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Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (Jan 1952) 20(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Fall Field Day, 1951.............................................................. 3

Editorial ................................................................................ 9

Notes on the Food Habits of the Great Horned Owl, by J. Knox Jones, Jr. 10

James Chamberlain Crawford, by Alexander Wetmore .................................... 11

Fred M. Dille Collection ................................................................................................ 12

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 6, by William F. Rapp, Jr ..................................................................... 13

News and Notes .............................................................. 19

Five Year Summary of Christmas Bird Counts, by Janet L. C. Rapp and William F. Rapp, Jr ................................................................................. 15

General Notes ................................................................. 19

Book Reviews ................................................................. .23

Membership List .................................................... .26

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (Oct 1951) 19(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION

Founded December 16, 1899

President ..................Miss Doris B. Gates, 401 S. Ash, North Platte, Nebr

Vice President ..................Louis M. Moos, 2640 Ryons St., Lincoln, Nebr.

Corresponding Secretary ..................W. E. Eigsti, Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebr.

Recording Secretary ..................Mrs. George Spidel. 2840 N. 56 St., Lincoln, Nebr.

Treasurer ..................Mrs. F. J. Patton, Blue Springs, Nebr.

Custodian ..................Miss Mary Louise Hanson, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebr

Editor ..................William F. Rapp, Jr., 1219 Ivy St., Crete, Nebr.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (July 1951) 19(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

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Wilson Tout, 1876-1951, Doris B. Gates ........................... 33

Published Works of Wilson Tout ........................... 36

Announcement ........................... 37

The Clapper Rail in Nebraska, William F. and Janet L. C. Rapp ........................... 38

Photographs of Nests of Meadowlark and Greater Prairie Chicken, Adrian C. Fox ........................... 40

Minutes of the Executive Meeting ........................... . 42

Minutes of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ................................ 42

Obituaries .................................... 47

General Notes ........................... 48

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

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1951) 19(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

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Birds of Chadron State Park, Doris Gates ... 19

News and Notes ... 23

Hawks and Owl Photographs, Adrian C. Fox ... 24

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 5 William F. Rapp, Jr. ... 26

Book Review ... 28

County Bird Clubs, Wilson Tout ... 29

Additions to the N.O.U. Library ... 30

Announcement ... 30

General Notes ... 31

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Xiii. The Effect Of Additions Of Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal To High Corn Chick Rations, C. W. Ackerson, R. L. Borchers, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Feeding trials were conducted on three groups of chicks in eight lots receiving a growing mash containing dehydrated alfalfa meal at levels of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, and 15 per cent. Comparisons were not made simultaneously but no general trend toward growth depression was evident in comparable lots. In addition duplicate trials of four lots of newly hatched New Hampshire chicks were made on pelleted rations carrying 0, 2, 4, and 6 per cent of a good quality dehydrated alfalfa meal. The chicks were all fed accurately known amounts of the pelleted rations for six weeks. …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (January 1951) 19(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

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Frontispiece

Ani· The Rare Tropical Bird, W. Le Roy Wilcox ....................... 1

Twenty.Five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 4, William F. Rapp Jr .......................... 3

General Notes ............................................................... 9

Announcements .....................................11

Pictorial Study of a Nesting Plover· Roy S. Wycoff, Lexington, Nebraska ................12

Obituary: Mrs. Louise Grier, L. O. Horsky .......................14

Book Reviews ........................14

Membership List ................................ 15

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (Oct 1950) 18(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Notes on the Nesting of the Black-crowned Night Heron at the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge ....................63

Announcements ....................64

General Notes ....................65

Constitution and By-Laws of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ....................71

Mourning Doves ••• Photographed by Don W. Carter ....................74

Book Reviews ....................76

Twenty-Sixth annual Cooperative Spring Migration Report ....................77

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (July 1950) 18(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 3 - Ducks ................William F. Rapp, Jr .................41

The Distribution of Field Observations on Nebraska Birds During the Last Fifty Years ••• Thomas B. Thorson .................... 47

