Publications
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Winter bird survey, 1972 Winter bird survey, 1972
No abstract available.
Authors
D.R. Bystrak, C.S. Robbins
Birds imported into the United States in 1969 Birds imported into the United States in 1969
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks, R. B. Clapp
Distribution of the duck harvest in Canada and the United States Distribution of the duck harvest in Canada and the United States
No abstract available.
Authors
A. D. Geis, F.G. Cooch
Current status of the endangered masked bobwhite quail Current status of the endangered masked bobwhite quail
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Tomlinson
The seventy-second Christmas bird count. 319. Little Creek, Va The seventy-second Christmas bird count. 319. Little Creek, Va
No abstract available.
Authors
P. Sykes
The feeding of some ornithophilic black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the laboratory and their role in the transmission of Leucocytozoon simondi The feeding of some ornithophilic black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the laboratory and their role in the transmission of Leucocytozoon simondi
Techniques and equipment are described for feeding, in the laboratory, Cnephia invenusta (Walker), Simulium innocens Shewell, and S. rugglesi Nicholson & Mickel collected from exposed birds at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, Michigan, and C. ornithophilia Davies, Peterson, & Wood, S. euryadminiculum Davies, and S. rugglesi reared from larvae at the Seney Refuge (S. rugglesi)...
Authors
I.B. Tarshis
Review of literature on the endangered masked bobwhite Review of literature on the endangered masked bobwhite
The masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) once inhabited restricted areas in southern Arizona and middle Sonora, Mexico. It probably never was a widespread and abundant bird. Ornithologists discovered this race in 1884, presumably during its final decline in Arizona due to overgrazing and a series of droughts. . It was gone from Arizona by 1900. Apparently the bird was not...
Authors
Roy E. Tomlinson
Population ecology of the mallard: I. A review of previous studies and the distribution and migration from breeding areas Population ecology of the mallard: I. A review of previous studies and the distribution and migration from breeding areas
This report, the first of a series of reports on a comprehensive analysis of population data on the? millIard at? the continental level, provides background information including a review of the history of waterfowl management and a resume of previous studies of the mallard. The breeding range of the mallard was subdivided into 16 major and 44 minor reference areas. Each area is...
Authors
David R. Anderson, Charles J. Henny
Reproductive patterns in captive American kestrels (sparrow hawks) Reproductive patterns in captive American kestrels (sparrow hawks)
Female kestrels acquired in Florida in winter as full-grown birds began laying eggs a month later than did those acquired as nestlings from northeastern United States. Egg laying dates of the two groups did not overlap in 1966 through 1968. The later nesting Florida-wintering females may have nested in captivity at a latitude farther south of their normal breeding range than did those...
Authors
Richard D. Porter, Stanley N. Wiemeyer