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Book reviewed in this article:
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The Chinese in Modern Malaya. Victor Purcell
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The National Status of the Chinese in Indonesia. Donald E. Willmott     

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ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Handbook for Industry Studies. Everett E. Hagen
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The Japanese Factory: Aspects of Its Social Organization. James G. Abegglen     

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Book reviewed in this article:
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Social Anthropology in Polynesia. F elix M. K eesing
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Social Anthropology in Melanesia. A. P. E lkin .     

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ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Report on a Melanau Sago Producing Community in Sarawak. H. S. M orris
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The Chinese of Sarawak: A Study of Social Structure. J u - k ' ang T' ien     

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ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: The Azande, and Related Peoples of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Belgian Congo . P. T. W. B axter and A udrey B utt .
ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho . I. M. L ewis .     

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ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY. The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture. John C. Ewers. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 159.) Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1955. xv, 358 pp., 17 plates, 33 figs. $2.75.
The Indian and the Horse. Frank Gilbert Roe. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. xvi, 434 pp., illus. $5.00.     

Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations

Richard G. Fox (ed.), NATIONALIST IDEOLOGIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL CULTURE, Washington: American Anthropological Association, 1990, 177 pp., $17.00.

Michael Watson (ed.), CONTEMPORARY MINORITY NATIONALISM, London: Routledge, 1990, 277 pp., £35.00.

Christie Davies, ETHNIC HUMOR AROUND THE WORLD, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1990, 404 pp., $39.95.

Elizabeth Fox‐Genovese, WITHIN THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD: BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, 544 pp., $34.95 and $12.95 (paper).

Darlene Clark Hine, BLACK WOMEN IN WHITE: RACIAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN THE NURSING PROFESSION, 1890–1950, Btoomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989, 264 pp., $35.00 and $12.95 (paper).

Pnina Werbner, THE MIGRATION PROCESS, Oxford: Berg, 1989, 391 pp., $56.00.

Elaine Pinderhughes, UNDERSTANDING RACE, ETHNICITY AND POWER: THE KEY TO EFFICACY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, New York: The Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1989, 269 pp., £20.00.

Paul B. Pedersen, Juris G. Draguns, Walter J. Lonner, Joseph E. Trimble, COUNSELLING ACROSS CULTURES, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989, (third edition), xii + 402 pp., £14.35 (paper).

Roland Littlewood and Morris Lipsedge, ALIENS AND ALIENISTS: ETHNIC MINORITIES AND PSYCHIATRY, London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, (second edition), xvii + 334 pp., £32.00 and £10.95 (paper).

H. Russell Bernard and Jesús Salinas Pedraza, NATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY; A MEXICAN INDIAN DESCRIBES HIS CULTURE, London: Sage Publications, 1989, 648 pp., £62.00 (Illustrated).     

BOOK REVIEWS

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EUROPE AND ASIA: Naskal'nye izobrazheniia Onezhskogo i Belgo moria: Les Gravures Rupestres des Bords du lac Onega et de la mer Blanche. V. I. R audonikas .
EUROPE AND ASIA: Première Partie:
EUROPE AND ASIA: Seconde Partie:     

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NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: Observaciones sobre la alfareria de los Médanos de Colón. A ntonio S errano. (Memmorias del Museo de Paraná, No. 6, Paraná, 1933.) Las culturas protohistóricas del Este Argentino y Uruguay. A ntonio S errano. (Memorias del Museo de Paraná, No. 7, Paraná, 1933.) La estructura de los túmulos indígenas prehispánicos del Departamento de Guaieguaychú. H éctor G reslebin. (Apartado de la Revista de la Sociedad "Amigos de la Arqueología," Vol. 5, pp. 1–51, Montevideo, 1931.) Dos vasos indígenas—Hallados en Puerto Basilio. H éctor G reslebin.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: Nueva hipótesis sobre el destino de las placas grabadas de la Patagonia prehistórica. H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 9, pp. 223–33, Buenos Aires, 1928). Descripción de dos nuevas placas rectangulares grabadas de Patagonia prehispánica. H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 10, pp. 8–16, Buenos Aires, 1930.) Instrumental lítico de Patagonia prehispánica. H éctor G reslebin.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: La antigüedad del hombre en la región de Sayape, Provincia de San Luis, República Argentina ( Nota preliminar ). H éctor G reslebin. (Proceedings, Twenty-third International Congress of Americanists, pp. 305–12, New York, 1930). Las llamadas "botijas" o "tinajas" de la Provincia de San Luis ( República Argentina ). H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 9, pp. 46–71, Buenos Aires, 1928.) Los "morteritos" de Cerro Varela. H éctor G reslebin.     

