Bo-143. 
BS-147 e 
po-148. 
BS-149, 
Second inventory based largely on estimates yet “far from satis- 
factory,” Ln vaime, trends may be reliably indicated. Notes on 
deer over-populations, and increase in their species in general @s 
well as that of antelopes and black bears, Mountain sheep still 
decreasing. Tabulation of the estimates of 15 grouns by States and 
according to land ownership and control. Also totals by States; 
grand total nearly 6 millions, 
uggeStions for the control of vagrant domestic pigeons Prepared 
in the Section ef Food Habits, Division of Wildlife me yal 
4 pp., August 1939, 
Status of pigeons as bearing on the legality of azgressit 
actions against them; suggestions for control by + 
frightening, trapping, shooting, poisoning, and gassing. 
paca) 
Raising deer in captivity. Prepared in the Section of Wildlife 
punVveys:. (Divisiom. of iiildiite Research. (SOs. Aulcuici teens 
(eupenee edes Leaflet Bi-1274.) 
Enclosures and focd recuirements; notes on characteristics of 
Dee. ee Itile, and black-tailed deer; list of valuavie food 
plants; bibliography of 27 titles. 
Birchanding. By Prederick CC. Lincoln. 5 pps, Cecrober LIS9e 
(Supersedes Leaflet 5-55.) 
Notes on the history of birdbanding; organization in this 
country; qualifications cf OSRS Favors: suggestions as to avoiding 
injury to birds; ripvion of pands and traps; and Summery as 
TO wale) Of sbH 
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Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge. Prepared in the Division of 
Wildlife Refuges. 2 po., October 1939. 
History and deseription of this 50,000-acre reservation 14% 
North Carolina; notes on hunting and Piehine privilcses, and on 
the princival waterfowl of the refuge. 
Abstract of fur laws, 1939-40, Compiled by Frank G. Grimes. 37 
pees October L959). 
Revision of BS-118 to fit the year specified. 
Status of the American bison in the United States and Alaska, 1939. 
Compiled in the Section of Wildlife Surveys, Division of Wridierse 
Researen: | dO) pik, 1 Vaple wWecenpers aoa. 
Number of the animals in the United States and ee ka, ee 
(1939),,, an eheae be of 579 over the 1934 estimate. A 57k sage tabu- 
lation shows the location and ownership of terd 
males, females, and calves they included, and S 
States, fea ae totals. Bibliography of 50 
Protecting field crops from waterfowl damage by means of reflectors 
and revolving beacons. By F. M. Uhnler and Stephen Creech. © pDp., 
pile «Novierbexr O39). 
Account of exneriments in protecting buckwheat, rice, and 
lettuce by means of spinning reflectors and revolving beacons, 
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