RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE, No. 83

 

Sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Union , and Birds Australia

 

June 30, 2002

 

CONTENTS

(NOTE: Primary subject codes not found in this issue are followed with an asterisk: *  However, please note that such codes may follow any entry as a secondary subject code along with other key words.)

 

 

 

Acknowledgements:  Denis Abbott, Rafael Brito Aguilar, Marissa A. Ahlering , Range D. Bayer, Alex Baynes, Bharat Bhushan, Michael G. Brooker, Michelle T. Christy, Geoffrey W. H. Davison, James D. Dinsmore, Jerald J. Dosch, Ian D. Endersby, Klaus-Michael Exo, Jon S. Greenlaw, Susan W. Hillman, Ernesto Rueles Inzunza, Richar F. Johnston, Peter S. Lansley, Andy Mack, Shigeru Matsuoka, Ed O. Minot, Dana L. Morris, Hisashi Nagata, Robert W. Nero, Harvey D. Perkins, John M. Peter, James R. Philips, Ian Rowley, Edward I. Saiff, Jay M. Sheppard, Stacy L. Small, Micah M. Stake, Will K. Steele, Eric D. Stolen, Robert W. Storer, Ruth G. Troetschler, Keisuke Ueda, Mutsuyuki J. Ueta, James C. Vanden Berge, William D. Whan, and Jennifer D. White.

 

 

{B108} Barnes, C. P., et al.  2001.  Diet and biology of Square-tailed kites Lophoictinia isura breeding in south-eastern Queensland : nest-building to post-fledging.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 28--43.  (c/o Bundaberg Base Hospital, Bundaberg, Qld. 4670, Australia.)---A complete breeding cycle reveals previously undescribed behaviour of foliage-bathing by female and juvenile and as aerial display between male and juvenile. Detailed observations of nest-building, copulation, incubation, post-fledging behaviour and diet items.---I.D.E.  {B700, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Brooker, B.  2001.  Biology of the Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia ) at Peron Peninsula, Western Australia.  Emu 101: 181--190.  (Sch. Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; EM: bpcale@bigpond.com)---Breeding biology and diet of the species is described. The species both forages and nests amongst leaf litter that, when coupled with its single egg clutches (and hence a potentially low reproductive rate), means the species may be vulnerable to any changes in the quantity and quality of leaf litter within its range.---W.K.S.  {B908, B700, C900}  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Conole, L. E., & R. MacNally.  2001.  Field identification, ecology and conservation status of the Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax in northern Victoria.  Victorian Naturalist 118: 56--58.  (Sch. Ecol., Dept. Biol. Sci., Monash Univ., Monash, Vic. 3800, Australia.) {D702, C900, B900}  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Frith, C, B., & D. W. Frith.  2000.  Fidelity to bowers, adult plumage acquisition, longevity and survival in male Golden Bowerbirds Prionodura newtoniana.  Emu 100: 249--263.  (P.O. Box 581, Malanda, Qld. 4885, Australia.)---Results of detailed 20-year study in north Queensland presented.---W.K.S. {C920, E114, C914)  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Pruett-Jones, S. G., & K. A. Tarvin.  2001.  Aspects of the ecology and behaviour of White-winged Fairy-wrens on Barrow Island [ Western Australia].  Emu 101: 73--78.  (Dept. Ecol. Evol., Univ. Chicago, 1101 East 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA.)---Malurus leucopterus edouardi.  {B300, C900}  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Recher, H. F., & W. E. Davis.  2000.  A contribution to the natural history of the Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei in Western Australia.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 297--305.  (Sch. Nat. Sci., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.)---Quantified observations of territory size and habitat, nests and nest-sites, foraging behaviour and diet, brooding and feeding of nestlings.---I.D.E.  {B716, B718, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B108} Stranger, R. H.  1999.  A study of the Laughing Turtle-Dove Streptopelia senegalensis in Perth, Western Australia.   Western Australian Naturalist. 22: 159--165.  (28/76 East St., Maylands, WA 6051, Australia.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B116} Borg, J. H., & J. Sultana.  2000.  Aspects on the breeding biology of Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the Maltese Islands.  Vogelwarte 40: 258--264.  (Valletta Ringing Scheme-BirdLife Malta, 57 Marina Court, Flat 28, Abate Rigord Street, Ta’Xbiex MSD 12, Malta.)---Based on more than 2.500 ringed birds data on longevity, site tenacity, mate fidelity, philopatry, movements as well as data on breeding success are presented.---K.-M.E. {B702, B714, C910, C914, C918, C920}  {ROL #83}

 

{B118} Chace, J. F., S. T. McKinney, & A. Cruz.  2000.  Nest-site characteristics and nesting success of the Greater Pewee in Arizona.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 169--175.  (Dept. EPO Biol., Univ. Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA.)---Contopus pertinax fledged a mean of 0.8 young per nest. Mean nest height was 11.6 m., usually in mature pine trees.---J.J.D.  {B716, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B118} Davis, C. A., & L. M. Smith.  2001.  Foraging strategies and niche dynamics of coexisting shorebirds at stopover sites in the southern Great Plains.  Auk 118: 484--495.  (Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc., 6611 W. Whooping Crane Dr., Wood River, NE 68883, USA; EM: cadavis@hamilton.net)---Found that American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana), Long-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla), and Western Sandpipers ( Calidris mauri) separated along multidimensional niche space during migration; examined diet overlap, feeding methods, water depth used, and foraging strategies; all species found to eat food in proportion to its availability; all species exhibit opportunistic foraging along migration.---M.A.A. {C908, C922, C926, D302, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B120} Khan, A. A., & Y. Yamaguchi.  2000.  First records on nidification and breeding biology of Amami Thrush, Amami Oshima, Japan.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 139--144.  (no address.)--- Zoothera dauma major. {B700, C900}  {ROL #83}

 

{B126} Gannes, L. Z.  2001.  Comparative fuel use of migrating passerines: Effects of fat stores, migration distance, and diet.  Auk 118: 665--677.  (Environ. Studies, Prescott College, 220 Grove Ave., Prescott, AZ 86301, USA; EM: lgannes@prescott.edu)---Long-distance migrants do not use fuel differently than short-distance migrants.  However, omnivores (Sylvia atricapilla, Sylvia borin, Sylvia curruca ) catabolize more lipids than proteins and insectivores (Phoenicurus phoenicurus , Luscinia megarhynchos, Luscinia luscinia, Sylvia nisoria , Sylvia hortensis) catabolize more protein than lipids for energy during migration; switch from insectivory to fruit-eating omnivory may decrease catabolism of protein reserves---D.L.M.  {C926, D906, E118}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Eames, J. C.  2001.  On the trail of Vietnam's endemic babblers.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 20--27.  (BirdLife International Vietnam Program, 11 Lane 167, Tay Son, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam.)---Identification, habitat, behaviour, and locality data are given for eight babblers endemic to the Indo-Chinese region, four only known from Vietnam (Stachyris herberti , Jabouilleia danjoui, Crocias langbianis, Actinodura sodangorum , Garrulax milleti, Garrulax yersini, Garrulax ngoclinhensis , Garrulax konkakinhensis). All are illustrated in colour.---I.R. {B300, B904, C908, C328, D702}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Evans, T. D.  2001.  Ornithological records from Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR, January-July 1997.  Forktail 17: 21--28.  (11a Yeoman Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent ME1 44BX, UK; EM: tom.evans@plants.ox.ac.uk)---Observations, mainly along the Mekong River in central Laos show the community of riverine birds to be much poorer than it was pre-1949; four species still present are considered to be At Risk in Laos (Esacus recurvirostris, Vanellus duvaucelii, Sterna aurantia, Ardea cinerea) and three others Potentially At Risk (Merops philippinus, Glareola lactea, Hirundo smithii). Seven species were recorded for the first time in central Laos (Calidris ruficollis, Glareola maldivarum, Chlidonias leucopterus, Gorsachius melanolophus, Luscinia svecica, Zosterops erythropleurus, Cisticola exilis). The last of these seems to have extended its range in response to extensive deforestation.---I.R. {B904, C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Evans, T. D., H. C. Towll, R. J. Timmins, R. M. Thewlis, A. J. Stones, W. G. Robichaud, & J. Barzan.  2000.  Ornithological records from the lowlands of southern Laos during December 1995--September 1996, including areas on the Thai and Cambodian borders.  Forktail 16: 29--52.  (11a, Yeoman Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent ME14 4BX, UK; EM: tom.evans@plants.ox.ac.uk)---Records from four surveyed areas: Phou Xiang Thong and Dong Hua Sao National Biodiversity Conservation Areas, Dong Khanthung Proposed Protected area, and the course of the Mekong River. Six Globally Threatened and 13 Globally Near-threatened bird species recorded, with 22 At Risk or Potentially At Risk in Laos. Birds of conservation concern in each area are given, with Dong Khanthung the outstanding sites. Species recorded include Giant Ibis (Pseudibis gigantea), White-winged Duck (Cairina scutulata) and Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus).---I.R.  {B904, C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Ho Hua Chew, & S. Supari.  2000.  Observations of Plain-pouched Hornbills Aceros subruficollis in Tasek Temengor, Peninsular Malaysia.  Forktail 16: 65--67.  (c/o 11 Marigold Drive, Singapore 576412.)---Observations from 6--10 Sept. 1998 by several birders from the Nature Society of Singapore, camped near the Perak River that has been dammed to form Lake Tasek Temengor over which large flocks of hornbills, thought to be Wreathed Hornbills (Aceros undulatus), had been reported flying. Over five days, seven counts ranging from 816--2,067 were made of birds on morning outward feeding flights and on their evening return flights to roost. These were identified as Plain-pouched Hornbills from photographs, video and sound recordings, hitherto regarded as rare in Malaysia.---I.R.  {D702}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Mauro, I. , & E. Vercruysse.  2000.  Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra at Darjeeling, India in April and June 1996.  Forktail 16: 176--178.  (Brouwerijstraat 29, B-9160 Lokeren, Belgium.)---Between 24--29 Apr. 1996 a male Rusty-bellied Shortwing responded to playback of its recorded loud song and enabled three people to view it clearly, while a second male called nearby. In early June the area was visited again and no less than nine different territorial males were found in the same area. Sonograms of this species and of Brachypteryx leucophrys and Brachypteryx montana are given; the last two species were seen in a variety of habitats but the Rusty-winged only came from relatively steep, damp, densely vegetated gullies within secondary growth. These are the first records of the species in the Darjeeling area since one was collected in 1920.---I.R. {B904, C908, C914, B320, C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Riley, J., & J. C. Wardill.  2001.  The rediscovery of Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher Eutrichomyias rowleyi on Sangihi, Indonesia .  Forktail 17: 45--55.  (Wildlife Conservation Society--Indonesia Program, PO Box 1131, Manado 95000, Sulawesi, Indonesia; EM:wcstaff@manado.wasantara.net.id)---This species, endemic to the island of Sangihi, was previously known from one specimen (collected in 1873) and two inconclusive sightings (in 1978 and 1995). On 3 Oct. 1998 two E. rowleyi were seen foraging in a small gully close to the edge of primary forest on Mt. Sahendaruman; further surveys located a small Critically Endangered population (estimated between 19--135 birds) restricted to five steep forested valleys. On 7 Dec. 1998 a single adult was mist-netted, measured, photographed and a blood sample taken before released unharmed. These measurements are compared with those of the type specimen. The Sangihi-Talaud Endemic Bird Area now supports ten endemic species and the need for conservation activities is urgent.---I.R. {B904, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Shankar Raman, T. R.  2001.  Observation on the Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius and range extension in the Western Ghats, India.  Forktail 17: 110--111.  (Ctr. Ecol. Studies, Indian Inst. Sci., Bangalore 560Ê012, India; EM: shankar@ces.iisc.ernet.in)---Three sightings were made in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, in wet evergreen forest at 1,040--1,050 m a.s.l.---I.R. {B904, C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{B130} Smith, A. C., & R. Nol.  2000.  Winter foraging behavior and prey selection of the Semipalmated Plover in coastal Venezuela.   Wilson Bulletin 112: 467--472.  (EN: Biology Dept., Trent Univ., Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada; EM: enol@trentu.ca)---No significant differences between the sexes in mudflat habitat use by Charadrius semipalmatus.  Also, no significant differences in distances to conspecifics.  Neither sex exhibited territorial behavior.  Sexes did differ in foraging behavior and diet although there were differences in prey size.---J.J.Dos.  {B302, C926, D302, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B300} Levy, N.  2000.  Response of Cranes (Grus grus) to potential predators in wintering areas.  Vogelwarte 40: 238--240.  (Dept. of Zool., Tel-Aviv Univ., Ramat-Aviv 69978 Israel.)  {B302, B308}  {ROL #83}

 

{B300} Nocera, J. J., & P. D. Taylor.  2000.  Behavior of post-nest failure and non-breeding Common Loons during the breeding season.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 532--534.  (PDT: Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Research Network, Biology Dept., Acadia Univ., Wolfville, NS B0P 4E5, Canada; EM: philip.taylor@acadiau.ca)---The behavior of failed and non-breeds in summer is similar to that of pre-nesting, pre-migratory, wintering, and breeding loons (except for those with young chicks.  Foraging is the predominant behavior and peering is the predominant event.  The authors propose that the behavioral regimen of Gavia immer adults is relatively constant throughout the year, with the exception of the two-week chick brooding period following hatching.---J.J.Dos.  {B306, B308, B320, C918, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B302} Balmford, R.  2001.  Pacific Gull attacking Silver Gull and response by a flock of Silver Gulls.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 69--70.  (459 The Boulevard, East Ivanhoe, Vic. 3079, Australia.)---Larus novaehollandiae defended conspecific victim of Larus pacificus attack.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{B302} Fraser, F.  2000.  Unusual predator avoidance behaviour by a Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata.  Northern Territory Naturalist 16: 34--35.  (Pks. Wildl. Comm. NT, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.)---Single G. striata avoided predation by a pursuing Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) by diving into shallow muddy waterhole and submerging most of its body. The dove remained semi-submerged for 20 mins after hobby left the area.---P.S.L.  {C916, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B302} Kotesovec, N.  1995.  Magnolia Warbler [Dendroica magnolia] distracts advancing chipmunk from her fledgling.  The Ohio Cardinal 19: 10--13.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM: danielel@iwaynet.net)---Description of defense of nest against Tamias striatus.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B304} Altshuler, D. L., & A. M. Nunn.  2001.  Observational learning in hummingbirds.   Auk 118: 795--799.  (Sec. Integrative Biol., Univ. Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712; EM)---Ruby-throated (Archilochus colubris), Broad-tailed (Selasphorus platycercus), Rufous (Selasphorus rufus) hummingbirds; tutored birds learned to feed on a new food resource more quickly than solitary birds.---J.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B304} Caffrey, C.  2001.  Goal directed use of objects by American Crows.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 114--115.  (Zoology Dept., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; EM: caffrey@okstate.edu)---Western American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis) dropped pecans onto a paved road and waited to inspect or retrieve them until a car had passed. Eastern American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos) were observed dropping pine cones on a human's head in a context of nestling defense.  Instances of objects being dropped in the context of play are also described.---J.J.Dos.  {tool use, play, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B304} Metcalf, B. M., S. J. J. F. Davies, & P. G. Ladd.  2000.  Adaptation of behaviour by two bird species as a result of habituation to humans.   Australian Bird Watcher 18: 306--312.  (Sch. Environ. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Flight-initiation distances for Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor) and Short-billed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) are significantly shorter in areas where human activity is less or absent.---I.D.E. {B500}  {ROL #83}

 

{B306} Brierley, A. S., & P. G. Fernandes.  2001.  Diving depths of Northern Gannets: acoustic observations of Sula Bassana [sic] from an autonomous underwater vehicle.  Auk 118: 529--534.  (Gatty Marine Lab., Univ. St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, Scotland, UK; EM: andrew.brierley@st-andrews.ac.uk)---Dives on average to 19.7 m, in observations made in the North Sea using an autonomous underwater vehicle.  Morus bassanus.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{B306} Burger, A. E.  2001.  Diving depths of shearwaters.  Auk 118: 755--759.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5, Can.; EM aburger@uvic.ca)---Puffinus pacificus dives on average to 14 m [range 1--66 m], while Puffinus lherminieri dives on average to 12 m [range 6--35 m]).---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{B306} Harrison, R.  2000.  Observations on the Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos .  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 267--269.  (P.O. Box 42, Bribie Island, Qld. 4507, Australia.)---Flight patterns, hunting style and prey.---I.D.E.  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B306} Ropert-Condert, Y., C.-A. Bost, Y. Handrich, R. M. Bevan, P. J. Butler, A. J. Woakes, & Y. Le Maho.  2000.  Impact of externally attached loggers on the diving behaviour of the King Penguin.  Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 73: 438--445.  (National Institute of Polar Research, 1-9-10 Kaga Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173 8515, Japan; EM: yan@nipr.ac.jp)---External logging devices affected some aspects of diving behavior in Aptenodytes patagonicus , suggesting that back-packs induced an extra energy cost when compared to the impact of internally placed time-depth recorders.---J.S.G.  {ROL #83}

 

{B308} Applegate, R. D.  2001.  Night-roosting of Robins in an open hayfield. Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 47.  (Kansas Dept. Wildlife & Parks, Box 1525, Emporia, KS 66801-1525)---Two flocks of Turdus migratorius totaling 80 individuals were seen to leave a field of Andropogon spp. just before dawn on 31 March 2001 in Lyon Co., KS.---R.F.J. {D902}  {ROL #83}

 

{B308} Byman, D. H.  2000.  Behaviors of Turkey and Black vultures at a winter day perch.  Northeastern Naturalist 7: 297--308.  (Worthington Scranton Campus, Pennsylvania State University, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512, USA; EM: dxb14@psu.edu)---Multiple linear regression analysis used to examine loafing behavior of Cathartes aura and Coragyps atratus in relation to microclimate at a day perch in Pennsylvania.---J.S.G. {C906, thermoregulation}  {ROL #83}

 

{B308} Gonzáles-Solís, J., X. Ruiz, & L. Jover.  1999.  Fisheries and daily activity cycles of Audouin’s Larus audouinii and Yellow-legged Gulls L. cachinnans breeding at the Chafarinas Islands (Moroccan coast).  Vogelwarte 40: 52--56.  (Universitat de Barcelona, Dept. Biologia Animal (Vertebrats), Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.)---Daily activity patterns of Larus cachinnans were influenced by fisheries.---K.-M.E.  {B500}  {ROL #83}

 

{B308} Khan, H. A.  2001.  I mpact of trees as the nests in the roost of the Rose-ringed Parakeet ( Psittacula krameri) in the agroecosystems of Central Punjab , Pakistan.  Eclectus 10: 5--9.  (Dept. Zool. Fish., Univ. Agric., Faisalabad, Pakistan; EM: hammad@fsd.comsats.net.pk)---Analysis of tree composition and availability of nesting hollows at 44 roosting sites in three habitat types; 10,910 trees of seven species were measured and assessed for suitable nest hollows (6Ê089). Nearest food crops to the roosts were assessed visually for damage.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B308} Minton C., & J. Whitelaw.  2000.  Waders roosting on mangroves.   Stilt 37: 23--24.  (165 Dalgetty Rd., Beaumaris, Vic. 3193, Australia.)---Extensive Spartina covering of mudflats may have caused Calidris acuminata , Calidris ferruginea and Pluvialis fulva to use alternative roost.---I.D.E.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Codenotti, T. L., & F. Alvarez.  2001.  Mating behavior of the male Greater Rhea.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 85--89.  (FA: Estación Biológica de Doñana, C.S.I.C., Apt. postal 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain; EM: alvarez@ebd.csic.es)--- Rhea americana.  {B302, B314, B700}  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Frith, C. B., & D. W Frith .  2001.  Display behaviour of the adult male Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana at the bower.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 3--13.  (PO Box 581, Malanda, Qld. 4885, Australia.)---Male hides from female-plumaged conspecific while giving subsong mimicry calls, then suddenly approaches in a displacement display, possibly to determine sex.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Hamao, S.  2000.  When do males sing songs? Costs and benefits of singing during a breeding cycle.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 87--98.  (Urawa-minami High Sch., Tsuji 6-5-31, Urawa 336-0026, Japan.)---Review paper discussing the importance of the social and ecological circumstances of the species to understand the singing activity.---H.N. {B320}  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} McDonald, P. G.  2001.  The role of vocalisations and aggression in breeding male Rufous Whistlers, Pachycephala rufiventris.  Emu 101: 65--72.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.)---Two new courtship displays are described and six distinct call types identified and recorded. Aggressive behaviour was most prevalent during the early part of the breeding season, when territories and pair-bonds were being established. Mate-guarding (i.e. male within 5 m of mate) was most common during nest construction, when females were fertile.---W.K.S.  {B320, B302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Roth, A., & G. S. Jones.  2000.  Dynamics of territorial behavior by Common Nighthawks.  Northeastern Naturalist 7: 178--180.  (Center for Vertebrate Studies, 414 Mugar Building, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA; EM: aroth@lynx.dac.neu.edu)---Describes defensive behavior by a territorial male Chordeiles minor against a small flock of migratory individuals in Boston, Massachusetts.---J.S.G. {B316}  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Wilson, J. K.  2000.  Additional observations on precopulatory behavior of Yellow-billed Cuckoos.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 535--536.  (Brazoria Natl. Wildl. Refuge, 1212 N. Velasco, Ste. 200, Angleton, TX 77515, USA.)--- Coccyzus americanus.  {ROL #83}

 

{B312} Wood, K. A.  2000.  Postures, displays and copulation of the Pied Currawong Strepera graculina.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 313--319.  (97 Eastern Ave., Mangerton, NSW 2500, Australia.)---Describes threat posture, breeding status posture, female food-begging display and solicitation display. Records an extra-pair copulation between breeding male and another female.---I.D.E. {B318, B320, B712}  {ROL #83}

 

{B314} Shimizu , Y., & M. Nakamura.  2000.  Mutual and parasitic mixed-feeding associations in waterfowl: a food-addition experiment.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 17--30.  (Lab. Anim. Ecol., Dept. Biol., Joetsu Univ. Edu., 1 Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-8512, Japan.)---The effect of food availability on the organization of mixed species feeding associations in Cygnus columbianus, Aythya ferina and Anas acuta was examined.---H.N. {C922, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B314} Steiner, H.  1999.  [Social behaviour influences vulnerability of Jays Garrulus glandarius under attack by Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus .]  Vogelwarte 40: 138--139.  (Diepersdorf 30, A-4552 Watberg, Austria.) (German, English summary)  {ROL #83}

 

{B314} Surmacki, A., G. Lorek, & P. Tryjanowski.  1999.  Communal roosting of Linnets Carduelis cannabina and Blue-headed Wagtails Motacilla flava at post-breeding period in Western Poland.  Vogelwarte 40: 146--148.  (Dept. of Avian Biol. and Ecol., Inst. of Environm. Biol., Adam Mickiewicz, Fredry 10, PL 61-701 Poznan, Poland.)  {B308}  {ROL #83}

 

{B316} Harris, R. J., & J. M. Reed.  2001.  Territorial movements of Black-throated Blue Warblers in a landscape fragmented by forestry.  Auk 118: 544--549.  (Dept. Biol. Tufts, Univ., Medford, MA  02155, USA; EM: rbishop@emerald.tufts.edu)--- Dendroica caerulescens moved into regenerating clearcuts in response to conspecific song playback.---J.D.W. {B302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B318} Greenberg, L. H.  2001.  Birds that glow in the dark.  Blue Jay 59: 102--104.  (P.0. Box 81, Silton, SK SOG 4LO, Can.)---Hirundo rustica nestlings have gapes that are luminescent as an apparent aid to night feeding by parents.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B318} Lank, D. B., & J. Dale.  2001.  Visual signals for individual identification: the silent "song" of Ruffs.  Auk 118: 759--765.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 , Can.; EM: dlank@sfu.ca)---Plumage variation in Philomachus pugnax may act as a signal to communicate ID; variation in four plumage characters varies independently.---S.W.H.  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Byers, B. E., & D. I. King.  2000.  Singing by female Chestnut-sided Warblers.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 547--550.  (Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; EM: bbyers@bio.umass.edu)---The authors recorded complex, highly variable, song-like vocalizations of Dendroica pensylvanica females which bore no resemblance to male songs.  These songs occurred only during a brief period just after females arrived on the breeding grounds and were almost invariably associated with intense social interactions.  The vocalizations may be byproducts of seasonally high levels of circulating sex hormones.---J.J.Dos.  {B314, B316, E108}  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Ficken, M. S.  2000.  Call similarities among mixed species flock associates.   Southwestern Naturalist 45: 154--158.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.)---Calls of Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi ) and Mexican Chickadee (Poecile sclateri) are similar to those of Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( Regulus calendula), and Brown Creeper (Certhia americana ).---J.J.D.  {B314}  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Ficken, M. S.  2000.  Call similarities among mixed species flock associates.   Southwestern Naturalist 45: 154--158.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.)---Calls of Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi ) and Mexican Chickadee (Poecile sclateri) are similar to those of Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( Regulus calendula), and Brown Creeper (Certhia americana ).---J.J.D.  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Healy, C.  1993.  Antiphonal song in the Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi in Darwin.  Northern Territory Naturalist 14: 30--32.  (Fac. Arts, NT Univ., P.O. Box 40146, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.)---Standard song phrases, given by two individuals of pair, described; antiphonal singing only certainly recorded Sept. to Nov., prior to breeding, but possibly occurs year round.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Horton, H.  2000.  Some fascinating facets of birdsong: how, what, why, when and where birds vocalise.  Queensland Naturalist 38: 37--46.  ('Diura', Mt. Nebo Rd., Jolly’s Lookout, Qld. 4520, Australia.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Maller, C. J., & D. N. Jones.  2001.  Vocal behaviour of the Common Koel, Eudynamys scolopacea, and implications for mating systems.   Emu 101: 105--112.  (Aust. Sch. Environ. Studies, Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld. 4111, Australia.)---Six vocalisations, including duetting, reported among adult birds. Speculates the species shares with other cuckoos a basic breeding pattern based on male dominance interactions that lead to polygyny, but the discovery of duetting strongly suggests the possibility of short-term pair-bonding within this mating system.---W.K.S.  {B312, B714}  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Morton, E. U.  2000.  An evolutionary view of the origins and functions of avian vocal communication.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 69--78.  (Conserv. Res. Ctr., Natl. Zool. Park, Smithsonian Inst., 1500 Remount Rd., Front Royal, VA, 22630, USA.)---The motivation-structural rules model is useful in producing hypotheses to test the relation between the physical form of vocalizations and their function. The author develops ranging theory to describe how birds assess their distance from one another. (Review)---H.N. {B310, D105}  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Sedgwick, J. A.  2001.  Geographic variation in the song of Willow Flycatchers: Differentiation between Empidonax traillii adastus and E. t. extimus.  Auk 118: 366--379.  (Biol. Resour. Div., Midcontinent Ecol. Sci. Ctr., Fort Collins, CO 80525-3400, USA; EM: jim_Sedgwick@usgs.gov)---The vocal signatures of the primary song form (“fitz-bew”) of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and its counterpart, E. t. adastus , are distinctive; songs of the extimus subspecies are longer (total song, note, internote) and frequencies at maximum amplitude are lower than those of adastus.---R.B.A.  {ROL #83}

 

{B320} Smith, W. J., & A. M. Smith.  2000.  Information about behavior is provided by songs of the Striped Cuckoo.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 491--497.  (Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018, USA; EM: wjsmith@sas.upenn.edu)---Tapera naevia have three different song types.  Song types enable singers to obviate or elicit encounters with distant individuals.---J.J.Dos.  {B314, B316, E522}  {ROL #83}

 

{B500} Bosch, S.  1999.  [Ornithologists and ornithosis: Do contact with birds endanger human health? A review with additional remarks on cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis and alveolitis.   Vogelwarte 40: 130--135.  (Postfach 1242, D-74208 Leingarten, Germany.) (German, English summary)---Chlamydia psittaci.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{B500} Bosch, S.  2000.  [Does fieldwork involve health risks? New facts on ticks and foxtapeworms.]  Vogelwarte 40: 224--228.  (Postfach 1242, D-74208 Leingarten, Germany.)---Encephalitis, Lyme-Borreliosis.  (German, English summary) -K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{B500} Kurosawa, R., et al.  2001.  [Relation of Jungle Crows and garbage in Tokyo II: Comparison between summer and winter seasons.]  Strix 19: 71--79.  (Res. Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, 2-35-2 Minamidaira, Hino, Tokyo 191-0041, Japan; EM: QZD02221@nifty.ne.jp)---Corvus macrorhynchos was more abundant during winter than in summer, especially in the commercial areas of Tokyo. In commercial areas, an average of 20.9 crows/km were present compared to 6.1 crows/km in the non-commercial areas.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {C908, D302, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B502} Epstein, M.  1999.  Incidental impact to nesting Wilson’s Plovers during the sea turtle nest monitoring season.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 173--176.  (Merritt Island Natl. Wildl. Refuge, P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, FL 32782, USA.)---Charadrius wilsonia.  {B702, B708, B716, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B502} Kluza, D. A., K. S. Bostwick, & E. A. Young.  2001.  Late fall bird mortality at a Topeka television tower.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 21--24.  (Division of Ornithology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA, and Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS 67005, USA.) {C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B502} Niizuma, Y., et al.  2001.  [External measurements and nutritional status of Rhinoceros Auklets killed by the Nahodka oil spill.]  Strix 19: 81--89.  (Dept. Ecol. Syst., Graduate Sch. Agric., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo 060-8589, Japan; EM: niizuma@h7.dion.ne.jp)---Oil spill had a serious effect on Cerorhinca monocerata survival.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {C902, D302, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{B502} Robbins, M. B., B. R. Barber, & E. A. Young.  2000. Major bird mortality at a Topeka television tower.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 29--30.  (Div. Ornithol., Nat. Hist. Museum, Univ. Kansas, Lawrence,  KS 6045-2454; Dept. Biol., Southwestern College, 100 College St., Winfield, KS 67156-2499 USA.)---478 individuals of 35 species found dead on 9 October 1999 under TV tower 18 km w Topeka, KS, USA---R.F.J.  {C706, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{B504} Bayer, R. D.  2000.  Cormorant harassment to protect juvenile salmonids in Tillamook County, Oregon.  Stud. Oregon Ornithol. No. 9.  (Available for free at www.orednet.org/salmon/salmon.htm#hazing by using all lower case letters.)---Phalacrocorax auritus hazing had no apparent effect on spawning ground counts of wild salmon or hatchery returns.---R.D.B.  {ROL #83}

 

{B504} Bayer, R. D.  2000.  Cormorant harassment to protect juvenile salmonids in Tillamook County, Oregon.  Stud. Oregon Ornithol. No. 9.  (Available for free at www.orednet.org/salmon/salmon.htm#hazing by using all lower case letters.)---Phalacrocorax auritus hazing had no apparent effect on spawning ground counts of wild salmon or hatchery returns.---R.D.B.  {ROL #83}

 