Ornithology in Nebraska Colleges and Universities Ramona E. Dreyer and William F. Rapp, Jr ....................48

Least Tern ....................Photographed by Ray S. Wycoff, Lexington, Nebraska ....................50

Minutes of the Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting of The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ....................52

Announcements & General Notes ....................56

Book Reviews ....................60

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1950) 18(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

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Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 2.....William F. Rapp, Jr. ..............23

News and Notes ..............25

Report of the Membership Committee 29

Wildfowl Sketches....C.G. Pritchard ..............30

Announcements ..............32

General Notes ..............32

Periodicals in the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Library ..............36

Book Reviews ..............39

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (Jan 1950) 18(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

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Nesting Birds on a Keith County Farm.............Mrs. Carl N. Collister .............1

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska
William F. Rapp .............5

Announcements .............11

Pictorial Study of a nesting Eastern Red-Wing.....Adrian C. Fox .............12

General Notes .............14

Membership List............. 18

Book Reviews .............21

1950 Index, Volume Xviii, Number 1, 2, 3, 4

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Bird Review

1950- Index

Accipiter ckoperii, 57

Adams County, 14, 47

Aechaophorus occidentalis, 7, 14

Agelaius p. phoenicens, 12, 13

Aix sponsa, 43

Alliance, 67

Ammodramus savannarum
bimaculatus, 59
perpallidus, 35

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Yellow-legs, 68
Lesser, 67

Yellow-throat, 4, 65

Youngworth, Wm.
The Bird Life on an Abandoned Army Base, 58, 59

Dakota County Notes, 65, 66

Zonotrichia coronata, 68

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review 1949 (17)

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents of Volume 17 Numbers 1 & 2

Founders of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Wilson Tout ...............1

Notes on the Small Mammal Content of Pellets of the Barn Owl in Nebraska
J. Knox Jones ...............4

News and Comments ...............5

Book Reviews ...............6, 24

Minutes of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting...............7

Report of the Treasurer............... 8

Report of the Annual Field Day ...............17

Minutes of the October Executive Meeting ...............18

President's Page ...............20

Sale of N.O.U. Publications ...............22

Twenty-fifth Annual Spring Migration Report ...............23

Index to Volume 17, 1949

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1948) 16(2a), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

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Migration Observers Wanted...........Chandler S. Robbins 72

Recent Changes in Nomenclature of Nebraska Birds...R. Allyn Moser 74

The Omaha Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union...........75

Nebraska Birds in the G. D. Swezey Cabinet of Natural History at Doane College....William F. Rapp, Jr. 76

The 1948 Spring Season in the Crete Area............Rosetta A. Grefe 80

N.O.U. Co-operative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for the First Half of 1948............83

Obituary............91

General Notes............92

Announcements............96

Book Reviews............82, 98

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1948) 16(2b), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Contents of Volume 16

Number 1

Birds of the Stapleton Area of Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon .............1

Nesting of the Double-crested Cormorant in Nebraska Mrs. Carl N. Collister.............22

Christmas Bird Censuses Adrian C. Fax.............27

Observations on Same Eastern Montana Birds Wm. Youngworth …………38

General Notes …………51

Minutes of the Forty-seventh Annual Meeting …………57

Report of the Forty-fourth Annual Field Day …………63

Announcements …………65

News and Comment …………67

Book Review …………69

Obituary …………70

Trypsin Inhibitor. Vii. Comparative Nutritive Value Of Raw And Heated Soybean Meal For Poults, C. W. Ackerson, Raymond Borchers, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

I. The trypsin inhibitor contained in one-half of a lot of soybean meal was destroyed by autoclaving at 15 pounds for 20 minutes. 2. This portion of the meal when fed at a level of 24 per cent to newly hatched poults gave a significantly greater gain in five weeks than did an equal amount of meal in which the inhibitor had not been destroyed. 3. The difference in growth is attributed to the destruction of the trypsin inhibitor.

