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A Hematologic Survey Of Captive Waterfowl, Hazel Shave, Valeria Howard

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Hematologic parameters were studied in giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis Maxima), mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) and various species of diving ducks at seasonal intervals throughout the year. Highest values for packed cell volume, hemoglobin content and erythrocyte counts were found in the winter and pre-nesting periods. Mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin varied inversely with these values.

Spring Mortality Of Insectivorous Birds In Southern Manitoba, Jerome R. Serie, Robert E. Jones

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Migrating passerines frequently encounter adverse weather during their northward movements in early spring. Inclement weather often causes temporary halt of migrating passerines short of their destinations (Curtis 1969). In May 1974, such a grounding of spring migrants occurred in southwestern Manitoba due to unseasonable weather. Many insectivorous birds became weakened or died of starvation as a result of exposure to low temperatures, depletion of fat reserves, and lack of available food.

Arrival of Spring Migrants

The first large influx of insectivorous birds, mainly Myrtle (Dendroica coronado coronata) and Yellow (Dendroica petechia) Warblers, was noted on 19 …

Fatal Pox Infection In A Rough-Legged Hawk, G. L. Pearson, D. A. Pass, E. C. Beggs

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Natural pox infection occurred in a free-living rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) in northeastern North Dakota. Gross, histological and electron microscopic findings were typical of pox infection, and characteristic lesions developed in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) but not in great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) following inoculation with case material. Death of the rough-legged hawk was attributed to starvation resulting from inability to capture prey and to blood loss from foot lesions.

Age Determination Of Female Redhead Ducks, Charles W. Dane, Douglas H. Johnson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Eighty-seven fall-collected wings from female redhead ducks (Aythya americana) were as- signed to the adult or juvenile group based on "tertial" and "tertial covert" shape and wear. To obtain spring age-related characters from these fall-collected groupings, we considered parameters of flight feathers retained until after the first breeding season. Parameters measured included: markings on and width of greater secondary coverts, and length, weight, and diameter of primary feathers. The best age categorization was obtained with discriminant analysis based on a combination of the most accurately measured parameters. This analysis, applied to 81 wings with complete measurements, resulted in …

The Cyprus Panel At The Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Breeding Waterfowl Populations In The Prairie Pothole Region Of North Dakota, Robert E. Stewart, Harold A. Kantrud

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The pothole areas within the glaciated, northern prairies and adjoining parklands of south-central Canada and north-central United States are the principal breeding grounds for many species of North American ducks. Millions of pairs, including dabbling ducks (Anatinae) and diving ducks (Aythyinae and Oxyurinae), resort here for nesting each year. These populations are characterized by instability. In response to the variable climatic conditions of this region and their effect on wetland habitats, the numbers of breeding pairs often fluctuate greatly from year to year. In addition, regional populations are influenced by man. Factors that are especially important in this regard include …

Advantages In Mathematically Weighting Waterfowl Food Habits Data, George A. Swanson, Gary L. Krapu, James C. Bartonek, Jerome R. Serie, Douglas H. Johnson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The relative importance of various foods occurring in the diet of blue-winged teal (Anas discors), pintail (A. acuta), and gadwall (A. strepera) breeding in south-central North Dakota and lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) breeding in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, are com- pared by the aggregate volume and aggregate percent methods. Advantages of the aggregate percent method are discussed in relation to the information presented.

Estimating Survival Rates From Banding Of Adult And Juvenile Birds, Douglas H. Johnson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The restrictive assumptions required by most available methods for estimating survival prob- abilities render them unsuitable for analyzing real banding data. A model is proposed which allows survival rates and recovery rates to vary with the calendar year, and also allows juveniles to have rates different from adults. In addition to survival rates and recovery rates, the differential vulnerability factors of juveniles relative to adults are estimated. Minimum values of the variances of the estimators are also given. The new procedure is applied to sets of duck and goose data in which reasonably large numbers of adult and juvenile birds …

Racial Composition Of Migrant Populations Of Sandhill Cranes In The Northern Plains States, Douglas H. Johnson, Robert E. Stewart

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

During recent years, there has been increasing pressure to expand hunting seasons on Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in the northern plains states. Hunters desire to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the sizable flocks of this large bird in this area. Prior to passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, the Sandhill Crane was hunted and considered to have high sporting and eating qualities. In addition, complaints have been received from farmers regarding grain crop depredations by cranes. It has been suggested (Boeker et al., 1961:16) that flocks of cranes would be more widely dispersed …

Ecological Distribution Of Breeding Waterfowl Populations In North Dakota, Robert E. Stewart, Harold A. Kantrud