{B509} Polkanov, A., & T. Greene.  2000.  Pest Psittacenes; the Rainbow Lorikeet in New Zealand.  Eclectus 9: 2--5.  (NZ Dept. Conserv., PO Box 32026, Devonport, North Shore City, NZ; EM: apolkanov@doc.govt.nz)---Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus released illegally from captivity c.1992 were encouraged to breed up in the wild until they reached flocks of 50. In 1999 the NZ Department of Conservation declared the species “Unwanted Organisms” under the Biosecurity Act 1993 on evidence that they were a threat to native species. So far 55 have been captured and monitoring feral populations suggests a total population of 150--200 wild birds remain.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B510} Kemp, A.  2000.  The sustainable utilisation of birds.  Emu 100: 355--365.  (Dept. Birds, Transvaal Mus., P.O. Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.)---Describes feasibility study in which second-hatched chicks of three species with obligate siblicide: Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri), African Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus spilogaster) and Milky Eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus) were taken from the Kruger National Park and provided to a local community for rearing and later release. The community benefitted through publicity and income through the hiring of a hut to rear the birds and the sale of food. Falconry, aviculture and conservation reintroduction programmes may provide markets for future similar exercises. The economic feasibility of this exercise is still to be determined. Discussion is also presented on the modern concept of sustainable utilization, the levels at which it can be practised and the biological risks involved.---W.K.S. {B906, E504}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Bell , J. L., & R. C. Whitmore.  2000.  Bird nesting ecology in a forest defoliated by gypsy moths.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 524--531.  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS/P-1133, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888, USA; EM: jbell@cdc.gov)---Acadian Flycatcher ( Empidonax virescens), Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) and Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina ) nests were monitored in an area that experienced heavy tree mortality due to Lymantria dispar.  Gypsy moth defoliation is not likely to be a devastating ecological event for shrub and sub-canopy nesting avian species, and can create more nesting habitat for many species that use a dense forest understory.---J.J.Dos.  {B704, B716, C908, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Bellebaum, J.  2000.  [The importance of second broods for the reproductive success in the Coot (Fulica atra).]  Vogelwarte 40: 198--205.  (Prof.-Schulte-Str. 6, D-45657 Recklinghausen, Germany.)---In high quality territories reproductive output was maximised by a second brood.  (German, English summary)---K.-M.E. {B702, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Berry , L.  2001.  Breeding biology and nesting success of the Eastern Yellow Robin and the New Holland Honeyeater in a southern Victorian woodland.  Emu 101: 191--197.  (Sch. Biol. Sci., Monash Univ., PO Box 18, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia; EM: lainie.berry@sci.monash.edu.au)--- Phylidonyris novaehollandiae, Eopsaltria australis.  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Burhans, D. E., B. M. Strausberger, & M. D. Carey.  2001.  Regional variation in response of Field Sparrows to the threat of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism.  Auk 118: 776--780.  (N. Central Res. Stn., USDA For. Serv., 202 ABNR, Univ. of MO, Columbia, MO 65211-7260, USA; EM: dburhans@fs.fed.us)---Female Spizella pusilla responded more aggressively towards Molothrus ater in Illinois where parasitism rates were higher than in Missouri or Pennsylvania where rates were lower; females also arrived earlier at the nest to lay eggs in Illinois; however, no difference was found in arrival of females between Missouri and Pennsylvania populations even though parasitism was higher in Missouri.---M.A.A. {B704}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Conner, R. N., J. R. McCormick, R. R. Schaefer, D. Saenz, & D. C. Rudolph.   2001.  A Red-cockaded Woodpecker group with two simultaneous nest trees.   Wilson Bulletin 113: 101--104.  (Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory and College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Southern Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA; EM: c_connerrn@titan.sfasu.edu)---A Picoides borealis pair successfully fledged one nestling from each of two trees during the same nesting cycle.---J.J.Dos.  {B706, B710, B718, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Friesen, L. E., V. E. Wyatt, M. D. Cadman, R. J. Mackay, E. D. Cheskey, M. L. Allen, & D. Ramsay.  2000.  Extent of double-brooding and seasonal movement of nesting females in northern populations of Wood Thrushes.   Wilson Bulletin 112: 505--509.  (Canadian Wildlife Service, 75 Farquhar St., Guelph, Ontario N1H 3N4, Canada; EM: lyle.friesen@ec.gc.ca)---Double-brooding was common in Hylocichla mustelina in northern Ontario with as many as 87% of females, fledging first broods, initiating egg-laying in a subsequent nest.  Most birds that failed in their first nesting attempt were not found again.---J.J.Dos.  {B702, B716, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Johnson, D. H., & L. D. Igl.  2001.  Area requirements of grassland birds: a regional perspective.  Auk 118: 24--34.  (North. Prairie Wildl. Res. Ctr., U.S. Geological Survey, 8711 37^th St., Jamestown, ND 58401, USA; EM: douglas_h_johnson@usgs.gov)---Evaluated area-sensitivity for 15 grassland bird species over 9 counties and 4 states; 8 species favored large patches, 4 showed no strong preference, and 2 preferred smaller patches; at least 5 species showed some spatial pattern to their area-sensitivity; indicates the importance of sampling the variability across a wide spatial range.---M.A.A. {area-sensitivity, Conservation Reserve Program}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Kniprath, E., R. Altmüller, H. Seeler, & S. Stier.  1999.  [On the time of breeding maturity in central European Barn Owls Tyto alba guttata .]  Vogelwarte 40: 145--146.  (Ludolfstr. 10, D-37581 Bad Gandersheim, Germany.) (German, English summary)  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Komar, O., W. Rodríguez, & R. Ibarra.  2000.  Black-vented Oriole nests inside a cabin in El Salvador.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 551--553.  (Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; EM: okomar@ukans.edu)---First breeding record of Icterus wagleri for El Salvador.  The pair's first clutch failed but a second clutch in the same nest fledged three young.  Includes a description of the nest.---J.J.Dos.  {B702, B716, B718, C312, C918}  {ROL #83}

{B700} Marín, M.  2001.  Postnatal development of the Violet Sabrewing in Costa Rica.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 110--114.  (Section of Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA; EM: mma95@hotmail.com)---Campylopterus hemileucurus is highly sexually dimorphic in both size and plumage color.  Males grew more slowly than females and were significantly heavier.  Males also had significantly longer flattened wing, tail, and exposed culmen lengths.  All nests were located over running water.  Only females incubated during the 20-day incubation period.  The nestling period lasted 23 days.  Although nestlings surpassed adult body mass before fledging they did not achieve adult size with respect to flattened wing, tail or exposed culmen lengths until after fledging.  Egg measurements are also included.---J.J.Dos.  {B700, B710, B716, B718, D704, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} McKilligan, N. G.  2001.  Population dynamics of the Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis) in south-east Queensland: a 20-year study.  Emu 101: 1--5.  (Dept. Biol. Phys. Sci., Univ. Southern Qld., Toowoomba, Qld. 4350, Australia.)---The number of nests recorded each year was strongly positively correlated with local and regional rainfall during the 12 months preceding breeding. An exception to this was the large number of nests recorded during a relatively dry year, after the birds took to foraging over cultivated land. There was also a density-dependent relationship between numbers of nests during successive years, although this is suggested to be of less importance. Annual mean breeding success ranged from 1.8 to 2.9 fledglings per successful nest, and was significantly greater during seasons following wetter springs.---W.K.S.  {B908, C908, C914, C918, Bubulcus ibis}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Mezquida, E. T.  2001.  Aspects of breeding biology of the Crested Gallito.   Wilson Bulletin 113: 104--108.  (P. Alameda de Osuna 74 1 C, 28042 Madrid, Spain; EM: ricardo.mezquida@adi.uam.es)---Describes the laying, incubation, and nestling periods of Rhinocrypta lanceolata in western Argentina.  The location and construction of nests are also described.  Clutch size, laying intervals, and egg measurements (smaller than those previously reported) are included.  Gallito eggs hatch asynchronously.  Brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) was not observed.---J.J.Dos.  {B702, B704, B710, B716, B718, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Noske, R. A.  2001.  The breeding biology of the Mangrove Gerygone, Gerygone laevigaster, in the Darwin region [Northern Territory], with notes on brood parasitism by the Little Bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus.  Emu 101: 129--135.  (Sch. Biol. Environ. Chem. Sci., NT Univ., Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.) {B704}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Russell, E. M.  2000.  Avian life histories: is extended parental care the southern secret?  Emu 100: 377--399.  (53 Swan St., Guildford, WA 6055, Australia.)---Suggests that, for southern hemisphere passerines, extended parental care ('Time to Independence') for fewer young (from smaller clutch sizes) results in reduced total reproductive effort but may contribute to higher adult survival.---W.K.S. {C918, C910, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Simon, J. C., T. K. Pratt, K. E. Berlin, & J. R. Kowalsky.  2000.  Reproductive ecology of the Maui Parrotbill.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 482--490.  (TKP: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center: P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718-0044, USA; EM: Thane_Pratt@usgs.gov)---18 Pseudonestor xanthophrys individuals were color-banded, and 9 active nests were monitored.  Both members of a pair maintained a year-round, all-purpose territory that included nest sites and food resources.  Parrotbills were monogamous with and between years.  The authors found no evidence of polygamy or helpers at the nest.  Females constructed most of the nest and performed all incubation and brooding while males fed females and assisted in feeding nestlings after their fourth day.  Fledglings depended on parental care for 5-8 months.  Their breeding ecology most closely resembles the Akiapolaau (Hemignathus munroi).---J.J.Dos.  {B316, B509, B706, B714, B716, B718, B904, B910, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Strausberger, B. M., &  D. E. Burhans .  2001.  Nest desertion by Field Sparrows and its possible influence on the evolution of cowbird parasitism.  Auk 118: 770--776.  (Dept. Biol. Sci.  (MC 066), Univ. Illinois-Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607, USA; EM: bstrau1@icarus.uic.edu)---Spizella pusilla did not desert nests in response to the presence of Molothrus ater eggs, but did desert nests in response to cowbird models; a significantly higher number of parasitized nests were deserted than unparasitized; sparrows deserted nest more frequently in the early building or laying stage; in Illinois where parasitism rates were higher, females returned to nests earlier than females in Missouri.---M.A.A. {B704}  {ROL #83}

{B700} Taliaferro, E. H., R. T. Holmes, & J. D. Blum.  2001.  Eggshell characteristics and calcium demands of a migratory songbird breeding in two New England forests.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 94--100.  (RTH: Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; EM: richard.t.holmes@dartmouth.edu)---Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) eggshell characteristics were compared.  No significant differences were found between areas that differed in calcium content in their soils.  A diet of larval Lepidoptera is not a sufficient source of calcium for this species during the egg laying period; however, consumption of 8 average-sized snails would supply sufficient calcium for a 4-egg clutch.  In the future, calcium could become a limiting factor for birds in northern temperate forests.---J.J.Dos.  {acid rain, B710, B716, B908, C904, D302, E120}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Tamura, M., & K. Ueda.  2001.  [Breeding ecology of Siberian Blue Robins.]   Strix 19: 11--20.  (Lab. Anim. Ecol., Rikkyo Univ., 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.)---Describes territoriality, singing behaviour and nest-site preference of Luscinia cyane.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {B320}  {ROL #83}

 

{B700} Tryjanowski, P.  1999.  Clutch size in relation to nest size in the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio.  Vogelwarte 40: 149--150.  (Dept. of Avian Biol. & Ecol., Adam Mickiewicz, Fredry 10, PL-61-701 Poznan, Poland.) {B716, B710, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Ahumada, J. A.  2001.  Comparison of the reproductive biology of two Neotropical wrens in an unpredictable environment in northeastern Colombia .  Auk 118: 191--210.  (Dept. Botany, Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; EM: jorge@dogwood.botany.uga.edu)---Buff-breasted Wren (Thryothorus leucotis), Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryothorus rufalbus); feeding behavior mediated timing of breeding.---S.K.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Benson, A.-M., & K. Winker.  2001.  Timing of breeding range occupancy among high-latitude passerine migrants.  Auk 118: 513--519.  (Alaska Bird Observatory, P.O. Box 80505, Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA; EM: ambenson@alaskabird.org)---Used timing of migrations to estimate that Nearctic-Neotropic occupancy is significantly shorter than among Nearctic-Nearctic migrants.---S.W.H. {D904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Hole, H., B. Hole, & C. Mardell.  2001.  Observations of nesting Beach-curlews on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, 1998--99.   Australian Bird Watcher 19: 49--54.  (20 High St., Harrington, NSW 2427, Australia.)---Four breeding attempts by presumably the same pair of Esacus neglectus  failed, probably due to bad weather and human interference.---I.D.E.  {B708, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B128} Ishtiaq, F., & A. R. Rahmani.  2000.  Cronism in the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti. Forktail 16: 172--174.  (Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Rd., Mumbai 4000 23, India.)---From Oct. 1998 to Jan. 1999 a pair of Forest Owlets was monitored at a nest.  On 10 Jan. a male was seen feeding on a dead chick in a tree near the nest site. The next day the surviving, bigger, juvenile that constantly gave distress calls was chased by a male owlet; the next morning no juvenile was located but tail and wing feathers were found below where it was last seen. Since the adults were not marked it is uncertain whether the male was the parent of the chicks or perhaps a replacement male trying to establish itself.---I.R.  {B702, C328, C912, C918, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Jakober, H., & W. Stauber.  2000.  [Early laying date and second brood in the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio.)]  Vogelwarte 40: 240--242.  (Friedrichstr. 8/I, D-73329 Kuchen, Germany.) (German, English summary.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Lamont, A. R.  2000.  Breeding habits and behaviour of Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus in Singapore.  Forktail 16: 166--167.  (2 Ridgewood Close, Block 1, #17-04, Himiko Court, Singapore 276693.)---A pair nesting on the roof of a carport was watched from a nearby flat. The two-egg clutch hatched during daytime on 2 and 5 Apr.; one nestling died during a period of heavy showers and the survivor had lost its downy appearance by 18 Apr. and appeared to have fledged by the evening of 22 Apr. Courtship was seen at the same site on 12 July and two more eggs were laid during Aug.---I.R.  {C328, C918, B710, B716, B718, B720}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} McNair, D. B., & T. E. Lewis.  1999.  Breeding status of Boat-tailed Grackles at St. Vincent Island, Franklin County, Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 163--166.  (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., 13093 Henry Beadel Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312-9712, USA.)---Quiscalus major westoni.  {B716, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Mishra, C.  2000.  Aseasonal flocking in the Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris in India.  Forktail 16: 171--172.  (Dept. Terrest. Ecol. Nat. Conserv., Wageningen Agric. Univ., 69 Bornseteeg, 6708 PD Wageningen, Netherlands)---In the Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India, pairs of Horned Larks normally breed from May to July. However, when an unusually heavy snowfall of 45 cm from 10--12 June 1999 covered all current nests the birds began to gather in flocks of 100--150 birds and no pairs were to be found. This behaviour is normally a prelude to post-breeding altitudinal movements, but when the snow melted on 13 June the birds resumed their pairs and presumably bred again, since a few fledglings were seen later in the season.---I.R.  {B314, C906}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Rose, A. B.  2000.  Observations on Ospreys Pandion haliaetus breeding on the lower north coast of New South Wales.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 274--279.  (Aust. Mus., 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.)---Seven year’s observations of nest, timing, provisioning, display, breeding success and diet.---I.D.E.  {B302, B716, C918, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Shane, T. G., & S. J. Shane.  2000.  The Cedar Waxwing: A western Kansas breeding species.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 33--35.  (1706 Belmont, Garden City, KS 67846, USA.)---Since the 1980s, Bombycilla cedrorum regularly found breeding in 6 western Kansas counties, consistent with suppression of range fires and expansion of berry plant populations.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{B702} Wiktander, U., O. Olsson, & S. G. Nilsson.  2001.  Age and reproduction in Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos minor).  Auk 118: 624--635.  (Dept. Ecol., Anim. Ecol., Lund University, Ecol. Bldg., SE-22362 Lund, Sweden; EM: ola.olsson@zooekol.lu.se)---Breeding performance improved with age in that old females started egg-laying earlier and old males raised more young than yearlings, and old pairs started egg-laying earlier and raised more young than new pairs; clutch size was not affected by age, but showed a strong negative relation with laying date.---R.B.A.  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Capek, M., Jr., M. Honza, & U. Mrlík.  2000.  Female Blackcap adoption of a Yellowhammer clutch.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 542--543.  (Dept. of Avian Ecology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kvetná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; EM: capek@brno.cas.cz)---An abandoned Emberiza citrinella nest with four eggs was adopted by a female Sylvia atricapilla.  One nestling hatched and was fed for 6 days until taken by a predator.  The adoption likely resulted from misdirected parental behavior.---J.J.Dos.  {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Clarke, A. L., I. J. Øien, M. Honza, A. Moksnes, & E. Roskaft.  2001.  Factors affecting Reed Warbler risk of brood parasitism by the Common Cuckoo.   Auk 118: 534--538.  (Dept. Environ. Stud., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL 33199, USA; EM: clarkea@fiu.edu)---Acrocephalus scirpaceus nest exposure was the best predictor of nest parasitism by Cuculus canorus.---M.M.S. {B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Dugger, B. D., & P. Blums.  2001.  Effect of conspecific brood parasitism on host fitness for Tufted Duck and Common Pochard.  Auk 118: 717--726.  (Coop. Wildl. Res. Lab, South. Illinois Univ. Carbondale, IL 62901-6504, USA; EM: bdugger@siu.edu)---Experimental manipulations of conspecific parasitism for Tufted Ducks (Aythya fuligula) and Common Pochards (Aythya ferina) found no difference in clutch size, nest success or hatching success of host young between parasitized and nonparasitized nests; no difference was found in recruitment for either species; Common Pochards showed no difference in nest initiation the following year or adult survival; Tufted Ducks showed slight delay in nest initiation and higher adult survival for parasitized females.---M.A.A. {B702, B716, C918, C910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Gaston, A. J., & V. J. Zacharias.  2000.  Hosts of the Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius in India.  Forktail 16: 182.  (11-174 Dufferin Rd., Ottawa K1M 2A6, Canada.)---Records seven cases of Jungle Babblers (Turdoides striatus) as host species to Common Hawk Cuckoo. In all cases the period of fledgling dependency exceeded one month.---I.R. {B720}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Granfors, D. A., P. J. Pietz, & L. A. Joyal.  2001.  Frequency of egg and nestling destruction by female Brown-headed Cowbirds at grassland nests.   Auk 118: 765--769.  (USGS, Northern Prairie Wildl. Res. Ctr., 8711 37 ^th St. SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA; EM: diane_granfors@usgs.gov)--- Molothrus ater were responsible for 24% of egg losses and 5% of nestling losses caused by predators; the importance of cowbirds as an agent of egg and nestling loss undoubtedly varies among sites and years, but it should not be overlooked.---R.B.A. {C916, C918, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Jojola-Elverum, S. M., & K. M. Giesen.  2000.  Killdeer parasitized Mountain Plover nest.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 454--456.  (KMG: Colorado Division of Wildlife, 317 West Prospect Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA; EM: ken.giesen@state.co.us)--- Charadrius vociferus was found incubating three Killdeer eggs and three Charadrius montanus eggs.  The nest was initiated by a Mountain Plover and later parasitized by a Killdeer that remained to incubate for about two weeks before the nest was depredated.---J.J.Dos.  {C916}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Koons, D. N.  2000.  First record of Brown-headed Cowbird egg in a Lesser Scaup nest.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 554.  (Dept. of Biology, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717, USA; EM: d_koons@hotmail.com)---When first located, the Aythya affinis nest contained 1 Molothrus ater and 6 scaup eggs.  The nest was later found to contain only 10 scaup eggs.  The female scaup presumably rejected the cowbird egg.---J.J.Dos.  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Peer, B. D., H. J. Homan, & S. G. Sealy.  2001.  Infrequent cowbird parasitism on Common Grackles revisited: new records from the northern Great Plains.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 90--93.  (Dept. of Biology, Lawrence Univ., Appleton, WI 54912, USA; EM: brian.d.peer@lawrence.edu)---New records of Molothrus ater parasitism on Quiscalus quiscula represent the highest frequencies recorded for the Common Grackle.---J.J.Dos.  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Saitou, T.  2001.  Floaters as intraspecific brood parasites in the Grey Starling.  Ecol. Res. 16: 221--231.  (Inst. Biol. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan.)---Many ‘floaters’ were present in a population of Sturnus cineraceus and became intraspecific brood parasites.---H.N. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{B704} Yamaguchi, Y.  2000.  Parasitism strategy of the Grey Starling: selection based on host characters and nest location.  Ecol. Res. 15: 113--120.  (Wildl. Manage. Lab., For. & For. Product Res. Inst., PO Box 16, Tsukuba-Nourin, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan.)---Sturnus cineraceus did not select hosts on the basis of nest location, host characteristics, or laying date. Intraspecific brood parasitic strategy might not enhance any fitness of the starlings.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Arnold, K. E.  2000.  Strategies of the co-operatively breeding Noisy Miner to reduce nest predation.  Emu 100: 280--285.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.)---Concludes no single strategy for reducing the risk of nest predation, probably due to the diverse taxonomic range of potential nest predators at the study site.---W.K.S. {B314}  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Cockburn, A.  1998.  Evolution of helping behavior in cooperatively breeding birds.  Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics 29: 141--177.  (Evolutionary Ecology Group, Division of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia; EM: andrew.cockburn@anu.edu.au)---The paradox of helping behavior in birds has not yet been resolved.  In particular, understanding of sex biases in this behavior is quite incomplete.---J.S.G.  {B314}  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Finn, P. G., & J. M. Hughes.  2001.  Helping behaviour in Australian Magpies, Gymnorhina tibicen.  Emu 101: 57--63.  (Aust. Sch. Environ. Studies, Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld. 4111, Australia.)---Observations of a colour-banded population combined with microsatellite DNA analysis were used to test hypothesis that individuals are more likely to help (i.e., feed) close relatives than non-relatives. Found that helpers were equally as likely as non-helpers to be related to the young birds they fed.---W.K.S.  {B314, B712,  B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Male, T. D.  2000.  Evidence for co-operative breeding in the Pale Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito.  Emu 100: 333--336.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.)---Observations of three adult birds delivering food to chicks within one nest at Cooloola National Park, Queensland.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Miller, K. E., & G. A. Jones.  1999.  Nesting phenology and cooperative breeding of the Brown-headed Nuthatch in northern Florida pinelands.   Florida Field Nat. 27: 89--94.  (Dept. Wildl. Ecol. Cons., Univ. FL, P.O. Box 110430, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Cooperative breeding documented for 3 of 15 nests of Sitta pusilla; 3 nests by cooperative groups successful, 11 of 15 nests successful overall.---E.D.S.  {B702}  {ROL #83}

 

{B706} Putland, D. A., & A. W. Goldizen.  2001.  Juvenile helping behaviour in the Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa.  Emu 101: 265--267.  (Dept. Zool. Entomol., Univ. Queensland, St Lucia, Qld. 4072, Australia.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B708} Verboven, N., B. J. Ens, & S. Dechesne.  2001.  Effect of investigator disturbance on nest attendance and egg predation in Eurasian Oystercatchers.   Auk 118: 503--508.  (Inst. Biomed. Life Sci., Graham Kerr Bldg., Glasgow Univ., Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; EM:nv6r@udcf.gla.ac.uk)---Human disturbance did not increase egg loss for Haematopus ostralegus.---M.M.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B710} Badzinsky, S. S., C. D. Ankney, J. O. Leafloor, & K. F. Abraham.  2001.  Composition of eggs and neonates of Canada Geese and Lesser Snow Geese.  Auk 118: 687--697.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. W. Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Can.; EM: sbadzin2@julian.uwo.ca)---Compares egg composition, egg-nutrient catabolism, developmental maturity, tissue maturity, and body reserves of Branta canadensis interior and Chen caerulescens caerulescens and relates differences to historic ecological conditions---S.L.S. {E120}  {ROL #83}

 

{B710} Curtis, C.  2001.  Drake Cinnamon Teal apparently incubating a clutch of eggs at Whitewater Lake, MB.  Blue Jay 59: 69--72.  (699 Brock St.,Winnipeg, MB R3N OZ3, Can.)---Anas cyanoptera . {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B710} Kemp, A., & P. Dann.  2001.  Egg size, incubation periods and hatching success of Little Penguins, Eudyptula minor.  Emu 101: 249--253.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.)  {B700, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B710} Olsen, P. D., & G. B. Baker.  2001.  Daytime incubation temperatures in the Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides.  Emu 101: 255--258.  (Div. Bot. Zool., Aust. Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.)---Reports results of a study using telemetric eggs.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B710} Turner, J. S.  1997.  On the thermal capacity of a bird’s egg warmed by a brood patch.  Physiological Zoology 70: 470--480.  (Department of Environmental & Forest Biology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B712} Haggerty, T. M., E. S. Morton, & R. C. Fleischer.  2001.  Genetic monogamy in Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus).  Auk 118: 215--219.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. N. Alabama, Florence, AL 35632, USA; EM: thaggert@unanov.una.edu)---No evidence of extra-pair fertilization found; low breeding synchrony for the population; males provide substantial parental care.---M.A.A. {B702, B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B712} Quillfeldt, P., T. Schmoll, H-U. Peter, J. T. Epplen, & T. Lubjuhn.  2001.  Genetic monogamy in Wilson’s Storm-petrel.  Auk 118: 242--248.  (Inst. f. Okol., Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, D-07743 Jena, Germany; EM: petra.quillfeldt@oekologie.uni-jena.de)--- Oceanites oceanicus is socially and genetically monogamous.---S.K.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B712} Ratti, O., A. Lundberg, H. Tegelstrom, & R. V. Alatalo.  2001.  No evidence for effects of breeding density and male removal on extrapair paternity in the Pied Flycatcher.  Auk 118: 147--155.  (Arctic Ctr., Univ. Lapland, P.O. Box 122, FIN-96101, Rovaniemi, Finland; EM: osmo.ratti@urova.fi)---EPFs in Ficedula hypoleuca occurred at a higher rate at sites with low-breeding density; there was no increase in EPFs when males were removed; all females who experienced EPFs were socially mated to young males.---D.L.M.  {ROL #83}

 

{B714} Almeida, J. B., & R. H. Macedo.  2001.  Lek-like mating system in the monogamous Blue-black Grassquit.  Auk 118: 404--411.  (Ecol. Evol. Cons. Biol. Prog., Univ. Nevada, Reno, NV 89577, USA; EM: jalmeida@unr.nevada.edu)---Description of a lek-like system in Volatinia jacarina.---E.R.I. {B312}  {ROL #83}

 

{B714} Chang Chuan-chiung.  2000.  Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus breeding in immature plumage.  Forktail 16: 167--168.  (1 Jen-Ai Rd., Dept. Pharmacol., Coll. Med., Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan.)---Of six breeding pairs recorded, four had one parent in immature plumage.---I.R.  {C320}  {ROL #83}

 

{B714} Checkett, J M., J. M. Coluccy, & R. D. Drobney.  2001.  Polygyny in Canada Geese: an unusual example of nest sharing.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 109--110.  (JMC: Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, The School of Natural Resources, 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Bldg., Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7240, USA; EM: jmc886@mizzou.edu)---Two female Branta canadensis maxima paired with the same male and concurrently incubated side by side within the same nest tub in two successive years.  Eggs were shifted between nest bowl both years.  Young hatched from both nests each year.---J.J.Dos.  {B700, B706, B710, B716, C920}  {ROL #83}

 

{B714} Osborn, S. A. H.  2000.  Itinerant breeding and mate switching by an American Dipper.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 539--541.  (The Peregrine Fund, 566 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, ID 83709, USA; EM: sophie_osborn@hotmail.com)---A banded female Cinclus mexicanus raised a successful first brood early in the breeding season, then moved 5 km and successfully raised a second brood with a different male.---J.J.Dos.  {B700, B702, B716, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Akatsuka, T.  2001.  [Nest-site selection of the Long-tailed Tit at a riverside.]   Strix 19: 21--30.  (114-1 Kitagata-chou, Kitagata, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi 493-8001, Japan.)---Aegithalos caudatus nested mainly in dense stands of bamboo. When breeding failure was caused by predation, the Long-tailed Tits changed their nesting habitat when they re-nested; however, when bad weather, such as heavy snow, caused breeding failure they re-nested in the same habitat.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {B302, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Barnes, T. A., & D. C. Franklin.  1997.  Notes on nests of the Chestnut Rail.  Northern Territory Naturalist 15: 6--11.  (c/o Territory Wildl. Pk., P.O. Box 771, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.)---Several nests of Eulabeornis castaneoventris found in Darwin mangroves, Dec. 1994 and Jan. 1995. Nests, clutch size and eggs described, all rarely reported previously. Nests concentrated in Ceriops australis mangals, subject to less prolonged inundation. Breeding density estimated at three pairs in 18 ha.---P.S.L.  {B702, B710, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Burhans, D. E., & F. R. Thompson, III.  2001.  Relationship of songbird nest concealment to nest fate and flushing behavior of adults.  Auk 118: 237--242.  (N. Central Res. Stn., U.S. Dept. Agric. For. Serv., 202 Nat. Resour. Bldg., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; EM: dburhans@fs.fed.us)---Nests with better concealment resulted in females flushing at a closer distance from human intruders.---M.M.S.  {B306}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Choudhary, H.  2000.  Nepal Wren Babbler Pnoepyga immaculata nest-building in the Langtang Valley, Nepal.   Forktail 16: 170.  (Bird Conserv. Nepal, P.O. Box 12465, Kathmandu, Nepal.)---A Nepal Wren Babbler was watched for 45 mins carrying nest material into a small hole in a stream bank. This observation, the first record of any breeding behaviour for this species, took place at 1,962Êm altitude near a small waterfall and was about 3Êm above the streambed.---I.R.  {C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Franklin, D. C., & R. A. Noske  2000.  The nesting biology of the Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta in the Darwin region of Northern Australia, with note on the tidal flooding of nests.  Corella 24: 38--44.  (P.O. Box 987, Nightcliff, NT 0814, Australia; EM: monsoon@topend.com.au)---Measures breeding season, nest structure and placement, nest cycle and productivity, causes of nest failure, and gender roles. Substantial proportion of nest failure in mangal habitat due to tidal inundation.---I.D.E.  {B702, B312}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Fujita, K.  2000.  [Nest site selection by the sympatric Varied and Great Tits.]  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 107--112.  (Sanct. Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, Yokohama Nat. Sanct., 1562-1 Kamigou-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 247-0013, Japan.)---Parus major preferred nest-boxes in those habitats without shrub layer whereas Parus varius selected nest-boxes in habitats with shrub cover. (Japanese, Engl. summ.)---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Hardy, P. C., & M. L. Morrison.  2001.  Nest site selection by Elf Owls in the Sonoran Desert.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 23--32.  (Feather River Land Trust, P.O. Box 4276, Quincy, CA 95971, USA; EM: phardy@jps.net)---Features of nest cavity, nest "trees", and the surrounding vegetation were considered in a study of Micrathene whitneyi nest cavity site selection in saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea).  At the nesting area scale, nest site selections were most influenced by the number of cavities in a saguaro.  At the scale of a single nest saguaro, height above the ground and cavity location, main stem versus side branches, were influential in nest site selection.  Cavities selected for nests were also nonrandomly orientated towards the north, suggesting that cavity microclimate may play a roll.---J.J.Dos.  {C908, E515}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Hirano, T.  2001.  [The relationship between Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawks and crows in sympatric breeding groves.]  Strix 19: 61--69.  (c/o T. Tomuro, 2-3-15 Yoshino, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-0838, Japan; EM: hirano12@peach.ocn.ne.jp)---The increase in number of Corvus corone and Corvus macrorhynchos is assumed to be causing a decrease in the number of Accipiter gularis breeding in residential areas, especially in smaller, fragmented groves.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kobayashi, S., H. Inoue, & T. Hironaka.  2001.  [Nesting record of the Blue-and-white Flycatcher on a nest-board attached to an artificial structure.]   Strix 19: 191--195.  (948-24 Kuriya-sakata, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi 745-0802, Japan; EM: kobayashi.s@do.enjoy.ne.jp)---Cyanoptila cyanomelana.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kotesovec, N., & S. Zadar.  1996.  Nesting Nashville Warblers [Vermivora ruficapilla] in Summit County, Ohio .  The Ohio Cardinal 19: 110--112.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net) {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kotesovec, N.  1993.  Blackburnian Warbler [Dendroica fusca] and other rare nesters at Hinckley MP [Ohio].  The Ohio Cardinal 16: 96--101.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net) {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kotesovec, N.  1994.  A brief study of the nest life of Black-throated Green Warblers [Dendroica virens] at Hinckley MP [Ohio ].  The Ohio Cardinal 17: 79--84.  (Wm. Whan, 223. E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net) {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kotesovec, N.  1994.  Nesting Magnolia Warblers [Dendroica magnolia ] at Hinckley MP [Ohio].  The Ohio Cardinal 17: 116--119.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net) {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Kotesovec, N.  1995.  Further observations of summering Black-throated Green Warblers [Spizella pallida] at Hinckley MP [Ohio ].  The Ohio Cardinal 18: 113--116.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net) {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Larison, B., S. A. Laymon, P. L. Williams, & T. B. Smith.  2001.  Avian responses to restoration: Nest-site selection and reproductive success in Song Sparrows.  Auk 118: 432--442.  (Ctr. Pop. Biol. Univ. California Davis, Davis, CA  95616, USA; EM: blarison@ucdavis.edu)---Melospiza melodia had higher densities and nest success in mature riparian forests than in restored riparian sites.---J.D.W. {B910,  habitat restoration}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} McNair, D. B., & J. A. Gore.  1999.  Recent breeding status of Royal and Sandwich Terns in northwest Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 117--120.  (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., 13093 Henry Beadel Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312-9712, USA.)---Sterna maxima, Sterna sandvicensis. {B702}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Nakamura, S.  2000.  Nest site comparisons between the Carrion Crow and Jungle Crow in Takatsuki City [Japan].   Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 39--50.  (Shimizudani High Sch., 2-44 Shimizudani-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0011, Japan.)---81% of Corvus macrorhynchos nest in evergreen trees in extensive woodland. Corvus corone nest in various habitats like solitary deciduous trees, fragmented small woodlands and artificial structures.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Noske, R., T. A. Barnes, & V. Barnes.  1997.  First breeding record of the Cicadabird in the Northern Territory.  Northern Territory Naturalist 15: 43--44.  (Fac. Sci., NT Univ., P.O. Box 40146, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.)---Coracina tenuirostris.  {C308}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Ricketts, M. S., & G. Ritchison.  2000.  Nesting success of Yellow-breasted Chats: effects of nest site and territory vegetation structure.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 510--516.  (GR: Dept. of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond, KY 40475, USA; EM: gritchis@acs.eku.edu)---Icteria virens nests were located in areas with more foliage and lateral cover than unused sites.  55% of nests were unsuccessful, and variables that differed between nest sites and random locations did not appear to influence nesting success.  Nests in territories with more foliage cover and less canopy cover were more likely to fledge young.---J.J.Dos.  {C908, C916, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Sockman, K. W.  2000.  Seasonal variation in nest placement by the California Gnatcatcher.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 498--504.  (School of Biological Sciences, Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA; EM: ksockman@wsu.edu)---The author investigated seasonal and habitat specific patterns of nest placement by Polioptila californica.  Nest height and related plant height increased seasonally while vegetative concealment of nests decreased.  These differences were not related to habitat type although reproductive phenology differed between habitats.---J.J.Dos.  {B702}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Stanback, M. T., & A. A. Dervan.  2001.  Within-season nest-site fidelity in Eastern Bluebirds: Disentangling effects of nest success and parasite avoidance.   Auk 118: 743--745.  (Dept. Biol., Davidson Coll., Davidson, NC 28036, USA; EM: mastanback@davidson.edu)---Sialia sialia chose unused (parasite free) box over nearby used box, and chose cleaned (parasite free) successful box over unused box.---S.W.H. {C104}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Thewlis, R. M., & R. P. Martins.  2000.  Observations of the breeding biology and behaviour of Kozlov's Bunting Emberiza koslowi.  Forktail 16: 57--59.  (52 Long Reach Rd., Chesterton, Cambridge CB4 1UJ, UK.)---A little known species endemic to the Tibetan plateau found breeding at Kanda Shan Pass, Quinghai Province. First description of domed nest construction, its location, with description of pulli and of the feeding activities of the parent birds.---I.R.  {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Ueta, M.  2001.  [The effect of Jungle Crows on the breeding of Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawks.]  Strix 19: 55--60.  (Res. Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, 2-35-2 Minamidaira, Hino, Tokyo 191-0041, Japan; EM: mj-ueta@netlaputa.ne.jp)---The number of Corvus macrorhynchos has increased significantly at groves where Accipiter gularis bred during the early 1990s but has not breed in recent years. However, there is no significant change in the number of crows at a grove where the hawk has bred in recent years.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Walker, J. S., & M. Seroji.  2000.  Nesting behaviour of the Yellowish-breasted Racquet-tail Prioniturus flavicans.  Forktail 16: 61--63.  (Behav. Environ. Biol. Gp., Dept. Biol. Sci., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Chester St., Manchester M1 5GD, UK.)---Observations at a nest found on 5 Dec. 1997 in the Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and observed for 166 h until the three young fledged. This nest and three other cavities seen to be inspected were all in the root-balls of arboreal epiphytic ferns; suggested that the species may specialise in this type of nest. Only the female incubated (30--33 days) and brooded, during which time she was provisioned by the male who called her off the nest to do so; she was not seen to gather food for herself at this time. Both parents fed the nestlings for 46 (44--48) days; the second chick fledged two days after the first and the third six days after that. It is not known whether these birds excavate their own nest hollows; if not then the primary excavating species needs to be identified.---I.R.  {B718, B128, B720}  {ROL #83}