Life Histories Of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers And Their Allies: Order Passeriformes, Arthur Cleveland Bent

Papers in Ornithology

An attempt has been made to give as full a life history as possible of the best-known subspecies of each species and to avoid duplication by writing briefly of the others and giving only the characters of the subspecies, its range, and any -habits peculiar to it. In many cases certain habits, probably common to the species as a whole, have been recorded for only one subspecies. Such habits are mentioned under the subspecies on which the observations were made. The distribution gives the range of the species as a whole, with only rough outlines of the ranges of the …

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1948) 16(1), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

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Birds of the Stapleton Area of Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Glandon...............1

Nesting of the Double-crested Cormorant in Nebraska
Mrs. Carl N. Collister..............22

Christmas Bird Censuses..............Adrian C. Fox 27

Observations on some Eastern Montana Birds....Wm. Youngworth 38

General Notes..............51

Minutes of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting..............57

Report of the Forty-Fourth Annual Field Day ..............63

Announcements ..............65

News and Comment ..............67

Book Review.............. 69

Obituary..............70

Trypsin Inhibitor. V. Nutritive Value Of Treated Soybean Oil Meal And Some Characteristics Of The Trypsin Inhibitor In Soybeans, Raymond Borchers, W. E. Ham, R. M. Sandstedt, C. W. Ackerson, R. H. Thayer, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The marked improvement in the apparent nutritive value of soybean protein after heating has long been recognized. The fundamental cause of this improvement has never been fully understood. Furthermore, commercial soybean oil meal varies considerably in nutritive value although heat treatment is common in most processing plants. Since heating is generally regarded as deleterious to the nutritive quality of protein, the following investigations of various treatments of soybean oil meal are of particular importance in developing a soybean or soybean oil meal of maximum and uniform nutritive value.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Poults, C. W. Ackerson, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. Day-old poults were found to contain an average of 1.28 g nitrogen, 0.18 g calcium and 0.15 g phosphorus. 2. Day-old poults were fed equal amounts of a good growing ration for 52 days. Analysis of these poults showed retention of 42.6 per cent of the nitrogen, 23.4 per cent of the calcium and 31.3 per cent of the phosphorus contained in the ration. 3. Retentions of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus were on the same order as those obtained in like feeding trials with chicks.

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1947) 15(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

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Bird Departure Dates .........Wilson Tout 1

Recent Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds .........F.W. Haecker 5

"Drumming" in the Chimney Swift .........W.E. Eigsti 9

Banding Mourning Doves in Eastern Nebraska.........Wilhelmina and Leroy Gulotta 12

Hawk Populations in Nebraska......... John H. Wampole 20

Winter Birds of the Fontenelle Forest......... Charles A. Stewart 24

Notes on the Nesting of the Acadian and Alder Flycatchers......... Frank H. Shoemaker ......... 31

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1947......... 36

General Notes......... 40

Nebraska Bird Club News......... Adrian C. Fox......... 55

Announcements......... 60

News and Comment......... …

Index To Volume Xv, Number 2, Florence J. Patton

Nebraska Bird Review

Accipitriidae, 25

Adams County, 45

Anatidae, 25

Announcements, 60

Bird Departure Dates, 1

Blackbird, Brewers, 45, 47; Red-winged, Eastern, 50; Yellow-headed, 39

Bluebird, Eastern, 29, 38, 50; Mountain, 52

Bobolink, 46, 47

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Willet, Western, 48

Woodcock, 53

Woodpecker, Hairy, 27; Northern Downy, 27, 50; Red-headed, 27; Western Red-bellied, 26, 39

Wren, Carolina, 42, 48; House, 39, 50; Prairie Marsh, 43; Rock, 46, 52

Yellow-throat, Northern, 50

Developing Rapid-Feathering Chickens, I. L. Williams, H. L. Wiegers

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The object of this circular is to acquaint the poultry producer, hatchery operator, or any other person endeavoring to develop improved strains of chickens with a satisfactory method for eliminating slow-feathering individuals from his flock.

