37

Book Review ................40

Place Discrimination In Rail Shipments Of Wheat From Great Plains Origins, Dale G. Anderson, Brian L. Mariska

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The purpose of this study was to determine whether shipments of wheat by railroad from Nebraska and other Great Plains States are discriminated against relative to shipments from other wheat producing states and regions. Primary objectives were: (1) To develop a technique for measuring place discrimination (2) To employ the technique in testing empirical data for evidence of discrimination (3) To analyze the results and explore implications for geographically-separated wheat shippers.

Real Property Owned. By The Federal Government In The' State Of Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This inventory report Is a summary compilation of the major facilities of real property owned by the Federal Government in this state. The installations are listed alphabetically by the city in which they are located and the listing includes a brief description of the installation, the agency which operates the facility, the GSA inventory number, the GSA location code, the total floor area of all the buildings and a size classification code. The operating agency and Installation descriptions are those reported to the General Services Administration as of June 30, 1970. Installations with a total floor area less than 1,500 …

Occurrence Of Groundwater In Kimball County, Nebraska: Including Logs Of Test Holes, Frank A. Smith, Vernon L. Souders

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Infant Mortality As A Potential Measure Of Community Health In Urban Growth, Ian Newman

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

This document is one of a series which contains the results of research carried out during a 1969 Summer Study of Urban Decentralization at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The summary of the Summer Study is contained in "An Introduction to Urban Decentralization Research," ORNL-HUD-3.

Glaucivermis Spinosus Gen. Et Sp. N. (Digenea: Zoogonidae) From The Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus Americanus (Linnaeus), In The Coastal Waters Of Mississippi, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Glaucivermis spinosus is described from the intestine and pyloric ceca of Menticirrhus americanus collected near Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters. The genus is characterized primarily by having a preacetabular intestinal bifurcation, a preacetabular sinistral genital pore, a bilobed vitellarium, a swelling of Laurer's canal to form the seminal receptacle, and tandem to diagonal testes. It is most similar to the genus Diphtherostomum from which it differs primarily in the arrangement of the testes.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 3, No.2. June, 1971

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Environmental Rights ▪ Paul B. Kannowski

RIVER BASINS PLANNING ▪ H. A. Hendrickson

WATER RESOURCE PLANNING GONE AMUCK ▪ Charles H. Stoddard

THE INTERACTION OF CITIZENS' GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ▪ Robert L. Burgess

WORDS AND MEANINGS ▪ Paul T. Crary

ENFORCEMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ▪ Robert E. Beck

BIRDS OBSERVED IN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE WINTER OF 1970-71 ▪ John T. Lokemoen and Paul E. Springer

STATUS OF CLARK'S NUTCRACKER IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Lewis W. Oring and Robert W. Seabloom

WINGED ANTS AS FISH FOOD ▪ Charles H. …

Systematics Of Southern Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rats Of The Dipodomys Phillipsii Group, Hugh H. Genoways, J. Knox Jones Jr.

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Both nongeographic and geographic variation was assessed in southern banner-tailed kangaroo rats of the nominal species Dipodomys phillipsii and D. ornatus . Univariate and multivariate analyses were employed in consideration of geographic variation. D. ornatus is arranged as a subspecies of D. phillipsii, in which four races (phillipsii, ornatus, perotensis, and oaxacae) are recognized. Some observations on natural history also are included.

Calculation Of Point-Defect Energies And Displacements In Alkali Halides Using The Lattice-Statics Method, Arnold Karo, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The method of lattice statics, in the zero-order approximation, is used to evaluate the Schottky-pair formation energies and the displacement fields about positive- and negative-ion vacancies for all alkali halide crystals with rock-salt structures. The deformation-dipole model, used extensively in earlier work on the lattice dynamics of these crystals, is employed to describe the host lattice. Long-range Coulomb interactions are included explicitly, and short-range repulsive interactions are described by a simple Born-Mayer potential. Comparison is made with earlier Mott-Littleton-type calculations and very satisfactory agreement is found. Comparison with available experimental values is somewhat less satisfactory, particularly regarding the lithium salts; …

Preparation Of Biologically Active Ribosomal Subunits From Fungal Spores, James L. Van Etten

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Ribosomal subunits were prepared from fungal spore ribosomes and reassociated to yield biologically active ribosomes.

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 5, May 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Congratulations Doane College
OWRR Announces Fiscal Year 1972 Title II Water Resources Research Program
Economic Analysis of Water Projects
New Federal Department of Natural Resources
Research and Development Sources Sought
Water Quality Guidelines

The Gonads Of The South American Dolphins, Inia Geoffrensis, Pontoporia Blainvillei, And Sotalia Fluviatilis, Richard J. Harrison, Robert L. Brownell Jr.