 

{B716} Wiebe, K. L.  2001.  Microclimate of tree cavity nests: Is it important for reproductive success in Northern Flickers?  Auk 118: 412--421.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Can., EM: wiebek@duke.usask.ca)---Clutch size in Colaptes auratus was positively correlated with mean cavity temperature, but there did not appear to be any relationship among nest temperature and hatching or fledging success.---R.B.A. {C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Boulet, M., P. Olsen, A. Cockburn, & K. Newgrain.  2001.  Parental investment in male and female offspring by the Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus.  Emu 101: 95--103.  (PO: Div. Bot. Zool., Aust. Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.)---Despite significant differences in size there was no significant difference in the daily food intake of male and female nestlings for about the first 21 days of the nestling period. Thereafter, female food intake rate exceeded that of males. Concludes that females require a greater amount of food than do males, but because of greater growth efficiency they require less than might be expected on the basis of body mass alone. Further suggests that a regular supply of large prey to nestlings makes dominance hierarchies unnecessary.---W.K.S. {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Bunce, A.  2001.  Effects of supplementary feeding and artificial twinning on nestling growth and survival in Australasian Gannets (Morus serrator ).  Emu 101: 157--162.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia.)---Twin young generally were of poorer quality, had slower development, attained lower maximum weights and had lower survival rates than single young. Chicks given supplementary food attained maximum weights greater than other chicks. Clutch size in this species is usually limited to one egg, and results suggest parents are unable to provide adequate food supplies for two young. Thus, recent increases in the species’ population in Victoria indicate that other factors play a part in mediating population changes.---W.K.S.  {B704, C918, C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Dewey, S. R., & P. L. Kennedy.  2001.  Effects of supplemental food on parental-care strategies and juvenile survival of Northern Goshawks.   Auk 118: 352--365.  (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Biol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO  80523, USA; EM: sdewey@fs.fed.us)---Food supplemented Accipiter gentilis juveniles had higher mass and higher survival during the nestling period than control juveniles; supplemented females were heavier than control females and stayed closer to the nest later in the nestling period.---J.D.W. {B720, C910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Hamao, S., et al.  2001.  [A record of a male Bush Warbler feeding its fledglings.]  Strix 19: 187--189.  (Urawa-minami High Sch., 6-5-31 Tsuji, Urawa, Saitama 336-0026, Japan; EM: VZH01315@nifty.ne.jp)---Japanese Bush-Warbler (Cettia diphone).  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Kuiken, T.  2001.  Watering of Double-crested Cormorant chicks.  Blue Jay 59: 73--77.  (Dept. Virology, Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)---Phalacrocorax auritus adults at a colony on Dore Lake, SK watered 2- to 4-week-old chicks during warm sunny periods.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Luck, G. W.  2001.  Variability in provisioning rates to nestlings in the co-operatively breeding Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa.   Emu 101: 221--224.  (Ctr. Ecosys. Manage., Edith Cowan Univ., 100 Joondalup Dr., Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.)---Significant positive relationships were found between provisioning rate and both number of nestlings and nest stage, whereas there were negative relationships between provisioning rate and both time of day and maximum daytime temperature. Provisioning rate was highest when there were two nestlings and these were close to fledging, early in the morning and during mild temperatures. There was no relationship between provisioning rate and the number of helpers at the nest since the primary male and female would reduce their provisioning effort as the number of helpers increased.---W.K.S.  {B706, B720}  {ROL #83}

 

{B718} Ueta, M., H. Higuchi, & K. Ozaki.  2001.  [The time of family break-up in White-naped Cranes.]  Strix 19: 141--148.  (Res. Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, 2-35-2 Minamidaira, Hino, Tokyo 191-0041, Japan; EM: mj-ueta@netlaputa.ne.jp)---Family break-up of Grus vipio occurred after the start of migration (three families), or just after arrival at the breeding ground (one family).  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{B720} Anava, A., M. Kam, A. Shkolnik, & A. A. Degen.  2001.  Does group size affect field metabolic rate of Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps ) nestlings?.  Auk 118: 525--528.  (AD: Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry, Wyler Dept. Dryland Agric., Jacob Blaustein Inst. Desert Res., Ben-Gurion Univ. Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; EM: degen@bgumail.bgu.ac.il)---Nestlings provisioned by medium-sized groups had highest body mass; field metabolic rate was highest for nestlings provisioned by large groups (6-9 adults); larger groups produced more fledglings perhaps due to increased nest defense.---D.L.M  {B706, C918, E118}  {ROL #83}

 

{B720} Dietz, M. W., & R. H. Drent.  1997.  Effect of growth rate and body mass on resting metabolic rate in galliform chicks.  Physiological Zoology 70: 493--501.  (Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Studies, Zoology Laboratory, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.)---Resting metabolic rate increased with body mass during growth in Meleagris gallopavo, Numida meleagris, Coturnix coturnix japonica.---J.S.G. {E118}  {ROL #83}

 

{B720} Pereyra, M. E, & M. L. Morton.  2001.  Nestling growth and thermoregulatory development in subalpine Dusky Flycatchers.  Auk 118: 116--136.  (Dept. Biol., Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA; EM: pereyra@oxy.edu)--- Empidonax oberholseri showed little evidence of adaptive acceleration of growth or thermoregulatory development in a cold climate with a short breeding season.---J.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B900} Brooks, T., & H. S. Thompson.  2001.  Current bird conservation issues in Africa .  Auk 118: 575--582.  (Ctr. Appl. Biodiversity Sci., Conserv. Int., 1919 M St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, USA; EM: t.brooks@conservation.org)---Data, planning, and implementation issues must be addressed to conserve Africa's avifauna.---M.M.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Aoki, N., R. Takada, & M. Takada.  2001.  [A study of Red-crowned Cranes living near the planned new highway in Nemuro.]  Strix 19: 161--168.  (141 Horomoshiri, Nemuro, Hokkaido 087-0036, Japan)---Grus japonensis .  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Bajema, R. A., T. L. DeVault, P. E. Scott, & S. L. Lima.  2001.  Reclaimed coal mine grasslands and their significance for Henslow's Sparrows in the American Midwest.  Auk 118: 422--431.  (Dept. Life Sci., Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA; EM: lslima@scifac.indstate.edu)---Substantial populations of Henslow's Sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) were found on mine grasslands in southwestern Indiana; with a correction factor, densities were estimated to be 0.164 males per hectare using point counts; this could be a conservation opportunity.---M.A.A. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Calver, M. C., & J. Dell.  1998.  Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. II. Are there unstudied, indirect or long-term links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction?   Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 315--325.  (Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Twenty-two native bird species of southwestern Australian forests have been listed as threatened at one time or another. Literature review shows that forestry practices, while not directly implicated in the conservation status of any of the bird species, had indirect effects through changed fire regimes and had contributed to species’ decline. There may well be further, unstudied, links between forestry practices and processes contributing to the decline in some bird species.---W.K.S. {B910, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Calver, M. C., & J. Dell.  1998.  Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. I. Is there evidence of direct links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction?  Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 296--314.  (Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Twenty-two native bird species of southwestern Australian forests have been listed as threatened at one time or another. Literature review shows changed fire regimes had negatively affected 45% of these species; with agricultural clearing affecting 41%; draining of wetlands, 32%; and grazing by livestock, 22%. Forestry practices apparently were not directly implicated in the conservation status of any of the bird species.---W.K.S. {B910, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Garnett, S. T., & G. M. Crowley.  2000.  Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000: the Psittacids.  Eclectus 9: 7--38.  (Qld. Pks Wildl. Serv., PO Box 2066, Cairns, Qld. 4870, Australia; EM: Stephen.Garnett@env.qld.gov.au)---This journal intends to reprint the conservation status details of Australian psittacids from the taxon accounts in ‘Garnett, S.T. & Crowley, G.M., 2000, The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000, Canberra, Environment Australia’. In this issue three Critically Endangered taxa: Cyclopsitta diophthalma coexeni, Neophema chrysogaster and Pezoporus occidentalis; and eight Endangered taxa: Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus, Calyptorhynchus latirostris, Cacatua pastinator pastinator, Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides, Lathamus discolor, Psephotus chrysopterygius , Cyanoramphus cookii and Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris are covered. A ninth Endangered form, the southeastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne), was mistakenly replaced by its Near Threatened relative, the southwestern form Calyptorhynchus banksii naso; but will be included in the next issue along with three Vulnerable and 12 Near Threatened taxa.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Garnett, S. T., & G. M. Crowley.  2001.  Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000: the psittacids (cont.).  Eclectus 10: 11--20.  (Qld. Pks Wildl. Serv., PO Box 2066, Cairns, Qld. 4870, Australia; EM:StephenGarnett@env.qld.gov.au)---Completes the reprint of conservation status details from the taxon accounts in the Action Plan. This issue covers one Endangered taxon, Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne, and three Vulnerable taxa: Polytelis swainsonii, Platycercus caledonicus brownii and Pezoporus wallicus wallicus .---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Hayashi, Y., & C. Nishida-Umehara.  2000.  Sex ratio among fledglings of Blakiston's Fish Owl.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 119--130.  (Chromosome Res. Unit, Fac. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.)---The sex ratio recorded among Ketupa blakistoni fledglings was significantly male-biased (81 males and 56 females).---H.N. {B714}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Kaul, R.,& S. Shakya.  2001.  Spring call counts of some Galliformes in the Pipar Reserve, Nepal.  Forktail 17: 75--80.  (World Pheasant Association, c/o WWF India, 172-B Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110 003, India.)---Continuing a long-term monitoring of three species of Galliformes: Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan satyra) and Hill Partridge (Arborophila torqueola). Calling during 1998 was less frequent than during 1991, but not statistically so; and populations are regarded as stable.---I.R. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Leslie, D. M., G. K. Wood, & T. S. Carter.  2000.  Productivity of endangered Least Terns (Sterna antillarum athalassos) below a hydropower and flood-control facility on the Arkansas River.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 483--489.  (Oklahoma Coop. Fish & Wildl. Res. Unit, Dept. Zool., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078-3051, USA.)---More young were produced and fewer were lost to flooding in 1993 than in 1992 (143 vs. 80 fledglings, 46% of nests lost in 1992, 9% in 1993). High water flow in May 1993 prior to nesting scoured sandbars and created new sandbars, leading to an increase in the number of colonies and terns in 1993.---J.J.D.  {B910, B716, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Nicholls, D. G., M. D. Murray, E. C. Butcher, & P. J. Moors.  2000.  Time spent in Exclusive Economic Zones of southern oceans by non-breeding Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea spp.): implications for national responsibilities for conservation.  Emu 100: 318--323.  (Chisholm Inst., P.O. Box 684, Dandenong, Vic. 3175, Australia.)---Fourteen non-breeding Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans exulans, Diomedea exulans gibsoni and Diomedea exulans antipodensis) were satellite-tracked between 1992 and 1996. The considerable range and mobility of the species/subspecies mean that several 'host' nations need to implement conservation measures to reduce bycatch losses through longline fishing. Suggests conservation measures could be enhanced by these nations participating the Bonn Convention (International Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals).---W.K.S. {B912, D904, D908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Rajat Bhargava.  2000.  A preliminary survey of the western population of Finn's Weaver in Kumaon terai, Utttar Pradesh, Northern India.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 21--29.  (WWF India, 172-B Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110 003, India; EM: rajat_avi@hotmail.com)---Sparse and unpredictable colonies of Ploceus megarhynchus occur in Kumaon terai much of which has been developed for agriculture over the past 40 years. With most of the grass harvested for cattle feed and pollution from industrial effluent, suitable habitat is being reduced. This Vulnerable species is in need of further study, and protection from bird-trappers through legislation.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Sykes, B.  2000.  Gurney's Pitta campaign update: November 2000.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 41--43.  (OBC, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK.)---Pitta gurneyi. A survey during Jun. 2000 concluded about 12 pairs remained (as in 1997); five nests were found. The lack of gun shots and lack of new areas of encroachment was encouraging and due to a temporary Royal Forestry Department task force.---I.R. {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Sykes, B.  2001.  Gurney's Pitta campaign update.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 17--19.  (OBC, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK.)---Pitta gurneyi. Following concern over visitor pressure on the reserve, a volunteer Oriental Bird Club member stayed there for Apr. and May and tried to instil better behaviour. The use of hides in some territories has managed to keep visitors farther away from the birds but there is a growing opinion that visitor pressure and not agricultural encroachment is the chief hazard to the pittas. Greater media publicity and financial support are sought.---I.R. {B708, B510, B912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Sykes, B., M. Kohler, & T. Juniper.  2000.  Gurney's Pitta campaign update: May 2000.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 31: 42--43.  (OBC, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK.)---Pitta gurneyi. The Oriental Bird Club organised a seminar in Bangkok on 30 Nov. 1999 that raised considerable interest from press, radio and TV. Encroachment and logging of the National Reserve Forest adjacent to the Wild Life Sanctuary at Khao Nor Chuchi has been monitored and several visits by OBC officers have been made.---I.R. {B912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Vickery, P. D., & J. R. Herkert.  2001.  Recent advances in grassland bird research: where do we go from here?  Auk 118: 11--15.  (Ctr. Biol. Conserv., MA Audubon Soc., 208 S. Great Rd., Lincoln, MA 01773, USA; EM: pvickery@massaudubon.org)---Grassland birds are declining; focus has been on breeding grounds; Conservation Reserve Program may not be in large enough tracts to help area-sensitive species; call for more research on the wintering grounds.---M.A.A. {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Wardill, J. C.  2001.  Notes on the Talaud Rail Gymnocrex talaudensis from Karakelang Island, North Sulawesi , Indonesia.  Forktail 17: 116--118.  (c/o 27 Carlton Ave., Hornsea, E. Yorkshire HU18 1JG, UK; EM: wardill@ntlworld.com)---At the village of Rae, Beo sub-district, Karakelang, a recently snared adult G. talaudensis was purchased, measured, described and photographed on 22 May 2000. The bird was in good condition and was released unharmed.---I.C.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B904} Wilson, J.  2000.  Wader surveys in South Australia in 2000.   Stilt 37: 49--53.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia; EM: j.wilson@dynamite.com.au)---Large declines in population of many species at some sites (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {C904, C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{B906} Anon.   2000.  Draft Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels [of the Southern Hemisphere].  Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 26--34.  (No address given.)---Text of proposed intergovernmental agreement and action plan, covering all southern hemisphere breeding species of albatross (Diomedeidae), Macronectes and Procellaria Petrels.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{B906} Studdert, V.  2000.  Listing Northern Giant Petrel for the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.  Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 23--25.  (c/o P.O. Box 500, East Melbourne, Vic. 3002, Australia.)---Scientific Advisory Committee recommends Macronectes halli for listing under Schedule 2 of the 1988 Act (State of Victoria). Criteria for nomination under the Act and references used in support of this nomination are presented, together with a distribution map for Victorian records pre- and post-1970.---P.S.L.  {B912, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B906} Studdert, V.  2000.  Listing Southern Giant Petrel for the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.  Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 20--22.  (c/o P.O. Box 500, East Melbourne, Vic. 3002, Australia.)---Scientific Advisory Committee recommends Macronectes giganteus for listing under Schedule 2 of the 1988 Act. (State of Victoria). Criteria for nomination under the Act and references used in support of this nomination are presented, together with a distribution map for Victorian records pre- and post-1970.---P.S.L.  {B912, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Barter, M.  2000.  The Yellow Sea---what future for migratory shorebirds.  Stilt 37: 49.  (21 Chivalry Ave., Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150, Australia; EM: markbarter@optusnet.com.au)---Initiatives to ensure migration through most densely populated area of world (conference abstract).---I.D.E. {B510, B912}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Bayne, E. M., & K. A. Hobson.  2001.  Effects of habitat fragmentation on pairing success of Ovenbirds: Importance of male age and floater behavior.   Auk 118: 380--388.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Can; EM: bayne@ualberta.ca)---Pairing success was higher among older Seiurus aurocapillus males than second-year males, in contiguous forest than in fragments created by agriculture or forestry, and in forest interiors rather than edges; presence of floaters was higher in contiguous forest perhaps because of high densities and intraspecific competition.---D.L.M  {B700, B714}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Brand, L. A., & T. L. George.  2001.  Response of passerine birds to forest edge in coast redwood forest fragments.  Auk 118: 678--686.  (Dept. Fish. Wildl. Biol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; EM: arriana@cnr.colostate.edu)---Relative density and edge width used as indicator for edge sensitivity in 14 passerine species (Cyanocitta stelleri, Catharus ustulatus, Certhia americana, Troglodytes troglodytes, Empidonax difficilis, Ixoreus naevius, Turdus migratorius, Dendroica occidentalis, Wilsonia pusilla , Sitta canadensis)---D.L.M.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Brooker, L. C., & M. G. Brooker.  1994.  A model for the effects of fire and fragmentation on the population viability of the Splendid Fairy-wren.   Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 344--358.  (27 Marion Way, Gooseberry Hill, WA 6076, Australia.)---Results of a 17-year study on population of Malurus splendens were used in Population Viability Analysis that assesses the impact of different fire regimes on populations in small (<2 000 ha) patches.---W.K.S. {C914, C908, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Crome, F., J. Isaacs, & L. Moore.  1994.  The utility to birds and mammals of remnant riparian vegetation and associated windbreaks in the tropical Queensland uplands.  Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 328--343.  (P.O. Box 447, Atherton, Qld. 4883, Australia.)---Bird and mammal censuses were conducted in two small rainforest fragments, patches of remnant vegetation and four windbreaks. Fewest bird species were recorded in the windbreaks, which were particularly poor in rainforest species. Concludes that remnant creek side vegetation is of conservation value while windbreaks are less so, but still of some use.---W.K.S. {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Fisher, A. M.  2001.  Avifauna changes along a Eucalyptus regeneration gradient.  Emu 101: 25--31.  (Environ. Studies Unit, Charles Sturt Univ., Bathurst, NSW 2795, Australia.)---Generally, a decrease in both bird numbers and species diversity was recorded as time since disturbance increased. Along the regeneration gradient a succession in the avifauna was apparent, although 15 of 47 species of birds observed were recorded across all stages.---W.K.S.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Halse, S. A., et al.  2000.  Monitoring aquatic invertebrates and waterbirds at Toolibin and Walbyring Lakes in the western Australian wheatbelt.  Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 83: 17--25.  (Dept. Conserv. Land Manage., PO Box 51, Wanneroo, WA 6946, Australia.)---Comparison of waterbird data from Toolibin during 1996 with results of earlier surveys shows that increases in salinity to 1996 had affected the occurrence of only a few species.---M.G.B.  {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Houston, C. S., & F. Scott.  2001.  Power poles assist range expansion of Ospreys in Saskatchewan.  Blue Jay 59: 182--188.  (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N OJ8, Can.)---Extension of breeding range of Pandion haliaetus south from boreal forest lakes into aspen parkland.---R.W.N. {B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Ludwig, J. A., et al.  2000.  Clearing and grazing impacts on vegetation patch structures and fauna counts in eucalypt woodland, central Queensland .  Pacific Conservation Biology 6: 254--272.  (Tropical Savannas Co-operative Research Centre, PMB 44, Winnellie, NT 0822, Australia.)---Attempts to quantify how the degree of tree clearing and level of cattle grazing changes habitat structure and consequently counts of 10 species of fauna, including: Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus), Red-backed Fairy-Wren (Malurus melanocephalus), Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula), Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) and Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus, mistakenly referred to as Platycercus eximius throughout the paper)---W.K.S.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Nixon, E. A., S. B. Holmes, & A. W. Diamond.  2001.  Bicknell's Thrushes (Catharus bicknelli) in New Brunswick clear cuts: their habitat associations and co-occurrence with Swainson's Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus).  Wilson Bulletin 113: 33--40.  (SBH: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen St. E., P.O. Box 490, Sault St. Marie, ON P6A 5M7, Canada; EM: sholmes@nrcan.gc.ca)---Regenerating clear cut sites were surveyed on six mountains during the 1997 breeding season.  These sites were dominated by white birch (Betula papyrifera), balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and pin cherries (Prunus pensylvanica).  Bicknell's Thrushes were found at 57 of the 90 survey points while Swainson's Thrushes were found at 89 points.  When compared to unoccupied locations, points occupied by Bicknell's Thrushes tended to be at higher elevations and had a greater proportion of white birch.---J.J.Dos.  {B716, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Paton, D. C., M. Ziembicki, P. Owen, & C. Heddle.  2000.  Disturbance distances for water birds and the management of human recreation with special reference to the Cooroong Region of South Australia.  Stilt 37: 46.  (Dept. Environ. Biol., Univ. Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.)---Increased vigilance and flushing distances for various types of disturbance suggest buffer zones of 350 m required. Abstract only---full report available from Ms T. Walsh, Wetlands Unit, Environment Australia, GPO Box 123 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.---I.D.E.  {E520}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Rhim, S-.J., & W.-S. Lee.  2000.  The relationships between habitat structure and breeding bird communities in deciduous forest in mid-eastern Korea.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 31--38.  (Dept. For Resour., Seoul Natl. Univ., Suwon 441-744, Korea.)---The response of forest bird communities to the degree of deforestation was examined.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Shriver, W. G., & P. D. Vickery.  1999.  Aerial assessment of potential Florida Grasshopper Sparrow habitat: conservation in a fragmented landscape.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 1--9.  (State Univ. New York, Coll. Env. Sci. For., 1 Forest Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.)---156,000 ha of Ammodramus savannarum breeding habitat estimated in Florida, most within a few large areas; estimated that only 19% of historic dry prairie habitat remains; only 4 populations greater than 50 individuals on protected sites; achieving goals of USFWS 1988 recovery plan may be difficult.---E.D.S.  {B904, dry prairie, habitat quality}  {ROL #83}

 

{B908} Yu, Y. T., & C. Swennen.  2001.  Is mangrove afforestation destroying Black-faced Spoonbill habitat in the Red River Delta?  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 53--56.  (Dept. Biol. Biodiversity, Univ. Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong.)---Platalea minor winters along the coast of East Asia from South Korea to North Vietnam. Since 1994 international counts on the wintering grounds estimate the global population to be 500--700 individuals and therefore globally threatened. Counts on the 5Ê640 ha Xuan Thuy Nature Reserve Ramsar site in the delta of the Red River from 1994--2001 have varied from 23 to 104 individuals, representing from 5.3--19.2% of the international census, and making this the third largest wintering ground. At present it is also the one with decreasing numbers. The most suitable areas for winter foraging by P. minor are large intertidal flats with sheltered bays. However, in Xuan Thuy much of the intertidal flats have been planted to mangroves and these are later converted to aquaculture ponds, resulting in drainage regimes unsuitable for P. minor foraging, much more human disturbance and much smaller foraging groups.---I.R. {C914, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Arnold, G. W., M. Abensperg-Traun, R. J. Hobbs, D. E. Steven, L. Atkins, J. J. Viveen, & D. M. Gutter.  1999.  Recovery of shrubland communities on abandoned farmland in southwestern Australia: soils, plants, birds and arthropods.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 163--178.  (MA-T: Inst. Plant. Physiol., Dept. Vegetation Ecol. Conserv. Biol., Univ. Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1091 Vienna, Austria.)---Passive recovery of abandoned farmland is an inexpensive method that can yield useful conservation benefits.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Baker-Gabb, D., & D. Mackenzie.  2000.  Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve: a) Management and Monitoring Plan; b) Business Plan.  Birds Australia Report Series 10: 30 pp.  (Birds Australia, 415 Riversdale Rd., Hawthorn E., Vic. 3123, Australia.)---A 54 390 ha reserve in the largest block of mallee vegetation remaining in eastern Australia and that contains populations of six nationally threatened bird species, was purchased during 1997. Threatened species include: Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis ), Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta), Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata ), Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus), Scarlet-chested Parrot ( Neophema splendida), and Red-lored Whistler (Pachycephala rufogularis ).---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Blakesley, D., & S. Elliott.  2000.  Restoring conservation forests in northern Thailand and the monitoring of frugivorous birds.   Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 31: 23--26.  (Brew House North, Otham St., Otham, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8RL, UK.)---Recognizing that birds are important in restoring forests, stresses the need for more information on numbers, distribution and diet of many frugivores in order to assess seed dispersal and facilitate plantation design. Birdwatchers can help by reporting observations of birds consuming fruits.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Delaney, M. F., et al.  1999.  A previously unknown population of Florida Grasshopper Sparrows on Avon Park Air Force Range.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 52--56.  (FWC, 4005 S. Main St., Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)--- Ammodramus savannarum population newly established on recently burned, formerly forested site.---E.D.S.  {B908, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Ding Chang-qing, et al.  2000.  The breeding site and the conservation of the Black-faced Spoonbill in China.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 14--16.  (Inst. Zool., Chinese Acad. Sci., Beijing 100080, China.)--- Platalea minor is an endangered species breeding in Korea. On 15 Jun. 1999 three pairs were found breeding on the 1 ha island of Xing-Ren Tuo in the northern part of the Changhai Islands in Liaoning Province, 12 km from the mainland. This is the first breeding record for this species in China. The birds were very susceptible to disturbance and egg thieving, but the island is now protected and visiting is forbidden without permission.---I.R. {B904, B912, B700}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Nguyen Duc Tu, Nguyen Cu, & S. Buckton.  2001.  Wetlands and waterbirds in the Mekong Delta.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 30--33.  (BirdLife International Vietnam Program, 11 Lane 167, Tay Son, Hanoi, Vietnam.)---The Mekong Delta consists of c. 3.9 million ha that were originally a series of habitats: mangroves, mudflats, Melaleuca forests, inundated grasslands and swamps. After a century of wars and agricultural development most of this is now paddyfields or aquaculture ponds and the biodiversity is apparently much degraded though its current status is poorly known. A project funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy enabled BirdLife International Vietnam and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources to carry out field surveys in 13 provinces of the delta. Of 29 wetland sites visited, ten were found to be of particular conservation significance and are reported in this paper.---I.R. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Stolen, E. D.  1999.  Occurrence of birds in beach habitat in east-central Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 77--88.  (Mail Code: DYN-2, Kennedy Space Center, FL  32899, USA; EM: eric.stolen-1@ksc.nasa.gov)---Documents seasonal use of beach habitat by birds on undisturbed beach in FL; beach habitat used by 3 species of Pelecaniformes, 6 Ciconiiformes, and 27 Charadriiformes.---E.D.S.  {C922, D904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Toland, B.  1999.  Nest site characteristics, breeding phenology, and nesting success of American Oystercatchers in Indian River County, Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 112--116.  (Brevard Co. Off. Nat. Resour. Manage., 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. A, Viera, FL 32940, USA.)---Nesting success of Haematopus palliatus on undisturbed spoil islands was higher than that on islands with human disturbance (77% vs. 33%).---E.D.S.  {B716, B908 C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Whan, B.  1999.  Accidental habitats, benign neglect: shorebirds in Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 22: 85--89.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Management and other human effects on migratory shorebird habitat in Ohio.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{B910} Ziembicki, M.  2001.  The Great Green Macaw: flagship for biodiversity conservation in Central America.  Eclectus 10: 2--5.  (Dept. Environ. Biol., Univ. Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; EM: mark.ziembicki@adelaide.edu.au)---Describes a research program studying the breeding and movements of the endangered Ara ambigua as seen from the viewpoint of a three-month internship in Costa Rica.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Armstrong, D. P., & I. G. McLean.  1995.  New Zealand translocations: theory and practice.  Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 39--54.  (Dept. Ecol., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.)---New Zealand has seen over 400 translocations, mostly of terrestrial bird species. This paper reviews past translocations, looking at the theoretical base underlying the introduction of exotic species.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Lindenmayer, D. B., & T. W. Norton.  1993.  The conservation of Leadbeater’s Possum in southeastern Australia and the Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific northwest of the USA; management issues, strategies and lessons.  Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 13--18.  (Ctr. Resour. Environ. Studies, Inst. Advanced Studies, Aust. Natl. Univ., GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.)---Discusses similarities between conservation requirements and threats of both Gymnobelideus leadbeateri and Strix occidentalis caurina. Recommends revision of conservation strategy for Leadbeater’s Possum based on effective conservation strategy devised for owl.---W.K.S. {B906}  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Priddel, D., & N. Carlile.  2001.  A trial translocation of Gould's Petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera.  Emu 101: 79--88.  (NSW Natl. Pks Wildl. Serv., PO Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 2220, Australia.)---Thirty nestlings were translocated from their natal nests to nest-boxes on the same island to test the feasibility of translocation to establish new breeding colonies. Three transplanted birds have since been recorded at breeding site; all returned to fledging site rather than their natal nest site.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Sullivan, W. J., K.-J. Wilson, & A. Paterson.  2000.  Influence of artificial burrows and microhabitat on burrow competition between Chatham Petrels Pterodroma axillaris and Broad-billed Prions Pachyptila vittata.  Emu 100: 329--333.  (Ecol. Entomol. Gp., P.O. Box 84, Lincoln Univ., Canterbury, New Zealand.)---Competition with P. vittata for nesting burrows has been suggested as the key threat to breeding success of the endangered, endemic P. axillaris. Conservation actions taken have included all known P. axillaris burrows being replaced with artificial burrows and intensive patrolling of these burrows, which has led to tracks leading to most P. axillaris burrows. Results of this study allay fears that the artificial burrows were attractive to P. vittata. However, it is possible that the presence of logs in the vicinity of P. axillaris burrows attracts P. vittata and also makes these birds use tracks more---with the potential that this meant they came upon artificial burrows more frequently than otherwise.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Yorio, P.  2000.  Breeding seabirds of Argentina: conservation tools for a more integrated and regional approach.  Emu 100: 367--375.  (Ctr. Nac. Patagónico & Wildl. Conserv. Soc., Blvd. Brown S/N, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.)  {ROL #83}

 

{B912} Young, E. C.  1995.  Conservation values, research and New Zealand ’s responsibilities for the Southern Ocean islands and Antarctica .  Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 99--112.  (Sch. Biol. Sci., Univ. Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.)---The Antarctic Ross Dependency and five subantarctic island groups: The Snares Islands, Bounty Islands, Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands and Campbell Island.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{B914} Evans, T. D., L. G. Watson, & J. W. Duckworth.  2000.  Large-scale swallow trapping in Xiangkhouang Province, North Laos.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 59--62.  (15 Tyndale Rd., Oxfordshire OX4 1JL, UK; EM tom.evans@plants.ox.ac.uk)---On a wide grassy plateau a large number of cleared patches were used to clap-net migrating swallows to tethered decoys. Captured birds were marketed locally for food; plucked fresh small swallows (presumably Hirundo rustica) fetched US$0.12 whereas larger swallows sold for US$0.20 It is considered that an estimated annual catch of 100Ê000 might be an underestimate. The fact that large catches were recorded during 1937--42 suggests that the harvest may be sustainable, but was probably much reduced during the hostilities of the 1960s and 1970s.---I.R. {B510, D904}  {ROL #83}

 