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The distribution of breeding waterfowl populations on various wetland habitat types was investigated in North Dakota during 1967-69. Data were obtained by stratified random sampling techniques. The total wetland acreage in North Dakota was estimated to be about 3.2 million acres. Natural basin wetlands comprised about 77 percent of the acreage and 91 percent of the number of wetlands in the state and were utilized by about 76 percent of the state's breeding duck population. Among the four biotic regions of the state, numerical and areal composition of wetlands varied considerably. Natural basin wetlands varied from a low of about …

An Incident Of Fenthion Mosquito Control And Subsequent Avian Mortality, Robert Seabloom, Gary Pearson, Lewis Oring, James Reilly

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Mass mortality among migratory birds at Grand Forks, North Dakota, was attributed to a mosquito control operation employing the insecticide fenthion. The factors involved may have included the toxicity of the pesticide for birds, the method of application and coincidence with the peak of the spring warbler migration.

Population Estimates Of Breeding Birds In North Dakota, Robert E. Stewart, Harold A. Kantrud

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Reasonably accurate measurements of breeding bird populations on large land areas are needed if the overall effects of man's impact on the environment are to be measured and understood. Through use of these data, we will be able to detect the average response of these populations to generalized environmental changes caused by diverse and widespread land-use practices. As this kind of information becomes available, it will serve as the basis for developing appropriate management programs for the purpose of maintaining or increasing breeding bird populations.

Aspergillosis In Wintering Mallards, Gary Pearson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Losses among mallards (Anas platyrhynchos ) wintering on a seepage ditch below the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River at Riverdale, North Dakota, were reported on February 24, 1968. In early February, while conducting their annual winter banding operation, personnel of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department observed approximately 1.000 mallards on the ditch. Approximately 200 mallards were banded after being captured in a walk-in trap baited with corn and wheat located on the bank of the ditch. Snow covered the area and caused the ducks to concentrate at the bait site from the time of the banding …

Italian Festival Convocation

Historical Documents of Bryant University (1863-present)

Italian Festival Convocation Program

Da Pamphlet 30-50-2, Handbook On The Satellite Armies, 1 April 1960, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual contains detailed descriptions of the armed forces of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Hungary. It covers the military system, organization field forces, militarized security forces, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and military terms in each country. Outline maps of the countries, photographs of weapons, and colored illustrations of insignia, uniforms, and medals are included.

The Use Of The Congressional Resolution As An Instrument Of Influence Over Foreign Policy: 1925–1950, Robert Lee Munkres

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

I—Introduction

II—General Analysis of the Period: Resolutions Adopted; Record of the Two Houses Compared; Trends; General Significance of the Period; Chart—Ratio of Resolutions Introduced to Resolutions Passed

III—Subject Matter of Resolutions: Subjects Most Frequently Considered; Record of the Two Houses Compared; Pre-War and Post-1941 Periods Compared; Comparison of War and Post-War Periods; General Significance; Chart—Subject Matter of Resolutions

IV—Types of Resolutions: Comparison of the Records of the Two Houses; Analysis of Types of Resolutions Dealing With Specific Subjects; Record of the Two Houses Compared; International Conferences; International Organizations; Negotiation of Treaties and Agreements; Conditions in Foreign Countries; Recognition; General Significance; …

Political And Economic Factors In The Decline Of The British Empire, Pasquale Anania

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The decline of British influence in world affairs is one of the more pronounced political phenomena of modern times. Over the past century key territories subject to British rule have been slipping loose from their imperial moorings at an ever more rapid rate. Those remaining subject to British authority grow progressively more belligerent.

In his search for an understanding or this eclipse or British sovereignty, the contemporary historian finds himself groping through a network of complexly interrelated social, political, economic, and psychological processes. One or another student or history has argued that specific instances or groups of these processes are …

Cordell Hull And The Good Neighbor Policy, Mackey Wilbur Hill

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this study to trace in part Hull's role as implementer of the Good Neighbor policy particularly in the Western Hemisphere. Hull was an internationalist. His ultimate goal was to lead the way to a better world order that is built upon cooperation and mutual respect. This was the original meaning of the Good Neighbor policy as stated in Mr. Roosevelt's first inaugural address. It was the mood of good will and cooperation that was to characterize America's foreign relations. However, if nations outside of this hemisphere were to take America seriously and follow her example, …

Nebraska: A Guide To The Cornhusker State (Wpa Guide), Federal Writers’ Project Of The Works Progress Administration For The State Of Nebraska

Nebraskiana Publications: Resources and Materials on the 37th State

The guide to the “Cornhusker State” is full of many interesting photographs of the people and places of Nebraska. They portray a largely agrarian state of hard-working farmers. There is an interesting essay on the unicameral legislature of Nebraska. The guide sticks pretty close to the series format. Eight cities are given detailed descriptions. There are 13 detailed tours of the state.