Index To Volume Xv, Number 1, A. C. Fox, M. L. Hanson

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams County, 19

Agate, Nebraska, 24

Ager, James: The Snowy Owl in Kearney County, 18

Allen, Robert P., 22

Anderson, Dana: Waxwings at Columbus, Platte County, 16

Baldpate, 33

Benckeser, Harold R.: Notes on Wintering Birds in Keith County, 14; Occurrence of Gyrfalcon in Keith County, 18

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Witschy, Mrs. Rey: Field Day Notes from Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, 20

Woodpecker: Downy, 19, 20, 21, 33; Eastern Hairy, 14; Hairy, 19, 20, 21; Northern Downy, 14; Red-bellied, 19, 21; Red-headed, 20, 21, 33

Wren: Common Rock, 33; House, 21, 23, 24; Western House, 20, 33

Yellow-legs, 20; Greater, …

Ec1549 External Parasites Of Chickens And Ddt, Ephriam Hixson, Martin H. Muma

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 1549 discusses external parasites of chickens and DDT.

Nebraska Bird Review (January-June 1947) 15(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

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Wintering Waterfowl 1946-1947. By John H. Wampole ... 1

Branta canadensis in Nebraska. By R. Allyn Moser ... 5

Notes on the Nesting of the Blue Grosbeak. By Mrs. Archie Middleton ... 8

Notes on Birds in Nebraska National Forest, Bessey Division. By Carl E. Smith ... 11

General Notes ... 14

Minutes of the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 26

Report of the Forty-third Annual Field Day of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ... 32

News and Comment ... 34

Reviews ... 36

The Nebraska Egg Cooler, I. L. Williams, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Every producer knows that heat is harmful to the quality of eggs, and that the first step in holding fine egg quality is prompt removal of the animal heat. The Nebraska egg cooler has been developed for this purpose. Construction costs are moderate, and repeated observations demonstrate the effectiveness of the principle. Its basic factor is the temperature-reducing effect of cool, humid air passing over the eggs, as soon as possible after they are gathered.

Vitamins For Poultry, F. E. Mussehl, C. W. Ackerson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

Vitamins are chemical substances essential for the maintenance of life, growth, and reproduction. Their effects are out of proportion to the relatively small amounts required. Fortunately, most of these essentials are widely distributed in nature, and an adequate ration can nearly always be provided by using logical combinations of common feedstuffs. Under certain conditions, however, the use of vitamin-containing concentrates may be desirable. In planning practical rations, it should be recognized that the plant leaf is the source of most vitamins. Milk and meat products make important vitamin contributions to the diet in addition to their proteins and minerals. Direct …

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1946) 14(2), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

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Notes on the breeding and nesting of the Long-billed Curlew
Levi L. Mohler ........................................................................... 31

Seasonal Relationships of Bobwhite Quail to Woody Vegetation in Nebraska........................................................................... David Damon 34

N. O. U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1946 ......................................... 36

General Notes ...................................................... 43

News and Comments.................................. 48

Membership Roll of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union............................. 49

List of Subscribers to the Nebraska Bird Review............................. 53

Current Exchanges ............................. 54

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. Xi. A Comparison Of Ground Wheat And Ground Rye In Rations For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, W. E. Ham, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing the shorts and bran of a standard ration by ground wheat or ground rye was studied with two lots of newly hatched chicks. 2. Comparisons were made on the basis of equal intakes of dry matter and nitrogen by all chicks. 3. The wheat-fed lot made a significantly greater gain than the rye-fed lot. 4. Several cases of curled-toe paralysis occurred in the two lots, and a tendency to cannibalism appeared in the rye-fed lot.

The Utilization Of Food Elements By Growing Chicks. X. A Comparison Of Open-Pollinated And Hybrid Corn In A Ration For Growing Chicks, C. W. Ackerson, W. E. Ham, F. E. Mussehl

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. The effect of replacing the open-pollinated corn with hybrid corn in an otherwise complete ration was studied in a growth and body analysis experiment with two lots of newly hatched chicks. 2. The pelleted rations were consumed in identical amounts by all chicks of both lots. 3. There were significant differences in the growth rate of the chicks at the end of a six-weeks feeding trial in favor of the lot fed open-pollinated corn.