Peterson Field Research Articles

Peterson Field Guides: Stars and Planets, by Jay M. Pasachoff

Peterson Field Guides: Stars and Planets, by Jay M. Pasachoff

Peterson Field Guide to Warblers of North America Jon Dunn Kimball Garrett

Peterson Field Guide to Warblers of North America Jon Dunn Kimball Garrett

Peterson and South Peterson Multipay Fields, Roosevelt County, New Mexico: ABSTRACT

The Peterson and South Peterson fields, located on the northside of the generally east-west-trending Matador arch in southern Roosevelt County, New Mexico, are on relatively small structural features separated by dry holes. Both fields produce from the Middle Silurian Fusselman carbonate and from bedded Upper Pennsylvanian limestone. Production from the Fusselman in the Peterson field is limited to one well whereas production in the South Peterson field covers a wider area. The Peterson field produces from the Fusselman because of structure whereas the South Peterson field produces as the result of combination structure and pinch-out of Fusselman against the granite high on the south. The field was found using common depth point (CDP) seismic data. End_of_Article - Last_Page 768------------

Vocalizations of the Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) and the Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

ONE night in June, 25 years ago, a group of us were listening to the medley of sounds coming from a marsh about 28 km (about 17 miles) south of Ithaca, New York. Suddenly, from not more than 15 meters away, out in the marsh, came a sound that none of us had ever heard before. We paraphrased it, Tic-tic-tic-McGreer, recorded it on 35 mm sound film, which we were using at the time, and then began to speculate concerning its identity. Dr. Arthur A. Allen then led some of us into the marsh with flashlights. We caught the briefest glimpse of a bird, which might have been a rail, but we are still interested in identifying the bird. Some months after we recorded it, we played the sound to the assembled members of the A.O.U. No one offered any suggestions as to its identity. Several years earlier Dr. Allen had found a nest in the marsh at the head of Cayuga Lake that almost certainly was that of a Yellow Rail. Also there had been occasional reports of Yellow Rails in the Cayuga Lake basin during the fall and spring migrations. These observations gave us some reason to believe that the vocalization might be that of the Yellow Rail. About 1952 Mr. Aretas Saunders listened to the recording at Cornell and later wrote that he was quite satisfied that it was a Yellow Rail. In 1958 Dr. Harold Axtell, an able observer of bird song, was consulted concerning the identification and stated that he had heard this song in the field and was quite certain that it was a Yellow Rail. On one occasion, since making the original recording, Dr. Allen and I again heard what we believe to be the same call in a marsh near Paul Smiths, Franklin County, New York. We did not see this bird, nor did we record the call. In 1959 we published this call in the album, Field Guide to Bird Songs, designed to accompany Roger Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds, with reasonable confidence that we were correct that it was that of a Yellow Rail. On 13 February 1960 Mr. Chandler Robbins of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote to Roger Peterson in part as follows:

A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States and Canada East of the 100th Meridian

This is No. 12 in the well-known Peterson Field Guide Series. Accordingly, it needs little introduction to anyone who is familiar with preceding field guides of this series such as those to birds, butterflies, animal tracks, etc. This book is somewhat more than a field guide for identifying reptiles and amphibians. author states that nine times out of ten the reader will have his specimen at hand before he attempts identification and we might add that many times the reader will desire to keep his catch at least for short periods of time once identification has been effected. Conant has wisely included information of interest to the professional and layman alike on the care and handling of reptiles and amphibians both in the field and in captivity. first four chapters (28 pages) are entitled Introduction, Making and Transporting the Catch, Care in Captivity, About the Snake-Bite Each is well-written and the latter three are illustrated with full page photographs showing techniques for handling reptiles (poisonous and non-poisonous) and amphibians. Drawings of tools for catching and transporting, as well as illustrations of living quarters for small captive specimens are included. author gives a classic retort to his question What About the Snake-Bite Problem? in the lead sentence to this chapter: The best answer is not to get bitten. This answer is supported by the fact that most people are bitten through carelessness. A full page plate illustrates first aid for poisonous snake bite. Each species or subspecies is treated under the following headings in the text: Identification. Similar Species, Voice (when pertinent), and Range. This book contains the finest color plates (24 full pages) of reptiles and amphibians ever assembled under one cover for $3.95 and the illustrator, Isabelle Hunt Conant, is to be highly commended for her outstanding achievement in reproducing color from live animals. Unfortunately in some cases the diagnostic value of the indicating lines of the Peterson Series has been lost in reduction. Most readers would probably have difficulty in identifying the Texas Map Turtle, Graptemys versa, from Plate 8 even though advised to examine closely for the horizontal or J-shaped line behind eye. animals depicted in any one plate are all headed in more or less the same direction, the attainment of which must have been a constant exercise in patience for author and illustrator. hellbenders (Plate 35) and the narrow mouth toads (Plate 39) provide two of several refreshing exceptions which are not in the least considered adversely by this reviewer. A notable handicap to anyone interested in the information that the scientific name conveys is that scientific names are not included with common names on both plates ;nd range maps. This is most regrettable, for common names of reptiles and amphibians are far from stable even though there is some progress toward stability as present. reader is thus forced to thumb back to the text to inform himself that the Cheat Mountain Salamander is Plethodon richmondi nettingi if this information was not conveyed by the salamander's photograph or its distributional map. One can hardly justify this omis-