Review article: The crisis of Sri Lanka and its origins

A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, THE BREAK‐UP OF SRI LANKA: THE SINHALESE‐TAMIL CONFLICT, London: C. Hurst & Co. 1988, xvi + 240pp.

K. M. de Silva, Pensri Duke, Ellen S. Goldberg and Nathan Katz, ETHNIC CONFLICT IN BUDDHIST SOCIETIES: SRI LANKA, THAILAND AND BURMA, London: Pinter Publishers, 1988, vi + 220pp.

John D. Rogers, CRIME, JUSTICE AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL SRI LANKA, (London Studies on South Asia No.5), London: Curzon Press, 1987, x + 271pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed of this article:
OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY, AN ANNUAL REVIEW. VOLUME 32. Edited by Alan Ansell, Robin N. Gibson and Margaret Barnes.
BIOLOGY OF FISHES (Second Edition). By Q. Bone, N. B. Marshall and J. H. S. Blaxter.
FISH NUTRITION IN AQUACULTURE. By Sena S. de Silva and Trevor A. Anderson.
FLOWING WATER FISH CULTURE. By Richard W. Soderberg.
ON THE SEX OF FISH AND THE GENDER OF SCIENTISTS. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS IN FISHERIES SCIENCE. By Daniel Pauly.
HAKE: BIOLOGY, FISHERIES AND MARKETS. Edited by Jürgen Alheit and Tony Pitcher.     

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: Preliminary Report on the Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University Archaeological Expedition to Northwestern Honduras, 1936 . W illiam D uncan S trong , A lfred K idder II and A. J. D rexel P aul , J r .
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Northwestern Honduras: A Report of the Work of the Tulane University-Danish National Museum Expedition to Central America 1935 . J ens Y de .     

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THE PALEOGENE OF ASIA: MAMMALS AND STRATIGRAPHY, by Donald E. Russell and Zhai Ren‐jie. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Sciences de la Terre. Tome 52. 1987. 469 pp. and 232 figs. Price: 300 F. (about 50 US$).

FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA. AUGUST 10–14, 1987. SHORT PAPERS, edited by P. J. Currie and E. H. Koster (1987). Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, No. 3: 239pp. (ISBN 0–7732–0047–9).

GENETICS, PALEONTOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION by Jeffrey Levinton. Cambridge University Press, 637pp. ISBN‐0–521 24933 3 Price £27.50. Published Spring 1988.     

Regulation of pyrimidine nucleotide formation in Pseudomonas reptilivora

AIMS: To study the regulation of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas reptilivora ATCC 14836. METHODS AND RESULTS: The pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway enzymes were assayed in extracts of Ps. reptilivora ATCC 14836 cells and of cells from an auxotroph lacking aspartate transcarbamoylase activity. Pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway enzyme activities in ATCC 14836 were influenced by the addition of pyrimidine bases to the culture medium with orotic acid addition inducing dihydroorotase activity. Pyrimidine starvation of the transcarbamoylase mutant strain increased its de novo enzyme activities suggesting that the de novo pathway was also subject to repression by a pyrimidine-related compound. Aspartate transcarbamoylase activity in ATCC 14836 was inhibited in vitro by pyrophosphate and ATP. CONCLUSIONS: Regulation of pyrimidine biosynthesis in Ps. reptilivora was observed at the level of enzyme synthesis and at the level of activity for aspartate transcarbamoylase. Its regulation of enzyme synthesis seemed to be more highly controlled than what was observed in the related species Ps. fluorescens. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This investigation found that pyrimidine biosynthesis is controlled in Ps. reptilivora. This could prove helpful to future studies exploring its pathogenicity.     

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EFFECTS OF FISHING ON NON-TARGET SPECIES AND HABITATS. Edited by M. J. Kaiser and S. J. de Groot.
MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY OF RIVER FISHERIES. Edited by I. G. Cowx.
NONINDIGENOUS FISHES INTRODUCED INTO INLAND WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. By P. L. Fuller, L. G. Nico and J. D. Williams.     

