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The effects of DDT upon the survival and growth of nestling songbirds

In an experiment conducted during the summers of 1949 and 1950 at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, two aerial applications of DDT were made at the rate of 3 pounds per acre. Sprayings were made over an experimental area of about 20 acres of abandoned fields bordered by woods and hedgerows. T\vo hundred and ninetythree bird boxes, with three different sizes of openings to accommodate
Authors
R.T. Mitchell, H.P. Blagbrough, R.C. VanEtten

Growth rate of the raccoon fetus

No abstract available.
Authors
L. M. Llewellyn

Gamebird weights

No abstract available.
Authors
A.L. Nelson, A. C. Martin

Small only in size

A record small game trophy may be your next bag. You can check the weights of 27 fur bearers in the following pages. Pictures and charts are by expert technicians.
Authors
A. C. Martin

The evening grosbeak in Maryland

No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins

A life history study of the yellow throat

Investigations concerning the life history of the Yellow-throat were made in southern Michigan during the spring and summer of 1938. Supplementary information was also obtained at Arlington, Virginia, in 1940 and at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland, in 1947.....Resident males established territories almost immediately upon arrival in spring. In southern Michigan some resident males arrived a
Authors
R. E. Stewart

Control of Japanese honeysuckle in wildlife borders

1. Japanese honeysuckle, an exotic that can be either a pest or an asset in different localities, makes maintenance of wildlife plantings in the Southeast a difficult problem. 2. A herbicide applied during the winter and strong enough to kill dormant woody plants will stop the spread of honeysuckle from a woods edge for at least two years. 3. A low-percentage 2,4-D water spray applied to hon
Authors
O. Warbach

Occurrence of amidostomum in Canada geese

The gizzard nematode, Amidostomum anseris, has been reported frequently as the cause of losses among domestic geese in Europe. Cram's (1925) report of an outbreak in domestic geese in New York State was the first evidence of this worm in North America and since then there have been several reports of its occurrence in many parts of Canada and the United States. There have been a few cases of A.
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C. M. Herman, E.E. Wehr