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Richard C. Banks
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Proceedings of the ninety-first stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union
The Ninety-first Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 8-12 October 1973 at Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, under the sponsorship of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, which was celebrating its centennial year. Business, technical, and social sessions were held in the Provincetown Inn. Field trips were taken to various localities on Cape Cod.
Clapper rail in Tamaulipas, Mexico
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The effects on systematics of proposed regulations on animal importations
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Taxonomic status of certain clapper rails of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
Examination of 58 Clapper Rail specimens taken in the breeding season from the Colorado Valley and the west coast of mainland Mexico verifies the distinctness of the races Rallus longirostris yomanensis, R. 1. rhizophorae, and R. 1. nayaritensis. Rallus 1. yumanensis is a relatively pale brown, pointed-winged, summer resident of freshwater marshes along the valley and delta of the Colorado River. Late winter specimens of yumanensis have been taken in freshwater and saltwater habitats in the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Puebla. Both R. 1. rhizophorae, a pale grayish bird, and R. 1. nayaritensis, a darker grayish form, are presumed year-round residents of the western Mexican mangrove swamps. Both have more rounded wings than yumanensis. The range of rhizophorae extends south along the coast from central Sonora to central Sinaloa, and that of nayaritensis from central Sinaloa to the vicinity of San Blas, Nayarit. Features of the range and characters of birds where the range of these two races approach each other are unclear.
Proceedings of the ninetieth stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union
The Ninetieth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 14-18 August 1972 at Grand Forks, North Dakota, under the sponsorship of the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota Natural Science Society. Business and technical sessions were held on the campus of the University; some social activities were held at the Westward Ho Motel. Daylong field trips were taken to Lake Itasca, Minnesota, State Park and to saline lakes and prairie potholes in central North Dakota. A longer post-meeting trip to western North Dakota was offered.
Bird collections in the United States and Canada
This survey was initiated in 1966 as a project of a subcommittee of the A.O.U.'s Committee on Research, at that time chaired by Paul H. Baldwin. The subcommittee consisted of the authors and Ralph J. Raitt. In 1968 the project was separated from the Committee on Research and the temporary Committee on Collections was established, with the present authors as its members. This paper is the final report of the committee. In the past, many studies utilizing museum materials have been handicapped by ignorance of the existence of potentially important specimens. We hoped, by means of this survey, to enable future workers to take full advantage of all available material. The objectives of the survey were to determine the locations of collections of ornithological material with research potential, particularly skins, skeletons, fluid-preserved specimens, eggs, and nests; to assess the sizes and particular geographic or systematic strengths of the various collections; to locate former private collections; to learn what collections include holotypes, and who is responsible for the collections. These basic points are generally well-known for the larger institutions that specialize in maintaining research collections, but not for many smaller collections containing valuable material. The survey was inspired by and patterned after a series made of mammal collections (see Anderson et al. 1963, J. Mammal. 44: 471-500).
Birds imported into the United States in 1970
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Birds imported into the United States in 1971
Birds imported into the United States in 1971 are tabulated by species. Total numbers for the period 1968-1971 are given for the more commonly imported taxa. The number of birds imported in 1971 increased only slightly over that for.1970. In 1971, 750 species were imported, of which 194 had not been imported in the previous 3 years; since 1968, approximately 1,445 species have been imported. Parrots accounted for nearly 25 percent of all birds imported in 1971, compared to only 13.5 percent in 1970. Birds were imported from 63 foreign countries, but more than 90 percent of all birds came from only 10 countries. The proportion of imported birds presumed to have been raised in captivity decreased in 1971.
Birds imported into the United States in 1970
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Proceedings of the eighty-ninth stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union
The Eighty-ninth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 30 August-3 September 1971 at Seattle, Washington, under the sponsorship of the University of Washington. Business sessions and social activities were held in the Student Union Building and the University Tower Hotel; papers sessions were held in the Student Union Building. Day-long field trips were taken to Mount Rainier and to the Deception Pass-Fraser River area. Two-day field trips were offered on the weekends preceding and following the meeting, to the coastal area near Westport with an all-day pelagic trip, and to the Olympic Peninsula, respectively.
Avian cholera in cedar waxwings in Ohio
Avian cholera ( Pasteurella multocida infection) was responsible for a localized die-off of cedar waxwings ( Bombycilla cedrorum ) at Steubenville, Ohio in late June, 1968.
Birds imported into the United States in 1969
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Proceedings of the eighty-eighth stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union
The Eighty-eighth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 5-9 October 1970 at Buffalo, New York. Cosponsors were the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, the Buffalo Audubon Society, and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Business sessions were held in the Statler Hilton Hotel on 5 October, and papers sessions in the Buffalo Museum of Science on 6, 7, and 8 October. An all-day field trip on 9 October visited the Niagara Falls and Oak Orchard Swamp areas.
[Book review] Animals in migration by Robert T. Orr
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Publication dates of the North American Fauna series
The correct date of publication of numbers in the well-known North American Fauna series, begun in 1889, was printed on the cover of each issue through No. 48. After that time dates of publication that appear on the covers are either incomplete or incorrect. For taxonomic purposes, for developing a chronological survey of a subject, or for other reasons, the exact date of publication of numbers in this important series is useful. We think it important to call attention to the correct dates of publication for numbers beyond 48. Those dealing with birds are listed below by number, followed by the author's name for ease of reference, the date printed on the cover of the issue, and the correct date of publication in parentheses. Numbers not listed do not relate to birds (see J. Mammal., 51: 845, 1970).