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Collecting and rearing black flies
This paper, based on a study carried out at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, Michigan, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, describes methods and techniques for collecting, storing, and rearing 8 species of Simuliidae. Included in the study were Cnephia dacotensis (Dyar & Shannon), C. mutata (Malloch), Prosimulium fuscum Syme & Davies, Simulium aureum Fries, S. de
Authors
I.B. Tarshis
Vegetation used for nesting by the red-winged blackbird in Florida
During the breeding season of 1966, as an adjunct to a taxonomic study of Red-winged Blackbirds in Florida, 177 Redwin g nests were found. The general habitat types were noted, and the plant species harboring nests were listed.....Redwing nests were found in 30 genera of plants. Buttonbush was the primary choice; it was used to support 50 of the 177 nests. Silverling and willow were the next most
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J.F. Stowers, D.T. Harke, A.R. Stickley
Third cooperative survey of the California condor
No abstract available.
Authors
F.C. Sibley, R.D. Mallette, J.C. Borneman, P.S. Dalen
Use of fabrics in streams to collect black fly larvae
A technique is described for using strips of gauze to collect large numbers of larvae of Cnephia dacotensis (Dyar & Shannon), Simulium decorum (Walker), S. venustuni Say, S. vcrecundum Stone & Jamnback, and S. vittatum Zetterstedt from various water habitats.
Authors
I.B. Tarshis
The red-whiskered bulbul in Florida
The establishment of a feral population of the Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) in the environs of Miami, Dade County, Florida, was reported by L. A. Stimson (Florida Naturalist, 35: 93, 1962). Bulbuls were present in Kendall, just south of Miami, in the spring of 1961, and apparently raised young there that summer. In the fall of that year, bulbuls were also seen in the vicinity of Princ
Authors
R.C. Banks, R.C. Laybourne
Pentland's tinamou in Argentina (Aves: Tinamidae)
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks, W.H. Bohl
Possible differentiation of natal areas of North American waterfowl by neutron activation analysis
The possibility of using neutron activation analyses to differentiate sources of North American waterfowl was investigated by irradiating rectrices and wing bones of birds collected in several localities, and comparing the characteristic gamma-ray spectra. Canada goose rectrices from Oregon specimens could be distinguished from those taken in Wisconsin and Colorado based on higher levels of Mn.
Authors
T. Devine, T.J. Peterle