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Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1968) 36(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Growth of Nestling Goldfinches Compared to Adult Size and Differential Development Rate of Structures in Relation to their Function ......................22

Winter Meeting......................32

A Golden Eagle Nest in'the Pine Ridge......................33

1967 Nebraska Nesting Survey......................35

1967 Christmas Count......................42

1968 Migratory Bird Stamp......................46

Notes......................46

Treasurer's Report......................48

Distributional Changes And Interaction Between Prairie Chickens And Sharp-Tailed Grouse In The Midwest, Paul A. Johnsgard, Robert E. Wood

Papers in Ornithology

The "prairie grouse" of North America present an interesting example of the effects of human activities on breeding distribution patterns of birds, with resulting changes in geographic distribution and spacial isolation. Thus, the Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) was one of the most familiar birds to the early colonists, who relied heavily on it for food. Ultimately, loss of habitat caused the Heath Hen's extinction. When the vast tall-grass prairies west of the Appalachians were settled, Greater Prairie Chickens (T. c. pinnatus) were probably more plentiful, and greatly increased as woods were cleared and grain crops supplemented native grasses. With …

Giovanni Gabrieli’S Canzon In Echo Duodecimi Toni, Donna Kay Van Riper

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

This thesis is a study of the Canzon in Echo Duodecimi Toni (number twelve) by Giovanni Gabrieli, an early and lonely example of the use of the organ with instruments. While it is true that contemporaries of Gabrieli composed for organ and instruments, the organ remained strictly in its role as a continuo instrument. Gabrieli, however, was apparently thinking in terms of the organ as a solo instrument, an instrument which could serve as an adequate echo to the brass.

Recordings of the work are disappointing or non-existent. A string transcription of number eleven on an Angel label is romanticized, …

The Pecan Casebearer, Acrobasis Caaryae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) On Mockernut Hickory, Carya Tomentosa, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The presence of an A. caryae (Grote) larva in the terminal portion petiole apparently prevents the three terminal leaflets from developing normally. Larvae were present in the petioles from early spring until May 29. Four hymenopterous parasites were reared.

Seasonal Lipid Content Of Bagworm Larvae, E. A. Heinrichs

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

It is common knowledge to many who have attempted to control bagworms Thyridopteryx sp., that early instars are fairly easy to control, while later larval stages are less susceptible to insecticides. Studies of other insects (Bennett and Thomas 1963, Munson and Gottlieb 1953, Munson et al. 1954, Reier et al. 1953) have shown that as the lipid content increases, the susceptibility to insecticides (especially chlorinated hydrocarbons) decreases. To determine whether the lipid content of the bagworm larva increased with age a series of lipid extractions was conducted.

Electrical Conductivity Of Potassium Chloride, Robert Fuller, Michael H. Reilly, Charles L. Marquardt, John C. Wells

Robert G. Fuller Publications

The electrical conductivity of potassium chloride is discussed within the framework of a four-defect model of the crystal. The four defects are mobile anion and cation vacancies and immobile divalent cation impurities and divalent cation impurity-cation vacancy complexes. The Teltow formulation of the four-defect mode1 fails to describe precisely the measured electrical conductivity of KCl over the entire intrinsic and extrinsic range.

Variation Of Milk Records Within Paternal-Sib Groups, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Differences between daughter-dam and paternal sib estimates of heritability of first lactation milk yield have not been explained for New York data. Deviations of first lactation records from herdmate means of 155,070 artificially sired Holsteins were analyzed to examine the effect of unequal within group variances on the paternal sib estimate of heritability. The statistical model used to describe the data was y_y = μ + s_i + e_iy with σ ²yi = σ ²_s + = σ²_ei. Estimates of the within sire-group variances, σ₁ ²_ei, were heterogeneous (P …

Cc178 Revised 1968 Certified Crop Varieties For Nebraska 1968

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 178 Revised 1968: Certified Crop Varieties of Nebraska in 1960, talks about the variations of crops in Nebraska such as : small grains, sorghums, soybeans, legumes, grasses, corn

Influence Of Advance In Season On Nutritive Value Of Forage Consumed By Cattle Grazing Western Nebraska Native Range, C. L. Streeter, D. C. Clanton, O. E. Hoehne

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the advance in season on the nutritive value of forage consumed by cattle grazing western Nebraska summer range. Eleven digestion trials were conducted during the summer grazing season of two consecutive years.

