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The Prairie Naturalist Volume 14, No. 4. December 1982

The Prairie Naturalist

THE MICROBIAL AND VEGETATIONAL RESPONSE TO FIRE IN THE LYNX PRAIRIE PRESERVE, ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO ▪ A. E. Annala and L. A. Kapustka

ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR IN FREE-RANGING BARBARY SHEEP (AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA) G. G. Gray and C. D. Simpson

HOME RANGES OF MULE DEER BUCKS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ▪ B. H. Koerth and F. C. Bryant

DETERMINING SEX OF PLAINS POCKET GOPHERS BY INCISOR WIDTH ▪ R. M. Case and A. B. Sargeant

BOOK REVIEWS:

On Counting Birds ▪ S. A. Mikol

Freshwater Marshes ▪ R. M. Kaminiski

NOTICE TO AUTHORS ▪ Editor

INDEX TO VOLUME 14 …

Determining Sex Of Plains Pocket Gophers By Incisor Width, Ronald M. Case, Alan B. Sargeant

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Biologists studying food habits of predators can often determine the prey species but not the sex of the prey from remains found at dens, in stomachs, scats, or pellets of predators. Knowledge of the sex of prey is useful in evaluating predator food habits as well as indicating sex specific differences in prey behavior.

Plains pocket gophers, Geomys bursarius, can be easily identified by the presence of two prominent grooves on the face of each upper incisor. This makes them ideal specimens for studying prey remains. In this paper, we present data that can be used to identify the …

Louisiana Waterthrush Nesting In Fontenelle Forest, Paul Bedell

Nebraska Bird Review

On 5 June 1982, I located a nest of the Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) in Fontenelle Forest. The location had been determined on 26 April when I, with three others, Tanya Bray, Babs Padelford and B.J. Rose, saw a Waterthrush carrying nesting material. This site was later reported as abandoned. I had first seen a Waterthrush in this area on 15 April and identified it as a Louisiana by its song. On 21 April I saw two foraging together. On the date of the nest building they were silent and easily overlooked; but I heard occasional singing on …

"Index Of Volume 50," From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1982) 50(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Index of Volume 50 (8 pages)

Accipter sp. 22

Adcock, Dorothy 7, 64

Alexander, Irene 19

Albino 60

Alfalfa 27

Anhinga 75

Ani, Groove-billed 80

Ash, green 29( 4)

Avocet, American 3,7,9, 26, 31, 38, 56, 78

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Yellowlegs
Greater 8, 26, 31, 55, 79
Lesser n, 26, 31, 55, 79

Yellowthroat, Common 17, 26, 33, 35, 64, 85, 87

Zeillemaker, C. Fred 4(2), 7, 11
Melly 4, 7, 11

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1982) 50(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The New A.O.U. Checklist and Nebraska Birds .................74

Book Review .................87

1982 Fall Field Day .................87

Louisiana Waterthrush Nesting in Fontenelle Forest .................88

Notes .................89

Index of Volume 50 .................90

Book Review- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1982)

Nebraska Bird Review

The Kingfisher, David Boag, 120 pp. 6 ½ x 9 ½, Blandford Press, England, Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. New York Hardbound, indexed. $17.95.

This is a handsome book -thick paper, 66 color photographs (of various sizes) by the author. It is about the Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, of Europe, about half the size of our Belted Kingfisher, and much more colorful. The text is interesting reading, giving the life history of the bird; description and distribution; territory and aggression; courtship and nest-building; eggs and young; food and feeding habits; mortality; myths and legend. And an appendix on photographic techniques, …

Note- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1982), Harold Turner, Steve Shupe

Nebraska Bird Review

Minden Notes. On 14 May 1982 I saw six or so White Pelicans over the Platte, south of Kearney, and a Swainson's Hawk, perched on a fence post, near Minden. I saw Lapland Longspurs 25 December, and then not again until 11 February, when they were present in large numbers. I usually saw Marsh Hawks when I got out this winter, and Rough-legged, and Red-tailed Hawks, and a few Kestrels. Prairie Falcons were not much seen, however. I flushed a Sprague's Pipit, northwest of minden, plus a few Savannah Sparrows. Red Crossbills were common feeders in town, earlier in the …