Zoogdierengids. (A Field Guide to the Mammals of Europe West of 30 degrees E. Longitude, in Dutch)

F. H. Van den Brink Zoocdierengids. (A field guide to the mammals of Europe west of 30° E. longitude, in Dutch.) Elsevier, Amsterdam. 321 pp., illus. 1955. This sister volume to Burt's field guide to the mammals, covering Europe west of 30° E. longitude, is a new worth-while addition to the Peterson Field Guide Series. An English edition will appear shortly. This guide includes several improvements over Burt's publication: for each species, information is presented regarding its habitat and habits. The distribution is not described in the text, since it would duplicate data on range maps, which are given for each species mentioned in the …

Murie, Olaus J. A FIELD GUIDE TO ANIMAL TRACKS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, xxii + 374 pp., 196 figs. + many unnumbered sketches. 1954. Cloth, $3.75

Olaus J. Murie A Field Guide to Animal Tracks. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, xxii + 374 pp., 196 figs. + many unnumbered sketches. 1954. Cloth, $3.75. This is number nine in the well known and widely used Peterson Field Guide Series. Following a brief but informative Editor's Note by Roger T. Peterson, the author presents his acknowledgments. These are followed by the table of contents, a key to tracks and a “life” list of mammals and other animals that are apt to leave sign. The introductory section entitled “What has happened here?” attempts, quite well, to solicit interest in outdoor sleuthing through animal sign. In a humble and matter-of-fact style Murie relates his own field experiences with animals and their spoor. These anecdotes add interest to the subject and command the respect of the reader. The mammals are then covered in phylogenetic order, including some rare, and some domestic species. A brief section is given to birds, amphibians and reptiles, and finally insects and other invertebrates. A selected bibliography of 149 titles is presented. The index of slightly less than six pages covers the …

Transmission and control of respiratory disease in army barracks. IV. The effect of oiling procedures on the incidence of respiratory diseases and hemolytic streptococcal infections.

Received for publication July 18, 1951. * Present address: Evans Memorial Hospital, 65 E. Newton St., Boston, Mass. t Present address: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cincinnati General Hosp., Cincinnati 29, Ohio. The authors wish to express their thanks to the many persons whose interest and help made this work possible: Col. W. M. Blunt, Commanding Officer, Camp Carson; Col. T. E. Harwood, Jr., Post Surgeon; Lt. Col. James M. Blanton, Chief of the Medical Service; Capt. Howard C. Coggeshall, Officer in Charge of Acute Respiratory Diseases; Col. H. H. Twitchell, Chief Surgeon of Second Air Force, Peterson Field, Colo.; Maj. I. M. Dixson, Chief of Medical Service, Peterson Field; and the many other officers and men at Camp Carson who assisted in these studies. The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical assistance in the laboratory of V. G. Hamburger, S. Juster, M. E. Koshlund, M. Moorvitch and M. Smith. We are grateful to Mr. William Kruskal, Instructor, Statistics, for his statistical evaluation of the data.