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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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Distribution and abundance of the Wilson's snipe in western Canada Distribution and abundance of the Wilson's snipe in western Canada

1. An extensive field check was made of snipe habitat in those parts of western Canada (excluding most of British Columbia) which are accessible by road. 2. Nesting snipe were found to be very scarce in the whole Short-grass Prairie region, widely distributed and locally common in the Parklands, local and uncommon in the Boreal Forest country, and consistently common in the only area of...
Authors
C.S. Robbins

DDT vs. wildlife: Relationships between quantities ingested, toxic effects and tissue storage DDT vs. wildlife: Relationships between quantities ingested, toxic effects and tissue storage

Young and adult quail and pheasants were fed diets containing DDT. Chemical analysis of tissues indicated that quantities of DDT stored were not proportional to total amounts administered nor to duration of exposure, but were related to the severity of toxic symptoms. Concentration of the toxicant in breast muscle of birds dying of acute DDT poisoning was approximately 34 jug./ Gm.in...
Authors
J.B. DeWitt, J.V. Derby, G.F. Mangan

Fifty-fifth Christmas Bird Count. 159. Ocean City, Md Fifty-fifth Christmas Bird Count. 159. Ocean City, Md

The distribution of dynamic pressure behind a Harris' hawk's wing was sampled using a wake rake consisting of 15 pitot tubes and one static tube. The hawk was holding on to a perch, but at an air speed and gliding angle at which it was capable of gliding. The perch was instrumented, so that the lift developed by the wing was known and the lift coefficient could be calculated. The mean of...
Authors
C.S. Robbins

Ovulation in the raccoon Ovulation in the raccoon

No abstract available.
Authors
L. M. Llewellyn, R.K. Enders
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