The New A.O.U. Checklist And Nebraska Birds

Nebraska Bird Review

The Sixth Edition of The A O. U Checklist of North American Birds will be published in 1983. The Fifth Edition was published in 1957, and the last changes in it were by the 33rdSupplement, issued in 1976. The scientific and common names of the birds to be listed in the Sixth Edition, in the order to be used in that edition, are given in a 34th Supplement, published July 1982 as a supplement to The Auk, Vol. 99, No.3. But that supplement, unlike previous ones, contains no explanations or comments. Stuart Keith, Birding XIV (2):40, who in working …

Haliotrema (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalinae) From Ostraciid Fishes In Guadeloupe, West Indies, Jean Claude Vala, Claude Maillard, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Six sympatric species of Haliotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 are described from ostraciid fishes in Guadeloupe, West Indies. All have a basic cone-shaped cirrus, but characteristics of that and other terminal genitalia plus those of anchors can differentiate them: H. guadeloupensis sp. n. from Lactophrys triqueter (typehost) and L. bicaudalis; H. torridum sp. n. from L. triqueter (type-host) and Acanthostracion polygonius; H. glandulosum sp. n. from L. triqueter (type-host) and L. bicaudalis; H. minutum sp. n. from A. polygonius; H. lactophrys (MacCallum, 1915) comb. n. from A. polygonius and A. quadricornis which is transferred from the genus Ancyrocephalus Creplin, 1839; …

Eimeria From Jumping Mice (Zapus Spp.): A New Species And Genetic And Geographic Features Of Z. Hudsonius Luteus, Donald W. Duszynski, Gary Eastham, Terry L. Yates

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Of 103 jumping mice (Zapus spp.) examined, 29 (28.2%) had coccidian oocysts in their feces: one of seven (14%) Z. trinotatus eureka from Humboldt Co., California; 25 of 60 (42%) Z. princeps princeps, including seven of 18 (39%) from Boulder Co., Colorado, and 18 of 42 (43%) from Santa Fe and Taos Cos., New Mexico; and three of 36 (8%) Z. h. luteus, including one of one from Sandoval Co., New Mexico, two of 13 (15%) from Apache Co., Arizona, and none of 22 from Otero and Soccoro Cos., New Mexico. Twenty-eight of 29 infected mice had …

1982 Fall Field Day

Nebraska Bird Review

Those who came in Friday to the 4-H Camp at Halsey National Forest ran into rain there or on the way in, but Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3 October, were bright, but a little too windy and a little too chilly to be perfect. Sixty-three registered for the meeting. Of the birds submitted for consideration, the directors selected the Scarlet Tanager at Scotts Bluff as the best and the Cattle Egret in Sioux Co. as second. (NBR 50:65 and 67). It was decided to have a new field card, on stiffer stock and smaller sized than the present …

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1982) 50(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc. as its official journal and sent free to all members who are not in arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on calendar year basis only) are $7.00 per year in the United States and $9.00 per year in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $2.25 each, postpaid.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student, $3.00; Active. $7.00; Sustaining, $15.00; Family Active, $10.00; Family Sustaining, $20.00; Life, $100.00.

Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
GAMMA SIGMA DELTA AWARD WINNERS
COMPREHENSIVE DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW SCHEDULE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RECEIVING MUCH PUBLICITY
COMMODITY RESEARCH COORDINATING COMMITTEES
ANNA H. ELLIOTT FUND RESEARCH PROPOSALS
BUDGET REDUCTION
AES BUDGET
SEASON'S BEST WISHES
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
GRANTS & CONTRACTS

Foot Rot, Don Hudson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Foot rot (necrotic pododermatitis, foul foot) can be a very annoying problem in cattle. Once started in a herd and "seeded" in the soil, it may persist for quite a long time. Although the incidence of foot rot may not be high at any one time, it requires constant observation to prevent serious economic loss. The bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum has been reported to cause foot rot. However, researchers have not been able to reproduce typical foot rot lesions with this organism. Recent research at the University of Missouri indicates that a combination of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides melaninogenicus are the …