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

The appearances of the gonads are described in males and females of 18 Inia geoffrensis, 11 Pontoporia blainvillei, and eight Sotalia fluviatilis from South America. Males of I. geoffrensis become sexually active at a length of about 228 centimeters, females at 175 to 180 centimeters. Length at birth is 76 to 80 centimeters; parturition occurs from about July to September in the upper Amazon. Males of P. blainvillei are still sexually immature at a length of 128.5 centimeters, females become sexually active at a length of 137 centimeters. Off Uruguay, pregnant females have fetuses 6 centimeters in length …

Performance Evaluation Of Some Warm-Season Prairie Grasses In Nebraska Environments, D. D. Warnes, L. C. Newell, W. J. Moline

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Objectives of these experiments were to study and compare establishment of stands, fertility responses, and forage yields of certain warm-season grass varieties and experimental strains in Nebraska locations which differed in soil and climatic conditions.

A Revision Of The Feather Mite Genus Brephosceles (Proctophyllodidae: Alloptinae), Paul C. Peterson

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

A systematic revision is presented for the genus Brephosceles. Data on external morphology, zoogeography, and host-parasite relationships are included. Thirteen named and thirty new species are recognized and described. The new species and the type hosts are: Brephosceles afribycis, from Afribyx lateralis (Charadriidae); B. anhimae, from Anhima cornuta (Anhimidae); B. belonopteri, from Belonopterus chilensis cayennensis (Charadriidae); B. bilobatus, from Puffinus puffinus (Procellariidae); B. chilensis, from Belonopterus chilensis lampronotus (Charadriidae); B. collaracus, from Charadrius collaris (Charadriidae); B. constrictus, from Charadrius bicinctus (Charadriidae); B. diomedei, from Diomedea chrysostoma (Diomedeidae); B. discidicus, from Cygnus bewickii (Anatidae); B. disjunctus, from Pterodroma leucoptera hypoleuca (Procellariidae); …

Growing Season Air-Soil Temperature Relationships At Lincoln, Nebraska, Ralph E. Neild

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

This study concerns the use of weekly average air temperature for predicting weekly average soil temperature under different conditions of surface cover during different times of year. Probabilities of weekly average air temperature for Lincoln as well as other Nebraska locations are available. These probabilities and the soil temperature prediction equations may be used in determining expected soil temperatures.

Fourier Transforms Of Unbounded Measures, Loren Argabright, Jesus De La Lamadrid

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Let G be a locally compact abelian group. For a (generally unbounded) measure μ on G we shall say that μ is transformable if there is a measure μˆ on the character group Γ of G such that, for every ƒЄK(G), the space of continuous functions with compact support on G,ƒЄL₂(μ) and (1) ∫_Gƒ^**ƒ(x) dμ(x) = ∫_r|∫(γ^-1)|²dμ(γ). The resulting "Fourier transformation” μ→μˆ contains the classical theory and leads to generalizations of a variety of classical results, including the Plancherel theorem and the Poisson summation …

Geologic And Water-Supply Reports And Maps, Nebraska, United States Dept. Of The Interior

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

A list of reports and maps published by the Geological Survey relating to the geology, mineral, water resources of Nebraska.

Groundwater Levels In Nebraska, 1970, C.F. Keech

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Thoreau's Argument In "Economy", William H. Hansen

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In the second paragraph of Walden, Thoreau explains that he is going to give a sincere and an honest account of his life in Nature to satisfy the curiosity of his friends who have expressed a desire to know the details of his two-year adventure at Walden Pond. In the third paragraph, he say's that he is also going to write something about the bad condition of his neighbors in and around Concord. These first two statements of purpose are important not only because they indicate what the book is going to be about, but also because they represent …

Management Of Natural Lakes In The Northern Great Plains, D. B. Mccarraher

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Approximately 2,800 natural lakes smaller than 10 acres in size are found in the northern plains region of Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Water quality characteristics vary greatly among lakes in close geographical proximity. They range from fresh to highly mineralized bicarbonate-carbonate-hydroxide (alkaline) to chloro-sulfate (saline) types and regionally represent the largest concentration of inland mineral waters in North America. Water quality together with shallow basin morphometry exert major environmental influences on the fisheries in great plains natural lakes.

