| Show thesis chesis discloses information about fish eating birds utah game b bird 1 rd hunters w who 0 have ave long killed pelicans cormor ants and blue herons in the inter est st of game fish life in the state must revise their hunts mans code to conform to the latest scientific findings on the subject as contained in bird rookeries Rook eries of the islands of great salt lake masters thesis of william H behle recently approved by the department of zoology at the university of utah by analysis of the stomach content of more than a hundred of these birds mr behle has shown that their prey does docs not consist of game fish as the average huntsman has been taught but of slow moving fish principally carp and suckers sir air behle obtained his information from the islands of great salt lake the only authentic source of such information in utah the california seagull the heroic bird of early utah history along with the blue heron the cormorant and the white pelican makes its home for from harm either by man or predatory animal the paper al also so describes the nesting and feeding habits of these fish eating birds the lack of any kind of plant or animal life suitable for feeding on these islands has driven these birds to fresh water lakes of utah within a mile radius of their habitat for their food they make daily flights to these feeding places according to the aut authors bors study the thesis pages in length is profusely illustrated and covers many interesting phases 0 of f bi bird ir d life among fish eating birds 0 on the strength of his thesis and his bis outstanding work in the field of ornithology mr behle has been awarded a research fellowship in the museum of vertebrate zoology at the university of california according to dr ralph V chamberlain head of the department of zoology at the university the thesis is not yet available to the public |