{B914} Morris, S.  2001.  Bird trade in Hanoi.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 34--35.  (c/o BirdLife International Vietnam Program, 11 Lane 167, Tay Son, Hanoi, Vietnam.)---The popularity of keeping caged birds has increased in Hanoi. A survey of the six main bird markets on 30 Jul. 2000, 28 Nov. 2000 and 17 Feb. 2001 averaged 3Ê412 birds of 98 species on sale; 67% were of ten listed species. Whether the populations of relatively common birds is capable of sustaining this level of exploitation is not known. However, the trade in some rarer species, such as Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus) and Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) may significantly affect already declining populations.---I.R. {B510}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Canals, M., et al.   2001.  Blood host sources of Mepraia spinolai (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), wild vector of Chagas disease in Chile.  J. Med. Entomol. 38: 303--307.  (Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, U. Chile.)---Blood of rabbits, dogs, goats, rodents, humans, & hens (Gallus domesticus) was detected in bugs; 12.3% infected with Chagas disease.---R.T.  (C909)  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Converse, K. A., & G. A. Kidd.  2001.  Duck plague epizootics in the United States, 1967--1995.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 347--357.  (U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Research Division, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.)---In 1967, the first confirmed diagnosis of duck plague in the USA was made from Pekin Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) on commercial duck farms on Long Island, New York.  This paper reviews 120 duck plague epizootics from 1967--1995, from 21 states, with the greatest numbers from Maryland (29), New York (18), California (16) and Pennsylvania (13), and usually occurring March-June.  At least 40 waterfowl species were affected, with the highest frequency of epizootics occurring in nonmigratory captive or captive-reared ducks including Muscovy Dicks (Cairina moschata) (68%), Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) (18%), and Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) (14%).---J.R.P. {Anseriformes, duck virus enteritis, enzootic, migratory waterfowl}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Dubey, J. P., C. F. Quist, & D. L. Fritz.  2000.  Systemic sarcocystosis in a Wild Turkey from Georgia.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 755--760.  (CFQ: Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; EM: cquist@cvm.vet.uga.edu)---Sarcocystis sp. caused inflammatory lesions in the heart, lung and liver of an adult female Meleagris gallopavo sylvestris.---J.R.P. {case report, myocarditis, pneumonia, schizont}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Dubey, J. P., M. W. Garner, M. M. Willette, K. L. Batey, & C. H. Gardiner.   2001.  Disseminated toxoplasmosis in Magpie Geese (Anseranas semipalmata ) with large numbers of tissue cysts in livers.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 219--223.  (Parasite Biology and Epidemiology Laboratory, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.)---Two zoo Magpie Geese in Texas died from toxoplasmic pneumonia and hepatitis.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Durden, L. S., J. H. Oliver, Rf., & A. A. Kinsey.  2001.  Ticks (Acri: Ixodidae) and spirochetes (Spirochaetaceae: Spirochaetales) recovered from birds on a Georgia barrier island.  J. Med. Entomol. 38: 231--236.  (Inst. Arthopodol. & Parasitol., P.O. Box 8056, GA South. U., Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.)---8 spp. of ticks were recovered from 14 spp. of birds; Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes were isolated from 4% of individuals.---R.T. {C909}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Farley, J. M., C. H. Romero, M. G. Spalding, M. L. Avery, & D. J. Forrester.   2001.  Newcastle disease virus in Double-crested Cormorants in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi .  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 808--812.  (DJF: Dept. of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, P. O. Box 110880, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; EM: ForresterD@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu)---Antibodies against Newcastle disease virus were obtained from 47% of 183 migrating Phalacrocorax auritus.  Antibodies were detected in yolk samples from colonies in Florida, but not in nestlings.---J.R.P. {serology, serum}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Franssen, F. F. J., J. Hooimeijer, B. Blanckenstein, & D. J. Howers.  2000.  Giardiasis in a White Stork in The Netherlands.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 764--766.  (Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; EM: f.franssen@vet.uu.nl)---A huge number of Giardia sp. trophozoites were found in the feces of a young White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), although there were no signs of intestinal disease in the stork chick.---J.R.P. {case report, Giardia ardeae, morphology, serology}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Friend, M., R. G. McLean, & F. J. Dein.  2001.  Disease emergence in birds: challenges for the twenty-first century.  Auk 118: 290--303.  (Salton Sea Sci. Off., USGS, 6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, WI 53711, USA; EM: joshua_dein@usgs.gov)  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Hartup, B. K., A. A. Dhondt, K. V. Sydenstricker, W. M. Hochachka, & G. V. Kollias.   2001.  Host range and dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis among birds in North America.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 72--81.  (Division of Wildlife Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA; EM: hartup@savingcranes.org)---Between 1994 and 1998, 675 cases of conjunctivitis from Mycoplasma gallisepticum bacterial infections were recorded by the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus ) Disease Survey in 31 species other than House Finches.  75% of the cases were observed in American Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis), Purple Finches (Carpodacus purpureus) and House Sparrows (Passer domesticus ).  These secondary host infections are most consistent with spillovers from localized House Finch epidemics, rather than sustained interspecific transmission.---J.R.P. {epidemiology}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Hartup, B. K., J. M. Bickal, A. A. Dhondt, D. H. Ley, & G. V. Kollias.   2001.  Dynamics of conjunctivitis and Mycoplasma gallisepticum infections in House Finches.  Auk 118: 327--333.  (Int. Crane Found., E-11376 Shady Ln. Rd., Baraboo, WI 53913, USA; EM: hartup@savingcranes.org)---In Carpodacus mexicanus, conjunctivitis was documented in 11% (188/1,651) of birds examined and was more prevalent during fall and winter months.---M.M.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Januszewski, M. C., S. C. Olsen, R. G. McLean, L. Clark, & J. C. Rhyan.  2001.  Experimental infection of nontarget species of rodents and birds with Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 532--537.  (JCR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA; EM: jack.c.rhyan@aphis.usda.gov)---Rodents and Ravens (Corvus corax) were inoculated with oral brucellosis vaccine.  No differences in clinical signs, appetite, weight loss or gain, or activity were observed between control and vaccinated animals.---J.R.P. {biosafety}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Lundstrom J. O., et al.  2001. Prevalence of Sindbis virus neutralizing antibodies among Swedish passerines indicates that thrushes [Turdus pilaris , Turdus philomelos, & Turdus iliacus] are the main amplifying hosts.  J. Med. Entomol. 38: 289--297.  (Dept. Popul. Biol. Evol. Ctr. Upsala U. Norbyvãgen, 18D, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden)---Bird-feeding Culex torrentium and Culiseta morsutabs in lowland wet forests.---R.T.  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Mikaelian, I. , D. H. Ley, R. Claveau, M. Lemieux, & J.-P. Bérubé.  2001.  Mycoplasmosis in Evening and Pine Grosbeaks with conjunctivitis in Quebec.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 826--830.  (Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Centre Québécoise sur la Santé des Animaux Sauvages, 3200 Sicotte, C.P. 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, J2S 7C6; EM: igor-mikaelian@idexx.com)---Up to 30% of Coccothraustes vespertinus and Pinicola enucleator at 13 feeding stations in Quebec suffered from Mycoplasma gallisepticum conjunctivitis in winter 1998-1999.  This mycoplasma was identical to isolates from House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) and American Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) throughout eastern North America.---J.R.P. {case report}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Oberheu, D. G., & C. B. Dabbert.  2001.  Aflatoxin production in supplemental feeders provided for Northern Bobwhite in Texas and Oklahoma.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 474--480.  (CBD: Dept. of Range, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas Tech University, Box 42125, Lubbock, Texas 79409-2125, USA; EM: brad.dabbert@ttu.edu)---Aflatoxin production by fungi in Colinus virginianus supplemental grain feeders increased from pre-sample to one month after filling the feeders, but was highly variable among months with no real temporal pattern between years.  Aflatoxin production was related to the highly variable relative humidity of the study area which influences moisture content of grain.  Average relative humidity can be used to predict aflatoxin production.---J.R.P. {weather}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Pearson, G. L.  2001.  Book Review: Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds, M. Friend and J. C. Franson, (eds.).   Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 208--211.  (Prairie Veterinary Hospital, 1305 Business Loop East, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401, USA.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Reisen, W. K., L. D. Kramer, R.E. Chiles, E. N. Green, & V. M. Martinez.  2001.  Encephalitis virus persistence in California birds: preliminary studies with House Finches.  Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 393--399.  (Arbovirus Research Unit, Center for Vector-borne Disease Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.)---Field-collected Carpodacus mexicanus were infected experimentally with either western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) or Saint Louis encephalitis (SLE) in 1998 and maintained over the winter.  A low percentage of birds developed chronic infections in the spleen or lung that could be detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, but not by plaque assay.  Birds did not appear to relapse naturally or after immunosuppression.  The rapid decay of Saint Louis encephalitis, but not western equine encephalomyelitis, antibody may allow relapse of chronic infections of Saint Louis encephalitis, but not western equine encephalomyelitis, to produce viremias sufficiently elevated to infect mosquitoes.---J.R.P.; R.T.  (C909)  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Roberts, S. R., P. M. Nolan, L. H. Lauerman, L.-Q. Li, & G. E. Hill.  2001.  Characterization of the mycoplasmal conjunctivitis epizootic in a House Finch population in the southeastern USA.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 82--88.  (Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA; EM: robersr@auburn.edu)---An epidemiological study of an epidemic of Mycoplasma gallisepticum mycoplasmosis in Carpodacus mexicanus in Auburn, Alabama, was conducted from 1998-1999.  Clinical disease was observed in 4% of 1, 214 finches trapped.  Serum plate agglutination assays in late summer of 334 finches indicated that 13% of the subpopulation had been exposed, with 7% suffering from clinical disease.  Polymerase chain reaction was used with the serum plate test in 46 birds to detect the bacteria in 6 seropositive asymptomatic birds that may represent carriers or early stage infections.---J.R.P. {behavioral ecology}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Schettler, E., T. Langgemach, P. Sömmer, J. Streich, & K. Frölich.  2001.  Seroepizootiology of selected infectious disease agents in free-living birds of prey in Germany.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 145--152.  (K F: Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research Berlin, P.O. Box 601103, 10252 Berlin, Germany; EM: Frölich@izw-berlin.de)---448 blood plasma samples from 20 species of raptors in eastern Germany were tested for antibodies against Newcastle disease virus, owl herpesvirus, and Chlamydia psittaci.  63% of 422 raptors were positive for C. psittaci.  1 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and 1 Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo ) had antibodies for owl herpesvirus.  1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus ) was positive for antibodies against falcon herpesvirus.  2 Common Buzzards, 3 Ospreys, and 1 Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) had antibodies against Newcastle disease virus.  The other species studied were the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), European Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus ), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Black Kite (Milvus migrans), White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Northern Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus), Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Merlin (Falco columbarius ), and Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus).---J.R.P. {serosurvey}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Schweitzer, S. H., C. F. Quist, G. L. Grimes, & D. L. Forster.  2001.  Aflatoxin levels in corn available as Wild Turkey feed in Georgia .  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 657--659.  (D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; EM: schweitz@smokey.forestry.uga.edu)---3 of 31 corn samples were positive for aflatoxin, 2 samples with 0-20 ppb and one with 380 ppb of aflatoxin.  Aflatoxin levels ranging from 100-400 ppb may cause liver dysfunction and immunosuppression in Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) poults, and grains with aflatoxin levels over 99 ppb are not only unacceptable for domestic animal feed, but should not be sold as wildlife feed.---J.R.P. {baiting, Aspergillus flavus , Aspergillus parasiticus}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Scott, J. D. et al.  2001.  Birds disperse Ixodid (Acari: Exodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in Canada.  J. Med. Entomol. 38: 493--500.  (Lyme Disease Assoc. Ontario, 356 St. David St. S.. Fergus, ON  N1M 2L7, Canada.)---Passerines disperse several spp. of ixodid ticks to Canada; a few infected with Lyme disease bacteria.---R.T. {C104, C909}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Wellehan, J. F. X., M. Calsamiglia, D. H. Ley, M. S. Zens, A. Amonsin, & V. Kapur.   2001.  Mycoplasmosis in captive crows and robins from Minnesota .  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 547--555.  (VK: Dept. of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA; EM: vkapur@tc.umn.edu)---Mycoplasma sturni was isolated from an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) with conjunctivitis.  It was also found in asymptomatic American Crows, American Robins (Turdus migratorius) and in a European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in the same rehabilitation facility.  Nested polymerase chain reaction effectively detected this bacterial pathogen, and substantial genetic heterogeneity was found among its isolates.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Wellehan, J. F. X., M. S. Zens, M. Calsamiglia, P. J. Fusco, A. Amonsin, & V. Kapur.   2001.  Diagnosis and treatment in House Finches associated with mycoplasmosis in Minnesota.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 245--251.  (VK: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA; EM: vkapur@tc.umn.edu)---Nested-polymerase chain reaction effectively detected Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Carpodacus mexicanus, and was more sensitive than culture.  However, oral enroflaxin and ophthalmic gentamicin were not effective in eradicating the bacteria.  Treated birds showed resolution of clinical signs, but up to 6 mo later 67% of treated House Finches were positive for the bacteria using nested-PCR, and 33% were positive by culture.---J.R.P. {epizootic, fluoroquinolone}  {ROL #83}

 

{C102} Wright, S. A., M. A. Thompson, M. J. Miller, K. M. Knerl, S. L. Elms, J. C. Karpowicz, J. F. Young, & V. L. Kramer.  2000.  Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), rodents, and birds in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Placer County, California.  Journal of Medical Entomology 37: 909--918.  (Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, Elk Grove, California 95624, USA.)---Evidence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi was found in 7.3% of host-seeking Ixodes pacificus adults, 5.4% of nymphs; Ixodes pacificus occurred on Neotoma fuscipes and Peromyscus spp., but only one Neotoma and no Peromyscus yielded B. burgdorferi;  291 birds of 34 species had a mean of .27 ticks per bird; 53% of 92 avian blood smears were reactive to B. burgdorferi antibody; birds likely participate in the local enzootic cycle and in transporting ticks and spirochaetes to other locations, while local rodents are not major contributors.---J.R.P. {C104}  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Adams, R. J.  2001.  Rallicola deckeri n. sp.  (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Ruddy Woodcreepers Dendrocincla homochroa (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) collected in Campeche, Mexico.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 118--120.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Blanco, G., R. Rodriguez-Estrella, S. Merino, & M. Bertellotti.  2001.  Effects of spatial and host variables on hematozoa in White-crowned Sparrows wintering in Baja California.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 786--790.  (Dept. of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E2; EM: gublanco@hotmail.com)---Zonotrichia leucophrys were examined in two Baja California locations for blood parasites.  Two birds were positive for Trypanosoma sp. and 8-49% of the others were hosts to Haemoproteus coatneyi.  There were no differences between ages or sexes, and there was no evidence for the predicted negative relationship between host body condition and intensity of parasitism.---J.R.P. {geographical variation}  {ROL #83}

{C104} Cremonte, F., M. C. Digiani, L. O. Bala, & G. T. Navone.  2001.  Tetrameres (Tetrameres) megaphasmadiata n. sp.  (Nematoda: Tetrameridae), a parasite of the Two-banded Plover, Charadrius falklandicus, and White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis, from Patagonia, Argentina.   Journal of Parasitology 87: 148--151.  (Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores (CONICET, UNLP), Calle 2 No. 584, (1900) La Plata, Argentina.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Darolova, A, H. Hol, J. Kristofik, & C. Hol.  2001.  Horizontal and vertical transmission of three species of Mallophaga, and individual variation in European Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster).  Journal of Parasitology 87: 256--262.  (Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 842 06 Bratislava, Slovakia.)---Chewing lice (Meropoecus meropis, Meromenopon meropis, or Brueelia apiastri) infested 98.3% of 176 adults, but only 10.8% of 167 chicks.  Meropoecus was most common on adults and Meromenopon was most common on chicks.  Among adults, transmission was primarily horizontal between pairs; among chicks transmission was mainly vertical from parents, and infrequent.  Ectoparasite intensity in nestlings did not correlate with ectoparasite intensity in parents, and ectoparasite intensity was not correlated with variation in host morphological features.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} DeJong, R. J., & P. M. Muzzall.  2000.  Hematozoa of Waterfowl from Michigan.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 767--773.  (Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; EM: rjdejong@unm.edu)---Over 300 wild waterfowl, including Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa), Mallards ( Anas platyrhynchos), and Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), were sampled in summer and fall.  Haemosporid infection rate was 6% in the summer and 7% in the fall.  The blood parasites included Haemoproteus nettionis , Haemoproteus greineri, and Leucocytozoon simondi.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} DeJong, R. J., R. L. Reimink, & H. D. Blankespoor.  2001.  Hematozoa of hatch-year Common Mergansers from Michigan.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 403--407.  (Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA; EM: rjdejong@unm.edu)---75% of 55 Mergus merganser examined were infected with hematozoa.  Haemoproteus greineri (new host record) infected 28 birds; Leucocytozoon simondi infected 26 birds, and Plasmodium circumflexum (new host record) infected 2 birds.  Intensity data indicated possible negative interspecific interaction between H. greineri and L. simondi.---J.R.P. {waterfowl, Anatidae, survey}  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Dubey, J. P., M. M. Garner, M. D. Stetter, A. E. Marsh, & B. C. Barr.   2001.  Acute Sarcocystis falcatula-like infection in a Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus) and immunohistochemical cross reactivity between Sarcocystis falcatula and Sarcocystis neurona.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 824--832.  (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Parasite Biology and Epidemiology Laboratory, Building 1001, BARC-East, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.)---A captive Bee-eater in a zoo in Florida died suddenly, probably due to pneumonia from an unidentified Sarcocystis falcatula -like infection.  Schizonts were found in lungs and heart, and immature sarcocysts in skeletal muscles.  Antigenically, the parasites reacted with varying intensity with polyclonal rabbit antisera to Sarcocystis falcatula and Sarcocystis neurona.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Eckerlin, R. P., & H. F. Painter.  2000.  New records of fleas (Siphonaptera) from eastern West Virginia.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 969--973.  (Natural Sciences Division, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA 22003, USA; EM: reckerlin@nv.cc.va.us)--- Ceratophyllus gallinae from the nest of Sialia sialis in the Appalachian Mountains.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Johnson, K. P., R. J. Adams, & D. H. Clayton.  2001.  Molecular systematics of Goniodidae (Insecta: Phthiraptera).  Journal of Parasitology 87: 862--869.  (Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA.)---Within Goniodidae, genera are divided into those occurring on Galliformes and those occurring on Columbiformes.  The phylogeny of Goniodidae reflects some aspects of host relationships, but biogeography also influences coevolutionary history.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Jovani, R., J. L. Tella, D. Sol, & D. Ventura.  2001.  Are hippoboscid flies a major mode of transmission of feather mites?  Journal of Parasitology 87: 1187--1189.  (Dept. of Applied Biology, Estación Biologica de Doñana, C.S.I.C., Avda. M^a Luisa s/n. E-41013 Sevilla, Spain.)---405 louseflies from Alpine Swifts (Apus melba) and feral Rock Doves (Columba livia ) were examined for mites.  Skin mites (Epidermoptidae and Cheyletiellidae) were found, but no feather mites.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Keirans, J. E., & L. E. Durden.  2001.  Invasion: exotic ticks (Acari: Argasidae) imported into the United States.  A review and new records.   Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 850--861.  (Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056; EM: jkeirans@gasou.edu)---Ostriches (Struthio camelus) hosted Amblyomma gemma, lepidum, and variegatum; Haemaphysalis punctata ; Hyalomma albiparmatum, impeltatum?, lusitanicum, rufipes, truncatum; and Rhipicephalus turanicus.  The African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) hosted Haemaphysalis hoodi .---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Kollars, T. M., Jr., J. H. Oliver, Jr., L. A. Durden, & P. G. Kollars.  2000.  Host associations and seasonal activity of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Missouri.  Journal of Parasitology 86: 1156--1159.  (U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, 315/6 Rajavithee, Phya Thai, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.)---Nearly 9,000 lone star ticks were collected from vertebrates, including adults, nymphs and larvae from Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), nymphs from Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) and Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).  Tick activity was highest May through September.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Latta, S. C., & B. M. O'Connor.  2001.  Patterns of Knemidocoptes jamaicensis (Acari: Knemidocoptidae) infestations among eight new avian hosts in the Dominican Republic.  Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 437--440.  (Division of Biological Sciences, 110 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.)---New hosts for the scaley-leg epithelial mite include the Hispaniolan Pewee (Contopus caribaeus hispaniolensis ), Northen Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina), Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor), Palm Warbler ( Dendroica palmarum), Green-tailed Warbler (Microligea palustris ), Black-crowned Palm Tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum), and Greater Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla violacea).  Infestation rates were as high as 18.2%, and mites were far more common in the dry desert thorn scrub than in higher elevation and more moist habitats.  Results suggest that the abundance of scaley-leg mites is controlled by the abundance of suitable host species and by specific ecological conditions that promote transmission.---J.R.P.; R.T.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Lewis, R.E., & G. E. Haas.  2001.  On the subgenus Ceratophyllus (Celeophilus Smit 1983), with a redescription of its two species (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae: Ceratophyllinae).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103: 922--931.  (3906 Stone Brooke Circle, Ames IA 50010-4174, USA; EM: relewis@iastate.edu)---Ceratophyllus adustus has been collected from Alaskan nests of the Flicker (Colaptes auratus ) and the Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus).  Ceratophyllus zhovtyii was initially collected from the Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) and a woodpecker, presumed to be the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), in Russia.  In Alaska, it was found in Flicker nests and a nest of Picoides.  It has also been associated with the Three-toed Woodpecker and the Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius).---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Pinckney, R. D., K. Kanton, C. N. Foster, H. Steinberg, & P. Pellitteri.   2001.  Infestation of a bird and two cats by larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).  Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 725--727.  (Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706, USA; EM: pinckner@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu)---An Indian Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) died from polyoma virus, and autopsy found an Indian meal moth larva living in its brain.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Price, R. D., D. H. Clayton, & R. J. Adams.  2000.  Pigeon lice down under: taxonomy of Australian Campanulotes (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a description of C. durdeni n. sp.  Journal of Parasitology 86: 948--950.  (DHC: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840, USA.)---Campanulotes flavus (Rudow) from the Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) is redescribed; Campanulotes defectus becomes a junior synonym and its host record from the extinct Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius is invalidated as erroneous.  Campanulotes flavus elegans, from Phaps elegans , is elevated to Campanulotes elegans, and Campanulotes durdeni n. sp. is described from Ocyphaps lophotes.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Ramos, J. A., J. Bowler, L. Davis, S. Venis, J. Quinn, & C. Middleton.   2001.  Activity patterns and effect of ticks on growth and survival of tropical Roseate Tern nestlings.  Auk 118: 709--716.  (IMAR, Dept. Zool., Univ. Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal; EM: jramos@ci.uc.pt)--- Sterna dougallii nestlings parasitized by female Amblyomma loculosum had slower growth rates, fledged later and at a lower rate than unparasitized nestlings; female ticks were a direct cause of nestling mortality.---J.D.W. {C910, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Sanz, J. J., Arriero, E., Moreno, J., & S. Merino.  2001.  Female hematozoan infection reduces hatching success but not fledging success in Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca.  Auk 118: 750--755.  (Dept. Ecol. Evol., Mus. Cienc. Naturales (CSIC), Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain; EM: sanz@mncn.csic.es)---Females infected with Trypanosoma spp. showed higher clutch desertion and females infected with Haemoproteus balmorali during incubation hatched fewer eggs, though fledging success, breeding success, fledgling mass, and tarsus length were not associated with blood infection---S.L.S.  {C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Shaw, M.  2000.  Mites on Australian parrots and in their nests.  Eclectus 9: 5--7.  (Dept. Zool. Entomol., Univ. Qld., St. Lucia, Qld. 4072, Australia; EM: m.shaw@ento.uq.edu.au)---Reviews the potential and reports early results of a survey that showed few parasitic mites in nests of Australian parrots.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Slowik, T. J., & R. S. Lane.  2001.  Birds and their ticks in northwestern California: minimal contribution to Borrelia burgdorferi enzootiology.   Journal of Parasitology 87: 755--761.  (Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Division of Insect Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3112, USA.)---234 birds of 15 families and 34 species were captured and recaptured in chaparral and woodland-grass in northwestern California. 35 Ixodes pacificus and 9 Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris ticks were found, but no spirochaetes in either bird blood or tick tissue.  Ticks hosts included Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), California Quail (Callipepla californica), California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum ), California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis), Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla), Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus), Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena ), Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus), Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli), Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica), White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), and Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata).---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Storer, R. W.  2000.  The metazoan parasite fauna of grebes (Aves: Podicipediformes) and its relationship to the birds' biology.  Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, No. 188, iv+90 pp.  (Bird Division, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079, USA; requests for copies: EM: fpapers@umich.edu)---Scientific names, grebe definitive hosts, where in grebes found, known intermediate and paratenic hosts, distribution by continent, life-cycle information, and degree of host specificity are given for 249 known helminth parasites of grebes. A list of the prey species known for of each species of grebe and the data bases for both lists are on the web for computer analysis. Also included are lists of the 12 mites and 13 lice known to parasitize grebes, most of these are believed to have been derived by host switching from coots.---R.W.S. {D302, D105, D106}  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Storer, R. W.  2002.  The metazoan parasite fauna of loons (Aves: Gaviiformes), its relationship to the birds' evolutionary history and biology, and a comparison with the parasite fauna of grebes.  Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, No. 191, iv + 44 pp.  (Bird Division, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079, USA; requests for copies: EM: fpapers@umich.edu)---This parallels that on the grebes by same author (Misc. Pub. 188, 2000) and contains a comparison of the evolutionary histories of the two avian groups and how this and their biology are related to their parasite faunas. The smaller helminth fauna of loons (98 species) is considered a result of the fewer species of loons, their Holarctic vs. nearly cosmopolitan distribution and later evolution from marine vs. grebes' earlier fresh-water origin.---R.W.S. {Digenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Nematoda, D105, D106}  {ROL #83}

{C104} Tella, J. L., & R. Jovani.  2000.  Sources of variability in aggregation and sex ratios of Crataerina melbae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) among adult colonial Alpine Swifts.  Journal of Parasitology 86: 933--938.  (Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Avda M. Luisa s/n, Pabellón del Perú, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.)---Aggregation of louseflies on Apus melba was comparatively low and overall sex ratio was 1.  Neither aggregation nor sex-ratio variability was related to host characteristics.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C104} Valkiûnas, G., & T. A. Iezhova.  2001.  A comparison of the blood parasites in three subspecies of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 930--934.  (Institute of Ecology, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Akademijos 2, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania.)---180 Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava feldegg, Motacilla flava flava, and Motacilla flava thunbergi) were caught during spring migration in south Kazakhstan, and blood smears were collected and stained.  No differences were discernible in parasite fauna or intensities of infection between males and females or between different subspecies.  However, prevalence of infection of Haemoproteus , Leucocytozoon, and Plasmodium spp. was different in different host subspecies.  These differences can be explained by differences in geographical location of breeding areas of these birds.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Atkinson, C. T., R. J. Dusek, & J. K. Lease.  2001.  Serological responses and immunity to superinfection with avian malaria in experimentally-infected Hawaii Amakihi.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 20--27.  (USGS, Biological Resources Division, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718, USA; EM: Carter_Atkinson@usgs.gov)---6 of 7 Hemignathus virens with chronic malarial infections had no 2 months after initial infection, and control birds who survived initial infection were immune to superinfection over 2 yrs later.  Antibodies to a suite of malarial antigens persisted as long as 1,248 days after initial infection and were detectable by immunoblotting when parasites were not easily detected by microscopy.---J.R.P. {concomitant immunity, Drepanididae, honeycreeper, Plasmodium relictum}  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Henke, S. E., V. C. Gallardo, B. Martinez, & R. Bailey.  2001.  Survey of aflatoxin concentrations in wild bird seed purchased in Texas.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 831--835.  (Caesar Klieberg Wildlife Research Institute, MSc 218, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202, USA; EM: scott.henke@tamuk.edu)---17% of 142 bags of commercial wild bird seed had aflatoxin concentrations greater than 100ìg/kg.  Granivorous songbirds in Texas are exposed to aflatoxins at backyard feeders, which may be a significant morbidity and mortality factor.---J.R.P. {Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus parasiticus, toxicology}  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Ladda, R., M. Aikawa, & H. Sprinz.  2001.  Penetration of erythrocytes by merozoites of mammalian and avian malarial parasites.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 470--478.  (Dept. of Experimental Pathology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012, USA.)---Merozoites of Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium gallinaceum enter erythrocytes by causing a deep invagination in the red cell membrane, conforming to the shape of the merozoite.  The outer edges of the cavity fuse leaving the parasite in a vacuole.  The merozoite dedifferentiates, and trophozoite development begins.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Miller, M. J. R., M. E. Wayland, & G. R. Bortolotti.  2001.  Hemograms for and nutritional content of migrant Bald Eagles tested for exposure to lead.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 481--488.  (Iolaire Ecological Consulting, 210-112th Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 1V2 Canada.)---No sex and age differences in hematocrit and plasma proteins were observed in Saskatchewan migrating Haliaeetus leucocephalus, and hematologic values were similar to those in captive Bald Eagles.  Nutritional condition was not related to blood lead concentration.  This population's lead exposure appears below a threshold required to indicate toxicological alteration in hematological values and nutritional condition.---J.R.P. {lead pellets}   {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Mitchell, R. R., S. D. Fitzgerald, R. J. Aulerich, R. J. Balander, D. C. Powell, R. J. Tempelman, W. Stevens, & S. J. Bursian.  2001.  Reproductive effects and duckling survivability following chronic dosing with tungsten-iron and tungsten-polymer shot in adult game-farm Mallards.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 468--474.  (SDF: Dept. of Veterinary Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; EM: fitzgerald@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu)---There were no significant differences in egg production and fertility and hatchability of eggs from tungsten-iron and tungsten-polymer dosed Anas platyrhynchos compared to control ducks.  There was also no difference in percent survivability and body weight of ducklings from tungsten-iron and tungsten-polymer exposed Mallards compared to ducklings from control ducks.---J.R.P. {nontoxic shot alternatives, toxicity}  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Mulhern, D. W.  2000.  Bald Eagle nestling ensnared by devil's claw.   Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 37--39.  (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 315 Houston St., Suite E, Manhattan, KS 66502 USA.)---44-day old nestling of Haliaeetus leucocephalus found with deformed right wing owing to hooks of Proboscidea louisianica.  Removal of the seed pod allowed normal growth to occur and eaglet successfully fledged.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Nakamura, K., M. Ogiso, T. Shibahara, H. Kasuga, & T. Isobe.  2001.  Pathogenicity of Leucocytozoon caulleryi for specific pathogen-free laying hens.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 1202--1204.  (National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.)---Leucocytozoon caulleryi may stop egg production in Gallus gallus as a result of damage to ovaries and oviducts.  Many large schizonts were seen in the ovary and oviducts of chickens, with edema and pressure atrophy of adjacent tissue.  The eggshell-secreting portion of the uterus exhibited the most severe damage in the oviduct.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Perez, M., S. E. Henke, & A. M. Fedynich.  2001.  Detection of aflatoxin-contaminated grain by three granivorous bird species.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 358--361.  (SHE: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, MSC 218, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202, USA; EM: scott.henke@tamuk.edu)---Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus), White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) and Green Jays (Cyanocorax yncas) were presented with feeders with compartments with varying levels of aflatoxin-contaminated milo.  Only Green Jays selected against contaminated feed.---J.R.P. {Aspergillus flavus, toxicology}  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Rolland, R. M.  2000.  A review of chemically induced alterations in thyroid and Vitamin A status from field studies of wildlife and fish.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 615--635.  (Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA; EM: rrolland@infonet.tufts.edu)---This paper reviews 22 published field studies that have found an association between environmental contaminants and alterations in thyroid gland structure, circulating thyroid hormones, and vitamin A status in wildlife and fish.  These studies included several on developmental deformities and wasting in fish-eating birds in the Great Lakes, reproductive impairment in Haliaeetus leucocephalus and Aix sponsa, histological abnormalities of the thyroid gland in Great Lakes Larus argentatus, and altered neurological development in Ardea herodias.  A direct causal relationship between exposure to dioxin, polychlorinated biphenyls or other organochlorines and thyroid and retinoid changes has not been demonstrated.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Stone, W. B., & J. C. Okoniewski.  2001.  Necropsy findings and environmental contaminants in Common Loons from New York.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 178--184.  (Wildlife Pathology Unit, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 108 Game Farm Road, Delmar, New York 12054, USA; EM: wbstone@gw.dec.state.ny.us)---Diagnostic and analytical findings are given for 105 Gavia immer found dead or debilitated from 1972-1999.  Aspergillosis (23% of cases) and lead fishing weights (21% of cases) were the most common pathologies.  Stranding on land, shooting, other trauma, gill nets, air sacculitis and peritonitis and emaciation accounted for most other cases.  Emaciated birds had higher levels of liver mercury.  Brain organochlorine contaminant levels were generally low, principally consisting of PCB's and DDE.---J.R.P.  {ROL #83}

 

{C106} Yamamoto, J. T., & G. M. Santolo.  2000.  Body condition effects in American Kestrels fed selenomethionine.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 646--652.  (GMS: CH2M HILL, Inc., 2485 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 600, Sacramento, CA 95833, USA; EM: gsantolo@ch2m.com)---Male American Kestrels (Falco sparverius ) fed higher levels of selenium had relatively higher lean body mass and relatively lower normalized body fat than kestrels with less selenium intake.---J.R.P. {body condition, Kesterton Reservoir, total body electrical conductivity}  {ROL #83}

 

{C304} Köhler, P., & U. Köhler.   1999.  Extension of the known non-breeding range of the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica in southern Africa: A major wintering site in Mozambique.   Vogelwarte 40: 142--144.  (Rosenstr. 18, D-85774 Unterföhring, Germany)---Mid January numbers 1996--1998 in 5 islands of the Bazaruto Archipelago varied between 3,587 and 5,523.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Abbott, I.  2001.  Historic record of Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus breeding in southwest Western Australia.  Western Australian Naturalist 23: 1--7.  (Dept. Conserv. Land Manage., Locked Bag 104, Bentley, WA 6985, Australia.)---Pelicans nested on Green Island, near Albany, in 1826.---M.G.B.  {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Bishop, K. D., & D. N. Jones.  2001.  The montane avifauna of west New Britain [Papua New Guinea] with special reference to the Nakanai Mountains.   Emu 101: 205--220.  (Ctr. Conserv. Biol., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA.)---An ornithological survey during Dec. 1979 recorded 34 species of birds above 900Êm a.s.l., giving a total of 53 species recorded in this mountain range. Of these 53 species, eight are classified as globally threatened or near threatened; six species are endemic to New Britain; 22 species have restricted ranges. Furthermore, first record of Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) on New Britain probably represents an undescribed taxon, and the little known endemic New Britain Honeyeater (Vosea whitemanensis ) was recorded for only the third time.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Brothers, N. P., & I. J Skira.  2000.  Seabird Island No. 247: Little Chalky Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania.  Corella 24: 47--48.  (Pks. Wildl. Serv., P.O. Box 44A, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.)---Description of island, ornithological history, breeding seabirds, and factors affecting their status.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Burbidge, A. A., & P. J. Fuller.  2000.  The breeding seabirds of Shark Bay, Western Australia.  CALMScience 3: 109--124.  (Dept. Conserv. Land Manage., PO Box 51, Wanneroo, WA 6065, Australia.)---Surveys during May and Sept. 1997 and collation of existing data revealed that 16 species of birds dependent on the ocean for food had been recorded on 42 islands and islets in Shark Bay. This included a significant Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) rookery on Pelican Island.---M.G.B.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Burbidge, A. A., et al.  2000.  The terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the Montebello Islands, Western Australia.  CALMScience 3: 95--107.  (Dept. Conserv. Land Manage., PO Box 51, Wanneroo, WA 6065, Australia.)---Seventy species of birds have been recorded on these islands. Extinctions of the Black-and-white Fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus edouardi) and Spinifexbird (Eremiornis carteri) are attributed to exotic mammals on Hermite Island, but nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s may have been the cause if these birds occurred on Trimouille Island in 1950.---M.G.B.  {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Chatto, R.  2000.  A preliminary report on the waders of the Top End of the Northern Territory.  Stilt 37: 49.  (Pks. Wildl. Comm. NT, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0830, Australia; EM: ray.chatto@pwcnt.nt.gov.au)---Preliminary analysis of distribution and status (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Coate, K. H., R. E. Johnstone, & G. A. Lodge.  2001.  Birds of Kingston Rest, northeast Kimberley, Western Australia.  Western Australian Naturalist 23: 9--38.  (21 Acanthus Rd., Willetton, WA 6155, Australia.)---Annotated list for 202 species of birds recorded on Kingston Rest Farm between 1984 and 1999.---M.G.B.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Collins, P., et al.  2001.  The importance of inland claypans for waders in Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW Australia.  Stilt 38: 4--8.  (RMB 4009, Cowes, Vic. 3922, Australia.)---Important roost site during very high tides.---I.D.E.  (B308, B910, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Conole, L. E., & R. MacNally.  2000.  Recent records of the Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon at Gunbower Island, Victoria.   Corella 24: 36--37.  (Ecol. Sec., Dept. Biol. Sci., Monash Univ., Vic. 3800, Australia; EM: dacelo@silas.cc.monash.edu.au)---Either driven south by drought or locality is at the margin of the normal range of a sub-population. Recommends classification as Critically Endangered for the State.---I.D.E.  {B904}  {ROL #83}

