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BIBLIOGRAPHY 



1. Abcrcrombie, Thomas J. 1991. Ibn Battuta: Prince of travelers. 180(6):2-49. 



In listing the travels of Ibn Battuta (1325-1354) it is stated that Chinese eat tortoises and giant toads 

 as well as other edible things that moves across land, sea or sky. 



2. Ackerman, Jennifer. 1997. Islands at the edge. 192(3):2-31. 



References made to hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Primarily the article is about the human 

 involvement in the Barrier Islands and their resultant ecological "destruction". 



3. 1998. Dinosaur's take wing. 194(l):74-99. 



An article on the discovery of a dinosaur with feathers which provides clues to the origin of birds. 



4. Adams, M. P. Greenwood. 1924. Australia's wild wonderland. 45(3):329-356. 



An account of the Nor' West scientific expedition of western Australia. It emphasized that in the 

 Cambridge Gulf a small island called Lacrosse is the "home" of giant (sea) turtles. Photos show turtle 

 eggs, hatchlings and adults. Four Sunday Island natives captured a series of 83 turtles and placed them 

 on their backs in a single night. 



5. Aleksiuk, Michael. 1975. Manitoba's fantastic snake pits, 148(5):7 15-723. 



Discusses the enormous numbers of the Red-sided Garter Snake. Thainnophis sirtalis parietalis, where 

 they are in fierce competition for mating as they emerge from hibernation. Mice, shrews and crows 

 take their toll. 



6. Allen, Arthur A. 1937. Hunting with a microphone; the voices of vanishing birds. 71(6):696- 

 723. 



The recording of bird voices is recounted as recorded by the Brand-Cornell University-American 

 Museum of Natural History Ornithological Expedition. In addition to birds the bellow of a bull 

 Alligator is recorded. 



7. — -. 1950. Voices of the night. 97(4):507-522. 



The author brings out the satisying experiences of recording calls and sounds from a variety of night 

 life as well as birds in the day from jungles to roadside ponds. Mentioned is Acris gryllus, Bufo 

 americamis, B. cognatus, B. hemiophrys, B. querciciis, Engystomops pustulosus, Hyla andersonii, 

 H. avivoca, H. baudinii, H. cinerea, H. cnicifer, H. gratiosa, H. squirella, H. versicolor, Pseudacris 

 nigrita, P. ocularis, Rana catesbeiana, R. clainitans, R. palustris, R. pipiens, R. virgatipes, and 

 Scaphiopiis holbrookii. 



8. Amos, William H. 1965. The living sand. 127(6):820-833. 



An article on the wildlife found in the Henlopen Dunes on the Delaware coast. Pine Lizards, Fowler's 

 Toad, Hognose snake {Heterodon platyrhimis) and Tortoises are brought out as denizens of the 

 dunes. 



9. — ". 1970. Teaming life of a pond. 138(2):274-298. 



Noxontown Pond, near Middletown, Delaware is discussed. It is noted that the pond is teeming with 

 life. Herpetologically the following are mentioned, Tadpoles, Bullfrog, Cricket Frog, Pickerel Frog, 

 larval Red Salamander, Eastern Painted Turtle, Musk Turtle, Snapping Turtle, and Northern Water 

 Snake. 



10. . 1977. Unseen life of a mountain stream. 151(4):562-580. 



The unseen life of a Vermont mountain stream is described by the author. A Two-lined Salamander is 

 depicted in a panorama. 