Review Of Geography Of Religions By David E. Sopher, Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

This is the first book written in English dealing exclusively with the geography of religion. Consequently it contributes to the field of cultural geography by organizing some ideas and scattered publications dealing with the geography of religion into a single text. The major disappointment with this publication is the lack of consideration about several vital geographic questions. It is true that a small survey text cannot cover all aspects of the field, so some topics and previous studies may need to be omitted. Unfortunately the weakness of this book is not its size but its emphasis. Too many pages are …

Review Of Bhutan: A Physical And Cultural Geography By Pradyumna P. Karan., Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

This “preliminary geographical appraisal” of Bhutan is an important contribution to knowledge about an unfamiliar country. Part of the contribution results from information collected by Dr. Karan during recent expeditions. Some field data are presented in the form of new maps, including those of population distribution and important valleys. (An accompanying map with settlement features on a shaded-relief base appeared earlier as Map Supplement No. 5, A.A.G. Annals.) Also, the author's bibliography and assemblage of previously scattered materials will aid future studies of the Himalayan state.

Unfortunately the book will have limited value for many geographers. The numerous pictures, …

Floral Morphology And Phylogeny In The Hydrocharitaceae, Robert B. Kaul

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The vascular anatomy of 13 of the 15 genera of the Hydrocharitaceae has been studied, and certain aspects of floral morphology are considered. The flowers of the family show a broad range of specialized structures combined with primitive characteristics. The origin of paired and single stamens is interpreted as probable modifications of fascicled stamens. Extreme reduction in the androecium is shown for several genera. Tendencies toward reduction and fusion within the gynoecium are pronounced. Most genera are at least slightly syncarpous, but a few are apocarpous. The inferior ovary is appendicular in nature, with some genera exhibiting more complete fusion …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 1. No.1. March 1968

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Another Milestone ▪ John T. Lokemoen

NESTING OF THE COMMON SNIPE IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Robert E. Stewart and Harold A. Kantrud

SCIENCE WRITING — A PROBLEM ▪ Soren O. Kolstoe

INSECTICIDES: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD ▪ Richard D. Urban

NOTES

Why I like the Badlands ▪ Wayne Hecker

White-faced ibis in McIntosh County, North Dakota ▪ Harold F. Duebbert

Cinnamon teal observations in North Dakota ▪ A. T. Klett and John T. Lokemoen

Trumpeter swan in Kidder County, North Dakota ▪ Lewis M. Cowardin and James C. Bartonek

Specimen records of greater scaup ▪ Charles W. Dane and Harold …

Projected Hartree Product Wavefunctions, Gordon A. Gallup

Gordon Gallup Publications

A method for performing a restricted configuration interaction calculation on atoms or molecules based on the use of Young operators from the symmetric groups is discussed and its relation to some other types of calculations is pointed out. The method in its most general form can be said to be an extension of the independent particle approach which represents the wavefunction in terms of the n best possible one-particle orbitals for the n-particle system. Illustrations are given for the hydrogen molecule, the helium atom, and the allyl radical. ©1968 American Institute of Physics

Agroclimatic Calendar For Nebraska, R. E. Neild

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Crops are planted so growth, development and harvest correspond closely to the season most favorable for yield and quality. With exception of fall-seeded small grains and some forages, most Nebraska crops are planted in the spring when temperature and precipitation are increasing.

Differential Plant Injury And Yield Responses Of Tomato Varieties To 2,4-D, D. P. Coyne, O. C. Burnside

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Experiments reported in this bulletin were conducted to determine the extent of plant injury and yield loss due to high and low rates of 2,4-D sprays on a wide range of home garden and processing tomato varieties. Results of this study could be used as a basis for suggesting tomato varieties suitable for growing in areas where 2,4-D drift is a common problem. An experiment was also conducted to determine if there was resistance to or good recovery from 2,4-D injury in other tomato species and in a wide collection of tomato plant introductions.

