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Morphological Variation In The Southeastern Pocket Gopher, Geomys Pinetis (Mammalia: Rodentia), Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The nominal species of southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis, G. colonus, G. cumberlandius, and G. fontanelus), which collectively occupy a geographic range on the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, were examined for morphological variation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine age, sexual, individual, and geographic variation in G. pinetis. Significant differences were found among different age classes and between sexes. Males displayed higher individual variation than females and external measurements were more variable than cranial measurements. Of the four named species in the pinetis-species group (colonus …

Karyology And Morphometrics Of Three Species Of Akodon (Mammalia: Muridae) From Northwestern Argentina, Rubén M. Barquez, Daniel F. Williams, Michael A. Mares, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Chromosomal and morphometric studies were conducted on a sample from an assemblage of Akodon spp. occurring in various patterns of sympatry from the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, and Tucumán, Argentina. Results showed three distinct morphometric groups based upon size. Size also varied with age, but there were no significant differences in measurements of males and females. The three morphometric groups have distinct karyotypes. Akodon caenosus Thomas is the smallest of the three, and has a karyotype of 2n = 34, FN = 40. A. boliviensis tucumanensis J. A. Allen is intermediate in size and has 2n = 40, FN …

Results Of The Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. Iv. A New Species Of Bat Of The Genus Molossops (Mammalia: Molossidae), Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

A new species of molossid bat of the genus Molossops is described from Suriname. The new species is a member of the subgenus Molossops where it is distinguished from the other two member species, temminckii and aequatorianus, by larger external and cranial size. A single specimen of the species was taken in northern Suriname in an area of savannah and secondary forest.

Summary Of Arguments In Favor Of And Against Use Of A Hydraulic Escalator Dredge For Harvest Of Hard Clams In Virginia With A Short Statement On Operation Of The Machine, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Reports

No abstract provided.

1980 Fall Field Day

Nebraska Bird Review

1980 FALL FIELD DAY

Sixty people participated in at least part of the 1980 Fall' Field Day, which was held from noon 4 October to noon 5 October at the 4-H Camp, Nebraska National Forest, Halsey, The weather was on the cool side, but nice - maybe too nice, for many of the warblers apparently migrated during the night. Seventy-one species were reported from the Forest or immediately adjacent to it: Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Turkey Vulture; Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, Red-tailed, and Swainsons's Hawks; Golden Eagle (an immature, seen over the Camp after most people had left); Marsh Hawk, Osprey, …

Book Review- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1980)

Nebraska Bird Review

BOOK REVIEW

Birds of Africa, John Karmali, 191 pages, 9¾ x 13, The Viking Press, New York, indexed, hardbound, $25.00.

The 72 magnificent color plates, ranging from less than half a page to two pages in size but with most a page or more, are the backbone of the book. They are supplemented by 132 black and- white pictures, mostly smaller. The text includes a foreword by Roger Tory Peterson; a preface containing Karmali's comments on photography; an introduction giving the characteristics - relief, rainfall, vegetation - of Africa in general and East Africa in particular; 37 chapters, one for …

Index Of Volume 48

Nebraska Bird Review

INDEX OF VOLUME 48

A-Z

Achord, Bill 19
Alberts, Frances 19
Alfalfa 58, 61(2), 62, 63(2), 64(2), 65(2)
Analysis of Migration Schedules of Nonpasserine Birds in Nebraska, An 26
Analysis of Migration Schedules of Passerine Birds in Nebraska, An 46
Anemone, meadow 62
Anhinga 27
Aronson, John G Observations of Late Fall Migratory Sandhill Granes, Platte River, Nebraska 20
Ash, green 64(2)

Yellowthroat, Common 12. J8, 39. 42. 53, 65(2). 67, 83
Zeigler, Gary 76
Zeillemaker, C. Fred 3. 15(2), 75, 81 Melly 3, 15(2), 75. 81

Notes- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1980)

Nebraska Bird Review

NOTES

MOTTLED DUCK. On 5 October 1958 I shot but just winged a female Mottled Duck. This was in Howard Co., on the Loup River, which borders our farm. I kept her (which was legal at the time), got a drake from Texas, and had them for years. I reared many young from the pair.

- Wm. W. Lemburg, Rt. 1, Box 96, Cairo, Nebraska 68824

EUROPEAN WIGEON IN SARPY COUNTY. On 28 March 1980, from 4:30 to 5 p.m., I observed a European Wigeon in a flock of migrating waterfowl at a wet field just east of the allied …

More 1979 Nesting Reports, Esther V. Bennett

Nebraska Bird Review

MORE 1979 NESTING REPORTS

Great Blue Heron - 339 active nests in Lincoln, Cherry, Brown, Dawson, and Loup counties, reported by G.A. Wingfield and D.G. Luce.

