Vni,-257. Facts about snakes. Prepared in Division cf " iidlif e Re- 

 search.- 10 r>p., July 1944. 



Kevj editicn :f a leaflet -^f long, stcnding, It treats: 



; Sc.Tie popular i.iisccnceoti: ns, snake mirths', [-enere.l habits 



of snakes, hibernativn, sheocing skins , cccn->>i:dc vaiue of 

 snakes, precauti nf'.ry iaeasures against snakes, suggestions 

 for snake-proofing a building, suggestions for eradicating 

 undesirable snalces, use of poisonous gases, and other meth- 

 ods of eradicati.,n. 



''.li-25Bo List of fox and fur breeders associaticns, . Compiled in Divi- 

 sion cf Uildi^ife Research. 5 ?P»f July 1944. 



Naiiies and addreia-.es of national, regional, and State 

 fur breeders associations. 



'".Ij-259. ■ Care of parrots. Prepared in Division of I'.ildiife Research. 

 16 pp», September 1944* 



Treats of: v-iuarters for h.-using parrots, selection 

 of species, general caro, fev^'ling, grit, breeding, teaching 

 parrcts, parrot maladies, osittacwsis cr parrot fever, 

 importation, inspection, and quarantine. Contains also a 

 list :f b>- oks and peri-dicals on parrots. 



Vi-260. Elimina-ting bats fr.aa buildings. By Jiu.ies Silver. 4 PP«^ 

 September 194^r. 



The -characteristics, habits, c-nd economic status of bats 

 are briefly suiraaarized, and suggestions made for bat-proofing 

 buildings, the use of repellents, nd destructi-in of the 

 anLmols by fu.migati.n. 



■■Ij-261. Status ;f migratory ge.me birds: i%3-44. I repared in Division 

 of l.ildlife Res -arch. 10 pp., 2 tables, Oct:.ber 1944. 



Annual report on the results of observations during both 

 breeding and migrating seasons in all major flyi^o.ys and from 

 ixLaska to the southern boundary of the United States, In 

 general, the ^Situation se.,med favvi.rable, and the greatest fall 

 migration in a generati n ■. as expected. Special considera- 

 •. tion is given to ,the ?);. odcock, the not too favorable status 

 of v^jhich is reported as unchanged, to V.'ilson's snipe, for 

 vjhich a slight gain is rep'Orted, Rfils are noted as in- 



. , creasint^, ..nd the coots are deemtedt^ be undesirably nuiiierous. 



Of doves, the mxurning made a satisfactory recovery to7jard 

 normal nafibers, the yjhJ.te-¥Jinged should be more systematic- 

 ally managed, and the band-tailed pigeon is reported as in- 

 creasing in Colorado , , ■ 



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