Problems Of Epidemiological Geography (Report Viii): Structure Of A Zoonosis Nosoareal, I.I. Yelkin, V.K. Yaschkul

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

The Main structural indices of a nosoareal are the focalress in the distribution of infectious diseases of man and their causative agents. The problem of the focalness of infections has been developed for quite a long time in the field of parasitology and is a very important division of contemporary epidemiology (Ye. N. Pavlovskiy, 1939, 1944, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1964; L. V. Gromashevskiy, 1941, 1949, 1965; I. I. Yelkin, 1951, 1960, 1962; P. A. Petrishcheva, 1955, 1959, 1965; V. N. Beklemishev, 1956, 1959, 1961; Yu. M. Rall, 1958, 1965; V. V. Kucheruk, 1959, 1960, 1965; A. G. Voronov, 1965, and …

Stratigraphy Of Chugwater Group (Triassic) East Side Of Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming And Montana, Robert C. Mclellan

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Chugwater Group (Triassic), on the east side of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming and Montana, forms a narrow outcrop band of hogbacks. Four redbed formations are included in the Chugwater. From base to top they are: 1) Red Peak, 2) Crow Mountain, 3) Jelm, and 4) Popo Agie. The Chugwater is disconformably underlain by t];ie Goose Egg Formation (Permian) and unconformably overlain, from south to north, by the Sundance, Gypsum Spring, and Piper Formations of Jurassic Age.

The rocks of the Chugwater, in order of abundance, are: siltstone, sandstone, claystone, conglomerate, limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. Binocular microscope studies were …

The Evolution Of Duck Courtship, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

The courtship of ducks is unusual in several aspects. In temperate zones it generally begins very early, usually on the wintering grounds, so courtship is not a manifestation of territorial proclamation and defense as is the case with many songbirds. Nor, because of its early initiation, is courtship closely correlated with gonad growth and fertilization; rather, pair formation is normally completed prior to the period of maximum gonadal activity. Therefore, reproductive behavior in ducks may be conveniently divided into an early phase of conspicuous displays associated with actual pair formation, followed by the later and less elaborate behavior patterns concerned …

Floral Development And Vasculature In Hydrocleis Nymphoides (Butomaceae), Robert B. Kaul

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The flower of Hydrocleis nymphoides consists of three sepals which arise in spiral succession, three simultaneously arising petals, numerous stamens and staminodia which arise in centrifugal order, and six carpels. A residual apex remains at maturity. The first-formed members of the androecium are stamens and the later-formed members are staminodia which develop below the stamens and which become outwardly displaced during expansion of the receptacle. The androecium is supplied by branching vascular trunk bundles. The carpels are completely open but the ventral margins are slightly conduplicately appressed basally. A single dorsal bundle provides the stigmatic area with vascular tissue, and …

Hq Amc Go 5, Missile Intelligence Directorate, Us Army Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama, 19 January 1968., Headquarters Us Army Materiel Command, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This order established the Missile Intelligence Directorate (MID) as an intelligence agency assigned to the US Army Missile Command to “… develop, maintain, and disseminate foreign scientific and technical intelligence concerning ground forces, surface-to-surface, surface-to-air, and anti-ballistic missile systems in response to valid Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and Army Materiel Command production requirements.”

This order established the second intelligence production organization within the Army Materiel Command. The first being the US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center.

Soil And Water Conservation : Extension Circular 5-31-68, Harold H. Gilman, Russell E. Weiss

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

A Beginning project in soil and water conservation for 4-H clubs.

Ec68-179 Certified Grass Varieties For Nebraska, W. Moline, L. Newell

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-179: Certified grass varieties for Nebraska: reason why we should use certified seed, recommendation of different type of grass for specific areas, and when or where to use warm-season grasses to complement to cool-season grasses.

Ec68-178 Lawn Weeds And Their Control, J. D. Furrer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-178: Lawn Weeds and their control; identification and descriptions, control methods such as chemical control or mechanical control.

Ec68-649 Why Milk Fat Tests Vary, C. Nibler, F. Owen, T. Evans

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-649 discusses why milk fat tests vary.

Ec68-817 Financing Public Services In Nebraska 1968, Everett Peterson, Jack Timmons

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-817: Financing Public Servicing in Nebraska 1968; governmental organization in Nebraska, where the money goes, sources of revenue, property tax in Nebraska, sales or consumption tax, state income tax and sales income tax in Nebraska’s tax system.

Ec68-129 Nebraska Swine Progress Report

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-129 is the 1968 Nebraska Swine Progress Report.

Ec68-449 Changes In Pattern Sizing, Gerda Petersen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-449: Changes in pattern sizing by Gerda Petersen

Ec68-774 Guidelines For New Directors Of Irrigation Districts, Deon Axthelm

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-774: Guidelines for New Directors of Irrigation Districts; explain the duties a director performs and becoming a better director.

Ec68-837 Feeding Cattle? How Much Can You Afford To Pay?, Philip Henderson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 68-837 discusses feeding cattle and how much you can afford.