Sod-Seeding Perennial Grasses Into Eastern Nebraska Pastures, John F. Sampson, Lowell E. Moser

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Eastern Nebraska and neighboring areas have large amounts of depleted pastures which consist of annual bromegrasses (Bromus spp.), Kentucky bluegrass (Poapratensis L.), and numerous broadleaf weeds. Such pastures need renovation but complete seedbed preparation is expensive and may enhance erosion. The objective of our study was to determine if sod-seeding grasses offered an alternative to complete seedbed preparation. Three weedy pastures in southeast Nebraska on a Hastings silty clay loam (fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Udic Argiustoll), a Lamo silty clay loam [fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Cumulic Haplaquoll], and a Geary silty clay loam (fine-silty, mixed, mesic Udic Argiustoll) were …

Agricultural Experiment Station News November 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
USDA PHASES OUT NEBRASKA ALFALFA BREEDING PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
CORRECTION - INSTRUMENT REPAIR SERVICE PHONE NUMBER
FOOD RESEARCH CENTER
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
AUTOMATED WEATHER NETWORK GROWS
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
AG BIOCHEMISTRY REVIEW
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Karyotypic Relationships Within The Short-Tailed Shrews, Genus Blarina, Sarah B. George, Hugh H. Genoways, Jerry R. Choate, Robert J. Baker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Short-tailed shrews of the genus Blarina exhibit considerable geographic variation in both diploid number and fundamental number. Four chromosomal groups are recognized within the genus: Blarina brevicauda, FN = 48; 2N = 50, 49, or 48; B. carolinensis, FN = 45 or 44; 2N = 46, 39, 38, or 37; B. c. peninsulae, FN = 52; 2N = 52, 51, or 50; B. hylophaga, FN = 62, 61, or 60; 2N = 52. B. c. peninsulae also may be a distinct species, but exact determination must await location and analysis of a zone of contact with …

Damage Potential Of Adult And Larval Southern Corn Billbugs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) On Field Corn In Eastern North Carolina, Robert J. Wright, J. W. Van Duyn, J. R. Bradley Jr.

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Adult and larval damage potential of the southern corn billbug (SCB), Sphenophorus callosus (Olivier), was studied in small-plot enclosures and in commercial cornfields in eastern North Carolina from 1978 to 1980. In small-plot studies, corn at the two- and four-leaf stages showed damage by adult SCB at several insect densities, but more mature corn was not visibly damaged. Female SCB caused more damage than male SCB on three- to four-leaf stage corn. Damage by females tended to result in dead terminals, whereas feeding by males more often resulted in holes in the leaves. In small-plot studies, average plant height per …

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements - FY 1982
New AES Leadership
SAHS SEZ
EXPERIMENT STATION SEMINAR
INSTRUMENT REPAIR SERVICE
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
New Experiment Station Personnel
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - September 1982

Memorials: Vincent H. Arthauld, Kenneth J. Drewry, David L. Mackintosh

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Vincent H. Arthaud, Professor Emeritus of the Animal Science Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, died at his home August 7, 1982. He was born September 7, 1911 at Cambridge, Nebraska and was reared on a general livestock farm in Southwest Nebraska. After receiving his B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry in 1936 from the University of Nebraska, he returned to his home area and engaged in general farming. He served with the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 and joined the Animal Science Department in 1945 as Research Farm Manager. He retired in 1977 following his many years of service as …

1982 (Fifty-Seventh) Spring Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

1982 (Fifty-Seventh) Spring Occurrence Report

Two hundred eighty-seven species are listed in this report, from 15 locations. The comparable figures for 1981 are 298 species from 12 locations; 1980 298 from 14; and 1979 292 from 12.

The symbols used in the tabulation are:

Ja, Fe, Mr, Ap, My, and Je for the months.

