LIST OF TABLES 



Number Title Page 



94 Extent to Which Certain Cover Types Found in the Northeast Fulfill Im- 



portant Grouse Requirements and Furnish Cover for Other Activities 608 



95 Relative Susceptibility of Various Trees and Shrubs to Poisoning with 



Sodium Arsenite ^^'■^ 



96 Approximate Cost of Establishing and Maintaining Clear-cut Units by Var- 



ious Methods under New York Conditions 648 



97 Uses of Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Plantations and Their Site Require- 



ments ^^^ 



98 Comparison of the "Averaging Percentages" and "Averaging Volume" 



Methods of Summarizing Grouse Foods ''07 



99 Average Skeletal Measurements of 16 Adult Grouse 727 



100 Average Measurements of Digestive Tract of 1 6 Adult Grouse 739 



101 Number of Feathers Counted on an Individual Ruffed Grouse 747 



102 Average Rectal Temperature and Respiration Rate of Adult Grouse 751 



103 Effect of Inactivity on the Body Temperature, Heart Rate and Respira- 



tion OF Both Feeding and Fasting Grouse 756 



104 Heart Rates of Adult Grouse Living at Two Air Temperatures with Respect 



TO Different Degrees of Activity '•">'-^ 



105 Average Standard Quiet Heart Rate of Inactive Adult Grouse 100 Hours 



AFTER Withdrawal of Food '•'^'-* 



106 Calculation of Amount of Dependence between Physiological Reactions 



OF Feeding Adult Grouse 760 



107 Calculation of Amount of Dependence between Physiological Reactions of 



Fasting Adult Grouse "60 



100 Effect of Starvation with Water Avam.able upon the Rectal Tempera- 



ture of Adult Grouse '61 



1(19 Effect of Starvation upon Respiration Rate of Adult Grouse 7()2 



110 Effect of Starvation without Water upon the Rectal Temperature and 



Respiration Rate of Adult Grouse "63 



1 11 Comparison of Body Temperature of Feeding Grouse with That of Grouse 



AFTER Fasting 84 Hours Both with and without Water 764 



112 Loss in Weight among Adult Grouse during Starvation under Different 



Conditions '6o 



113 Rate of Digestion of Adult Grouse Feeding Uninterruptedly at Different 



Air Temperatures '67 



114 Rate of Digestion of Adult Grouse after Fasting at Different Air Temper- 



atures '68 



115 Relationship between Environmental Temperature and Digestive Activity 768 



116 Daily Caloric Intake in Relation to Weight Change of Adult Grouse at 



Two Air Temperatures 771 



1 17 Daily Caloric Intake in Relation to Weight Change of Adult Grouse after 



Prolonged Fasting ''1 



118 Calculated Daily Caloric Intake of Food Needed by Adult Grouse to Main- 



tain Weight and Vigor '"■^ 



119 Numbers of Insects and Allied Groups, by Orders, Collected from 3-foot 



AND 10-FOOT Plots on the Connecticut Hill Area between June 2 — 



