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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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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

Case report: Pox in the mourning dove in Maryland Case report: Pox in the mourning dove in Maryland

Although trichomoniasis has received attention as a cause of death among mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura), ittle work has been done on other diseases of this species. Kossack and Hanson2 reported the occurrence of pox lesions in mourning doves in Illinois. Rosen3 reported that "pigeon pox" had caused a severe mortality in a mourning dove flock near Yreka, Siskiyou County, California...
Authors
L. N. Locke, C. M. Herman, E.S. King

Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Pesticide-Wildlife Review: 1959 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Pesticide-Wildlife Review: 1959

Research findings of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, State agencies and independent research workers in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Mass., Mich., Mont., N. Dak., Tex., and Wis. are summarized in this report together with recommendations for reducing damage from pest control operations. Major topics discussed are: Scope of Pesticide-Wildlife Problem; Effects on Wildlife...
Authors
J.B. DeWitt, J.L. George

[Book review] Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife: East, Central, and North, by H. H. Collins [Book review] Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife: East, Central, and North, by H. H. Collins

Review of: Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife: East, Central, and North. H. H. Collins. Harper and Brothers, Pubs., New York. 683 p.
Authors
J.S. Webb
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