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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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Racoon predation on waterfowl Racoon predation on waterfowl

No abstract available.
Authors
L. M. Llewellyn, Clark G. Webster

Pesticidal residues in animal tissues Pesticidal residues in animal tissues

Tests with penned starlings, rats, pheasants, and ducks indicated that each species differs in sensitivity to the various pesticides. Residues in tissues are proportional to the degree of exposure during area treatment and they are also found in animals shot six or more months after treatment. The presence of more than 20-30 ppm of DDT, 20 ppm of chlordan, and 6-20 ppm of heptachlor...
Authors
J.B. DeWitt, C. M. Menzie, V. A. Adomaitis, W. L. Reichel

Woodcock status report, 1960 Woodcock status report, 1960

Singing ground counts for 1960 from 40 routes west of the Appalachians and 166 routes east of this range were available for comparison with counts made on the same routes in 1959. While the measurements of change in the woodcock breeding index between years relate, properly speaking, only to these routes as selected by the cooperators, this is the best information we have on the breeding
Authors
C.S. Robbins

Color of the tarsi and toes of the black rail Color of the tarsi and toes of the black rail

Examination of two fresh specimens of the Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) has prompted us to call attention to the color of the tarsi and toes of this species, since our observations do not agree with published accounts. Audubon (Ornithological Biography, vol. IV; 361, 1838) and Friedmann (Birds of North and Middle America, U.S. Nat'l. Mus. Bull., 50: 154, 1941) state that the tarsi...
Authors
B. Meanley, R. E. Stewart
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