Record #:

1395

Author(s):

Wright, Perrin

Abstract:

Wright shows that, by using existing technology, Elisha Mitchell could have accurately measured the height of the Black Mountains without exposing himself to the risks that killed him in 1857.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 108 Issue 1, Spring 1992, p1-10, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Black Mountain; Mount Mitchell; Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857

Record #:

1396

Author(s):

Murray, Christopher A.; Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

This Beaufort County study reveals that bobcats vary their diets seasonally, primarily eating rabbits in the summer and fall and cotton rats in the winter and spring.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 108 Issue 1, Spring 1992, p25-28, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bobcat

Record #:

1397

Author(s):

Schwartz, Owen M.

Abstract:

The capture of a specimen of Octopus macropus off Cape Lookout, the second specimen collected off the North Carolina coast, leads the author to propose that the species range of O. macropus be increased to include this region.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 108 Issue 1, Spring 1992, p35-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Octopus

Record #:

1398

Author(s):

Brown, E.E.

Abstract:

Brown provides a list of thirty amphibians and forty-five reptiles observed in North Carolina's western Piedmont region, with notes on size, numbers, and habitat.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 108 Issue 1, Spring 1992, p38-54, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Amphibians; Reptiles