{C308} Cooper, N. K., J. Dell, & M. A. Cowan.  1999.  The vertebrate fauna of Bennett Brook and Success Hill Reserve, Caversham [Western Australia].   Western Australian Naturalist 22: 179--190.  (WA Mus., Francis St., Perth, WA 6000, Australia.)---Lists 78 species of birds at these sites near Perth, WA.---M.G.B.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Dutson, G.  2001.  New distributional ranges for Melanesian birds.  Emu 101: 237--248.  (c/o 1 High Way, Broadstone, Dorset BH18 9NB, UK.)---Includes birds of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Admiralty and Bismarck Archipelagos.---W.K.S.  {C324}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Fraser, F.  2000.  Species profile: Partridge Pigeon.  Northern Territory Naturalist 16: 38--39.  (Pks. Wildl. Comm. NT, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.)---Distribution map of Geophaps smithii in Northern Territory and Western Australia plots pre-1950 and post-1950 records, showing contraction of range.---P.S.L.  {B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Hassell, C. J., & A. N. Boyle.  2000.  Abbott’s Booby: first record for mainland Australia.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 255--258.  (P.O. Box 3089, Broome, WA 6725, Australia.)---Bare parts and plumage description of subadult male Papasula abbotti whilst in captivity for rehabilitation.---I.D.E. {D700, E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Hobcroft, D.  2000.  Seabird observations in south-eastern Australian waters: RV Franklin Voyage 297, 24 January to 4 February 1997.  Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 14--18.  (7 Henry St., Lewisham, NSW 2049, Australia.)---Annotated list, covering seas from Sydney (NSW) to Gabo Island (Victoria) to Port Macdonnell (SA) to South-West Cape (Tasmania). Rare records included single Puffinus bulleri off Victoria, and Fregetta tropica, Catharacta maccormicki and Chlidonias leucopterus in Tasmanian waters.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Horton, H.  2000.  Bird observations at Gibraltar Range, northern New South Wales.  Queensland Naturalist 38: 47--52.  ('Diura', Mt. Nebo Rd., Jolly’s Lookout, Qld. 4520, Australia.)--91 species.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Kennerley, P. R., & K. D. Bishop.  2001.  Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis on Manus, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.  Stilt 38: 54--55.  (16 Coppice Close, Melton Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1RX, UK.)---Detailed description of immature bird, first record from PNG and one of the most westerly records of the species.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} McAllan, I. A. W., & R. O’Brien.  2001.  The changing distribution of the Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 14--27.  (46 Yeramba St., Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia.)---Generally a westward expansion into drier areas but one localised population has become extinct.---I.D.E. {C908, C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} McAllan, I. A. W.  2000.  An additional record of the Star Finch from the south of its range.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 287.  (46 Yeramba St., Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia.)---Neochmia ruficauda sighting extracted from old [1956] unpublished diaries.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} McAllan, I. A. W.  2001.  The Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 55--59.  (46 Yeramba St., Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia.)---Gives historical records of sightings and specimens, disputes the type locality, and notes a local population decline.---I.D.E. {C706, D114}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} McCrie, N.  2000.  A record of the Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris in Darwin, Northern Territory.  Northern Territory Naturalist 16: 26--27.  (P.O. Box 41382, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.)---Single, June 1996, second record for Northern Territory. Previous records in Australasian tropics summarized. Origin of this vagrant speculated upon.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Meadows, G., & E. Meadows.  2000.  First record of a Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis on mainland Australia.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 286.  (25 Cheviot St., Smithfield Heights, Cairns, Qld. 4878, Australia.)---Sighting coincides with annual migration period and local cyclone.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Noske, R., & G. Brennan.  1993.  First record of the Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus for the Northern Territory.  Northern Territory Naturalist 14: 32--33.  (Fac. Sci., NT Univ., P.O. Box 40146, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.)---Two birds at a site on Groote Eylandt, Sept. 1991 and Jan. 1992, c. 600 km west of closest permanent population.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Skira, I. J ,& N. P. Brothers.  2000.  Seabird Island No. 246: Preservation Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania.  Corella 24: 45--46.  (Pks. Wildl. Serv., P.O. Box 44A, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.)---Description of island, ornithological history, breeding seabirds, and factors affecting their status.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Surman, C. A., & R. D. Wooller.  2000.  Seabirds off the south-western coast of Australia.  Emu 100: 312--317.  (RDW: Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Reports on seabirds recorded during a cruise between Port Lincoln, SA, and Fremantle, WA, from 6--19 Dec. 1994.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Todd, M.  2000.  Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla halli on Western Cape York Peninsula [Queensland].  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 293--296.  (Tropical Savannas CRC, PO Box 2066, Cairns, Qld. 4870, Australia.)---Mistnet capture confounds published subspecies’ distribution.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Whiting, S. D., et al.  1997.  Observations of birds on islands in northern Fog Bay, Northern Territory.  Northern Territory Naturalist 15: 27--40.  (Fac. Sci., NT Univ., P.O. Box 40146, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.)---74 species recorded during dry season surveys 1995--97; listed by island. Significant results include: congregations of up to 2Ê000 Lesser Frigatebirds (Fregata ariel); first breeding record for NT of Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus neglectus); and breeding Sooty Oystercatchers (Haematopus fuliginosus ) and Crested Terns (Sterna bergii).---P.S.L.  {B702, B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{C308} Woinarski, J. C. Z.  2000.  Range extension of the Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis into the wet-dry tropics.  Northern Territory Naturalist 16: 28--31.  (Pks. Wildl. Comm. NT, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.)---Records in June 1996 and Oct. 1999 extend range c. 200 km northward. Possible explanations to account for the low diversity of foliage-gleaning insectivorous passerines, including A. apicalis, in woodlands of seasonally wet and dry tropics of northern Australia are presented.---P.S.L.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C312} Carmona, R., C. Carmona, A. Castillo-Guerrero, & E. M. Zamora-Orozo.  2000.  Nesting records of American Avocet and Black-necked Stilt in Baja California Sur, Mexico.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 523--524.  (Univ. Autonoma de Baja California Sur, Depto. de Biol. Marina, Cienc. del Mar, Apdo. Postal 19-B, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23800, Mexico)---First nesting records of Recurvirostra americana and Himantopus mexicanus in southern Baja California; May and June 1998.---J.J.D.  {ROL #83}

 

{C312} Eitniear, J. C., S. Aquilar R., V. Gonzalez, R. Pedraza R., & J. T. Baccus.   2000.  New records of Bearded Wood-Partridge, Dendrortyx barbatus , (Aves: Phasianidae) in Mexico.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 238--241.  (Ctr. for the Study of Trop. Birds, 218 Conway Dr., San Antonio, TX 78209, USA.)---Found in Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, and Veracruz.  {ROL #83}

 

{C312} Wallace, G. E., et al.  1999.  Hermit Thrush and Black-throated Gray Warbler, new for Cuba, and other significant bird records from Cayo Coco and vicinity, Ciego de Ávila province, Cuba, 1995-1997.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 37--51.  (1507 Vermont Ave., Lynn Haven, FL 32344, USA.)---Catharus guttatus , Dendroica nigrescens.  {B908, B312}  {ROL #83}

 

{C314) Anderson, T. R., & N. H. Bonner.  2001.  Extralimital nesting of the White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: ???.  (Department of Biology, McKendree College, Lebanon, IL 62254, & 204 Greentree St., Atchison, KS 66002.)---Nest 6 m high in an Acer saccharinum in residential Atchison, KS.  Incubation disrupted by strong winds; egg saved, now at Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Lawrence---R.F.J. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C314} Healy, K., & H. Zaletel.  2000.  Yellow-billed Loon in Hamilton and Story counties.  Iowa Bird Life 70: 10--110.  (2427 Waterford Dr., Ames, IA 50010, USA.)---Gavia adamsii near Jewell and then Ames from 1--21 Dec 2000; 2nd Iowa record.  {ROL #83}

 

{C314} Patti, S. T., & T. G. Shane.  2001.  Cave Swallows in Kansas--a species new to the state.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 39--42.  (552 W Belden Ave., Chicago, IL 60614 and 1706 Belmont, Garden City, KS 67846)---Petrochelidon fulva in Barton Co., July 2001, and Finney Co., September 2001.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{C314} Shane, T. G., S. J. Shane, M. B. Osterbuhr, & R. G. Osterbuhr.  2001.  Late summer Roseate Spoonbills in western Kansas.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 37--39.  (1706 Belmont Pl. and 1103 Gillespie Pl., Garden City, KS 67846 USA.)---Includes discussion of records of Ajaia ajaja in Kansas over the past 103 years.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Bartlett, H. T.  1996.  A Spotted Towhee [Pipilo maculatus]  in Seneca County [Ohio].  The Ohio Cardinal 19: 75--76.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---4 May 1996, photographed.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Bergstrom, B. J.  1999.  First reported breeding of Black-bellied Whistling-duck in northern Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 177--179.  (Dept. Biol., Valdosta State Univ., Valdosta, GA 31698-0015, USA.)---First breeding record of Dendrocygna autumnalis in northern peninsular Florida (Hamilton County); approximately 400 km north of nearest breeding population in Sarasota County, Florida..---E.D.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Burgiel, J., L. Larson, P. Lehman, & G. Wenzelberger.  2001.  New Jersey Birds Records Committee-Annual report, 2001.  Records of New Jersey Birds 27(3): 46--55.  (331 Alpine Court., Stanhope, NJ 07874, USA.)----Diomedea chlororhynchos, Ardea herodias occidentalis, Dendrocygna autumnalis and Selasphorus sasin are added to State List, which now numbers 441.---E.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Dunn, J. L.  1993.  Comments on the 1992--93 Holmes County [Ohio] wintering warblers.  The Ohio Cardinal 16: 70--74.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Wintering Dendroica palmarum and Dendroica dominica.---W.D.W. {D702}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Fazio, V., & D. Webb.  1996.  A Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) in Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 20: 1--6.  (Wm. Whan, ,223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---First Ohio record, Seneca County, 12 Nov 1996, photographed.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Finnegan, S.  2001.  First Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos ) for New Jersey.  Records of New Jersey Birds 27(3): 56--57.  (No address given.)---First record photographed at Reed’s Beach, NJ in May 2000.---E.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Flockhart, D. T. T.  2001.  Rare or unusual bird sightings for Beaverhill Lake, AB, 1996-2000.  Blue Jay 59: 33--40.  (43 Wentworth Cr., St. Albert, AB T8N 3G7, Can.)---Includes 31 species with comparative notes on occurrence.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Hannikman, R.  1993.  Snowy Plover [Charadrius alexandrinus] at Headlands Beach State Park: a first Ohio record.  The Ohio Cardinal 16: 67--69.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Lake County, 13 May 1993, photographed---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Harlan, R.  1992.  Great Gray Owl in Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 16: 1--6.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---A  review of Ohio records of Strix nebulosa.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Harlan, R.  1994.  The Red-necked Grebe invasion of 1994.  The Ohio Cardinal 17: 75--78.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Extraordinary winter numbers of Podiceps grisegena in Ohio.---W.D.W. {C906}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Harlan, R.  1995.  A brief history of Kirtland’s Warbler [Dendroica kirtlandii] in Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 18: 81--83.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Review of Ohio records.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Hubbard, J. P., C. Dove, & C. M. Milensky.  2001.  T. C. Henry's Harlan's Hawk and other 1850's birds.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 42--47.  (No address given.)---Specimens of Buteo jamaicensis harlani, Melanerpes carolinus, Dryocopus pileatus, Vireo griseus, Thryothorus ludovicianus, Cardinalis cardinalis, and Icterus spurius taken in the 1850s and heretofore attributed to New Mexico are probably from Kansas.---R.F.J. {C706}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} LePage, T.  1995.  A Royal Tern [Sterna maxima] at Lorain---A new species for Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 18: 112.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Lorain County, 8 Jul 1995, photographed.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} McLean, E. B.  1995.  Smooth-billed Ani [Crotophaga ani], a new Ohio bird.  The Ohio Cardinal 19: 1--5.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Cuyahoga County, 25 Nov 1993, specimen.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} McNair, D. B., & W. Post.  1999.  Evaluation of breeding information obtained by J. E. Gould in Florida during the early 20th century.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 17--20.  (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Rt. 1, Box 678, Tallahassee, FL 32312-9712, USA.)---Records of extralimital nesting of Circus cyaneus , Seiurus motacilla, and Chaetura pelagica in Florida are unsubstantiated.---E.D.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Mizanin, J.  2000.  New Ohio Record: Common Ground-Dove [Columbina passerina ].  The Ohio Cardinal 23: 88--89.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Cuyahoga County, 5 Nov 1999, photographed---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Moscatello, B., & J. Ambrozy.  2001.  First Record of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) in New Jersey.  Records of New Jersey Birds 27(3): 56--57.  (No address given.)---First record photographed at Brigintine (Forsythe) National Wildlife Refuge in May 2000.---E.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Patten, M. A.  1999.  A Bell’s Vireo in far eastern Ohio, with a summary of its status in eastern North America.  The Ohio Cardinal 23: 37--41.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Sighting report of Vireo bellii for Ohio, with review of the literature on its occurrence in the eastern N. America.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Renaud, W. E., & R. A. Wapple.  2001.  Summering and breeding records of Bonaparte's Gull near Biggar, SK.  Blue Jay 59: 29--33.  (9 Oakwood Ave. N, Missassauga, ON L5G 3L6, Can.)---Larus philadelphia nesting atypically and summering far from expected boreal habitat.---R.W.N. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Rintoul, D. A.  2001.  2000 Report of the Kansas Bird Records Committee.   Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 52: 24--28.  (Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506--6663 USA.)---Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus ), Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus), Juniper Titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi), and Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus ) added to the State list, which now numbers 461 species.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

{C318} Sealy, S.G., H.R. Carter & J. Hudon.  2001.  Specimen records and sightings of Ancient Murrelets from the Canadian Prairie Provinces.  Blue Jay 59: 175--182.  (Dept. Zool., U. MB, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Can.)---Review and analysis of Synthliboramphus antiquus records including two of the few after-hatching-year birds recorded in interior N. America.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Seibel, D. (chair), P. Janzen, D. Rintoul, M. Rader, T. Flowers, R. Rucker, M. McHugh, S. Patti, & B. Gress.  2000.  1999 Report of the Kansas Bird Records Committee.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 22--24.  (1310 George Court, Lawrence, KS 66044)---Formal assessment of field records of bird occurrences adds one species, Egretta rufescens, the Reddish Egret, to the Kansas list.  Records of 23 additional species document spatial or temporal distributional modifications.  Including sight records, the list now numbers 457 species.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Takats, L., & G. Court.  2001.  The Barn Owl comes to Alberta ... finally.   Blue Jay 59: 122--125.  (Sustainable Resource Development, 7th floor, O.S. Longman Bldg., 6909-116 St., Edmonton, AB T6H 4P2, Can.)---Tyto alba records; two specimens and one, photographed, January 2000.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Underwood, R. M., & T. J. Underwood.  2001.  Prothonotary Warbler in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Blue Jay 59: 193--195.  (Dept. Ento., U. MB, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Can.)---Second confirmed sighting of Protonotaria citrea in MB.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Watts, J., & M. Albin.  1996.  First documented Ohio nesting attempt of the Clay-colored Sparrow [Spizella pallida].  The Ohio Cardinal 19: 104--105.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Franklin County, 6--11 Jun 1996, photographed, nest collected.---W.D.W. {B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Whan, B.  1995.  A Northern Lapwing in Adams County, Ohio.  The Ohio Cardinal 18: 38--39.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---1^st state record of Vanellus vanellus , 30 Dec 1994, sight record.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Whan, B.  2000.  Did Trumpeter Swans ever breed in Ohio?  The Ohio Cardinal 24: 30--46.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Review of literature on former status of Cygnus buccinator in Ohio and nearby states does not support breeding status.---W.D.W. {B912, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C318} Winter, S. L., R. E. Charlton, & J. F. Culley, Jr.  2000. A new county breeding record for Black-billed Magpies: symptom of habitat changes in a grassland landscape.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 25--28.  (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Santa Ana NWR, Tr. 2, Box 202A, Alamo, TX 78516; Dept. Entomol., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506; Kansas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, USGS-BRD, Div. Biol., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.)---Increase in woody vegetation in grassland areas over the past 40 years owing to fire suppression has led to expansion in the range of Pica hudsonia, which now breeds in Saline County, Kansas, near its current eastern distributional edge in North America.---R.F.J. {B500, B716, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Chen, X., Z. Chen, & W. Fang.  2000.  New record of the White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae in Xiamen (Amoy), China.  Emu 100: 340.  (Sch. Life Sci., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen 361005, China.)---First record of this species for China, on 29 July 1999.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Dymond, N., & P. Thompson.  2000.  Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis: a new species for China.  Forktail 16: 183.  (Springfield, Scousburgh, Shetland ZE2 9JE, UK.)---Briefly seen by two experienced birders on 11 Mar. 1999 in sub-tropical hill forest near Ruili, in the extreme southwest of Yunnan Province.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Fujimaki, Y.  2001.  [Distribution and abundance of the Eastern Pale-legged Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides and the Eastern Crowned Warbler P. coronatus in central and southeastern Hokkaido.]   Strix 19: 1--9.  (Lab. Wildl. Ecol., Dept. Agro-Environ. Sci., Obihiro Univ. Agric. Vet. Med., Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan; EM: fujimaki@obihiro.ac.jp)---Habitat selection by Phylloscopus borealoides and Phylloscopus coronatus in Hokkaido, northern Japan.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {C914, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Futagi, T., & Y. Kamiya.  2001.  [A winter record of Sand Martin and Red-rumped Swallow in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.]  Strix 19: 201--202.  (12-16 Sannoudai Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0035, Japan)---Hirundo daurica , Riparia riparia.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Nagata, H., & A. Ishimoto.  2000.  [First detailed description of captured Savannah Sparrow in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.]  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 55--58.  (Lab. Wildl. Conserv., Natl. Inst. Environ. Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan.)---Passerculus sandwichensis. (Japanese, Engl. summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Sasaki, H., A. Sasaki, & N. Kikuchi.  2001.  [The first record of Common Starling in Akita Prefecture.]  Strix 19: 207--210.  (1-21 Maegouichiban-Cho, Yokote, Akita 013-0038, Japan.)---Sturnus vulgaris.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Sasaki, M.  2001.  [Distribution of breeding colonies of herons and egrets and their protection in Kyoto Prefecture.]  Strix 19: 149--160.  (Takadai 3-4-14, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-0847, Japan.)---The number of Ardea cinerea is increasing while that of Egretta intermedia is decreasing when compared with past records.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Shimada, T., & A. Bowman.  2001.  [Records of Rooks wintering around Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma, northern Japan.]  Strix 19: 197--199.  (Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environ. Found., 17-2 Shikimi, Wakayanagi, Miyagi 989-5504, Japan; EM: tesh@fsinet.or.jp)---The wintering distribution of Corvus frugilegus will probably expand to northern and central Japan.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C320} Yata, S.  2001.  [The first record of Bulwer's Petrel for Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.]  Strix 19: 203--205.  (Wild Bird Soc. Japan, Hei 192-8 Kamikomatsu Komatsu Ishikawa 923-0802, Japan.)---Bulweria bulwerii.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C324} Dunlop, J. N., C. A. Surman, & R. D. Wooller.  2001.  The marine distribution of seabirds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.  Emu 101: 19--24.  (Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---The distribution at sea of eight seabird species breeding at Christmas Island is documented following four surveys in the eastern Indian Ocean: White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), Christmas Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), Abbott’s Booby (Papasula abbotti) and Common Noddy (Anous stolidus).---W.K.S.  {C308}  {ROL #83}

 

{C324} Göth, A., & U. Vogel.  1999.  Notes on breeding and conservation of birds on Niuafo`ou Island, Kingdom of Tonga.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 103--114.  (Anim. Behav. Res. Gp., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.)---This isolated island is not densely populated by humans and lacks larger rat species that makes it a refuge for many birds, with 17 breeding species, including Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Banded Rail (Rallus phillippensis ), Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis), Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis nesiotes), Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus), Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis ), White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Pacific Reef-heron (Egretta sacra), Pacific Pigeon (Ducula pacifica) and Polynesian Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii).---W.K.S. {B904, B908, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C324} Kratter, A. W., D. W. Steadman, C. E. Smith, C. E. Filardi, & H. P. Webb.   2001.  Avifauna of a lowland forest site on Isabel, Solomon Islands.   Auk 118: 472--483.  (Florida Mus. Nat. His., P. O. Box 117800, Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; EM: kratter@flmnh.ufl.edu)---First comprehensive description of a lowland rainforest site, which has a depauperate understory component, while the rest of the community seems intact.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{C324} Steadman, D. W., J. Franklin, D. R. Drake, H. B. Freifeld, L. A. Bolick, D. S. Smith, & T. J. Motley.  1999.  Conservation status of forests and vertebrate communities in the Vava`u Island Group, Tonga.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 191--207.  (Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.)---Distribution, relative abundance and habitat preferences of plants and animals on the 17 islands of this group were assessed. Ten seabird species and two wetland bird species were recorded. The terrestrial bird community comprises 14 species, of which two are introduced. Eleven indigenous species are widespread and at least locally common: Banded Rail (Rallus phillippensis), Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio ), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis ), Pacific Pigeon (Ducula pacifica), Purple-capped Fruit-Dove ( Ptilinopus porphyraceus), White-rumped Swiftlet (Collocalia spodiopygia ), Collared Kingfisher (Halcyon chloris), Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa), Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti) and Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata). The West Polynesian Ground-Dove (Gallicolumba stairi) is rare. Three indigenous species have been extirpated during the last century: Many-colored Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) and Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis).---W.K.S.{B904, B908, B910, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C324} VanderWerf, E. A., J. L. Rohrer, D. G. Smith., & M. D. Burt.  2001.  Current distribution and abundance of the O`ahu `Elepaio.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 10--16.  (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3-122, Box 50088, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; EM: eric_vanderwerf@fws.gov)---Chasiempis sandwichensis ibidis, an endemic monarch flycatcher on the Hawaiian Island of Oaho, was listed as a federal endangered species in April 2000.  Historic range reductions can be explained by habitat loss to agriculture and urbanization while epizootics of introduced mosquito-borne diseases may explain more recent population reductions.---J.J.Dos.  {B904, B908, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Allen, D.  1998.  On the birds of Tawi Tawi Province in the Philippines.   Bulletin of Tsurumi University 35: 77--141.  (Tsurumi Junior Coll., Tsurumi Univ., 6 Go Kan, 2-1-5 Tsurumi, Tsurumi Ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Anderson, R. C., & M. Baldock.  2001.  New records of birds from the Maldives, with notes on other species.  Forktail 17: 67--73.  (Marine Res. Ctr., H. Whitewaves, Male, Rep. of Maldives.)---Twelve species of bird recorded here for the first time raise the total for the islands to 167.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Basnet, S., P. Holt, & R. Karki.  2000.  Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni: a new species for Nepal.  Forktail 16: 170--171.  (Bird Conserv. Nepal, P.O. Box 12465, Kathmandu, Nepal.)---Seen by ten people and watched for 20 mins to within 80 m, beside the Chatara Canal, Sunsari District, near Chatara, eastern Nepal.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Choudhury, A.  2001.  Some bird records from Nagaland, north-east India.   Forktail 17: 91--103.  (The Rhino Foundation in NE India, c/o The Assam Co., Bamunimaidam, Guwahati 781Ê021 (Assam), India; EM:badru1@sancharnet.in)---Poorly known extreme northeast of India, largely unprotected; 487 species have been recorded including globally threatened and near-threatened species: Blyth's Tragopan (Tragopan blythii), Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli ) and Wedge-billed Wren Babbler (Sphenocichla humei).---I.R. {B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Hill, M.  2000.  Bird fauna of two protected forests in northern Vietnam.   Forktail 16: 5--14.  (BirdLife Seychelles, P.O. Box 1310, Mahe, Republic of Seychelles.)---289 species were recorded during 1994 and 1996 in evergreen tropical forest on limestone at Ba Be National Park and Na Hang Nature Reserve; these included Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris, new to Vietnam. At both locations high altitude species were seen at altitudes below their expected range especially during the winter, probably due to seasonally reduced food supplies.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} King, B., et al.  2001.  Birds recorded during two expeditions to north Myanmar (Burma).  Forktail 17: 29--40.  (Ornithol. Dept., Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, USA.)---Two birding expeditions to north Myanmar were the first since before the 1939--45 war; six species new to Myanmar were recorded (Turdus merula, Turdus naumanni naumanni, Brachypteryx hyperythra, Regulus regulus , Stachyris oglei, Alcippe ludlowi), all except the first were new to South-east Asia. The forest was in pristine condition and birds plentiful, as the long appendix listing all species seen on the two expeditions shows.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Kylänpää, J.  2000.  Birds of Dera Ismail Khan District of North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.  Forktail 16: 15--28.  (56 D/2 S.J. Afghani Road, University Town, Peshawar, Pakistan.)---Describes status and occurrence of 341 species from Sept. 1988 to May 1998, including Redwing Turdus iliacus , new to Pakistan and probably to the sub-continent.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Lamont, A. R., & J. A. L. Morgan.  2000.  Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus: the first record for Peninsular Malaysia.  Forktail 16: 174.  (2 Ridgewood Close, Block 1, #17-04, Himiko Court, Singapore 276693.)---Clear view 70 m directly overhead at Fraser's Hill 2 Apr. 1999 at 18:30; independently identified.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Magsalay, P. M., & R. S. Kennedy.  2000.  First record of the Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus from the Philippines.  Forktail 16: 175--176.  (Philippine Wetland & Wildlife Conservation Foundation Inc, c/o Cebu Zoo, Capitol Hills, Cebu City 6000, Philippines.)---On 21 Nov. 1992 one Eurasian Oystercatcher was mistnetted, photographed, measured, banded and released on extensive tidal flats at the southern end of Olango Island near Cebu.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Mauro, I., & R. Drijvers.  2000.  Minahassa Owl Tyto inexspectata at Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia in December 1998.  Forktail 16: 180--182.  (Brouwerijstraat 29, B-9160 Lokeren, Belgium.)---On 16 Dec. 1998 a Minahassa Owl was seen and sound-recorded at c. 1Ê700Êm in roadside primary lower montane forest near Danau (=Lake) Tambing, Lore Lindu National Park, north-central Sulawesi. This is the first documented field observation since 1939.---I.R. {B320, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Mauro, I.  2000.  Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula: a new species for Thailand.  Forktail 16: 178--180.  (Brouwerijstraat 29, B-9160 Lokeren, Belgium.)---On 7 Jan. 1997 a Common Ringed Plover was seen and identified by several people on the sandy banks of the Mekong River at Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province; sound recordings of its characteristic flight call were made and photographs taken.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Mauro, T.  2001.  Cinnabar Hawk Owl Ninox ios at Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, in December 1998.  Forktail 17: 118--119.  (Brouwerijstraat 29, B-9160 Lokerum, Belgium.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Mlikovsky, J.  2001.  Birds of Phu Lon Le Island, Thailand.  Forktail 17: 112--114.  (Vrsorvicka 11, CZ-1 0100 Praha 10, Czech Rep.)---Avifauna of an unexplored offshore island described from a visit during 4--22 Nov. 1997.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Mlodinow, S. G., & C. Hood.  2000.  Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi : a new species for Peninsular Malaysia.  Forktail 16: 169.  (4819 Gardner Ave., Everett, WA 98203, USA.)---Sight record on 17 Jan. 1998 described.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Noriega, R., & D. Foreman.  2001.  First breeding record of the Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius for the Indian sub-continent in Changthang, Ladakh, and identification characters of Upland Buzzard and Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus.  Forktail 17: 105--108.  (Godrej Bhavan, 4A Home St., 4th Floor, Fort, Munbai 400Ê001, India.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Perlman, Y.  2001.  Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii: a new species for Thailand.  Forktail 17: 115--116.  (Bet Ha'arava 23, Jerusalem 93389, Israel.)---On 2 Dec. 1999 at Khao Yai National Park excellent views of A. godlewskii over 45 minutes as it foraged in a dry grassy area alongside a road; clearly identified from two Anthus rufulus nearby.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

{C328} Pfister, O.  2001.  Birds recorded during visits to, Ladakh, India, from 1994 to 1997.  Forktail 17: 81--90.  (Transversal 1 Este # 57-42, Bogota D.C., Columbia; EM:opfister@andinet.com)---Records 168 species during four visits; details observations of 42 of these including confirmation of breeding by Hume's Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis).---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Riley, J., & J. Mole.  2001.  The birds of Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.  Forktail 17: 57--66.  (Wildlife Conservation Society--Indonesia Program, PO Box 1131, Manado 95000, Sulawesi, Indonesia; EM: wcstaff@manado.wasantara.net.id)---Reports on a 10-day survey of this 8Ê638 ha reserve that is threatened by agricultural expansion and timber extraction. 113 species of bird were recorded, including two threatened species: Matinian Flycatcher (Cyornis sanfordi) and Cinnabar Hawk Owl (Ninox ios).---I.R. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Roadhouse, A.  2001.  Merlin Falco columbarius, the first record for Thailand.  Forktail 17: 114.  (18 William St., Rotherham, S. Yorkshire S60 2NG, UK; EM: worldbirder@hotmail.com)---Twice seen in area of dry stubble rice paddies 1--2 km south of Ban Tha Ton, Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai, on 4--5 Dec. 1999.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Singh, A. P.  2000.  Birds of the lower Garhawal Himalayas: Dehra Dun valley and neighbouring hills.  Forktail 16: 101--123.  (Div. For. Entomol., For. Res. Inst., P.O. New Forest, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh 248 006, India; EM: ifcrp-mis@x400.niegw.nic.in)---Gives a complete annotated list of 514 species that have been recorded in the Dehra Dun District; 377 of which have been sighted by the author between June 1982 and Feb. 2000, including 16 new records, 11 Globally Near-threatened and three Vulnerable species. Specific threats to the habitats of the area are discussed.---I.R.  {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Sultana, A., & J. A. Khan.  2000.  Birds of oak forests in the Kumaon Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Forktail 16: 131--146.  (Conserv. Ecol. Res. Gp., Ctr. Wildl. Ornithol., Aligarh Muslim Univ., Aligarh 200 002, India.)---Surveys from Apr. 1995--July 1997 of 19 patches of oak forest in Almora, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts of Kumaon Himalaya using Species Richness Counting, Point Count, and Line Transect methods gave a total of 197 species. These have been combined with casual records to give a comprehensive checklist of 222 species; species names together with altitude, status and mean abundance of each given in the Appendix.---I.R.  {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Tordoff, A .W., & J. C. Eames.  2001.  New additions to the list of birds of Vietnam.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 34--38.  (c/o BirdLife International Vietnam Program, 11 Lane 167, Tay Son, Hanoi, Vietnam.)---From records made between 1997--2000, lists four species that do not appear in current literature (Dendrocygna bicolor, Mergus serrator, Haematopus ostralegus, Acrocephalus tangorum) and a fifth (Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus) as the first confirmed record in 120 years. Date, locality, geographical co-ordinates, and diagnostic features used (by observers: initialised) are given.---I.R. {D702}  {ROL #83}

 

