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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

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

Index To Volume Ix, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Andropogon furcatus Muhlenberg, 3, 6; hallii Hackel, 3, 6; scoparius Michaux, 6.

Agropyron smithii Rydberg, 6.

Ash, green, 7.

Avocet, 32, 37.

Anthus spinoletta rubescens, 43.

A.O.U. Meeting at Denver by Miss Mary Elsworth, 44.

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Woodcock, 32.

Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34, 38; Northern Downy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34; Red-bellied, 15, 16, 18, 19, 38; Red-headed, 24, 38; Pileated, 32.

Wood Pewee, 34; Eastern, 24, 38.

Wren, Baird’s, 44; Bewick’s, 33, 39, 44, 45; Prairie Marsh, 39; Rock, 32, 39; Short-billed Marsh, 32; Texas, 44; Western House, 24, 34, 39. …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Ix. The Nitrogen Of Urea, C. W. Ackerson, W. E. Ham, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing one-third of the concentrate of a ration for growing chicks with a mixture of starch and urea that contained an amount of nitrogen equal to that contained in the concentrate withdrawn from the ration was studied with two lots of chicks. 2. All chicks of both lots consumed equal amounts of nitrogen during the experiment. 3. Conclusions were based on increases in body weight and content of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus at slaughter.

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 …

The Influence Of Whole Wheat, Bran And Shorts On Body Weight And Feather Growth In Chicks, F. E. Mussehl, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The proteins of the entire wheat kernel and of the bran and shorts are apparently utilized with equal efficiency by growing chicks when used with a base of corn, barley, oats, meat scraps, fish meal, and soybean meal. The relatively higher protein levels of bran and shorts, as compared to ground wheat, should be considered by the poultry producer in deciding which product or products can be used with greatest economy. A good concentration of a feather-growth factor is found in wheat bran. Other common feedstuffs carry the same essential, and the amount of bran which should be used in …

Further Studies On Prosthogonimus Macrorchis, Oviduct Fluke Of Poultry, With Special Reference To The Effect On Egg Production In The Ring-Necked Pheasant, Ralph W. Macy

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Influence Of Environment On The Incidence Of Poultry Diseases, L. Van Es, J. F. Olney

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The principal purpose of the investigation reported here was to evaluate, if possible, hygienic measures, and in addition to gather whatever information might become available pertaining to the relation of certain disorders to a given poultry population after its exposure to their specific etiologic factors. The experiments were conducted on a piece of ground upon which poultry had not been maintained for many years, if ever.

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

Index To Volume Viii

Nebraska Bird Review

Amundson, Geno A., article by, 19.

Avocet, 20, 21, 61, 78, 85, 86.

Baldpate, 5, 13, 16, 76, 84, 97, 104.

Bittern, American, 13, 50, 60, 76, 86, 87, 90, 104.

Blackbird, Brewer, 21, 81, 84, 94; Red-winged (subsp.), 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 31, 44, 53, 56, 58, 62, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 105; Rusty, 5, 28, 57, 81; Yellow-headed, 6, 17, 20, 21, 26, 57, 81, 86.

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Wren, Common Rock, 62, 85; Eastern Carolina, 17; Western House, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 19, 52, 57, 59, 79, 85, 86, 89, …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Viii. A Comparison Of Alfalfa Meal And Artificially Dried Sudan Grass Meal In Rations For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing the ten parts of alfalfa meal in a ration with artificially dried Sudan-grass meal on an equivalent protein basis was studied in a growth and body-analysis experiment with two lots of day-old chicks. 2. The chicks of both lots consumed equal amounts of dry matter during the feeding trial. 3. There were no significant differences in the growth rate or composition of the chicks at the end of a six weeks' feeding trial.

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

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Vii. A Comparison Of Corn And Kalo In A Ration For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing 31 per cent of ground corn in a ration by 31 per cent of ground kalo was studied in a growth and body-analysis experiment with two lots of newly hatched chicks. 2. The amounts of feed consumed by all chicks of both lots were kept identical by hand-feeding equal amounts of the pelleted rations daily. 3. There were no significant differences in the growth rate or composition of the chicks at the end of a six weeks' feeding trial.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Vi. The Influence Of The Protein Level Of The Ration On The Growth Of Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Two rations containing 16 and 22 per cent of protein respectively were fed to newly hatched chicks in two series of feeding trials. In one series the lower protein level was secured by diluting the higher with 30 parts of starch so that the amount but not the quality of the protein was changed. In the other series the amount and quality of the protein both varied since the two rations were mixed by using different proportions of the base and concentrate to yield the 16 and 22 per cent levels in the finished rations. 2. Comparisons were made …

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

Index To Volume Vii

Nebraska Bird Review

Aechmophorus occidentalis, 30.

Aristonetta valisneria, 1.

Avocet, 18, 31, 39, 47.

Baldpate, 1, 14, 35, 37, 47.

Bittern, American, 4, 36, 37, 47; Eastern Least, 36.

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Wren, Common Rock, 6, 40, 47; Eastern Carolina, 36; Eastern Winter, 19, 20, 34; Long-billed Marsh, 35; Western House, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 23, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 47.

Yellowlegs, Greater, 35, 38, 47; Lesser, 14, 15, 29, 31, 35, 38, 47.

Yellow-throat, Northern Maryland, 9, 14, 17, 23, 30, 32, 36, 41; Western Maryland, 47.

Youngworth, Wm., article by, 8.