Black-crowned Night Heron - 47 active nests in Lincoln Co., reported by D.G. Luce.

Least Tern - 4 nests in Holt, Keya Paha, and Knox counties, reported by G.A. Wingfield.

Dickcissels - 4 young, Glenn Cunningham Lake, Omaha, 20 September; several family groups present 27 September, reported by Babs Padelford.

1980 (Fifty-Fifth) Spring Migration And Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

1980 (Fifty-Fifth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report

Two hundred ninety-eight species are listed in this report, from 14 localities. The comparable figures for 1979 are 292 species from 12 locations; 1978 300 from 13; and 1977 281 from 13.

The symbols use in the tabulation are:

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

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1980) 48(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1980 (Fifty-fifth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ............................ 70

More 1979 Nesting Reports ...................................................... 83

1980 Fall Field Day .............................................................. 84

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

Notes ......................................................................... 87

Index of Volume 48 ............................................................. 90

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1980) 48(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS ON BACK COVER

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Chesapeake Bay Finfishes And Fisheries, Herbert M. Austin

Reports

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 56, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Vegetative Community Descriptions For The North Platte River In Wyoming And Nebraska, Lynn Fisher

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

A description of the vegetative communities in an area will provide an insight to wildlife potential and use of that area. Wildlife and its corresponding habitat are recognized as important for recreation and to the overall environmental quality of an area. The Water and Power Resources Service, Lower Missouri Region, is presently engaged in a study of the Platte River Basin, including an evaluation of wildlife habitat and associated environmental needs. Quantification of wildlife habitat along the South Platte River has been completed. Vegetation communities were described and habitat maps were prepared from color infrared aerial photographs (scale – 1:24,000). …

Impacts Of E.P.A.'S Proposed Effluent Guidelines On The Blue Crab Processing Industry, Thomas J. Murray

Reports

No abstract provided.

Latitudinal Variation In The Relationship Between Rosette Diameter And Fate In Common Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus L.), James A. Reinartz

Field Station Bulletins

There is currently a good deal of interest in the "biennial" life history. This stems from the fact that theoretical analysis of the selective advantage of alternate life histories predicts that biennials should seldom be favored relative to annual or perennial alternatives (Hart, 1977). However biennials often appear highly successful in terms of abundance, being both common and widespread, even though they constitute only a small proportion of any flora. This paper describes the effects of latitude on the relationship between rosette diameter at the end of one growing season and a plant's fate in the next (death, continued vegetative …

Primary Production In Wild And Cultivated Cranberries, Mark Walstrom, Forest Stearns

Field Station Bulletins

Cranberries grow in many Wisconsin sphagnum bogs. One of the two species, the large cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon Alt., is among the few American fruit crops in cultivation. Most of the cultivated cranberries have been derived by selection from wild, and more recently from cultivated clones. Like the large cranberry, the small cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos L., is native to Wisconsin bogs and it, too, provides wildlife food, though it has not been selected for cultivation. This study examined the primary productivity of wild and cultivated cranberries (Wahlstrom 1979).

Seasonal Activity Patterns In The Bat Community At Neda Mine, Charles Rupprecht

Field Station Bulletins

Even though bats represent a relatively abundant, biologically fascinating and highly beneficial component of Wisconsin's wildlife, they remain poorly studied and greatly misunderstood. Accounts of the seasonal adaptive strategies of most bats are inadequate or fragmentary (Barbour and Davis 1969). Rarely have researchers investigated more than one species at a single time and place. The aim of this study was to make simultaneous comparisons by sex and species of the various adaptive strategies employed by members of the Neda Mine bat community on an annual basis.

Position Of The Virginia Institute Of Marine Science On The Use Of Hydraulic Dredging For The Taking Of Hard Clams, Herbert M. Austin

Reports

No abstract provided.

Studies Of The Ichthyofauna Of Connecticut, Paul M. Jacobson

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Provisional Checklist Of Mammals Of South Dakota, Jerry R. Choate, J. Knox Jones Jr.

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Distributional patterns of mammals in South Dakota are among the most poorly known for any region of similar size in temperate North America. The only state-wide treatment of the group was the mimeographed compilation by Over and Churchill (1945), which consisted mostly of nontechnical anecdotes. Consequently, much of what is known of the distribution of South Dakotan mammals has been derived from localized inventories (Findley 1956a on Clay County ; Andersen and Jones 1971 on Harding County; Turner 1974 on the Black Hills; and Wilhelm et al. 1981 on Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge in Bennett County). These studies, supplemented with …

Mass Marking Of Mosquitofish: Preliminary Results, Bruce Vondracek, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Joseph J. Cech Jr.