Genetic diversity of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, evaluated by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

AIMS: To analyse Neisseria meningitidis isolates from meningococcal meningitis cases in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from 1990 to 1993 and 1999-2002, to determine the genetic and relatedness with hypervirulent and epidemic strains. METHODS AND RESULTS: The isolates were analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) clustering into 83 electrophoretic types (ET). All isolates from 1999 to 2002, formed a cluster which included one strain of the ET-5 complex worldwide associated with epidemics. CONCLUSIONS: The overall results suggested a panmictic structure probably because of recombination events. The observation of a separated cluster including isolates from 1999 to 2002 and an ET-5 complex strain, also suggested the introduction of strains genetically related with this hypervirulent complex in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) over the last 5 years. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The presence of strains related to the ET-5 complex in several states of Brazil was already described elsewhere, but this is the first time it was reported in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Our findings reinforce the necessity to genetically determine the clones which should be considered to produce a national vaccine against meningococcal meningitis.     

RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS: Bruner , P. L. 1972. Field guide to the birds of French Polynesia. BOOKS: Heinzel , H., Fitter , R. & Parslow , J. 1972. The birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. London: Collins. BOOKS: Pennycuick , C. J. 1972. Animal flight. BOOKS: Voous , K. H. (Ed.) 1972. Proceedings of the XVth International Ornithological Congress. BOOKS: Burton , J. 1972. Animals of the African year: the ecology of East Africa. BOOKS: Durden , K. 1972. Gifts of an eagle. BOOKS: Hosking , E. 1973. An eye for a bird. BOOKS: Mengel , R. M. 1972. A catalogue of the Ellis collection of ornithological books in the University of Kansas Libraries. BOOKS: Perry , R. 1973. At the turn of the tide: a book of wild birds. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: SOUND RECORDINGS: Ker , A. 1972. Safari 99; narration by Peter Clare. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: PERIODICAL LITERATURE: GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Beck , J. R. & Brown , D. W. 1972. The biology of Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl), at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Benson , C. W. & Stuart Irwin , M. P. 1972. The Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel) (Aves: Cuculidae). GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Davis , W. R. & Arnold , K. A. 1972. Food habits of the Great-tailed Grackle in Brazos County, Texas. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Hölzinger , J. & Schilhansl , K. 1972. Untersuchungen zur Brutbiologie an einer südwestdeutschen Population des Flussregenpfeifers (Charadrius dubius). Beitr. naturk. Forsch. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: King , J. R. 1972. Postnuptial and postjuvenal molt in Rufous-collared Sparrows in northwestern Argentina. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Klejnotowski , Z. 1971. (Biology of the Magpie (Pica pica L.)) Roczniki Wy?szej Szkoly Rolniczej w Poznaniu GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Miller , A. H. & Bock , C. E. 1972. Natural history of the Nuttall Woodpecker at the Hastings Reservation. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Morton , M. L., Orejuela , J. E. & Budd , S. M. 1972. The biology of immature Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) on the breeding ground. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Nelson , R. W. 1972. The incubation period in Peale's Falcons. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Niles , D. M. 1972. Molt cycles of Purple Martins Progne subis. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Nisbet , I. C. T. & Drury , W. H. 1972. Measuring breeding success in Common and Roseate Terns. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Olsson , V. 1972. (Territory, habitat and nest-sites of Swedish White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Reynolds , C. M. 1972. Mute Swan weights in relation to breeding. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Spjøtvoll. Ø. 1972. [Crossbill breeding.] Sterna 11: 201–213. (Norwegian.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Stiles , F. G. 1972. Age and sex determination in Rufous and Allen Hummingbirds. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Vilks , K. 1972. [Study of the breeding biology of Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus L.) in Latvia.] GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Young , J. G. 1972. Breeding biology of feral Greylag Geese in south-west Scotland. ECOLOGY AND POPULATIONS: Ahlén , I. 1972. (The Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris colonizing forest land in Southern Sweden.) ECOLOGY AND POPULATIONS: Almkvist , B. & Andersson , A. 1972., (Aerial census of flocked Eider males Somateria mollissima—a method for estimating breeding populations.) ECOLOGY AND POPULATIONS: Anderson , D. R. & Henny , C. J. 1972. Population ecology of the Mallard. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Andersson , A. & Hamilton , G. 1972. (On the occurrence of the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos in Östergötland.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Andersson , G. & A. 1972. (The breeding bird fauna of Lake Järnlunden 1956–70.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Baltvilks , J. 1972. [Unusually large flocks of White Storks (Ciconia ciconia L.) in Latvia in May and June, 1971.] GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Boyd , H. & Ogilvie , M. A. 1972. Icelandic Greylag Geese wintering in Britain in 1960–1971. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Cody , M. L. & Cody , C. B. J. 1972. Territory size, clutch size, and food in populations of Wrens. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Cody , M. L. & Cody , C. B. J. 1972. Areal versus lineal territories in the Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Cooch , F. G., Kaiser , G. W. & Wight , L. 1972. Species of waterfowl and age and sex ratios of ducks harvested in Canada during the 1971 season. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Cramp , S. 1972. One hundred and fifty years of Mute Swans on the Thames. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Crosby , G. T. 1972. Spread of the Cattle Egret in the Western Hemisphere. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Enemar , A., Nyholm , E. & Persson , B. 1972. (The influence of nest-boxes on the passerine bird community of Fågelsångsdalen, Southern Sweden.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Erskine , A. J. 1972. Populations, movements and seasonal distribution of mergansers. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Fjeldså , J. 1972. (Changes in the distribution of the Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus on the Scandinavian Peninsula in recent times.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Galinski , T. 1971. (The Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus L.) in Poland.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Galizski , T. 1971. (Studies on the biology and ecology of the Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus L.) in Poland.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Gorman , M. L. 1972. The origin of the avifauna of urban and suburban Suva, Fiji. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Graczyk , R., Galizski , T. & Klejnotowski , Z. 1971. (The settlement density of birds nesting in boxes in the years 1967–1969 on the Przybroda experimental orchard terrain.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Hart , J. 1972. Food habits of American Kestrels in a low vole year. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Henny , C. J., Anderson , D. R. & Pospahala , R. S. 1972. Aerial surveys of waterfowl production in North America, 1955–71. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Keast , A. 1972. Ecological opportunities and dominant families, as illustrated by the Neotropical Tyrannidae (Aves). MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Dawson , W. R., Hudson , J. W. & Hill , R. W. 1972. Temperature regulation in newly hatched Laughing Gulls Larus atricilla. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Klejnotowski , Z. 1971. (Ecology of the Magpie (Pica pica L.)) Roczniki Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczej w Poznaniu GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Kumerloeve , H. 1972. Brutstatus der Greifvögel (Falconiformes) im vorderasiatischen Raum. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Lacan , F. 1971. Observations écologiques sur le Pétrel de Wilson (Oceanites oceanicus) en Terre Adélie. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Lavery , H. J. 1972. The Grey Teal at saline drought-refuges in north Queensland. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Lein , M. Ross . 1972. A trophic comparison of avifaunas. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Lemmetyinen , R. 1972. Growth and mortality in the chicks of Arctic Terns in the Kongsfjord area, Spitsbergen in 1970. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Luniak , M. 1972. (Changes in the avifauna of Warsaw during the years 1945–1969.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Mc Laren , I. A. 1972. Polygyny as the adaptive function of breeding territory in birds. Transactions Com. Acad. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Moksnes , A. 1972. (Quantitative bird surveys in the Forradal area in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Morton , M. L., Horstmann , J. L. & Osborn , J. M. 1972. Reproductive cycle and nesting success of the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha in the central Sierra Nevada. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Murton , R. K. 1972. The control of bird populations. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Nilsson , L. 1972. (Fluctuations among resting ducks at Hullsjön, Trollhättan GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Nisbet , I. C. T. & Drury , W. H. 1972. Post-fledging survival in Herring Gulls in relation to brood size and date of hatching. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Ogilvie , M. A. & Cook , W. A. 1972. British recoveries of Mallard ringed at Borough Fen Decoy, Northamptonshire. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Prevett , J. & Macinnes , C. D. 1972. The number of Ross' Geese in central North America GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Staav , R., Almkvist , B. & Hedgren , S. 1972. (The Caspian Tern Hydroprogne tschegrava in Sweden 1971.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Stolt , B.-O. 1972. (On the occurrence of the Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus in Sweden in 1970.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Svensson , S. 1972. (The Heron Ardea cinerea in Sweden 1970—a preliminary survey.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Viksne , J. 1972. (The Sandwich Tern Sterna s. sandvicensis Lath. on the coast of the Gulf of Riga in summer 1971.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Viksne , J. 1972. (The results of international mid-winter counts of wildfowl on the waterbodies in Latvia in 1967–71.) GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Weller , M. W. 1972. Ecological studies of Falkland Islands' waterfowl. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Willis , E. O. & Oniki , Y. 1972. Ecology and nesting behavior of the Chestnut-backed Antbird GENERAL BIOLOGY OF SPECIES: Zwarts , L. 1972. (The Grey Lag Geese Anser anser of the brackish tidal habitatat Ventjagersplaten, Holland.) RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Bailey , E. P. & Davenport , G. H. 1972. Die-off of Common Murres on the Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Bailey , S., Bunyan , P. J., Hamilton , G. A., Jennings , D. M. & Stanley , P. I. 1972. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Bakke , T. A. 1972. (Ornithological investigations in the littoral zone at Sola Sea, Rogaland, Norway.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Banks , R. C. & Clapp , R. B. 1972. Birds imported into the United States in 1969 POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: The British Falconers Club and the Hawk Trust . 1972. Captive breeding of diurnal birds of prey. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Clark , R. B. & Croxall , J. P. 1972. Rescue operations for oiled seabirds. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Dorst , J. 1972. L'évolution du statut des oiseaux en Europe au cours des temps récents. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Ferguson , D. A. 1972. Waterfowl wintering, resting and breeding areas of the south-west Caspian lowlands. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Fowle , C. D. 1972. Effects of phosphamidon on forest birds in New Brunswick. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Henny , C. J. 1972. An analysis of the population dynamics of selected avian species—with special reference to changes during the modern pesticide era. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Holmbring , J.-Å. 1972. (The occurrence of the Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius in Sweden.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Houghton , E. W. & Blackwell , F. 1972. Use of bird activity modulation waveforms in radar identification. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Hublé , J. 1972. (Ornithology and nature conservation.) Gerfaut 62: 139–150. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Kesteloot , E. 1972. (Education and nature conservation.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Koeman , J. H., Hadderingh , R. H. & Bijleveld , M. F. I. J. 1972. Persistent pollutants in the White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in the Federal Republic of Germany. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Larsson , T. 1972. (Distribution and ornithological aspects of marshy meadows in southern Sweden.) Institute of Forest Zoology Research Notes 12. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Leach , B. A. 1972. The waterfowl of the Fraser Delta, British Columbia. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Mörzer Bruyns , M. F. 1972. (The impact of modern agriculture and forestry on bird numbers.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: National Defence Headquarters Directorate of Flight Safety Report 1969–71. Birdstrikes to Canadian Forces Aircraft. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Pratt , H. M. 1972. Nesting success of Common Egrets and Great Blue Herons in the San Francisco Bay region. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Prestt , I. 1972. Wild birds and chemicals. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Rooth , J. 1972. (The influence of water-pollution and public works on bird populations.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Ruwet , J.-C. 1972. Ethologie et protection des oiseaux. Gerfaut 62: 95–104. (English summary.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Tys , S. 1972. (Legislation on bird protection in Western Europe.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Verheyen , R. F. 1972. (Bird protection in Belgium.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: voous , K. H. 1972. (The conservation of birds of prey and other predators.) POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Watson , A. & O'Hare , P. J. 1973. Experiments to increase Red Grouse stocks and improve the Irish bogland environment. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Williams , M. 1972. Mortality and exploitation of Paradise Shelduck. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: BEHAVIOUR:Birkhead , T. R. 1973. Observations at a standing-ground adjoining a heronry. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Bogucki , Z. 1972. Studies on the activity of Starlings Sturnus vulgaris in the breeding season. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Dinsmore , T. J. 1972. Sooty Tern behavior. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Jenning , W. & Fridzén , K. E. 1972. [Observations on an overwintering Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus.] POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Kisiel , D. S. 1972. Foraging behaviour of Dendrocopos villosus and D. pubescens in Eastern New York State. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Norton , D. W. 1972. Incubation schedules of four species of Calidridine Sandpipers at Barrow, Alaska. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Stirling , I. & Bendell , J. F. 1970. The reproductive behaviour of Blue Grouse. POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION: Willis , E. O. 1972. The behavior of Spotted Antbirds. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: VOCALISATIONS:Bremond , J.-C. 1972. Comparaison entre l'apprentissage du chant chez le jeune Pinson (Fringilla coelebs) et les éléments réactogènes du chant territorial de l'adulte. VOCALISATIONS: Kreutzer , M. 1972. Les variations dans les chants de Troglodytes troglodytes et leurs conséquences comportementales. VOCALISATIONS: Nottebohm , F. & Selander , R. K. 1972. Vocal dialects and gene frequencies in the Chingolo Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis. VOCALISATIONS: Samuel , D. E. 1972. Song variation and other vocalizations of Veeries. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: MIGRATION AND HOMING: Blurton -Jones , N. G. 1972. Moult migration of Emperor Geese. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Cambridge Iceland Expedition 1971. Cyclostyled report. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Holmbring , J.-Å. 1972. (Immigration and spread of the Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia in the province of Östergötland.) MIGRATION AND HOMING: Hölzinger , J. 1972. Die Invasion des Seidenschwanzes (Bombycilla garrulns) 1970/71 in Baden-Württemberg mit Rückblick auf sein Auftreten in den vergangenen zehn Jahren. Mitt. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Page , G. & Middleton , A. L. A. 1972. Fat deposition during autumn migration in the Semipalmated Sandpiper. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Persson , C. 1972. (Short distance movements of some passerines in South-Western Scania during the autumn migration.) MIGRATION AND HOMING: Persson , C. 1972. (The annual cycle and the autumn movements of tits (Paridae) on Falsterbo Peninsula.) MIGRATION AND HOMING: Rodebrand , S. 1972. (The migration through Kalmar Sound in 1962 and 1963.) MIGRATION AND HOMING: Schadt , J. C. & Southern , W. E. 1972. Effects of solar cues on basic directional preferences of young Mallards. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Speek , B. J. 1972. Bird ringing in the Netherlands. MIGRATION AND HOMING: Swegen , H. 1972. (Visual migration of Eider Ducks Somateria mollissima inland in southernmost Sweden.) MIGRATION AND HOMING: Wallraff , H. G. 1972. Fernorientierung der Vögel. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Board , R. G. & Halls , N. A. 1973. The cuticle: a barrier to liquid and particle penetration of the shell of the hen's egg. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Epple , A., Orians , G. H., Farner , D. S. & Lewis , R. A. 1972. The photoperiodic testicular response of a tropical finch, Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Gaviño , G. T. & Dickerman , R. W. 1972. Nestling development of Green Herons at San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Hargrave , L. L. 1972. Comparative osteology of the Chicken and American Grouse. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Imber , M. J. 1971. Filoplumes of Petrels and Shearwaters. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Mills , J. A. 1971. Sexing Red-billed Gulls from standard measurements. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Richardson , F. 1972. Accessory pygostyle bones of Falconidae. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Ruge , K. 1971. Vergleichende Untersuchungen an Jynginen und Picinen unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung des Vorderhirns. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Smith , J. E. & Diem , K. L. 1972. Growth and development of young California Gulls, Larus californicus. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Väisänen , R. A., Hildén , O., Soikkeli , M. & Vuolanto , S. 1972. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Vaurie , C. & Schwartz , P. 1972. Morphology and vocalizations of Synallaxis unirufa and Synallaxis castanea (Furnariidae, Aves), with comments on other Synallaxis. Amer. Mus. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Voipio , P. 1972. (Larus argentatus cachinnans as a colonizer of the Baltic area.) MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Warner , R. W. 1972. The anatomy of the syrinx in passerine birds. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: PARASITOLOGY: Barus , V., Rysavy , B., Groschaft , J. & Folk , C. 1972. The helminth fauna of Corvus frugilegus L. (Aves, Passeriformes) in Czechoslovakia and its ecological analysis. Acta Sci. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Giddens , W. E. Jr . et al. 1971. Canary pox in sparrows and canaries (Fringillidae) and in weavers (Ploceidae): Pathology and host specificity of the virus. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Lemmetyinen , P. & Raitis , T. 1972. Occurrence of Schistocephalus solidus Creplin (Cestoidea, Dibothriocephalidae) in Common and Arctic Terns in southern Finland. MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS: Markus , M. B. & Oosthuizen , J. H. 1972. Pathogenicity of Haemoproteus columbae. RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Andrew , P., Harrison , M. C. & Smith , R. B. H. 1973. Taxonomy of Ménétries' Warbler. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Baltvilks , J. 1972. [Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber L.)—a new species for Latvia.] TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Bartonek , J. C. & Gibson , D. D. 1972. Summer distribution of pelagic birds in Bristol Bay, Alaska. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Baumanis , J. 1972. (Notes on the avifauna of Lake Marientāles in 1967.) Zoologijas Muzeja Raksti 9: 67–70. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Blūms , P. & Mednis , A. 1972. (The bird fauna of Lake Puze—observations during the nesting period.) TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Borror , D. J. 1972. Yellow-green Vireo in Arizona, with notes on Vireo songs. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Brooke , R. K. 1972. Geographical variation in Palm Swifts Cypsiurus spp. Durban Mus. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Burchak -Abramovich , N. I. & Meladze , G. K. 1972. Rustaviornis georgicus gen. et sp.n., a new fossil bird from the Hipparion fauna of Georgia. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Clancey , P. A. 1972. Miscellaneous taxonomic notes on African birds. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Cracraft , J. 1972. The relationships of the higher taxa of birds: Problems of phylogenetic reasoning. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Cracraft , J. & Rich , P. V. 1972. The systematics and evolution of the Cathartidae in the Old World Tertiary. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: De Roo , A., Hulselmans , J. & Verheyen , W. 1971. Contribution à l'ornithologie de la République du Togo. 3. Oiseaux récoltés par la deuxiéme Mission zoologique belge. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: De Roo , A., de Vree , F. & van der Straeten , E. 1972. Contribution à l'ornithologie de la République du Togo. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Disney , H. J. de S. & Smithers , C. N. 1972. The distribution of terrestrial and freshwater birds on Lord Howe Island, in comparison with Norfolk Island. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Fey , D. & Lebret , T. 1972. (Changes in the avifauna of the Biesbosch in the first year after the elimination of the tide.) TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Harrison , C. J. O. & Walker , C. A. 1972. The affinities of Halcyornis from the Lower Eocene. 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TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Schwartz , P. 1972. On the taxonomic rank of the Yellow-billed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus calorhynchus. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Schwartz , P. 1972. Micrastur gilvicollis, a valid species sympatric with M. ruficollis in Amazonia. TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Short , L. L. 1972. Relationships among the four species of the superspecies Celeus elegans (Aves, Picidae). TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC: Short , L. L. 1972. Systematics and behavior of South American flickers (Aves, Colaptes). RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS: MISCELLANEOUS: Haftorn , S. 1972. (Closed-circuit television and datalogger, new tools to ornithology.)     