{C328} Zinoviev, A. V., & Nguyen Cu.  2001.  Russian--Vietnamese ornithological research in Vietnam.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 39--40.  (Russian--Vietnamese Tropical Center, Hanoi, Vietnam; EM: roumak@fpt.vn)---A joint study of Vietnam’s tropical forests began in 1978, mainly at Buon Luoi Research Station, Gia Lai Province, south-central Vietnam, where 268 species had been recorded up to 1995, including several threatened and restricted-range species ( Pavo muticus, Rheinardia ocellata, Polyplectron germaini , Lophura diardi, Heliopais personata, Alcedo hercules , Buceros bicornis, Pitta elliotii, Garrulax milleti , Macronous kelleyi). The partnership has also operated in the southern province of Dong Nai, and in 1989 established Mada Forest Research Station, a centre for the study of avian ecology. A list of relevant publications is included.---I.R. C702, B904, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C704} Cowling, S.  2000.  Obituary: Henry Norman Burgess Wettenhall 1915--2000.  Emu 100: 431--432.  (No address given).---A major figure in the history of Birds Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C704} Houston, C. S.  2001.  William McIntyre Niven, 1906-2001.  Blue Jay 59: 115--116.  (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N OJ8, Can.)---Sheho, SK birder and bander.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C704} Whan, B. (Ed.).  2001.  Early works on Ohio birds by J. P. Kirtland.   The Ohio Cardinal 24: 189--212.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Annotated reprintings of “Report on the Geology of Ohio,” etc. and another early 19^th century report on birds, including marginalia.---W.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{C900} Borg, J. H., & J. Sultana.   2000.  Aspects on the breeding biology of Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the Maltese Islands.  Vogelwarte 40: 258--264.  (Valletta Ringing Scheme-BirdLife Malta, 57 Marina Court, Flat 28, Abate Rigord Street, Ta’Xbiex MSD 12, Malta.)---Based on more than 2.500 ringed birds data on longevity, site tenacity, mate fidelity, philopatry, movements as well as data on breeding success are presented.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C900} Marra, P. P., & R. T. Holmes.  2001.  Consequences of dominance-mediated habitat segregation in American Redstarts during the nonbreeding season.   Auk 118: 92--104.  (Smithsonian Environ. Res. Ctr., P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA; EM: marra@serc.si.edu)---Setophaga ruticilla in second-growth scrub habitat were mostly females and HY birds that lost mass over winter, had lower return rates and lower survivorship than redstarts overwintering in male-biased mangrove habitats.---D.L.M  {winter limitation, C926, C914, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C902} Giese, M., et al.  2000.  Effects of the Iron Barron oil spill on Little Penguins Eudyptula minor: III. Breeding success of rehabilitated birds.  Wildlife Research 27: 583--591.  (Dept. Zool. Univ. Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia.)---Breeding success was examined over two consecutive seasons following an oil spill from the Iron Barron off northern Tasmania. Results indicated that oiling not only reduced the number of chicks raised by rehabilitated oiled penguins in the short term, but also decreased the quality of young produced for at least two seasons following the spill.---M.G.B.  {B502, C912, B708, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C902} Goldsworthy, S. D., et al.  2000.  Effects of the Iron Barron oil spill on Little Penguins Eudyptula minor: II. Post-release survival of rehabilitated oiled birds.  Wildlife Research 27: 573--582.  (Dept. Zool., La Trobe Univ., Vic. 3086, Australia.)---The post-release survival of rehabilitated birds was monitored by re-trapping banded birds at breeding sites over 20 months following an oil spill from the Iron Barron off northern Tasmania. The extent of oiling was the main factor affecting their survival, which was 44% and 59% at two breeding islands.---M.G.B.  {B502, B912, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C902} Goldsworthy, S. D., et al.  2000.  Effects of the Iron Barron oil spill on Little Penguins Eudyptula minor: I. Estimates of mortality.   Wildlife Research 27: 559--571.  (Dept. Zool., La Trobe Univ., Vic. 3086, Australia.)---The bulk ore carrier Iron Barron ran aground on a reef off northern Tasmania on 10 July 1995. It was estimated that between 10Ê000 and 20Ê000 Little Penguins were killed by the resultant spill of about 325 tonnes of bunker fuel oil.---M.G.B.  {B502, C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C902} Underhill, L. G., P. A. Whittington, R. J. M. Crawford, & A. C. Wolfaardt.   2000.  Five years of monitoring African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus ) after the “Apollo Sea” oil spill: a success story identified by flipper bands.  Vogelwarte 40: 315--318.  (Avian Demogr. Unit, Dept. of Statistical Sciences, Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa.)---4076 cleaned and marked birds resulted in 40.000 records, relating to 2961 individuals. Results indicate that the survival rates of cleaned birds do not differ from those of normal penguins.---K.-M.E. {C912, B502, E504}  {ROL #83}

 

{C906} Burton, D.  1999.  Weather-related waterbird groundings.  The Ohio Cardinal 22: 37--40.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane, Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---Groundings of loons and grebes in Ohio associated with unusual winter weather events.---W.D.W. {C106}  {ROL #83}

 

{C906} Takagi, M.  2001.  Some effect of inclement weather conditions on the survival and condition of Bull-headed Shrike nestlings.  Ecol. Res. 16: 55--63.  (Dept. Biol., Fac. Sci., Osaka City Univ., Sugimoto, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.)---Though Lanius bucephalus adopted hatching asynchrony, late breeders could not surmount the unpredictably inclement weather during 1993.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C906} Temme, M.  2000.  Greater “wreck” of Leach’s Petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa ), at Algarve Beaches, Portugal, their measurements and state of moult.   Vogelwarte 40: 229--233.  (Alter Horst 18, D-26548 Insel Norderney, Germany.) {D700, D902, E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Ardia, D. R., & K. L. Bildstein.  2001.  Sex-related differences in habitat use in wintering American Kestrels.  Auk 118: 746--750.  (Dept. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Corson Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; EM: dra7@cornell.edu)---Falco sparverius habitat use differs between sexes.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Baker, J.  2000.  The Eastern Bristlebird: cover dependent and fire-sensitive.   Emu 100: 286--298.  (Aust. Flora Fauna Res. Ctr., Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.)---Dasyornis brachypterus was 2.5 times (during 1992) to five times (during 1995) more dense in old fire-age habitat (9--15 years since last burnt) compared to recently burnt areas (3 years). Recommends both known and potential habitat of D. brachypterus be managed to exclude fire and enhance growth of dense low vegetation.---W.K.S. {B910, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Brown, B., F. Brown, & S. J. S. Debus.  2000.  Further observations on a pair of Square-tailed Kites nesting near Grafton, New South Wales.   Australian Bird Watcher 18: 270--273.  (P.O. Box 619, Grafton, NSW 2460, Australia.)---Poor breeding success of Lophoictinia isura possibly due to food shortage caused by habitat fragmentation.---I.D.E.  {B708, B908, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Cody, M. L.  2001. Bird diversity components in Australian Eucalyptus and North-temperate Quercus woodlands.  Auk 118: 443--456.  (Dept. Organismic Biol. Ecol. Evol., Univ. California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; EM: mlcody@ucla.edu)---Comparative study of "-, $-, and (-diversity patterns at two sites.---E.R.I. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Fairbairn, S. E., & J. J. Dinsmore.  2001.  Factors associated with occurrence and density of wetland birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of Iowa.  Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 108: 8--14.  (U.S.  Fish & Wildl. Serv., Waubay Natl. Wildl. Refuge, R.R. 1, Box 39, Waubay, SD 52273-9910, USA.)---A habitat diversity index was the best predictor of species richness. It was also the most frequently selected variable for predicting the occurrence of individual species (5 of 14 species in 1997, 9 of 25 in 1998).---J.J.D.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Finn, P. G., C. P. Catterall, & P. V. Driscoll.  2001.  The low tide distribution of Eastern Curlew on feeding grounds in Moreton Bay, Queensland.   Stilt 38: 9--17.  (Fac. Environ. Sci., Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld. 4111, Australia; EM: P.Finn@mailbox.gu.edu.au)---Lists sites of high and low numbers and density of Numenius madagascariensis.---I.D.E. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Graves, G. R.  2001.  Factors governing the distribution of Swainson’s Warbler along a hydrological gradient in Great Dismal Swamp.  Auk 118: 650--664.  (Dept. Vertebrate Zool., Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist., Smithsonian Institution, D. C. 20560, USA; EM: graves.gary@nmnh.si.edu)---Foraging and singing stations of territorial males were significantly drier and more floristically diverse than unoccupied habitat; Limnothlypis swainsonii seems to evaluate potential territories on the basis of multiscale physiognomic, hydrological, and edaphic characteristics.---R.B.A.  {B316}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Jones, J., & R. J. Robertson.  2001.  Territory and nest-site selection of Cerulean Warblers in eastern Ontario.  Auk 118: 727--735.  (Dept. Biol., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Can.; EM: jonesja@biology.queensu.ca)--- Dendroica cerulea. {B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Jones, J.  2001. Habitat selection studies in avian ecology: A critical review.  Auk 118: 557--562.  (Dept. Biol., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Can.; EM: jonesja@biology.queensu.ca)---A survey of literature and definition of key concepts.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Long, L. L., & C. J. Ralph.  2001.  Dynamics of habitat use by shorebirds in estuarine and agricultural habitats in northwestern California.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 41--52.  (U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Dr., Arcata, CA 95521, USA; EM: lllong@fs.fed.us)---Most of the species studied used agricultural fields for both foraging and roosting.  Increased use of agricultural fields by all species was most influenced by the presence of short vegetation and the presence or absence of standing water.  Use of mudflats, marsh islands, and nearby agricultural fields was monitored for Dunlins (Calidris alpina), Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla), Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus), Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa), Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola ), Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), Western Sandpipers ( Calidris mauri), Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), and Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago ).---J.J.Dos.  {C906, C926}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} McCallum, D. A., F. B. Gill, & S. L. L. Gaunt.  2001.  Community assembly patterns of parids along an elevational gradient in western China.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 53--64.  (P.O. Box 51063, Eugene, OR 97405, USA; EM: mccalluma@cofc.edu)---A morphometric cluster analysis was used to test the competition-based hypothesis that less closely related species are more likely to co-occur.  In this area, competition between parids of similar morphology may play some role in structuring species assemblages during the breeding season.  The eight species included were Parus major tibetanus, Parus monticolus yunnanensis, Periparus ater aemodius, Periparus rubidiventris beavani, Lophophanes dichrous dichroides, Poecile montanus weigoldicus, Poecile superciliosus, and Poecile davidi.---J.J.Dos.  {B716, C320, C922, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} McNair, D. B.  1999.  Red-winged Blackbirds at nocturnal roost sites in savannas.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 167--170.  (Tall Timbers Res. Stn., 13093 Henry Beadel Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312-9712, USA.)---Agelaius phoeniceus .  {B308, C926}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Morris, W. J., & R. D. Wooller.  2001.  The structure and dynamics of an assemblage of small birds in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland in south-western Australia.  Emu 101: 7--12.  (Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Reports results of twice weekly observations over 17 months in 25 ha woodland, with all small birds and their foraging activity being noted. Bird species that fed solely upon invertebrates were largely resident and their abundances fluctuated little over time. The number of species and abundances of honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) varied much more, but with no clear relationship to the nectar present in the erratically flowering eucalypt trees.---W.K.S.  {D306, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Oliver, D. L., A. J. Ley, H. A. Ford, & B. Williams.  1999.  Habitat of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia and the value of the Bundarra-Barraba region [New South Wales] for the conservation of avifauna.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 224--239.  (Threatened Spp. Unit, W. Directorate, NSW Natl. Pks. Wildl. Serv., P.O. Box 2111, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.)---Protection and rehabilitation of box--ironbark woodland and riparian gallery forest in this region should be of high conservation priority because of its value not only to this endangered species but also to other bird species.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Shelly, D.  2000.  Comparative vertebrate fauna survey of the Paroo, Cobham and Gumbalara Landsystems in the Western Division of New South Wales.   Australian Zoologist 30: 470--481.  (Dept. Land & Water Conserv., PO Box 717, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia; EM: dshelly@dlwc.nsw.gov.au)---Of the three landsystems surveyed, the Paroo River landsystem supported the greatest number of small bird species, possibly due to the presence of a dense understory and shrub layer combined with a distinct tree canopy. Two threatened species of bird were recorded: Brolga (Grus rubicunda) and Major Mitchel's Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri).---W.K.S.    {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Smyth, A. K., D. Noble, & C. Wiley.  2001.  Black-breasted Button-quail in open Eucalypt forest in south-eastern Queensland.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 45--47.  (Dept. Bot., Univ. Queensland, St Lucia, Qld. 4072, Australia.)---Unusual habitat for Turnix melanogaster compared with its usual closed vine forest; possibly birds in transit.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Strong, A. M., & M. D. Johnson.  2001.  Exploitation of a seasonal resource by nonbreeding Plain and White-crowned Pigeons: implications for conservation of tropical forests.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 73--77.  (University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources, Aiken Center, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; EM: astrong@nature.snr.uvm.edu)---Abundance of nonbreeding Columba inornata and Columba leucocephala were correlated with Thrinax parviflora fruit production in a Jamaican dry forest.---J.J.Dos.  {B308, B910, D300}  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Takagi, M., & H. Higuchi.  2000.  Habitat selection by Ijima's Willow Warbler on Miyake-jima, Japan.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 113--118.  (Dept. Biol., Fac. Sci., Osaka City Univ., Sugimoto, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.)--- Phylloscopus ijimae is particularly associated with well-developed continuous forests, and laurel forest provides more suitable habitat for the warbler than does deciduous forest.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Watanabe, T.  2001.  [Habitat selection of Pacific Golden Plovers at a rice field in spring.]  Strix 19: 181--185.  (15-203 Higashitsuruga-cho, Nagano City 380-0811, Japan; EM: chouichi@cc.canon-sales.co.jp)---Pluvialis fulva selected "irrigated" rice-fields for foraging during the spring migration period.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C908} Wilson, K., & H. F. Recher.  2001.  Foraging ecology and habitat selection of the Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, Lichenostomus ornatus, in a Western Australian woodland: implications for conservation.  Emu 101: 89--94.  (Ctr. Ecosyst. Manage., Sch. Nat. Sci., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.)  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C909} Conner, R. N., D. Saenz, D. C. Rudolph, W. G. Ross, D. L. Kulhavy, & R. N. Coulson.   2001.  Does Red-cockaded Woodpecker excavation of resin wells increase risk of bark beetle infestation of cavity trees?  Auk 118: 219--224.  (Wildl. Habitat Silviculture Lab., South. Res. Stn., U.S. For. Ser., Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA; EM: c_connerrn@titan.sfasu.edu)---Picoides borealis, Yes.---M.M.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C909} Fujita, K., & Y. Shinohara.  2001.  [Dispersal of introduced trees and shrubs planted in a garden, into natural forest, by animals.]  Strix 19: 103--113.  (Sanctuary Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, Yokohama Nature Sanctuary, 1562-1 Kamigou-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 247-0013, Japan).  (Japanese, English summ.) {D300}  {ROL #83}

 

{C909} Spennemann, D. H. R., & L. R. Allen.  2000.  The avian dispersal of olives Olea europaea: implications for Australia.  Emu 100: 264--273.  (Johnstone Ctr., Sch. Environ. Inform. Studies, Charles Sturt Univ., P.O. Box 789, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia.)---A proliferation of new olive orchards during the 1990s and the effect of naturalisation on the size of olive drupes has the potential, helped through dispersal by avian frugivores, to accelerate the spread of this woody weed in Australia.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C909} Stansbury, C. D.  2001.  Dispersal of the environmental weed Bridal Creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, by Silvereyes, Zosterops lateralis, in south-western Australia.  Emu 101: 39--45.  (CRC Weed Manage. Syst., Dept. Geogr., Univ. WA, Crawley, WA 6907, Australia.)---Identifies the silvereye as most important avian dispersal agent, with the current distribution of Bridal Creeper influenced by the preferred habitat of the Silvereye. Modeling shows significant differences between dispersal curves generated from current weed density distribution records and those generated from Silvereye flight pattern data; these differences are discussed.---W.K.S.  {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C909} Yoshida, M., A. Arakida, & N. Arakida.  2001.  [Seed dispersal of the Hyphear tanakae (Hozakiyadorigi) by birds.]  Strix 19: 115--120.  (1-3-12 Nishiaoyama, Morioka, Iwate 020-0132, Japan)---Bombycilla garrulus , Bombycilla japonica and Hypsipetes amaurotis may play an important role on the seed dispersal of Hyphear tanakae.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U. {D300}  {ROL #83}

{C910} Johnson, O. W., P. L. Bruner, J. J. Rotella, P. M. Johnson, & A. E. Bruner.   2001.  Long-term study of apparent survival in Pacific Golden-plovers at a wintering ground on Oahu, Hawaiian islands.  Auk 118: 342--351.  (Dept. Ecol., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717, USA; EM: owjohnson2105@aol.com)---In Pluvialis fulva, apparent survival was found to be related to age and territorial status; non-territorial birds had lower survival, but this may have been an artifact of their higher emigration rates.---M.A.A.  {ROL #83}

 

{C910} Larkins, D.  2000.  Note on recovery of Little Tern Sterna albifrons 040-51030 re-banded 014-27635.  Corella 24: 35.  (225 Kissing Point Rd., Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia.)---Partially blind fledgling re-banded 15 years later.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C910} Uchida, H., & H. Nagata.  2000.  [Site tenacity and survivorship of the Japanese Wagtail on the Toki River, central Japan.]  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 1--8.  (Matsuba-cho 4-2-14, Saitama 355-0017, Japan.)---74% of Motacilla grandis were found on the same territory as the previous year. Using Lack's method a survival estimate of 0.58 ±0.022 (SE) was calculated whereas Haldane's method produced an estimate of 0.63 ±0.021 (SE). (Japanese, Engl. summ.)---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Finley, J. K.  2001.  Addendum: the great Bufflehead crash.  Blue Jay 59: 42--43.  (10232 Summerset PI., Sidney, BC V8L 4X2, Can.)---Further information on weather-related mortality of migrant Bucephala albeola at Foam Lake, SK.---R.W.N. {C906}  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Mobley, J. A., & T. A. Stidham.  2000.  Great Horned Owl death from predation of a toxic California newt.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 563--564.  (TAS: Dept. of Integrative Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; EM: furcula@socrates.berkeley.edu)---First records of the ingestion of Taricha torosa and a species of Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus fuscus) by Bubo virginianus.  The extremely poisonous tetrodotoxin present in the newt's skin was likely the cause of the owl's death.---J.J.Dos.  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Schoech, S. J.  1999.  Florida Scrub-Jay nestlings preyed upon by an eastern coachwhip.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 57--58.  (Dept. Biol., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN 47401, USA; EM:sschoech@indiana.edu)---Aphelocoma coerulescens , Masticophus flagellum.  {B302, B706, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Shackelford, C. E., & J. K. Shackelford.  2001.  Ruby-crowned Kinglet impaled on greenbriar thorn.  Southwestern Naturalist 46: 116--118.  (Texas Pks. & Wildl., 3000 IH-35 South, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78704, USA.)---Regulus calendula, self impaled on Smilax.  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Shane, T. G.  2000.  Chipping Sparrow trapped by Taraxacum.

Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 32.  (1706 Belmont, Garden City, KS 67846 USA.)---Tarsus of Spizella passerina snared by involucral bract of dandelion.---R.F.J.  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C912} Underwood, T. J., & R. M. Underwood.  2001.  Observations on burdock-killed birds in Kings Park, Winnipeg, MB.  Blue Jay 59: 64--69.  (Dept. Zool., U. MB, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Can.)---First mortality records of Empidonax minimus (1 individual) and Vermivora ruficapilla (4), and Vermivora peregrina (l) by this plant; all found dead in November 2000.  Unclear when actual death occurred: late Summer or Fall 2000 or even Spring 2000.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Berthold, P., W. Fiedler, R. Schlenker, & U. Querner.  1999.  [Population development of Central European songbirds: final report of the MRI-program.]   Vogelwarte 40: 1--10.  (Res. Centre for Ornithology of the Max Planck Society Andechs and Radolfzell, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schloss Moeggingen, D-78315 Radolfzell, Germany.)---In 15 years almost 300.000 individuals of 35 small bird species were caught. From 1974 to 1993 negative trends were observed for 20 species, only 4 species showed positive trends, 11 species had quasi-stable populations.  (German, English summary)---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Collins, S. L.  2001.  Long-term research and the dynamics of bird populations and communities.  Auk 118: 583--588.  (Div. Environ. Biol., Rm. 635, Natl. Sci. Found., Arlington, VA 22230, USA; EM: scollins@nsf.gov)---Highlights the contributions of long-term studies and its value for solving fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as applications to conservation.---E.R.I. {B900, E514}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Craig, M., et al.  2001.  Waders at Lake McLarty, Western Australia.   Stilt 38: 18--32.  (PO Box 141, Yungaburra, Qld. 4872, Australia.)---Species’ accounts list trends in number and preferred habitats as water level changes. Potential threats and recommendations are given.---I.D.E.  {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Debus, S. J. S.  2001.  Surveys of the Barking Owl and Masked Owl on the north-west slopes of New South Wales.  Corella 25: 5--11.  (Div. Zool., Univ. New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.)---Ninox connivens and Tyto novaehollandiae occurred at very low density in the study region and only in the largest habitat remnants.---I.D.E. {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Dorfman, E. J., A. Lamont, & C. R. Dickman.  2001.  Foraging behaviour and success of Black-necked Storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) in Australia: implications for management.  Emu 101: 145--149.  (Inst. Wildl. Res., Sch. Biol. Sci. A08, Univ. Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.)---Results highlight the importance of habitat variability, particularly with respect to the flooding and drying of temporary wetlands, to the survival of this species in Australia. Changes in land use patterns likely to be one of the most important factors influencing the decline in population of this species.---W.K.S.  {D302, B908, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Dostine, P. L., & S. R. Morton.  2000.  Seasonal abundance and diet of the Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea in the tropical Northern Territory.  Emu 100: 299--311.  (Nat. Resour. Div., Dept. Lands, Planning Environ., P.O. Box 30, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.)---Between 1981 and 1984 I. gallinacea was more abundant during the dry season than during the wet season, with an annual maxima during Aug.--Sept. Diet consisted of wide variety of invertebrates and plant material, being dominated by aquatic invertebrates and seeds of aquatic plants. Seeds of water-lilies (Nymphaea spp.) and aquatic moth larvae (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) were of particular importance.---W.K.S. {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Dunlop, J. N., & D. Mitchell.  2001.  Further changes to the breeding seabirds of Lancelin Island, Western Australia.  Corella 25: 1--4.  (Biol. Sci., Murdoch Univ., South St., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.)---Exponential growth in Common Noddy (Anous stolidus) numbers due mainly to immigration and establishment of new breeding colony of Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata ).---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Fischer, K., & J. Martens.  2000.  [Population density and population development of Magpie Pica pica and Common Crow Corvus c. corone in Rheinland-Pfalz (Southwest-Germany).]   Vogelwarte 40: 212--223.  (Univ. Mainz, Zool. Inst., Saarstr. 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.)---Breeding density was 0.7 pairs/km² for both species; winter abundance amounted to 1.4 and 3.2 ind/km² for Magpie and Common Crow, respectively.  (German, English summary)---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Flood, B., & J. Flood.  2001.  Diary of House Finches in southwestern Saskatchewan.  Blue Jay 59: 85--86.  (Box 475, Leader, SK SON 1HO, Can.)--- Carpodacus mexicanus appeared first in 1995 and apparently nested in 1999 and thereafter.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Harris, W.C.  2001.  59th annual Saskatchewan Christmas bird count.   Blue Jay 59: 2--28.  (Sask. Env. & Res. Mgt., 350 Cheadle St. W., Swift Current, SK S9H 4G3, Can.)---Includes 101 counts made in harsh weather during which 95 species were recorded, with "an unprecedented total" of 111 Strix nebulosa.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Hjertaas, D., & P. Hjertaas.  2001.  Observations from banding House Finches in the fall of 1995 at Regina, SK.  Blue Jay 59: 86--89.  (15 Olson Pl., Regina, SK S4S 2J6, Can.)---Carpodacus mexicanus banding data show a rapid increase by fall 1995 and a suggestion that this population may be migratory.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

{C914} Holmes, R. T., & T. W. Sherry.  2001.  Thirty-year bird population trends in an unfragmented temperate deciduous forest: Importance of habitat change.  Auk 118: 589--609.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; EM: richard.t.holmes@dartmouth.edu)---The most important factor affecting long-term bird abundance is temporal change in forest vegetation structure; local trends reflect regional tendencies.---E.R.I. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Hoshiko, K.  2001.  [The increase of stop-over White-front Geese around Miyajima-numa, northern Japan 1975--2000.]  Strix 19: 169--173.  (104 Motomachi, Toubetsu, Ishikari, Hokkaido 061-0222, Japan)---The number of Anser albifrons increased from 4Ê000 to 62Ê700, from 1975 to 2000.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Houston, C. S., & M. I. Houston.  2001.  Slow northward spread of the Lark Sparrow.  Blue Jay 59: 40--42.  (863 University Dr., Saskatoon, SK  S7N OJ8, Can.)---Chondestes grammacus began to extend its range "soon after 1900" following settlement of the grasslands.---R.W.N. {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Hutchinson, J. N.  1998.  Jarrah forest birds.  Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 281.  (Village Green, Balingup, WA 6253, Australia.)---Anecdotal evidence that avifauna of Eucalyptus marginata forests of southwestern Australia has declined, which is attributed to frequent burning of forest areas.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Inskipp, C., T. Inskipp, & Sherub.  2000.  The ornithological importance of Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan.  Forktail 16: 147--162.  (1 Herneside, Welney, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE14 9SB, UK.)---Two surveys during Apr--May 1998 and Jan. 2000 together with other sources provide a list of 345 species for the park that are included in the Appendix with details of habitat, altitudinal range and source. This list includes three Globally Threatened species, 15 of Bhutan's Near-threatened and eight of their Restricted Range species.---I.R.  {C328, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Ishtiaq, F., & A. R. Rahmani.  2000.  Further information on the status and distribution of the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti in India.   Forktail 16: 125--130.  (Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Rd., Mumbai 4000 23, India.)---During 25 days of surveys in the central highlands in India (28 Jan.--22 Feb. 2000) 25 Forest Owlets were located and two new sites for the species were found: Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, and in the Khaknar forest range in Madhya Pradesh.---I.R.  {C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Jones, D. N., & J. Wieneke.  2000.  The suburban bird community of Townsville [Queensland] revisited: changes over 16 years.  Corella 24: 53--60.  (Aust. Sch. Environ. Studies, Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld. 4111, Australia.)---There were no consistent differences in species richness or in the number of individuals detected between the two surveys, but there were changes in the species making up the community.---I.D.E. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Loyn, R. H., P. Dann, & E. McCulloch.  2001.  Important wader sites in the East Asian--Australasian Flyway: 1. Westernport, Victoria, Australia.   Stilt 38: 39--53.  (Arthur Rylah Inst., PO Box 137, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia.)---Geographical and access details, importance to different species, and maximum counts at 14 sites in this Ramsar-listed wetland.---I.D.E. {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Matsunaga, K., et al.  2000.  Changing trends in distribution and status of Grey Heron colonies in Hokkaido, Japan, 1960--1999.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 9--16.  (Grad. Sch. Environ. Earth Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan.)---The number of Ardea cinerea colonies in Hokkaido has increased from six in 1960 to 53 in 1999.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} McCarthy, M. A., A. Webster, R. H. Loyn, & K. W. Lowe.  1999.  Uncertainty in assessing the viability of the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua in Victoria, Australia.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 144--154.  (Ctr. Resour. Environ. Studies, Aust. Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.)---A model of the metapopulation dynamics of the Powerful Owl in Victoria is described, with parameters derived from available data. This indicates that adult survival rate is the most important parameter in the model. A field programme to collect information to improve estimates of adult survival would be prohibitively large. Long-term monitoring of abundance in both logged and unlogged forest tracts is recommended as an alternative.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Moore, P. J., D. J. Fletcher, & J. Amey.  2001.  Population estimates of Yellow-eyed Penguins, Megadyptes antipodes, on Campbell Island, 1987--98.  Emu 101: 225--236.  (Sci. Res. Unit, Dept. Conserv., PO Box 10-420, Wellington, NZ.)---Counts of penguins at 11 landing sites around the island were used to assess population changes. Results show penguin numbers decreased between 1988 and 1992, before starting to increase once again from 1994. Population trend results were not consistent across all breeding sites.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Ratz, H., & B. Murphy.  1999.  Effects of habitat and introduced mammalian predators on the breeding success of Yellow-eyed Penguins Megadyptes antipodes, South Island, New Zealand.  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 16--27.  (Dept. Zool., Univ. Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.)---Mainland colonies will increase in population if at least 0.85 chicks per nest successfully fledge each year. This is possible if predation by introduced predators: Stoats (Mustela erminea), Ferrets (Mustela furo) and Feral Cats (Felis catus), is less than 34% of chicks each year.---W.K.S. {C912, C916}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914}  Renaud, W. E., & G. J. Wapple.  2001.  Notes on the status and distribution of the Long-billed Curlew in the Rosetown-Biggar district, SK.  Blue Jay 59: 188--192.  (9 Oakwood Ave. N, Mississauga, ON, L5G 3L6, Can.)---Review and update on status of Numenius americanus since 1975 shows a decline, "possibly due to loss of habitat."---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Rogers, D. I., A. Boyle, & C. Hassell.  2001.  Occasional Counts No. 5: Wader counts on Kidneybean Claypan and adjacent Roebuck Plains, Northwestern Australia.  Stilt 38: 57--63.  (340 Nink’s Rd., St Andrews, Vic. 3761, Australia; EM: drogers@melbpc.org.au)---Maximum counts of 34 species of shorebirds and 40 species of other waterbirds related to water levels.---I.D.E. {B910, C926}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Rogers, D., P. Battley, M. Russell, & A. Boyle.  2000.  A high count of Asian Dowitchers in Roebuck Bay, North-western Australia.  Stilt 37: 11--13.  (340 Nink’s Rd., St Andrews, Vic. 3761, Australia; EM: drogers@melbpc.ord.au)---Highest ever count (414) of Limnodromus semipalmatus, in a variety of plumage conditions including immatures, suggests a major undiscovered roost exists locally.---I.D.E. {C308, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Shurcliff, K. S.  1993.  Seasonal patterns of wader populations in Darwin, Northern Territory, 1974-1987.  Northern Territory Naturalist 14: 10--18.  (P.O. Box 4878, Cairns, Qld. 4870, Australia.)---Waders (Charadriiformes) counted several times each month. Four Australian-breeding species present year round or most numerous in dry season. Most species arrive and reach maximum numbers during Sept. and Oct. and stay for wet season. Some species showed a second influx during Dec. and Jan. A few species showed a return passage. Seasonal patterns at Darwin differ from those emerging from other parts of northern Australia.---P.S.L.  {D904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Stoffel, M. J.  2001.  Long-eared Owl abundance near Saskatoon in 2000.   Blue Jay 59: 129--133.  (R.R. # 4, Box 183, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3J7, Can.)---Account of 34 breeding pairs of Asio otus in 40 square miles of mainly farmland.---R.W.N. {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Suryan, R. M., & D. B. Irons.  2001.  Colony and population dynamics of Black-legged Kittiwakes in a heterogenous environment.  Auk 118: 636--649.  (Dept. Fish. Wildl., 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA; EM: rob.suryan@orst.edu)---Both short-term (performance-based conspecific attraction) and long-term cues (prey availability) likely influenced Rissa tridactyla recruitment in Prince William Sound, Alaska.---M.M.S. {C908, C918, B706}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Tomkovich, P. S., & A. C. Riegen.  2000.  Mixing of Red Knot populations in Australasia: some thoughts.  Stilt 37: 25--27.  (Zool. Mus., Moscow Lomonosov State Univ., Bol. Nikitskaya St. 6, Moscow 103009 Russia; EM: tomkovic@l.zoomus.bio.msu.ru)--- Calidris canutus of two colour patterns possibly have different moult and migration patterns and belong to different breeding populations.---I.D.E.  {D902}  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Wilson, J. R.  2000.  A survey of South Australian waders in early 2000.   Stilt 37: 34--45.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia.)---Compares counts for 33 species made in 1981 and 2000, and discusses apparent changes for Limosa lapponica, Numenius madagascariensis, Tringa nebularia, Calidris canutus, Calidris alba, Calidris ruficollis, Calidris acuminata, Calidris ferruginea, Haematopus longirostris, Haematopus fuliginosus, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, Pluvialis fulva and Charadrius ruficapillus.---I.D.E  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Wilson, J. R.  2000.  Occasional counts 4: wader counts at Yantabulla Swamp (Cuttaburra Basin), New South Wales, Australia.  Stilt 37: 32--33.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia.)---Internationally important inland counts of Calidris acuminata, Tringa stagnatilis and Himantopus himantopus.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Wilson J. R.  2001.  Population monitoring counts for [austral] Winter 1999, Summer 2000 and Winter 2000.  Stilt 38: 64--69.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia.)---Tables of count data for 47 species at 31 sites throughout Australia.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C914} Woehler, E.  2000.  Stop press: major seabird discovery at Heard Island.   Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 36.  (c/o 37 Parliament St., Sandy Bay, Tas. 7005, Australia; EM: eric_woe@heard.aad.gov.au)---New colony of c . 1Ê000 nests of Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis found on 2 Nov. 2000.---P.S.L.  {B702, B716, C306}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Bayly, K. L., & D. T. Blumstein.  2001.  Pied Currawongs and the decline of native birds.  Emu 101: 199--204.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Macquarie Univ., NSW 2109, Australia; EM: kbayly@rna.bio.mq.edu.au)---Predation pressure by Strepera graculina has previously been implicated as a principal factor in the decline of some native Australian species of birds. However, results of this review suggest that predation by currawongs is greatest amongst common introduced species of bird, and less than expected amongst common native species. It is difficult to separate out the effects of predation and gross habitat changes, such as habitat degradation, fragmentation, etc.---W.K.S.  {B509, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Erritzoe, J., & R. Fuller.  1999.  Sex differences in winter distribution of Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) in Denmark and neighbouring countries.   Vogelwarte 40: 80--87.  (House of Bird Research, Taps Old Rectory, DK-6070 Christiansfeld, Denmark.)---The data indicate that the sex-ratio in W-Denmark, N-Germany and in the Netherlands is biased towards females, heavy predation by Bubo bubo and Accipiter gentilis is assumed to be the primary cause.---K.-M.E. {C912, C926, B714}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916}  Jones, E. T.  2001.  Accipiter interaction.  Blue Jay 59: 161--163.  (119-215 Blackburn Dr. X E, SW, Edmonton, AB T6W 1B9, Can.)---Accipiter cooperii killed a male A. striatus that was caught in a net.---R.W.N. {C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Kirkwood, R., P. Dann, & M. Belvedere.  2000.  Effects of the seasonal availability of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) on the diet of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on Phillip Island, Victoria.   Australian Mammalogy 22: 87--92.  (Phillip Island Nature Park, PO Box 97, Cowes, Vic. 3922, Australia.)---Strongest influence on the diet of foxes was the seasonal availability of shearwaters.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Lyver, P. O’B., H. Moller, & C. J. R. Robertson.  2000.  Predation at Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus colonies on the New Zealand mainland: is there safety in numbers?  Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 347--357.  (Nat. Resour. Inst., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.)---Stoats (Mustela erminea) and Norway (Brown) Rats (Rattus norvegicus ) responsible for devastating rates of predation.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Minton, C., R. Jessop, & P. Collins.  2000.  Silver Gull predation at Banded Stilt colonies.  Stilt 37: 51.  (165 Dalgetty Rd., Beaumaris, Vic. 3193, Australia; EM: mintons@ozemail.com.au)---Advocates Larus novaehollandiae control at future breeding attempts of Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (conference abstract).---I.D.E. {B912}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Pierre, J. P., H. Bears, & C. A. Paszkowski.  2001. Effects of forest harvesting on nest predation in cavity-nesting waterfowl.  Auk 118: 224--230.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Can.; EM: jpierre@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca)---Predation of artificial cavity nests in riparian forest buffer strips did not differ significantly from unharvested riparian forest in western Canada; loss of nest cavities may negatively affect waterfowl more strongly than changes on nest predation due to harvesting, particularly at higher levels of forest harvesting; cavity-nesting waterfowl in the region include Bufflehead ( Bucephala albeola), Common Goldeneye (B. clangula), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), and Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus ).---R.B.A. {C918, C908, B716}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Rangen, S. A., R. G. Clark, & K. A. Hobson.  2001.  Predator responses to similarity and dispersion of artificial nest sites: Implications for the structure of boreal forest songbird communities.  Auk 118: 105--115.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N SE2, Canada; EM: sheila.rangen@gov.ab.ca)---Predation did not appear to influence patterns of species coexistence or nest dispersion in a boreal forest of west-central Alberta, Canada;  abilities of predators to discriminate among less-similar versus more-similar nest sites and nest-dispersion patterns are probably species-specific and related to the hunting behavior of predators and territory size.---R.B.A.  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Riegen, A.  2000.  Bivalve comes to grips with Terek Sandpiper in China.   Stilt 37: 22--23.  (231 Forest Hill Rd., Waiatarua, Auckland 8, New Zealand; EM: riegen@xtra.co.nz)---Xenus cinereus unable to fly due to weight of bivalve on toe but Tringa nebularia seen flying with similar shell attached.---I.D.E.  {C106}  {ROL #83}