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Three marking techniques were tested to determine their applicability for mosquitofish. Tetracycline drugs and DC Ar administered in the diet successfully marked laboratory-cultured mosquitofish, but exposure to direct sunlight in outdoor tanks resulted in the rapid disappearance of the marks. Preliminary data on fluorescent marks from a polystyrene pigment in a melamine-sulfonamide-formaldehyde resin forced into the dermal ,tissue with compressed air are more promising.

A t an optimal deliver pressure of 7.3 m Hg (140 p.s.i.) and spraying time of 15 sec., marking percentage is maximized and fish mortality is minimized. Mark retention time was up to 80 days in …

Effect Of Fish Size On Prey Size Selection In Gambusia Affinis, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Joseph J. Cech Jr., James Compton

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Food size selection of the mosquitofish , Gambusia affinis affinis. was measured in aquaria using juvenile stages of the mosquito, Clllex tarsalb;, as prey. Fish size varied from recently born fry to large adult females. Food size selection was positively correlated with fish size. Mosquitofish fry (6-8 111m standard length) attacked and ate primarily first and second instar larvae. Fry attacked larger instars, but attack success on these was low (0 - 50%). Fish larger than 20 mm attached primarily pupae and third and fourth instar larva. No first instar mosquitoes were eaten. Attack success for these fish was above …

Notes [September 1980], David W. Menke

Nebraska Bird Review

DESOTO NWR RECORDS. First recorded observations of six species of birds were made at DeSoto NWR in 1979:

1. Snowy Egret. Seen 10 May in the old Missouri River channel marsh in Harrison Co., Iowa (about 300 yards from the Iowa-Nebraska boundary line). Observer, D. Menke.
2. Hungarian Partridge. Small flock seen 20 and 28 January in the fields near the Refuge's west boundary in Harrison Co., Iowa. Observer, D. Knauer.
3. Worm-eating Warbler. Seen 28 May on the Cottonwood Nature Trail (heavily wooded area) in Washington Co., Nebraska. Observer, D. Menke.
4. Northern Parula. Seen 22 April on the …

1979 Nebraska Nesting Survey, Esther V. Bennett

Nebraska Bird Review

Data on the 1979 nesting season were received from 3 observers, reporting on 19 species from 9 counties. Thirteen species were reported on 53 North American Nest·Record Cards. The counties, with the column numbers on the tabulation shown in parentheses, and the contributors were Dawes (3) RA Lock; Douglas (8) RG. Cortelyou; Frontier (7) RA Lock; Keith (5) RA Lock; Lincoln (6) RA Lock; Morrill (4) RA Lock; Sarpy (9) R.G. Cortelyou; Scotts Bluff (2) AM. Kenitz; Sioux (1) RA Lock. Ross a Lock contributed 32 cards and Alice M. Kenitz 20 cards.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1980) 48(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

An Analysis of Migration Schedules of Passerine Birds in Nebraska ...............46

Birds of an Agricultural Community ...............58

1979 Nebraska Nesting Survey............... 67

Notes ...............68

An Analysis Of Migration Schedules Of Passerine Birds In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard

Nebraska Bird Review

An Analysis of Migration Schedules of Passerine Birds in Nebraska

The format of this paper follows my earlier one on non·passerine species (NBR 48:26-36). Eastern Kingbird. Seventy-three initial spring sightings range from 24 March to 29 May with a median of 3 May. Half of the records fall within the period 1-7 May. The range of 126 final fall sightings is from 4 August to 14 October, with a median of 9 September. Half of the records fall within the period 116 September.

Western Kingbird. The range of 117 initial spring sightings is from 30 April to 26 May, …

A Resurvey Of The Hampton Roads Corridor Adjacent To The Proposed Site Of The I-664 Bridge-Tunnel, Dexter S. Haven, Lowell W. Fritz

Reports

On 5 September 1980 a survey was conducted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) on Melzer's leased bottom (48.37 acres) off Newport News Point, Virginia (Figure 1). The study was done at the request of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, Suffolk, Virginia in relation to the construction of I-664, Projects 0664-121-102, RW-201 and 0664-061-102, RW-201. The objective of this study was to determine the extent and value of the molluscan resource on Melzer's lease prior to construction activity. A second study would examine the area after the bridge-tunnel is completed.

Where Have All The Curlews Gone?, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

After a period of limited optimism, ornithologists are again in a state of uncertainty and doubt as to the existence of the elusive Eskimo Curlew. In spite of the ever increasing activities of bird watchers, no sightings have been reported from the Texas coast in the last decade, and the present status of this ill-fated bird is impossible to judge. Most of the persons who have summarized its sad story have come to the conclusion that uncontrolled hunting, particularly spring hunting in the Great Plains, was the single most important factor in its demise. Richard C. Banks of the U.S. …