SOME of us in Nebraska know what it is to have made the first wagon track across an unbroken sea of grass into a new land, with no guide but the sun, the distant hilltops, and our own …

The Pathan Borderland : A Consecutive Account Of The Country And People On And Beyond The Indian Frontier From Chitral To Dera Ismail Khan (1921), Colin Metcalf Enriquez

Books in English

A consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan.

In this second edition considerable additions have been made, and chapters IV and VIII to XIV have been entirely re-written.

Contents: Chitral, Yusufzai, Peshawar, Jalozai, Kohat, Samana, Kurram, A tale from Tirah, Bannu, Fronteir Field Firing, Shahbash Ilam Dim, Sheikh Budin, Derajat and Waziristan.

Laureate Address Of John G. Neihardt Upon Official Notification Of His Choice As Poet Laureate Of Nebraska, John G. Neihardt

Nebraskiana Publications: Resources and Materials on the 37th State

I want to talk to you about the technique of Poetry and the relation of that art to education and the social process in general. In order that you may be able to judge as to the relevance of my remarks, I must first tell you what I understand by the word "education. "

Were the definition, that I hold, my own, I would not presume to offer it here; but I need only find the proper words with which to express the common opinion of many seers in many times and countries; and this, unfortunately, seems now to be …

With The Afghans, Claud Herbert Alwyn Field

Books in English

Contents: The Afghans -- Afghan customs and characteristics -- Peshawar city and cantonment -- The religion of the Pathans -- Mission work -- Preaching across the Frontier -- An Afghan heretic -- Two soldiers of the guides -- The Frontier rising of 1897 -- Converts and enquirers -- Persian influences on the Afghans -- Afghan poets -- Afghan fables

Afghanistan And Its Late Amir: With Some Account Of Baluchistan, Christian Literature Society For India

Books in English

Afghanistan and its late Amir: with some account of Baluchistan, compiled from Bellew, the Encyclopedia Britanica, Hunter's gazetteer of India, the authobiography of Abdur Rahman, Wheeler's the Amir Abdur Rahman, the Stateman's year book, etc.

Book includes a map of the area and several illustrations.

A Short Sketch, Historical And Traditional, Of The Musalman Races Found In Sind, Baluchistan And Afghanistan, Sadik Ali Sher Ali Ansari

Books in English

Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account.

Indian Frontier Policy: An Historical Sketch, John Adye Sir

Books in English

First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-41; Events leading to the Second Anglo-Afghan War; and Frontier policy since the Second Afghan war, including expedition to Chiral is covered in this publication.

Lights & Shades Of Hill Life In The Afghan And Hindu Highlands Of The Punjab: A Contrast, Frederick St. John Gore

Books in English

The author describes social life, ethnic and religious practice of the native people of India and its surroundings areas. The relationship between the British and Indians also discussed.

Maps and illustrations are from photographs by the author

Nebraska: Her Resources, Advantages, And Development, Joseph Garneau, Jr.

Nebraskiana Publications: Resources and Materials on the 37th State

Almost midway between the two greatest oceans of the world, its eastern boundary marked by the rapid flowing Missouri, the westernmost counties shadowed by the towering ranges of the Rockies, with the land of the Dakotas to the north and the great agricultural state of Kansas to the south, lies the garden spot of that vast and shadowy country (which but a few short years since was only known as The Great American Desert).

Today it is the State of Nebraska, the happy home of one million and a half of thrifty, industrious and prosperous people. In less than a …

Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson

Books in English

This ‘Diary' originally appeared in the Indian Temperance Magazine-On Guard-and at the request of friends interested in the welfare of our soldiers in India, I now publish it in a more permanent form. There is no attempt on my part to make a book; my sole object has been to give permanency to a simple record of work among soldiers in the late Afghan campaign. Having shared their trials and dangers, I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to their courage in battle, and to their patience in sickness-cheerfully enduring privations for the maintenance of the honour …

Herat: The Granary And Garden Of Central Asia, George Bruce Malleson

Books in English

Contents:

Chapter I. - Argument

Chapter II. The new Frontier

Chapter III. Herat

Chapter IV. Herat: the granary and garden

Chapter V. Kandahar to Herat

Chapter VI. Mashad to Herat

Chapter VII. Herat to Sarrakhs, Merv, and Charjui

Chapter VIII. Herat to Maimane and Andkhoi

Chapter IX. Herat to Shiborgan, Balkh, Takhtapul, Khuduz, and Faizabad

Chapter X. Kabul to Khulm

Chapter XI. Herat to Kabul

Journal Of A Political Mission To Afghanistan, In 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden; With An Account Of The Country And People, Henry Walter Bellew

Books in English

A report of a political mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, under Major (now Colonel) Lumsden, with an account of the country and people, by H. W. Belew, Medical Officer to the Mission. Includes 8 illustrations.