 

{C916} Voigts, D. K.  1999.  Observations of a colony of roof-nesting Least Terns, 1988-1997.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 103--108.  (Environ. Serv. Div., Florida Power Corp., P.O. Box 14042, St. Petersburg, FL 33733, USA.)---Sterna antillarum colony abandoned due to nest predation by Corvus ossifragus .---E.D.S.  {B314, B910, E520}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Fernie, K. J., D. M. Bird, R. D. Dawson, & P. C. Laguë.  2000.  Effects of electromagnetic fields on the reproductive success of American Kestrels.   Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 73: 60--65.  (Avian Science & Conservation Centre, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Drive, Saint Anne de Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Can.; EM: kfernie@yahoo.com)---Effects of electromagnetic fields on reproductive behavior varied depending on parameter measured in Falco sparverius.---J.S.G. {C902, B708}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Rodgers, J. A., & S. T. Schwikert.  1999.  Breeding ecology of the Least Bittern in central Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 141--149.  (Bur. Wildl. Diversity Conservation, FWC, 4005 S. Main St., Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.)---Nesting success of Ixobrychus exilis in cattail (Typha sp.) and bulrush (Scirpus validus) littoral zone of lakes was 46.4%.  Major sources of nest failure were nest collapse (24.3%) and abandonment (23.1%), with little loss attributed to depredation (0.6%).  Eight nests were lost due to herbicide treatment; nests of Quiscalus major, Agelaius phoeniceus , Porphyrula martinica, and Gallinula chloropus were also destroyed by herbicide treatment. Dense stands of cattail may be important wildlife habitat that is often overlooked by wetland managers.---E.D.S.  {B702, B716, B720, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Toland, B.  1999.  Nesting success and productivity of Florida Sandhill Cranes on natural and developed sites in southwest Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 10--13.  (Brevard Co. Off. Nat. Resour. Manage., 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. A, Viera, FL 32940, USA.)---Nesting success of Grus canadensis pratensis was 67% in natural habitat versus 26% in developed sites; mean nest initiation date in natural sites (Feb 26) was more than a month earlier than in developed sites (Apr 3); attempts in natural sites produced more fledglings per pair.  Mean clutch size in natural sites was 1.93 (n=42).---E.D.S.  {B702, B708, B716, B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Toland, B.  1999.  Population increase, nesting phenology, nesting success and productivity of Reddish Egrets in Indian River County, Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 59--61.  (Brevard Co. Off. Nat. Resour. Manage., 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. A, Viera, FL 32940, USA.)---Egretta rufescens nesting on spoil islands had fledging success rate 94% and mean annual production of 2.4 fledglings per pair (n=33).---E.D.S.  {B702, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Toland, B.  1999.  Successful nesting by Wilson’s Plovers in Indian River County, Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 21--23.  (Brevard Co. Off. Nat. Resour. Manage., 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. A, Viera, FL 32940, USA.)---First record of Charadrius wilsonia nesting in Indian River Co.; pairs fledged at least one young in 2 of 5 nesting attempts.---E.D.S.  {B716, B708}  {ROL #83}

 

{C918} Winkel, W., & D. Winkel.  1999.  [Sterility of a male Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in three subsequent years.]  Vogelwarte 40: 136--137.  (Außenstation Braunschweig des Inst. f. Vogelforschung “Vogelwarte Helgoland“, Bauernstr. 14, D-38162 Cremlingen-Weddel, Germany.)---Mean hatching success amounted to 94.7% for 1838 clutches that had one or more eggs hatch from 1974 to 1999.  Total hatching failure was found in only six clutches (0.3% of all clutches recorded).  A banded, sterile male was serially paired with three banded females for each of the three years and no eggs hatched from his clutches (total 19 eggs).  (German, English summary)---K.-M.E., J.M.S. {B710, E120}  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Ekman, J., V. Baglione, S. Eggers, & M. Griesser.  2001.  Delayed dispersal: living under the reign of nepotistic parents.  Auk 118: 1--10.  (Evol. Biol. Ctr., Dept. Popul. Biol., Uppsala Univ., Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden; EM: jan.ekman@ebc.uu.se)---Parental concession of resources influences delayed dispersal.---M.M.S. {B314}  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Fedorov, V. A.  2000.  Factors affecting breeding and natal dispersal in the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus).  Vogelwarte 40: 279--285.  (St. Petersburg State Univ., Fac. of Biol. and Soil Sciences, Laboratory of Animal Ringing, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.)---Adults were more likely to return to their breeding sites after successful reproduction than after breeding failure.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Main, I. G.  2000.  Obligate and facultative partial migration in the Blackbird (Turdus merula) and the Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris ): uses and limitations of ringing data.  Vogelwarte 40: 286--291.  (53 Apple Orchard, Prestbury, Cheltenham, GL52 3EH, U.K.) {E526}  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Sanz, J. J.  2001.  Latitudinal variation in female local return rate in the philopatric Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca).  Auk 118: 539--543.  (Dept. Ecol. Evol., Mus. Nac. Cienc. Naturales (CSIC), Jose Gutierrex Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain; EM: sanz@mncn.csic.es)---Found lower return rates at higher latitudes that was attributed to higher mortality; found no latitudinal variation in dispersal; found no relationship between local return rates and dispersal.---M.A.A.  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Sokolov, L.  2000.  Philopatry, dispersal and population structure of passerines on the Courish Spit of the Baltic Sea.  Vogelwarte 40: 302--314.  (Biol. Station Rybachy, Zool. Inst., Russ. Acad. Sci., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.)---Ringing recoveries revealed that the bulk of yearlings of Sylvia nisoria, Phylloscopus trochilus, and Fringilla coelebs returned to breed at their natal sites, whereas in Sylvia curruca and Carpodacus erythrinus only an insignificant number returned.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Sprandel, G. L., H. A. Bolte, & K. T. Bowman.  1999.  Wintering locations of Black Skimmers breeding in the Florida panhandle.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 109--111.  (FL Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm., 5300 Highbridge Rd., Quincy, FL 32351, USA.)---Rynchops niger chicks observed in winter at distances from 69 to 468 km from natal colony site.---E.D.S. {C926}  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Wang, X-H., & C. H. Trost.  2001.  Dispersal pattern of Black-billed Magpies (Pica hudsonia) measured by molecular genetic (RAPD) analysis.   Auk 118: 137--146.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., Box 8007, Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID 83209, USA; EM: xhwang@uiuc.edu)---Based upon Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis, higher genetic similarity among males than females hypothesized to result from intra-clutch hierarchy that forces lower ranking birds, including females, to disperse.---S.K.W. {D502, D504}  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Winkel, W., & D. Winkel.  2000.  [Fidelity to winter-place of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor).]  Vogelwarte 40: 322--324.  (Aussenstation Braunschweig des Inst. f. Vogelforschung “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Bauernstr. 14, D-38162 Cremlingen, Germany.) (German, English summary.)  {ROL #83}

 

{C920} Woolfenden, B. E., H. L. Gibbs, & S. G. Sealy.  2001.  Demography of Brown-headed Cowbirds at Delta Marsh, Manitoba.  Auk 118: 156--166.  (Dept. Biol., York Univ., 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada; EM: bwoolfen@yorku.ca)---High survivorship and breeding-site fidelity of Molothrus ater may lead to low recruitment and intense competition for limited breeding opportunities.---R.B.A. {B704}  {ROL #83}

 

{C922} Blake, J. G., & B. A. Loiselle.  2001.  Bird assemblages in second-growth forests, Costa Rica: perspectives of mist nets and point counts.  Auk 118: 304--326.  (Dept. Biol., Univ. Missouri, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA; EM: blake@jinx.umsl.edu)---The value of old- and second-growth habitat for different groups of species is assessed with two different field techniques, each providing its own representation of community composition; both confirm the importance of second-growth habitats.---E.R.I. {E506, E526}  {ROL #83}

 

{C922} Heckscher, C. M.  2000.  Forest-dependent birds of the Great Cypress (North Pocomoke) Swamp: species composition and implications for conservation.   Northeastern Naturalist 7: 113--130.  (Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, 4876 Hay Point Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977, USA.)---A point-count inventory documented 73 breeding species, of which seven of the ten most abundant were Neotropical migrants.---J.S.G. {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C922} Nores, M.  2000.  Species richness in the Amazonian bird fauna from an evolutionary perspective.  Emu 100: 419--430.  (Ctr. Zool. Appl., C. C. 122, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.)---Discusses hypotheses presented to explain the great diversity of avifauna in Amazonia.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Ganesh, T., & P. Kanniah.  2000.  Roost counts of harriers Circus spanning seven winters in Andhra Pradesh, India.  Forktail 16: 1--3.  (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 17, 2nd Main, Amarjyothi Layout, Cholanagar, Bangalore 560 032, India; EM: tgans@hotmail.com)---Between 1986--94 Eurasian Marsh Circus aeruginosus, Montagu Harrier Circus pygargus, Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus and Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus were counted at roost at a grassland site near Secunderabad, India. A peak roost of 200 harriers was counted in 1988--89; counts did not vary much between years but there was a perceptible fall over the years.---I.R. {B314, B308}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Hobson, K. A., K. P. McFarland, L. I. Wassenaar, C. C. Rimmer, & J. E. Goetz.   2001.  Linking breeding and wintering grounds of Bicknell's Thrushes using stable isotope analyses of feathers.  Auk 118: 16--23.  (Environ. Canada, Prairie and Northern Wildl. Res. Ctr., Canadian Wildl. Serv., 115 Perimeter Rd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X4, Canada; EM: keith.hobson@ec.gc.ca)---Deuterium (D) values of feathers on Catharus bicknelli wintering in Dominican Republic suggest population breeds in northerly range of North America and several breeding populations mix on wintering grounds; high D variance in breeding populations indicates high natal dispersal; isotopic model also tested on Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus and Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus.---S.L.S. {C920, E502}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Kelly, J. F., D. M. Finch, & W. Wong.  2000.  Vegetative associations of wood warblers migrating along the Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico.   Southwestern Naturalist 45: 159--168.  (U.S. For. Serv., Rocky Mtn. Res. Stn., 2205 Columbia SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.)---Most common species were Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata), Virginia’s Warbler (Vermivora virginiae), Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata), MacGillivray’s Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei), Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas ), and Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla).---J.J.D.  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Lu Changhu, & Wu Jianping.  2000.  Habitat and bird composition in winter in Sanjiang Nature Reserve, China.  Forktail 16: 163--164.  (Northeast For. Univ., Harbin, China 150040.)---Sanjiang Plain in the extreme northeast is the largest wetland in China and Sanjiang Nature Reserve is the most recent of several declared reserves in this area. Although more than 130 species of bird use the area for migration and breeding, because of the harsh conditions over winter only 31 species were identified during 42 days in Jan.--Feb. 1998; ten of these were known to be winter visitors.---I.R.  {C320}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Mahaulpatha, D., et al.  2001.  Factors affecting the distribution of waterfowl wintering in the inland water of the Saijo Basin in western Japan.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 167--174.  (No address provided.)---Effects of human disturbance on the distribution of wintering waterfowl were studied in 64 irrigation ponds in the Saijo Basin, western Japan, during 1998--99.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Marcus, J. F., W. E. Palmer, & P. T. Bromley.  2000.  The effects of farm field borders on overwintering sparrow densities.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 517--523.  (202 Natural Resources Hall, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0819, USA; EM: jmarcus2@unl.edu)---Establishing field border systems (strips of uncultivated, grassy, and weedy vegetation) may be an effective way to increase densities of overwintering sparrows (Melospiza melodia , Melospiza georgiana, Spizella pusilla, Spizella passerina , Zonotrichia albicollis, Passerculus sandwichensis) and juncos (Junco hyemalis) on farms in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain.---J.J.Dos.  {B908, B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Nakamura, M., & I. Nishiumi.  2000.  Large variation in the sex ratio of winter flocks of the Alpine Accentor.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 145--150.  (Lab. Anim. Ecol., Dept. Biol., Joetsu Univ. Edu., 1 Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-8512, Japan.)---Prunella collaris. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Uchida, H.  2001.  [Home range of a wintering young Buzzard tracked by radio-transmitter.]   Strix 19: 49--54.  (Hiki Raptor Res. Gp., Matsuba-cho 4-2-14, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama 355-0017, Japan; EM: tori@po.kumagaya.or.jp)---A young Buteo buteo could not utilise good foraging sites because those sites were occupied by adults, and thus it was forced to change its foraging sites frequently.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Wilson, W. H.  2001.  The effects of supplemental feeding on wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapilla) in central Maine: Population and individual responses.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 65--72.  (Dept. of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, USA; EM: whwilson@colby.edu)---Bird feeders filled with black oil sunflower seeds were used to supplement food sources.  Chickadee abundance was significantly higher in the presence of feeders.  Frequency of feeder use varied with more chickadees using the feeders during the first third of the winter.  Variation in frequency of use could not be explained by age of the birds.  Ambient temperature also had no influence on the rate of feeder use.---J.J.Dos.  {C906, C914, C922, D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Yamamoto, H., K. Oohata, & K. Kuwabara.  2001.  [Seasonal change in the number of Baikal Teal at the coastal lakes along the Sea of Japan and the need for an improvement in the national census method.]  Strix 19: 91--101.  (1-5-7-102, Maehara-nishi, Funabashi, Chiba 274-0825, Japan; EM: CZN05453@nifty.ne.jp)---The coefficients of variation calculated for Anas formosa census data were larger than those for Anas platyrhynchos, which suggests that A. formosa move between wintering areas more frequently than A. platyrhynchos.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{C926} Yokoyama, M., & H. Watanabe.  2001.  [Wintering ecology of White-tailed Eagles at the Shinano River in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.]  Strix 19: 31--41.  (1-2-12 Senju, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-0087, Japan.)--- Haliaeetus albicilla.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{D103} Honda, M., & S. Yamagishi.   2001.  A molecular perspective on oscine phylogeny, with special reference to inter-familial relationships.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 175--184.  (No address provided.)---12S and 16S rRNA region (881 bps) were sequenced from 15 oscine passerine families in order to infer inter-familial relationships among the oscines. The results did not support Sibley’s phylogenetic relationship based on DNA-DNA hybridization.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{D103} Klicka, J. A. J. Fry, R. M. Zink, & C. W. Thompson.  2001.  A cytochrome-b perspective on Passerina bunting relationships.  Auk 118: 611--623.  (Barrick Mus., Box 454012, Univ. Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154-4012, USA; EM: klicka@nevada.edu)---Cytochrome-b gene sequencing suggested a sister relationship between Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea ) and Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) but not one between Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea ) and P. amoena.---M.M.S. {paraphyly}  {ROL #83}

 

{D103} Lovette, I. J., & E. Bermingham.  2001.  Mitochondrial perspective on the phylogenetic relationships of the Parula Wood-warblers.  Auk 118: 211--215.  (Ctr. Tropical Res., Dept. Biol., SF State Univ., 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA; EM: ilovette@sas.upenn.edu)---Low genetic variation between Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi) and congener Northern Parula (Parula americana) suggests these species may be conspecifics that have undergone evolutionarily recent range expansion; challenges current phylogeny of entire Parula genus.---S.L.S. {D105, D504}  {ROL #83}

 

{D103} Nicholls, J. A.  2001.  Molecular systematics of the thornbills, Acanthiza .  Emu 101: 33--37.  (Div. Bot. Zool., Aust. Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.)---Results of nuclear DNA sequencing reveal five species groups. These groups are, in the main, consistent with results of more recent morphological classifications and mDNA sequencing.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{D105} Hayes, F. E.  2001.  Geographic variation, hybridization, and the leapfrog pattern of evolution in the Suiriri Flycatcher (Suiriri suiriri) complex.   Auk 118: 457--471.  (Unit Zool., Dept. Life Sci. Univ. W. Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; EM: floyd_hayes@hotmail.com)---Three parapatric forms, "leapfrog pattern " explained by more rapid differentiation in central population than in two peripheral populations.---S.W.H. {D502}  {ROL #83}

 

{D105} Hunt, J. S., E. Bermingham & R. E. Ricklefs.  2001.  Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae).  Auk 118: 35--55.  (Bird Div., Field Mus. of Nat. His., Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605; EM: eb@naos.si.edu)---A phylogenetic hypothesis for mimids is used to explain avian radiation within the Lesser Antilles.---E.R.I. {D103, D502}  {ROL #83}

 

{D105} Shapiro L. H., & J. P. Dumbacher.  2001.  Adenylate Kinase Intron 5: A new nuclear locus for avian systematics.  Auk 118: 248--253.  (Div. Insect Biol., ESPM, 201 Wellman Hall, 3112, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA; EM: lshapiro@nature.berkeley.edu)---AKI intron 5 may be too slow to study recent divergence and may not be useful for inferring relationships among avian orders.---J.D.W.  {ROL #83}

 

{D108} Hill, G. E.  2001.  Pox and plumage coloration in the House Finch: A critique of Zahn and Rothstein.  Auk 118: 256--260.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL  36849, USA; EM: ghill@acesag.auburn.edu)---Carotenoid pigmentation in Carpodacus mexicanus plumage is an honest signal of male quality and is affected by dietary access to carotenoids, nutrition during molt, parasites, as well as by avian pox and other diseases.---S.L.S. {E114, E118, C102, C106}  {ROL #83}

 

{D108} Regosin, J. V., & S. Pruett-Jones.  2001.  Sexual selection and tail length dimorphism in Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.  Auk 118: 167--175.  (Dept. of Biol., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA 02155; EM: jregos01@tufts.edu)---Hypothesis of a sexually selected trait in monogamous Tyrannus forficatus.---E.R.I. {B318, B714, B312}  {ROL #83}

 

{D108} Suresh Kumar, R., & Pratap Singh.  2000.  More news on the new monal discovered from Arunachal Pradesh.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 63--65.  (Wildl. Inst. of India, PO Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248Ê001, India.)---A survey from Oct. 1999 to Jan. 2000 showed that the geographical barrier separating the new monal from Lophophorus sclateri was not the Subansiri River but a range of the Himalayas forming the district boundary between Lower and Upper Subansiri. Three skins of the new monal were collected from local people in the Lower Subansiri District and led to the conclusion that the new monal represents an unknown western population of L. sclateri. Morphological and plumage colour comparisons are being made between the new monal and L. sclateri in various museums.---I.R. {D110, C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{D108} Zahn, S. N., & S. I. Rothstein.  2001.  House Finches are not just what they eat: A reply to Hill.  Auk 118: 260--266.  (Dept. Eco., Evol., & Mar. Biol., UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA; EM: rothstei@lifesci.ucsb.edu)---There really is a strong relationship between avian pox and plumage coloration in Carpodacus mexicanus. Reply to Auk 118: 256--260.---S.L.S. {E114, E118, C102, C106}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Alonso, J. A, & B. M. Whitney.  2001.  A new Zimmerius Tyrannulet (Aves: Tyrannidae) from white sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru.   Wilson Bulletin 113: 1--9.  (Instituto de Investigaciounes de la Amaxonía Peruana--IIAP, Avenida A. Quiñones km 2.5, Apt. 784, Iquitos, Peru; EM: allpahuayo@terra.com)---Initially detected by its distinctive vocalization, Zimmerius villarejoi (Mishana Tyrannulet) may be closely related to Zimmerius cinereicapillus (Red-billed Tyrannulet).---J.J.Dos.  {B320, D702, D704}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Boon, W. M., C. H. Daugherty, & G. K. Chambers.  2001.  The Norfolk Island Green Parrot and New Caledonian Red-crowned Parakeet are distinct species.  Emu 101: 113--121.  (Inst. Mol. Syst., Sch. Biol. Sci., Victoria Univ. Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.)---Proposes the elevation of Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cooki and Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae saisetti to full species status following molecular phylogenetic studies.---W.K.S. {D502}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Imber, M. J., & A. J. D. Tennyson.  2001.  A new petrel species (Procellariidae) from the south-west Pacific.  Emu 101: 123--127.  (Dept. Conserv., PO Box 10-420, Wellington, New Zealand.)---Specimens collected at sea near Vanuatu during 1927 and originally labeled Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa ) were later referred to White-naped Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis ). However, these early specimens, together
with a further specimen found on a New South Wales beach during 1983, are now
considered to represent a new species, Vanuatu Petrel (Pterodroma occulta ).---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Johnson, N. K., & R. E. Jones.  2001.  A new species of tody-tyrant (Tyrannidae: Poecilotriccus) from northern Peru.  Auk 118: 334--341.  (Dept. Integrative Biol., Univ. California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; EM: neddo@socrates.berkeley.edu)---The authors describe a new species of tody-tyrant of the genus Poecilotriccus , isolated in mid-elevation forest of the Cordillera de Colán and nearby mountains to the east in the northeastern Andes of Peru and propose to name it Poecilotriccus luluae sp. nov.  (Lulu’s Tody-tyrant)---R.B.A. {D114, D103}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Kennedy, R. S., et al.  2001.  A new species of woodcock (Aves: Scolopacidae) from the Philippines and a re-evaluation of other Asian/Papuasian woodcock.   Forktail 17: 1--12.  (Mus. Nat. Hist. & Sci., Cincinnati Mus. Ctr., 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203, USA.)---Describes the Bukidnon Woodcock (Scolopax bukidnonensis), a newly described species from central and northern Luzon and from four mountains on Mindanao. Previously misidentified as Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) it was recognised as distinct from a specimen obtained at Mt. Kitanglad on 22 Jan. 1995, and confirmed since by three further specimens. Its display, vocalisations, habits and breeding behaviour are summarised. The holotype is described and illustrated; the diagnosis and distribution of the species are given. Other Asian/Papuasian woodcock are reviewed and confirm the recognition of two subspecies of Sulawesi Woodcock, Scolopax celebensis celebensis and Scolopax celebensis heinrichi and suggest that the two subspecies of Scolopax saturata should be considered full species, the Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata ) and the New Guinea Woodcock (Scolopax rosenbergii).---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Lee, R. J., & J. Riley.  2001.  Morphology, plumage, and habitat of the newly described Cinnabar Hawk-Owl from North Sulawesi, Indonesia.   Wilson Bulletin 113: 17--22.  (Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program, P.O. Box 1131, Manado 95000, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia; EM: wcssul@indosat.net.id)--- Ninox ios was first described from a single individual collected in 1985.  This paper describes a second specimen trapped in 1999 and compares it to the earlier type specimen.  The three known captures and sightings of this species suggest that its range may be restricted to high elevation forests in Sulawesi.---J.J.Dos.  {C908, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Young, J. R., C. E. Braun, S. J. Oyler-McCance, J. W. Hupp, & T. W. Quinn.   2000.  A new species of Sage-Grouse (Phasianidae: Centrocercus ) from southwestern Colorado.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 445--453.  (Dept. of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA; EM: jyoung@western.edu)---Gunnison Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus minimus) contrasted with the Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) from northern Colorado and western North America.  This new species is limited to 8 isolated populations and has a breeding population of fewer than 5000.---J.J.Dos.  {B118, B312, B320, B904, C914, D302, D504, D702, E114, E116}  {ROL #83}

 

