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Additional records of aspergillosis among passerine birds in Maryland and the Washington, DC metropolitan area

Two cases of aspergillosis involving four adult cowbirds (Molothrus ater) collected during the nesting season are reported. Aspergillosis was found in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) on two occasions.
Authors
L. N. Locke

Pyrrhuloxia feeding on cactus fruits

No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke

Sarcocystis in a yellowthroat and a rusty blackbird

No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, J.O. Knisley

Some diseases and parasites of captive woodcocks

Observations were made concerning the diseases and parasites of a group of woodcocks (Philohela minor) caught in Massachusetts in the summer of 1960 and kept in captivity in Maryland, and of another group caught and kept in Louisiana in the winter of 1960-61. Bumblefoot, a granulomatous swelling of the foot caused by Micrococcus sp., is reported for woodcocks for the first time. Six of 31 woodco
Authors
L. N. Locke, W. H. Stickel, S.A. Geis

Mourning dove status report, 1965

No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Tomlinson

Wildlife studies, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

No abstract available.
Authors
L. F. Stickel, R.G. Heath

Preliminary map of the conterminous United States showing depth to and quality of shallowest ground water containing more than 1,000 parts per million dissolved solids

In this atlas, mineralized ground water is viewed presently as a source of water in some areas, but in much of the country as a source for future development. Mineralized water underlies large areas of the country, and its importance will grow as present supplies of fresh water are appropriated and developed. The potential uses fall in two main categories: (1) direct use in industrial processes, s
Authors
John Henry Frederick Feth