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (September 1982) 50(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc. as its official journal and sent free to all members who are not in arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on calendar year basis amy) are $7.00 per year in the United States and $9.00 per year in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $2.25 each, postpaid.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student, $3.00; Active, $7.00; Sustaining, $15.00; Family Active, $10.00; Family Sustaining, $20.00; Life, $100.00.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1982) 50(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Book Reviews .....................50

Note .....................50

1982 (Fifty-seventh) Spring Occurrence Report .....................51

The 1982 Least Tern and Piping Plover Breeding Season on the Lower Platte River, Nebraska .....................68

Note--Nebraska Bird Review (September 1982), George W. Brown

Nebraska Bird Review

BARN OWL NEST. A Barn Owl nested 2.5 miles southwest of Sutherland, Lincoln Co. The Owl selected a ledge above an overhead door in a farm grain elevator building, built of steel. The ledge was about 8 inches wide and 12 feet above the driveway. The door was opened and closed during the nesting and that didn't seem to cause a problem. Six eggs were laid and all hatched. The day I observed the site (28 July 1982) two young had left the nest and the other four were about ready to leave. The female was at the nest and …

Book Reviews- Nebraska Bird Review (September 1982), R.G. Cortelyou

Nebraska Bird Review

A Twitcher's Diary. The Birdwatching Year of Richard Millington, Richard Millington, 192 pp., 6½ x 9½, Blandford Press, England, Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, New York. Hardbound, indexed, $24.95.

Twitching is the British term for listing, but Mr. Millington is more than just a lister. He made five visits to get "crippling views" of a Scops Owl, which had been heard and poorly seen on previous attempts. Of course, he is a bird artist (a good one) and a "crippling view" of the Owl is one of the over 200 drawings in the book, including 14in color. The text is …

Agricultural Experiment Station News September 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
EXPERIMENT STATION SEMINAR
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
PROGRESS AT THE GUDMUNDSEN SANDHILLS RESEARCH CENTER
25TH ANNIVERSARY AND FIELD DAY NORTHEAST STATION
SAHS SEZ
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - August 1982

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 14, No. 3. September 1982

The Prairie Naturalist

FECAL pH OF DESERT AND EASTERN COTTONTAIL RABBITS IN TEXAS ▪ R. J. Warren and K. T. Scribner

NESTING OF THE AMERICAN AVOCET IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. G. Sidle and P. M. Arnold

REVISED CHECKLIST OF NORTH DAKOTA BIRDS ▪ C. A. Fannes and R. E. Stewart

THE EFFECT OF WEATHER FACTORS ON AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS L. L. Falk

NOTES:

Additional Nest Record for Red-breasted Nuthatch in North Dakota ▪ R. Hopkins

A Henslow's Sparrow in North Dakota ▪ R. B. Renken and J. J. Dinsmore

First Documented Record of the Moose in South Dakota ▪ D. A. …

Intestinal Absorption Of Β-Methyl-D-Glucoside In Rats Infected With Eimeria Nieschulzi, Donald W. Duszynski, K. Ramaswamy, Gilbert A. Castro

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Covers the intestinal absorption of β-methyl-D-glucoside in rats infected with Eimeria nieschulzi.

Review Of Phylogenetics: The Theory And Practice Of Phylogenetic Systematics, By E. O. Wiley (Wiley-Interscience, 1981; 439 P.), Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

A book review by Daniel R. Brooks of Phylogenetics: The Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics, by E. O. Wiley (Wiley-Interscience, 1981; 439 p.).

Host Range Of Southern Corn Billbug (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults And Larvae, Robert J. Wright, J. W. Van Duyn, J. R. Bradley Jr.

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Host range of the southern corn billbug, (SCB), Sphenophorus callosus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), was tested with 14 crop and weed species by artificially infesting plants with SCB adults and eggs; field observations were also made. Of 14 species tested, only corn, Zea mays L., and yellow nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus L., allowed completion of larval development, although adults fed on a wider variety of plants. Scirpus cyperinusI, (L.) Kunth (Cyperaceae) was found to be a new SCB larval host from field observations. Overwintered SCB adults were fed sections of greenhouse-grown corn and four weed species in the laboratory. Survival was highest …