Regulation of pyrimidine synthesis in Pseudomonas resinovorans

AIMS: To investigate the regulation of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in the bacterium Pseudomonas resinovorans ATCC 14235. METHODS AND RESULTS: The pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway enzymes were measured in cell extracts from P. resinovorans ATCC 14235 and from an auxotroph lacking orotate phosphoribosyltransferase activity. Pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway enzyme activities in ATCC 14235 were affected by the addition of pyrimidine bases to the culture medium. The de novo enzyme activities of the phosphoribosyltransferase mutant strain increased after pyrimidine starvation indicating possible repression of the pathway by a pyrimidine-related compound. Aspartate transcarbamoylase activity in ATCC 14235 was inhibited in vitro by ATP, UTP and pyrophosphate. CONCLUSIONS: Pyrimidine biosynthesis in P. resinovorans was regulated at the level of enzyme synthesis and at the level of activity for aspartate transcarbamoylase. Its regulation of enzyme synthesis seemed to be similar to what has been observed in the taxonomically related species Pseudomonas oleovorans. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study found that pyrimidine biosynthesis is regulated in P. resinovorans. This could prove helpful to future studies investigating polyhydroxyalkanoate production by the bacterium.     

Pyrimidine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas oleovorans

AIMS: To investigate the regulation of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in the polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium Pseudomonas oleovorans at the level of enzyme synthesis and at the level of aspartate transcarbamoylase activity. METHODS AND RESULTS: The effect of pyrimidine supplementation on the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway enzyme activities was analysed relative to carbon source. Two uracil auxotrophs of P. oleovorans were isolated that were deficient for aspartate transcarbamoylase or dihydroorotase activity. Pyrimidine limitation of these auxotrophs increased the de novo pathway activities to varying degrees depending on the pathway mutation and the carbon source utilized. At the level of aspartate transcarbamoylase activity, pyrophosphate and uridine ribonucleotides were found to be strongly inhibitory of the Ps. oleovorans enzyme. CONCLUSIONS: Pyrimidine biosynthesis is regulated in Ps. oleovorans. Taxonomically, the regulation of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway appeared dissimilar from previously studied Pseudomonas species. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: New insights regarding the regulation of nucleic acid metabolism are provided that could prove significant during the genetic manipulation of Ps. oleovorans to increase the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates.