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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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Introductory remarks Introductory remarks

No abstract available.
Authors
C. M. Herman

Ecological notes on mixed populations of king rails and clapper rails in Delaware Bay marshes Ecological notes on mixed populations of king rails and clapper rails in Delaware Bay marshes

The closely related King Rail (Rallus elegans) and Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) are characteristic of distinct types of habitat in the coastal plain along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Ordinarily, King Rails are found in both fresh and brackish tidal marshes, and Clapper Rails in tidal salt marshes. In a few areas, however, intermediate brackish-salt marshes occur where King and...
Authors
Brooke Meanley, D.K. Wetherbee

Foot abnormalities of wild birds Foot abnormalities of wild birds

No abstract available.
Authors
C. M. Herman, L. N. Locke, G. M. Clark

Yellow-billed cuckoo in stomach of tiger shark Yellow-billed cuckoo in stomach of tiger shark

On 20 May 1961 an immature female tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), 2.3 meters in length and weighing 52 kg, was caught in the Gulf of Mexico several miles offshore from Sarasota, Florida, by personnel of the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory. The contents of its stomach included a leg and some feathers of a land bird. The leg was sent to the Bird and Mammal Laboratories, Bureau of Sport...
Authors
G.B. Saunders, E. Clark
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