In the sandhills region of Nebraska (20,000 sq. mi.) only about 45% of the estimated 1,400 natural lakes support fish …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 4, April 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Deadlines for Filing Research Proposals for FY 1973
Federal Conference on Public Involvement
Department of Natural Resources to Eliminate Duplication and Rivalry
Hydrologic Information Storage and Retrieval System
Drinking Water Bills Introduced
Congressional Committee Assignments
Administration Reorganization Affects Corps' Functions

Guidebook To The Late Pliocene And Early Pleistocene Of Nebraska, T. M. Stout, H. M. Degraw, L. G. Tanner, K. O. Stanley, William J. Wayne, J. B. Swinehart

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The interesting geographic and even strategic position of Nebraska between regions of mountain and interior glaciation during the Quaternary was emphasized by A. L. Lugn, Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Nebraska, more than thirty years ago. The earlier studies are summarized in two principal works by Lugn (1935; 1939a; see Selected References), to whom this guidebook is dedicated, much has been learned since and much remains to be recorded concerning the Tertiary and Pleistocene of Nebraska. In this centennial year, commemorating the beginning of a second century of geological instruction at the University of Nebraska, it seems …

Guidebook To The Geology Along Portions Of The Lower Platte River Valley And Weeping Water Valley Of Eastern Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Guidebook To The Late Pliocene And Early Pleistocene Of Nebraska, T. M. Stout, H. M. Degraw, L. G. Tanner, K. O. Stanley, W. J. Wayne, J. B. Swinehart

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Length And Velocity Formulas In Approximate Oscillator-Strength Calculations, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

The matrix element for electric dipole transitions is correctly given by the length formula in the Hartree-Fock, configuration-interaction, and related approximations, which involve the diagonalization of an approximate, but nonlocal, Hamiltonian.

Type Appraisal: Ii. Variation In Type Traits Due To Sires, Herds, And Years, H. D. Norman, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Variance components were estimated from type appraisal data to determine the importance of year, herd, sire, and herd x sire effects upon 49 body, udder, and management traits. Estimates were based on over 16,000 appraisals on daughters of Holstein artificial insemination sires. The variation explained by these effects never exceeded 34% of the total variance. Year effects were almost nonexistent (-2 to 3%). Herd effects were small for all traits except feeding speed, body weight, intensity and persistency of edema, and ketosis, and never exceeded 25%.

Most appraisal traits had low heritabilities. The estimate for milking speed was .23 while …

Type Appraisal: I. Effects Of Age And Stage-Of-Lactation On Type Ratings, H. D. Norman

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Dairy cattle type appraisal data were examined to determine whether body and udder conformation and management ratings were affected by age and period of lactation at appraisal. Data were collected from 1961 to 1968 from 188 herds having over 23,000 Holstein type appraisals. The body and udder traits were scored by scheduled appraisers, and the management traits were coded by each dairyman. Some of the 35 original traits were composed of more than one descriptive characteristic and, as a result, 49 renamed traits were derived from these.

A model was selected that considered years and herds as well as cow …

Type Appraisal: Iii. Relationships Of First Lactation Production And Type Traits With Lifetime Performance, H. D. Norman, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Phenotypic and genetic correlations were estimated between 48 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk production to determine the importance of appraisal traits in a breeding program from 5,024 records from the New York type appraisal program. Most phenotypic correlations among the type traits were near zero. Depth of udder was the appraisal trait having the highest correlation with first lactation milk (.27) and fat (.23). Multiple correlations of all appraisal traits with first lactation milk and fat were .44 and .40.

Correlations with lifetime variables were calculated from 2,068 records meeting time qualifications. Of the first lactation variables, milk …

Track Theory And Radiation Quality, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

Radiation detection and damage data from several physical, chemical, and biological systems have been analyzed by a unified track theory, in which observed effects are attributed to the interaction of secondary electrons with the medium. Gamma-ray dose-response curves are combined with calculations of the spatial dose distribution about an ion's path to yield dose-response curves (survival curves) for heavy ion bombardment, through appropriately defined parameters. Perplexing phenomena associated with high LET radiation are sorted out according to track regime (grain-count or track-width), inactivation mode (gamma-kill or ion-kill), structural complexity (elementary, cellular, multicellular), and end-point. The central problem in assigning a …

Second-Order Pulsations In Polytropes, Norman R. Simon

Norman R. Simon Papers

A theory due to Eddington is employed to calculate second-order corrections to the usual linear, quasi-adiabatic pulsational amplitudes. Such corrections are necessary in order to evaluate the pulsational stability of stars in thermal imbalance (dS₀/dt ≠ 0). The second-order quantities are calculated, and their properties discussed, for a wide variety of polytropic models. Subsequently, a number of these models are tested for pulsational stability, and the conclusions drawn in an earlier, more preliminary work are re-evaluated on the basis of the results. In particular, it is found that stars in pre-main-sequence contraction are probably stable against …