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

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. V. A Comparison Of Cottonseed Meal And Linseed Oil Meal As Portions Of The Protein Concentrate, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Two lots of newly hatched chicks were fed rations differing only in five per cent of their make-up. In the ration of one lot five parts of linseed oil meal were added to 95 parts of the base, and in the other ration a mixture of 4.5 parts of cottonseed meal and 0.5 part of starch was added, to keep the protein level the same. The remaining portions of the two concentrates were made up of five parts each of meat scraps and fish meal. 2. The amounts of feed consumed by all chicks of both lots were kept …

Determining The Sex Of Day-Old Chicks, H. E. Alder

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

More than 2,000 years ago people were interested in determining the sex of the embryo in hatching eggs and the sex of day-old chicks. No method of determining the sex of day-old chicks (except of course in sex-linked chicks) was of the slightest value until the Japanese method was discovered and developed. About 1925 Japanese scientists discovered the presence of a rudimentary copulatory organ located on the ventral rim of the cloaca which was present in all day-old males and only a few day-old females.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Iv. Meat Meal And Fish Meal Compared With Meat Meal, Fish Meal, And Soybean Meal As Protein Concentrates, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Two groups of 15 newly hatched chicks were fed rations differing in the composition of the protein concentrates. One lot received ration 2MFX, in which the concentrate was a mixture of meat meal and fish meal. In ration 3MFSX one-third of the meat and fish meals was replaced by soybean meal. The protein levels of the concentrates and of the rations as fed, were identical. 2. The composition of the chicks at the end of the feeding trial was determined, and the composition of the gains calculated. 3. The gain in live weight per gram of nitrogen or dry …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1938) 6(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

CONTENTS

Birds of the Crescent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge. By Wilson Tout .............................. 1

General Notes .................. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. 4

The Mourning Dove Case. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

Index To Volume Vi

Nebraska Bird Review

Aechmorphorus occidentalis, 1.

Agelaius phoeniceus fortis, 4.

American Golden-eye, 36.

Anus platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, 2.

Anderson, Dana, article by, 29.

Antrostomus vociferus vociferus, 7.

Aquila chrysaetos canadensis, 17.

Ardea herodias treganzai, 1.

Asyndesmus lewis, 14.

Avocet, 2, 14, 38.

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Yellowlegs, Greater, 11, 12, 44; Lesser, 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 37, 44, 47.

Yellow-throat, Maryland (subsp.), 18, 40; Northern Maryland, 13; Western Maryland, 4, 10, 11, 47.

Youngworth, Wm., articles by, 6, 17.

Zenaidura macroura marginella, 3.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Iii. A Comparison Of Calcium Carbonate And Calcium Sulfate As Sources Of Calcium, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

I. The utilization of nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus was studied with two lots of growing chicks by means of growth and body-analysis experiments. One lot had calcium added to the ration in the form of sulfate and the second received calcium carbonate, the additions being made on an equivalent calcium basis so that the experimental variable was the source of the calcium. 2. The percentage rate of gain and the gain per gram of nitrogen fed were identical in the two lots. 3. No significant differences were found in the utilization of nitrogen, calcium, or phosphorus by the birds of …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Ii. A Comparison Of Protein Concentrates From Single And Multiple Sources, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of adding to a basal ration a protein concentrate consisting of meat scraps alone was compared with one made up of a mixture of meat scraps, fish meal, and dried buttermilk by means of growth and body-analysis experiments. 2. The percentages of nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus contained in the chicks of the lot fed the mixture of three proteins were slightly higher than those found in the lot fed meat scraps as the concentrate. 3. The percentage rate of gain and the gain per gram of nitrogen fed were greater in the lot fed the mixture of …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (October 1937) 5(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

A Study of the Distribution and Migration of the Great Horned Owls in the Missouri Valley Region. By Myron H. Swenk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 79

General Notes ........................................... 106

Index ................................................... 112

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (July 1937) 5(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

A History of Nebraska Ornithology. III. Period of the Explorations of the Early Nineteenth Century (1804-1854). The Astorians with John Bradbury and Thomas Nuttall, Manuel Lisa's 1811 Expedition with Henry Brackenridge, and the Returning Astorians under Robert Stuart (1812- 1813). By Myron H. Swenk .......................... 51

General Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 57

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration List For …

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. I. A Comparison Of Protein Concentrates From Animal And Vegetable Sources, C. W. Ackerson, M. J. Blish, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effects of adding to a basal ration, protein concentrates from animal and vegetable sources were studied by means of growth and body-analysis experiments. 2. There was a small increase in the nitrogen content of the chicks fed the animal protein concentrate, but no differences appeared between lots with respect to their content of calcium and phosphorus. 3. The percentage rate of gain and the gain per gram of nitrogen fed were greater in the lot fed the animal protein concentrate. 4. The lot fed the animal protein concentrate retained more of the nitrogen fed, but less of the …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1937) 5(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Banding and Bird Study. By O. A. Stevens ... 27

General Notes ... 29

Editorial Page ... 34

In Memoriam. Lawrence Bruner ... 35

In Memoriam, Lawrence Bruner, Myron H. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

On January 30, 1937, at his home at 3033 Deakin Street in Berkeley, California, Lawrence Bruner, pioneer American economic entomologist and a world authority on grasshoppers and related insects (Orthoptera), as well as the person who more than any other individual was responsible for the organization of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union, passed away after a severe illness of a few days that culminated a rather extended period of gradually declining health. It is difficult to epitomize any account of the life accomplishments of this man, because they were so many and varied, and perhaps for this purpose there …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (January 1937) 5(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Trees and Shrubs of Value as a Source of Food For Birds in the Sandhill Region of Central Nebraska. By Glenn Viehmeyer............... 3

Here and There with the N.O.U. Members............... 5

General Notes ...............6

Editorial Pages ...............15

The 1936 Migration Season ...............16

Annual Meetings of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ...............24