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This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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Molt and taxonomy of red-breasted nuthatches Molt and taxonomy of red-breasted nuthatches

The postnuptial and postjuvenal molts of Red-breasted Nuthatches occur from middle June to late September. Some birds may be nearly finished with the complete molt before other individuals begin, so that specimens taken at any given time may differ by as much as two months in the age of their plumage. No characters useful in ageing birds after the completion of the autumn molt were found...
Authors
R.C. Banks

Disease Disease

No abstract available.
Authors
C. M. Herman

Mass movement of black fly larvae on silken threads (Diptera: Simuliidae) Mass movement of black fly larvae on silken threads (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Stoppage of waterflow in a stream resulted in the migration of massive numbers of black fly larvae on silken threads. Larvae were found on single silken threads, but the heaviest concentrations were on “cables” composed of 25-50 individual silken threads. The larvae were attached in concentric rings around the silken threads and cables.
Authors
I.B. Tarshis, W. Neil

Organochlorine pesticide residues in whooping cranes and Everglade kites Organochlorine pesticide residues in whooping cranes and Everglade kites

Three Whooping Cranes (Grus americana), two Everglade Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis), and one kite egg were analyzed for pesticide residues at this laboratory. This is the first time that specimens from this rare population from the wild have ever been analyzed, and the results are herein reported.
Authors
Thair Lamont, William L. Reichel
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