{D110} Zimmer, K. J., A. Whittaker, & D. C. Oren.  2001.  A cryptic new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Suiriri) from the Cerrado region of central South America.  Auk 118: 56--78.  (Los Angeles Co. Mus. of Nat. His., 900 Exposition Blvd., LA, CA 93422; EM: kjzsrz@tcsan.net)---New species of tyrant flycatcher (Suiriri islerorum) from Brazil and Bolivia.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Curio, E.  2001.  Taxonomic status of the Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi from Panay, Philippines, with notes on its behaviour.  Forktail 17: 13--20.  (Fac. Biol., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany; EM: eberhard.curio@ruhr-uni-bochum.de)---Three G. keayi from the newly discovered population on Panay did not differ from those on Negros. Colour photographs of an individual held in captivity show aspects of display. An unusual method of closing the eye when picking up bulky insect prey and when preening is described from observations of this bird. Sonograms of vocalisations are given.---I.R. {B320, B312, D306, C328, D108}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Garson, P.  2001.  Pheasant taxonomy: a cunning way to remove species from the Red List!  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 33: 52.  (EM: Peter.garson@ncl.ac.uk)---Review of museum material, hybridisation experiments and mitochondrial DNA analyses have cast doubt on the validity of three species of pheasant: Lophura edwardsi, Lophura imperialis and Lophura hatinhensis, listed as Endangered or Data Deficient in the new edition of the Pheasant Action Plan for 2000--04.  It is expected that only L. edwardsi will survive microsatellite DNA analysis.---I.R. {B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Gregory, S. M. S.  2000.  Nomenclature of the 'Hypsipetes' bulbuls (Pycnonotidae).  Forktail 16: 164--166.  (35 Monarch Rd., Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 6EH, UK.)---Suggests a solution to the present confusion over generic names within the Hypsipetes complex of bulbuls. Lists Synonymy and gives corrected species citations.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Keast, A.  2000.  Intraspecific variation studies in Australian birds, subspecies, isolates and ultrataxon concepts: how close are we to a final designation of forms?  Emu 100: 324--328.  (Dept. Biol., Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.)---Reviews history of subspecies concept in Australia and then assesses taxonomy of Schodde, R. & Mason, I. J., 1999, Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, against previous studies. Concludes this new treatment provides an excellent basis for future distributional and molecular studies.---W.K.S. {D108}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Rasmussen, P.  2000.  On the status of the Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri on the Great Nicobar Island, India.  Forktail 16:185--186.  (Div. Birds, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. 20560-0116, USA.)---The sole specimen of Accipiter butleri, collected during 1905, is re-identified as a Basra (Accipiter virgatus). Recently there have been numerous sight records of Accipiter butleri from Great Nicobar and these obviously now require substantiation.---I.R. {D702}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Rasmussen, P. C.  2000.  A review of the taxonomy and status of the Plain-pouched Hornbill Aceros subruficollis. Forktail 16: 83--91.  (Div. Birds, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. 20560-0116, USA.)---The confusion that has existed due to the similarity of this species and the Wreathed Hornbill (Aceros undulatus) is reviewed and the numerous morphological characters that differentiate the two species are described and illustrated. Its true range evidently includes southern Myanmar (Burma), southwest and southernmost Thailand, and northernmost Malaysia.---I.R.  {C328}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Rasmussen, P. C., J. C. Wardill, F. R. Lambert, & J. Riley.  2000.  On the specific status of the Sangihe White-eye Zosterops nehrkorni, and the taxonomy of the Black-crowned White-eye Z. atrifrons complex.  Forktail 16: 69--81.  (Div. Birds, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. 20560-0116, USA.)---Analysis of morphology and vocalisations of the Black-crowned White-eye (sensu lato) confirmed that the polytypy of this group far exceeded that of a single biological species and required treatment; the taxon from Seram requires to be treated as a separate species, Zosterops stalkeri, as does that from Sangihe, Zosterops nehrkorni, that requires listing as Critically Endangered. The subspecies surda, subatrfrons, sulaensis and atrifrons are discussed and the equally polytypic group of races from New Guinea referred to as the Black-fronted White-eye (Zosterops minor).---I.R.  {C328, D702, B320, B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Round, P., & C. Robson.  2001.  Provenance and affinities of the Cambodian Laughingthrush Garrulax ferrarius.  Forktail 17: 41--44.  (Dept. Biol., Mahidol Univ., Rama 6 Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand.)---Excludes G. ferrarius from the Thai avifaunal list because the co-ordinates of the type locality place it firmly in Cambodia and because most high elevation terrain is on the Cambodian side of the border. It is one of five allospecies within a Garrulax strepitans superspecies and is isolated from the nearest other species (G. strepittans and Garrulax milleti from which it is separable on plumage) by c. 400 km of drier lowland terrain.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D114} Warham, J.  2000.  A further comment on albatross taxonomy.  Australasian Seabird Bulletin 37: 13--14.  (Zool. Dept., Univ. Canterbury, P.B. 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.)---Advocates caution and consistency in applying species concepts, before adopting proposed new taxonomy of family Diomedeidae based on phylogenetic species concept (PSC).---P.S.L.  {D112}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Bouchard, S., M. J. Vonhof, M. B. Fenton, & G. Monette.  2000.  Nutrient preferences of Brazilian hummingbirds.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 558--562.  (Dept. of Biology, York Univ., Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada; EM: sylvie@yorku.ca)---The authors noted the responses of eight species of hummingbirds to four solutions: nectar, nectar supplemented with vitamins, nectar supplemented with minerals, and water with both vitamins and minerals.  A general pattern of preference was not found among species.  Eupherusa eximia, Thalurania glaucopis , Phaethornis sp., Anthracothorax nigricollis, Chlorostilbon aureoventris.---J.J.Dos.  {D304, E509}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Chernetsov, N., & A. Manukyan.  2000.  Foraging strategy of the Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) on migration.  Vogelwarte 40: 189--197.  (Biol. Station Rybachy, 238535 Rybachy, Kaliningrad Region, Russia.)---On the Courish Spit in spring beetles, dipterans, true bugs and spiders were the most common prey; in autumn, plum aphids, chironomids, hymenoptera, beetles and spiders dominated.-K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Debus, S. J. S., & A. B. Rose.  2000.  Diet of Grey Falcons Falco hypoleucos breeding extralimitally in New South Wales.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 280--281.  (Div. Zool., Univ. New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.)---Predominantly Sturnus vulgaris and insect fragments, possibly stomach contents of the starlings.---I.D.E. {C308}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Finn, P. G., P. V. Driscoll, & C. P. Catterall.  2000.  Distribution and site selection in Eastern Curlew at feeding grounds in Moreton Bay [Queensland].   Stilt 37: 49--50.  (Environ. Sci., Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld. 4111, Australia.)--- Numenius madagascariensis probably faithful to particular sites (conference abstract).---I.D.E. {C920}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Franklin, D. C., & R. A. Noske.  2000.  Nectar sources used by birds in monsoonal northwestern Australia: a regional survey.  Australian Journal of Botany 48: 461--474.  (PO Box 987, Nightcliff, NT 0814, Australia.)---Twenty-four regular nectarivores (21 honeyeaters, two lorikeets and one white-eye) and 29 opportunist species have been observed probing the flowers of 116 species of plants from 28 families. Bird--flower relationships in monsoonal Australia may be generalised because of a combination of the dominance of mass-flowering myrtaceous trees, aridity during past glacials that may have eliminated specialists from the system, and perhaps also because many nectar sources are shared with bats.---M.G.B. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Galetti, M., & O. de Carvalho, Jr.  2000.  Sloths in the diet of a Harpy Eagle nestling in eastern Amazon.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 535--536.  (Plant Phenology and Seed Dispersal Research Group, Depto. De Ecologia, Univ. Estadual Paulista (UNESP), C.P. 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil; EM: mgaletti@rc.unsep.br)--- Harpia harpyja prey remains included two-toed sloths (Choloepus didactylus ), three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus), and four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum).  The authors found no evidence of predation on primates despite their local abundance and importance to Harpy Eagles studied elsewhere.---J.J.Dos.  {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Hirano, T., & S. Yasui.  2001.  [Dietary habits of wintering Eastern Marsh Harriers at Watarase Marsh from pellet analysis.]  Strix 19: 43--47.  (c/o T. Tomuro, 2-3-15 Yoshino, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-0838, Japan; EM: hirano12@peach.ocn.ne.jp)--- Circus spilonotos.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Johnstone, R. E., & T. Kirkby.  1999.  Food of the Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksia naso in southwestern Western Australia.   Western Australian Naturalist 22: 167--177.  (WA Mus., Francis St., Perth., WA 6000, Australia.)---Most important foods were the seeds of Corymbia calophylla and Eucalyptus marginata. Between-year variation in fruiting by these species may determine the number of pairs of cockatoos that attempt to breed.---M.G.B.  {B718, C918}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Kopij, G.  1999.  Food of the Cattle Egrette (Bubulcus ibis ) in South African grassland.  Vogelwarte 40: 98--109.  (Dept. of Biology, National Univ. of Lesotho, P.O. Roma 180, Lesotho.)---The bulk of the diet of adults consisted of insects, mainly Orthoptera and Isoptera; in the diet of chicks, vertebrates dominated. The proportion of vertebrates decreased with age.---K.-M.E. {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Luck, G., A. Charmantier, & P. Ezanno.  2001.  Seasonal and landscape differences in the foraging behaviour of the Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufa.  Pacific Conservation Biology 7: 9--20.  (Ctr. Ecosys. Manage., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalap, WA 6014, Australia.)---Foraging behaviour in two landscapes were compared: a continuously vegetated and relatively undisturbed landscape; and a highly modified agricultural landscape with small remnant patches of grazed and ungrazed woodland. Changes to the vegetation ground layer, and its associated invertebrate communities, through habitat disturbance maybe be detrimental to this ground-foraging insectivore and is a potential factor in the decline of the species in agricultural areas of southern Australia.---W.K.S.  {B908}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} McWhorter, T. J., & C. Martínez del Rio.  2000.  Does gut function limit hummingbird food intake?  Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 73: 313--324.  (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088, USA; EM: mcwhorte@u.arizona.edu)---The “compensatory feeding hypothesis,” that birds increase energy intake when expenditures increase, was tested and rejected in Selasphorus platycercus.  This was interpreted as support for the “physiological constraint hypothesis,” the only alternative hypothesis offered.  The latter hypothesis was not tested directly.---J.S.G. {E104, E118}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Means, D. B., & A. Harvey.  1999.  Barbour’s map turtle in the diet of nesting Bald Eagles.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 14--16.  (Coastal Plains Inst. Land Conserv., 1313 Duval St., Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA; EM: dbm5647@garnet.acns.fsu.edu)--- Haliaeetus leucocephalus eating Graptemys barbouri and other vertebrates.---E.D.S. {B718}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Medway, D. G.  2000.  Mycophagy by North Island [New Zealand] Robin.   Australasian Mycologist 19: 102.  (25A Norman St., New Plymouth, New Zealand; EM: dmedway@voyager.co.nz)----Petroica australis longipes observed eating rotting fungi, rather than invertebrate larvae.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Minton, C. D. T.  2001.  Unusual food for a Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 44.  (165 Dalgetty Rd., Beaumaris, Vic. 3193, Australia.)---Food scraps from restaurant table.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Panasci, T., & D. Whitacre.  2000.  Diet and foraging behavior of nesting Roadside Hawks in Petén, Guatemala.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 555--558.  (9319 S. Cove Creek Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, USA; EM: theresa_panasci@dstinnovis.com)---The authors studied Buteo magnirostris in primary tropical forest habitat and slash-and-burn farming landscape nearby.  Reptiles and amphibians were the main prey types delivered to nestlings in both habitats.  Relatively more insects and mammals were delivered to forest nests.---J.J.Dos.  {B908, D300, D306}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Paton, D. C., M. Ziembicki, P. Owen, B. Hill, & C. Bailey.  2000.  Distribution and abundance of migratory waders and their food in the estuarine areas of the Murray [River] mouth [South Australia] and patterns in the composition of sediments.  Stilt 37: 47.  (Dept. Environ. Biol., Univ. Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.)---Largest concentration of birds occurs on extensive mudflats where sediments are finer and invertebrate prey densities highest. Abstract only---full report available from Ms T. Walsh, Wetlands Unit, Environment Australia, GPO Box 123 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.---I.D.E.  {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Robert, M., & L. Cloutier.  2001.  Summer food habits of Harlequin Ducks in eastern North America.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 78--84.  (Canadian Wildlife Service, Québec Region, Environment Canada, 1141 route de l'Église, C.P. 10100, Sainte-Foy, PQ G1V 4H5, Canada; EM: michel.robert@ec.gc.ca)---25 taxa were identified in fecal samples of Histrionicus histrionicus .  99.7% of all food items counted were insects with the remainder being mollusks (Valvata sp.) and mites (Acarina).  Simuliidae larvae ( Prosimulium and Cnephia) were the most common food items in terms of relative frequency.  Trichoptera were the most common in terms of frequency of occurrence in fecal samples.  These results are consistent with observations of Harlequin Ducks feeding on the beds of fast-moving rivers and occasionally in slow-moving waters.---J.J.Dos.  {E509}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Rogers, D. I.  2000.  Age-related variation in foraging ecology of Great Knots and Red Knots in Roebuck Bay, north-western Australia.  Stilt 37: 51--52.  (340 Ninks Rd., St Andrews, Vic. 3761, Australia; EM: drogers@melbpc.org.au)---Young Calidris tenuirostris and Calidris canutus foraged in different places and took different prey (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Rose, A. B.  2001.  Supplementary records of the food of some terrestrial non-passerines in New South Wales.  Australian Bird Watcher 19: 60--68.  (Aust. Mus., 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 3000, Australia.)---Stomach contents, pellets, droppings and observations for Dromaius novaehollandiae, Alectura lathami, Coturnix pectoralis, Coturnix ypsilophora , Haliastur sphenurus, Haliaeetus leucogaster, Circus approximans , Accipiter fasciatus, Accipiter cirrhocephalus, Falco berigora , Falco longipennis, Falco peregrinus, Falco cenchroides , Turnix varia, Pedionomus torquatus, Columba leucomela , Streptopelia chinensis, Macropygia amboinensis, Phaps chalcoptera, Phaps elegans, Geopelia humeralis, Leucosarcia melanoleuca and Lopholaimus antarcticus.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Santamaría, M., & A. M. Franco.  2000.  Frugivory of Salvin's Curassow in a rainforest of the Colombian Amazon.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 473--481.  (Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), INPA C.P. 478, CEP: 69011-970, Manus AM- Brazil; EM: marcesanta10@hotmail.com)---Reports the diet and fate of seeds ingested by a family group of Mitu salvini .  Approximately 70% of diet was fruit although there was considerable temporal variation in diet composition.  Authors propose that Salvin's Curassows are mainly seed predators although seed size was critical in determining seed fate (dispersed versus predated).---J.J.Dos.  {C909}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Saunders, A. S. J., & S. Burgin.  2001.  Selective foliage foraging by Red Wattlebirds, Anthochaera carunculata, and Noisy Friarbirds, Philemon corniculatus.  Emu 101: 163--166.  (Ctr. Landscape Ecosyst. Manage., Univ. W. Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, S. Penrith Distribution Ctr., NSW 1797, Australia.)---Both species forage significantly more on Eucalyptus punctata, relative to its abundance, than on any other species at study sites across central New South Wales. Noisy Friarbirds were often absent from sites with E. punctatus when Red Wattlebirds were present and foliage gleaning.---W.K.S.  {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Shane,  T. G., & L. M. Edwards.  2000.  Racer as a winter prey item of Red-tailed Hawk.  Bull. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. 51: 39--40.  (1706 Belmont, Garden City, KS 67846 USA.)---Buteo jamaicensis preying on Coluber constrictor in Hamilton Co., KS, 18 December 1999.---R.F.J.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Simpson, J. A.  2000.  More on mycophagous birds.  Australasian Mycologist 19: 49--51.  (For. Res. Dev. Div., State For. NSW., P.O. Box 100, Beecroft, NSW 2119, Australia.)---Literature review, and new observation for Eopsaltria australis.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Squires, J. R.  2000.  Food habits of Northern Goshawks nesting in south central Wyoming.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 536--539.  (Univ. of Montana, School of Forestry, Wildlife Biology Program, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, P.O. Box 8089, E. Beckwith, Missoula, MT 59807, USA; EM: jsquires@fs.fed.us)--- Accipiter gentilis prey included at least 14 species of mammals and 19 species of birds.---J.J.Dos. {C912}  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Tomizawa, A.  2001.  [The prey items of Brown Hawk Owls.]  Strix 19: 121--127.  (71 Ohkawa Town, 3, Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-0911, Japan.)---During early July, more than 80% of prey items of Ninox scutulata were moths; although beetles increased in proportion after that date. The increase in beetles as prey items was caused mainly by the increase in population of Melolontha frater.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Tsubuki, T., & K. Ueda.  2001.  [Significance of beak mark on butterfly wing: a review in Japan.]  Strix 19: 129--140.  (Jyumonji High Sch., Kitaootsuka 1-10-33, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0004, Japan.)---Review of previous records in which butterflies were attacked by birds in Japan.  (Japanese, English summ.)---M.J.U.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} van den Hoff, J.  2001.  Further observations on the cephalopod diet of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) at Macquarie Island.   Emu 101: 169--172.  (Biol. Sec., Aust. Antarct. Div., Channel Highway, Kingston, Tas. 7050, Australia.)---Eighteen species of cephalopod identified from nest material and stomach contents, including four species not previously reported in the diet: Pholidoteuthis boschmai, Brachioteuthis picta , and two Chiroteuthis spp.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Walpole, S. C., & D. L. Oliver.  2000.  Observations of Glossy Black-Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus lathami feeding on the seeds of Buloke Allocasuarina luehmannii.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 284--285.  (Natl. Pks. Wild. Serv., West. Directorate, P.O. Box 2111, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.)---First record of feeding on this species of Allocasuarina.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D302} Zharikov, Y., & G. A. Skilleter.  2000.  Sex-specific intertidal habitat use in the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica wintering in eastern Australia.  Stilt 37: 52--53.  (Dept. Zool. Entomol., Univ. Queensland, St Lucia, Qld. 4072, Australia.)---Males use superior seagrass habitat while females more common on apparently poorer sandy flats (conference abstract).---I.D.E. {C922}  {ROL #83}

 

{D304} Fujita, K.  2001.  Nectar robbing by the Purple-rumped Sunbird from introduced flowers in Sri Lanka.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 185--188.  (Sanct. Ctr., Wild Bird Soc. Japan, Yokohama Nat. Sanct., 1562-1 Kamigou-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 247-0013, Japan.)---Nectarinia zeylonica .  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Bhatt, D., & A. Kumar.  2001.  Foraging ecology of Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer in Hardiwar, India.  Forktail 17: 109--110.  (Dept. Zool. Environ. Sci., Gurukul Kangri Univ., Hardiwar 249Ê404, India.)---Dawn to dusk observations around university campus, once a week, over two years (1995--97) provided details of diet, consisting of fruit, leaves, nectar from indigenous and exotic plants; also a variety of animals from insects to skinks.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Bryan, A. L., Jr., J. W. Snodgrass, J. R. Robinette, J. L. Daly, & I. L. Brisbin, Jr.  2001.  Nocturnal activities of post-breeding Wood Storks.   Auk 118: 508--513.  (P.O. Box 374, Erie, CO 80516, USA; EM: bryan@srel.edu)--- Mycteria americana attendance at roost sites was significantly reduced during nocturnal low tides to forage on fish concentrated in creeks, hypothesized to decrease prey awareness of stork presence.---S.W.H.  {B314, B308}  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Collins, C. T.  2000.  Foraging of Glossy and Pygmy Swiftlets in Palawan, Philippines.  Forktail 16: 53--55.  (Dept. Biol. Sci., California State Univ., Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.)---Glossy Swiftlets (Collocalia esculenta ) forage within 2 m of the ground in open areas while Pygmy Swiftlets ( Collocalia troglodytes) forage near canopy height.---I.R.  {B128}  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Evans, K. M., & A. Bunce.  2000.  A comparison of the foraging behaviour of the Eastern Pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) and nectarivorous birds in a Banksia integrifolia woodland.  Australian Mammalogy 22: 81--86.  (Sch. Bot., Univ. Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia; EM: k.evans2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au)---Nectarivorous birds tended to move farther between trees, were attracted to trees with a larger number of inflorescences and visited a larger number of inflorescences per tree.---I.D.E.  {E509}  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Freeman, A. N. D., K.-J. Wilson, & D. G. Nicholls.  2001.  Westland Petrels and the Hoki fishery: determining co-occurrence using satellite telemetry.   Emu 101: 47--56.  (Ecol. Entomol. Gp., PO Box 84, Lincoln Univ., Canterbury, New Zealand.)---Twelve Procellaria westlandica were satellite-tracked over 22 foraging trips to test the assertion that increases in this bird species population were due, at least in part, to its feeding on waste from a Macruronus novaezelandiae fishery. Evident that despite nearby large-scale fishery the petrels continue to forage over much wider ocean areas than those utilised by the fishing fleet.---W.K.S.  {B504, B908, C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{D306}  Johns, B., & D. Johns.  2001.  Loggerhead Shrike larder and prey.   Blue Jay 59: 125--129.  (C.W.S., 115 Perimeter Rd., Saskatoon, SK S7H 4V6, Can.)---Lanius ludovicianus prey impaled on barbed wire near an active nest in SK included numerous frogs and, surprisingly, 20 blister beetles apparently "allowed to cure" before being eaten.---R.W.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Margalida, A., & J. Bertran.  2001.  Functional and temporal variation in use of ossuaries by Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) during the nestling period.  Auk 118: 785--789.  (Group of Study and Protection of the Bearded Vulture, Apdo. 43, E-25520, El Pont de Suert (Lleida), Spain; EM: margalida@gauss.entorno.es)---Ossuaries (bone-breaking sites) were used in 71% of cases to prepare food for chicks; pairs used an average of two ossuaries with a mean of 789 m from the nest.---S.W.H.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Minton C.  2000.  Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea swimming when feeding.  Stilt 37: 22.  (165 Dalgetty Rd., Beaumaris, Vic. 3193, Australia.)---Similar feeding behaviour to Phalaropus lobatus except pirouetting not observed.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Nakamura, M.  2001.  Effect of snow cover on the social and foraging behavior of the Great Tit.  Ecol. Res. 16: 301--308.  (Lab. Anim. Ecol., Dept. Biol., Joetsu Univ. Edu., 1 Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-8512, Japan.)---The intraspecific sociality of Parus major is insensitive to snow cover, but home range size and foraging positions are affected by joining mixed-species flocks rather than by snow cover.---H.N.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Potts, R. T., & D. B. Donato.  2000.  Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus taking Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 282--284.  (Tanami Mine Joint Venture, P.O. Box 4800, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia.)---Male shepherded prey towards hidden female that then attacked from below.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Shimada, T., & A. Bowman.  2001.  [Response of waders related to a temporarily dried area in an inland lake.]  Strix 19: 175--179.  (Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environ. Found., 17-2 Shikimi, Wakayanagi, Miyagi 989-5504, Japan; EM: tesh@fsinet.or.jp)---Calidris ruficollis, Pluvialis fulva, Tringa glareola.  (Japanese, English summ.)  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Styring, A. R., & K. Ickes.  2001.  Interactions between the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus and woodpeckers in a lowland Malaysian rainforest.  Forktail 17: 119--120.  (Louisiana State Univ. Mus. Nat. Sci., 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; EM:astyrin@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu)---Of 150 occasions when woodpeckers were followed in Pasoh Forest Reserve, D. paradesius followed them 76 times; they usually perched within 5 m of the foraging woodpecker and frequently sallied for flushed arthropods.---I.R. {B314}  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Toland, B.  1999.  Mid-air capture of fish by Tricolored Herons and Snowy Egrets in southeastern Florida.  Florida Field Nat. 27: 171--172.  (Brevard Co. Off. Nat. Resour. Manage., 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. A, Viera, FL 32940, USA.)---Egretta tricolor and Egretta thula captured golden shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucus) in mid-air as the fish were jumping upstream through a breached levy.---E.D.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{D306} Wood, K. A.  2000.  Notes on feeding habits of Pied Currawong Strepera graculina at Wollongong, New South Wales.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 259--266.  (7 Eastern Ave., Mangerton, NSW 2500, Australia.)---Foraging methods are described for insects, fruit and other birds.---I.D.E.  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{D308} King, D. I., & J. H. Rappole.  2001.  Kleptoparasitism of laughingthrushes Garrulax by Greater Racket-tailed Drongos Dicrurus paradiseus in Myanmar.  Forktail 17: 121--122.  (USDA For. Serv. NW Res. Stn., Univ. Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA; EM:seiurus@yahoo.com)---Reports on observations in the Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, c. 160 km NNW of Mandalay situated in dry deciduous Indaing forest. On seven of nine occasions when D. paradiseus was encountered, single individuals accompanied mixed flocks of Garrulax, mainly Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger). Six attacks by drongos on laughingthrushes were seen but with no definite evidence of kleptoparasitism. Several alarm calls from perched drongos caused Garrulax to fly up from ground foraging.---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D308} Llambías, P. E., V. Ferretti, & P. S. Rodríguez.  2001.  Kleptoparasitism in the Great Kiskadee.  Wilson Bulletin 113: 116--117.  (Dept. de Ciencias Biologicas, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; EM: ferretti@bg.fcen.uba.ar)---Descriptions of interspecific kleptoparasitism by Pitangus sulphuratus (Tyrannidae).  A kiskadee was observed snatching several snails from a Limpkin (Aramus guarauna).  Kiskadees kleptoparasitized Rufus-bellied Thrushes (Turdus rufiventris) on several instances, usually for earthworms.  Coleoptera larvae were kleptoparasitized from Rufous Horneros (Furnarius rufus ), and food items too small to be identified were taken from White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi).---J.J.Dos.  {D302}  {ROL #83}

 

{D502} Harmon, S. A., & R. A. Van Den Bussche.  2000.  Genetic attributes of a declining population of reintroduced Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris ).  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 258--266.  (U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., 222 South Houston, Suite A., Tulsa, OK 74127, USA.)---Population decline in southeastern Oklahoma not due to reduced genetic variability. Most likely due to other biotic or abiotic factors.---J.J.D. {C914}  {ROL #83}

 

{D502} Scherner, E. R.  2000.  [Is the immutabilis-gene transmission in Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) subjected to selection?]  Vogelwarte 40: 242--245.  (Im Wiesengrund 5a, D-49681 Garrel, Germany.) (German, English summary.)  {ROL #83}

 

{D504} Armstrong, M. H., E. L. Braun, & R. T. Kimball.  2001.  Phylogenetic utility of avian ovomucoid intron G: A  comparison of nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenies in Galliformes.  Auk 118: 799--804.  (R.T.K.: Dept. Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; EM: kimball.23@osu.edu)---Avian ovomucoid intron G (OVOG) had a strong phylogenetic signal for genera and family levels.  Nucleotide substitution on OVOG was very different than that of cytochrome B and had little base compositional bias, relatively low transition-transversion ratio, and little among-site rate heterogeneity.---S.W.H. {D103, E512}  {ROL #83}

 

{D504} Beheler, A. S., R. N. Williams, O. E. Rhodes, E. P. Reat, A. M. Fedynich, D. B. Pence, & J. F. Bergan.  2000.  Genetic polymorphisms in two species of whistling-ducks from Texas.  Southwestern Naturalist 45: 234--238.  (Dept. For. & Nat. Resour., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.)--- Dendrocygna autumnalis, Dendrocygna bicolor.  {ROL #83}

 

{D504} Weckstein, J. D., R. M. Zink, R. C. Blackwell-Rago, & D. A. Nelson.  2001.  Anomalous variation in mitochondrial genomes of the White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows: Pseudogenes, hybridization, or incomplete lineage sorting?  Auk 118: 231--236.  (Dept. Biol. Sci. & Mus. Nat. Sci., 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-3216, USA; EM: jweckkst@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu)---Two phenotypically distinct passerines, Zonotrichia leucophrys and Zonotrichia atricapilla, exhibit low genetic divergence, some shared mtDNA haplotypes between individuals, low nucleotide diversity, and are not reciprocally monophyletic; has implications for molecular clocks.---S.L.S. {D103}  {ROL #83}

 

{D508} Busam, M.  2001.  “The possibilities are bewildering”: The history and mystery of the Cincinnati warbler.  The Ohio Cardinal 24: 80--90.  (Wm. Whan, 223 E. Tulane Rd., Columbus, OH 43202, USA; EM danielel@iwaynet.net)---History of interpretation of the type specimen of “Vermivora cincinnatiensis,” the hybrid Oporornis formosus X Vermivora pinus.---W.D.W. {B118}  {ROL #83}

 

{D508} Confer, J. L., & S. K. Tupper.  2000.  A reassessment of the status of Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers in the Hudson Highlands of southern New York.  Wilson Bulletin 112: 544--546.  (Biology Dept., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.)---10% of the males were Vermivora chrysoptera and Vermivora pinus hybrids.  These Brewster's Warbler individuals ceased singing and other conspicuous behaviors early in the breeding season.  The reduced vigor of their displays may explain the rarity of pair formation and nesting by hybrids.---J.J.Dos.  {B904, B312, B320, C922, E522}  {ROL #83}

 

{D508} Randler, C.  2000.  [Occurrence of Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrids, Aythya ferina x A. nyroca.]  Vogelwarte 40: 206--211.  (Conrad-Rotenburger-Str. 3, D-74321 Bietigheim, Germany.)---In W-Europe number of hybrids increased steadily since 1978.  Aythya nyroca .---K.-M.E. (German, English summary)  {ROL #83}

 

{D702} Clement, P.  2000.  Thrushes in Thailand.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 31: 29--40.  (69 Harecroft Rd., Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 1RL, UK.)---This paper and the plates that accompany it are based on a forthcoming book Thrushes of the World (A. & C. Black).---I.R.  {ROL #83}

 

{D702} Franklin, D., & R. Noske.  2000.  Identification notes: Friarbirds ( Philemon spp.). Northern Territory Naturalist 16: 36--37.  (No address given.)---Tabulates identification criteria for Philemon buceroides , Philemon argenticeps, Philemon citreogularis occurring in the NT. Illustrated.---P.S.L.  {ROL #83}

 

{D702} Hamilton, S. G., J. Erica, & M. K. Tarburton.  2001.  Notes on the sixth specimen record of the Three-toed Swiftlet Aerodramus papuensis in Papua New Guinea.  Corella 25: 12--14.  (The Nature Conservancy, Papua New Guinea Field Office, PO Box 2750, Boroka, NCD, Papua New Guinea.)---Morphometric data are compared with congeners; only distinguishing characters are the number of toes and absence of hallux.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D702} LeCroy, M., et al.  2001.  Accipiter imitator on Isabel Island, Solomon Islands.  Emu 101: 151--155.  (American Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Pk. West, 79th St., New York, NY 10024, USA.)---Two specimens, including one of a melanistic individual, collected. Describes morphological differences between Accipiter imitator and the very similar and sympatric Accipiter albogularis.---W.K.S. {E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{D702} Rasmussen, P.  2000.   Streak-breasted Woodpecker Picus viridanus in Bangladesh: re-identification of the region's sole specimen recorded as Lace Woodpecker Picus vittatus. Forktail 16: 183--184.  (Div. Birds, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. 20560-0116, USA.)---A specimen collected by R. A. Paynter, Jr. on 12 Apr. 1958, about 30 miles south of Khulna in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, was tentatively identified as Picus vittatus and not Picus viridanus because the specimen lacked streaking on the throat and breast. The author finds the specimen inseparable from several specimens of Picus viridanus from Myanmar. No race of Picus vittatus approaches the Indian sub-continent closer than about Bangkok. To facilitate future identification of these two confusing species characters typical of nearly all adults are presented.---I.R. {C328  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Franklin, D. C., I. J. Smales, B. R. Quin, & P. W. Menkhorst.  2000.  Age and sex characteristics of the Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix in the hand.  Corella 24: 30--35.  (P.O. Box 987, Nightcliff, NT 0814, Australia; EM: monsoon@topend.com.au)---Adults show overlapping dimorphism in size and weight and may be slightly dichromatic. Plumage colour differences between adult and young are slight and may be dietary rather than genetic. There are clear differences in gape, palate and bill colour.---I.D.E.  {E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Jensen, S. B., & N. Bahr.  2000.  Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus---notes on juvenile plumage.  Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 32: 13 & 17(ph).  (c/o Westphal, Bruggemannstrasse 7, D-29664 Walsrode, Germany.)---Two Hemicircus woodpeckers received at Vogelpark Walsrode from Indonesia appeared to be Hemicircus concretus concretus; one of which seemed to be a juvenile specimen with a striking fluffy orange-red ‘punk-like’ crest, not mentioned in any available modern literature. In 1890, E. Hargitt catalogued the Picariae in the British Museum collection and detailed the unmistakable head pattern of the juvenile male H. c. concretus ; his description of equivalent Hemicircus concretus sordidus, however closely matches illustrations in recent literature. We can now confirm Hargitt's finding since the captive H. c. concretus started moulting into adult plumage in Jan. 2000.---I.R. {E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Kawano, K., et al.  2000.  Sexual dimorphism of the Red-Billed Leiothrix.   Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 59--61.  (Dept. Biol., Fac. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.)---Leiothrix lutea.  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Loyn, R. H., & S. J. S. Debus.  2000.  Description of juvenile Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis.  Australian Bird Watcher 18: 288--289.  (Arthur Rylah Inst., Dept. Nat. Resour. Environ., 123 Brown St., Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia.)---Plumage, soft parts and photograph.---I.D.E. {E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Miskelly, C. M.  2001.  Effect of plumage wear on field identification of White-naped Petrels, Pterodroma cervicalis.  Emu 101: 167--168.  (82 Ranui Cres., Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand.)---Results reveal great differences in the appearance of fledgling and adult birds.---W.K.S.  {E114}  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Nota, Y.  2000.  Sexual size dimorphism of the Little Egret.  Japanese Journal of Ornithology 49: 51--54.  (Dept. Zool., Grad. Sch. Sci., Kyoto Univ., Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.)---Egretta garzetta.  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Robertson, B. C., C. D. Millar, E. O. Minot, D. V. Merton, & D. M. Lambert.   2000.  Sexing the critically endangered Kakapo Strigops habroptilus .  Emu 100: 336--339.  (Écol., Inst. Nat. Resour., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.)---The gender of 67 specimens was determined using two independent sex-linked DNA markers and compared with results of sexing birds from plumage. All male specimens could be identified by presence of pale yellow-brown 'watermark' patterning on the tips of the eight outermost primaries. No females displayed this patterning. This simple yet effective method of sexing birds appears to hold good for fledglings as well as adult birds---W.K.S. {B904}  {ROL #83}

 

{D704} Rose, A. B.  2001.  Tarsus length as a sex determinant in the Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae.  Corella 18--20.  (Aust. Mus., 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.)---Birds sexed by dissection were clearly discriminated by tarsus length.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D900} Wilson, J.  2000.  Australasian Wader Studies Group Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 1--2 July 2000.  Stilt 37: 49--53.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia; EM: j.wilson@dynamite.com.au)---Abstracts of 15 spoken papers mostly on theme of ‘Long distance migrations in the Flyway’.---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

{D902} Busse, P.  2000.  Augmentation of ringing recovery data by means of field experiments: a new look at migration of nocturnal migrants.  Vogelwarte 40: 265--270.  (Bird Migration Res. Station, Univ. of Gdansk, Przebendowo, PL-84-210 Choczewo, Poland.)---By means of field experiments (orientation cages) it is shown that 36-41% of Erithacus rubecula tested at the Baltic coast headed more easterly than Italy, in Central Poland 84%, and near Moscow 87%.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Delingat, J., & V. Dierschke.  2000.  Habitat utilization by Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) stopping over on an offshore island during migration.  Vogelwarte 40: 272--278.  (Inst. f. Vogelforschung “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Inselstation Helgoland, Postfach 1220, D-27494 Helgoland, Germany.)---During spring migration birds equally used grassland and beach habitats, whereas during autumn caused by declining food supplies on grassland an increasing proportion stayed in beach habitats.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Harris, J., Su Liying, H. Higuchi, M. Ueta, Zhang Zhengwang, Zhang yanyun, & Ni Xijun.  2000.  Migratory stopover and wintering locations in eastern China used by White-naped Cranes Grus vipio and Hooded Cranes Grus monacha as determined by satellite tracking.  Forktail 16: 93--99.  (Internatl. Crane Found., Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA.)---Reports migratory stopover sites in eastern China and on the Russian side of Lake Khanka near the international border as shown by satellite tracking. Satellite tracking also showed crane movements in winter at Poyang Lake. The need to expand protected areas for both migratory and wintering habitats are discussed.---I.R.  {C320, B904, B910, E524}  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Hockey, P. A. R.  2000.  Patterns and correlates of bird migrations in sub-Saharan Africa.  Emu 100: 401--417.  (Percy FitzPatrick Inst. African Ornithol., Univ. Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.)---Among Afrotropical species the proportion of bird species that are migratory can be predicted from the average temperature of the coldest month of the year. The likelihood of any one species being migratory is strongly influenced by its diet, foraging mode (as influenced by prey behaviour) and vegetation geography. In contrast to Neotropical and Oriental species, many Afrotropical species exhibit polarised migration with movements both northwards and southwards of the equator by different portions of the population.  It is hypothesized that the explanation for this lies in the large extent, and comparative symmetry, of the savannas lying north and south of the equator in Africa, and the lack of north--south dispersal barriers.---W.K.S.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Minton, C., R. Jessop, P. Collins, J. Fallaw, B. Hayward, J. Sparrow, & C. Hassell.   2000.  Visible departures of waders on northward migration from NW Australia.   Stilt 37: 51.  (165 Dalgetty Rd., Beaumaris, Vic. 3193, Australia; EM: mintons@ozemail.com.au)---Flight direction, flock composition and effect of weather (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Puglisi, L., & N. E. Baldaccini.  2000.  Nocturnal flights during spring migration in the Bittern (Botaurus stellaris).  Vogelwarte 40: 235--238.  (Dipartimento di Etologia, Ecologia ed Evoluzione, Univ. di Pisa, via Volta 6, I-56126 Italy.)  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Rodrigues, D. J. C., A. M. D. Fabião, M. E. M. A. Figueiredo, & P. J. Q. Tenreiro.   2000.  Migratory status and movements of the Portuguese Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos).  Vogelwarte 40: 292--297.  (Centro de Estudos Florestais, Inst. Superior de Agronomie, P-1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.)---Portuguese populations are mainly resident. Populations from central and northern Portugal were more related to Galicia and north Atlantic populations than with the southern Portuguese population.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Salewski, V., F. Bairlein, & B. Leisler.  2000.  Site fidelity of Palearctic passerine migrants in the Northern Guinea savanna zone, West Africa.  Vogelwarte 40: 298--301.  (Inst. f. Vogelforschung, “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, An der Vogelwarte 21, D-26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.)---Majority of 15 Palearctic passerine species caught in the Comoé National Park showed no site fidelity, only Ficedula hypoleuca used the area as the final wintering ground.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Williams, T. C., J. M. Williams, P. G. Williams, & P. Stokstad.  2001.  Bird migration through a mountain pass studied with high resolution radar, ceilometers, and census.  Auk 118: 389--403.  (Dept. Biol., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA; EM: twillia@swarthmore.edu)---Evidence of autumnal migrants following topographic features of the Northern Appalachian Mountains is presented.---E.R.I.  {ROL #83}

 

{D902} Wilson, J.  2000.  The macro environment for waders migrating long distances to the southern continents: an attempt to explain why they do it.  Stilt 37: 52.  (13/27 Giles St., Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia; EM: j.wilson@dynamite.com.au)---Lack of suitable non-breeding habitat and the distance between last staging areas may have affected distribution (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {C908}  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Andreotti, A., L. Bendini, D. Piacentini, & F. Spina.  1999.  The role of Italy within the Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) migratory system analysed on the basis of ringing-recovery data.  Vogelwarte 40: 28--51.  (Instituto Nazional per la Fauna Selvatica, Via Ca’ Fornacetta, 9, I-40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.)---The data indicate that Song Thrushes perform a loop migration. Birds derived from central-east Europe, the Baltic and Central Europe head towards the Mediterranean, the Balearics and Algeria, from there they fly back via Sardinia/Corsica.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Barter, M.  2000.  The migration strategies of the Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris.  Stilt 37: 49.  (21 Chivalry Ave., Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150, Australia; EM: markbarter@optusnet.com.au)---Uses a limited number of staging sites (conference abstract).---I.D.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Barter, M. A., J. R. Wilson, Z. W. Li, Z. G. Dong, Y. G. Cao, & L. S. Jiang.   2000.  Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, north-eastern China---a newly discovered internationally important Yellow Sea site for northward migrating shorebirds.   Stilt 37: 14--21.  (21 Chivalry Ave., Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150, Australia; EM: markbarter@optusnet.com.au)---Over 150Ê000 birds of 25 species were counted, of which nine were in internationally important numbers: Limosa lapponica , Numenius arquata, Numenius madagascariensis, Tringa erythropus , Calidris tenuirostris, Limicola falcinellus, Pluvialis squatarola and Charadrius mongolus. Likely that intertidal mudflats of northern Yellow Sea are final staging region for shorebirds on northern migration along East Asian--Australasian Flyway.---I.D.E. {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Barter, M. A., J. R. Wilson, Z. W. Li, Y. X. Li, C. Y. Yang, X. J. Li, Y. F. Lui, & H. S. Tian.  2000.  Northward migration of shorebirds in the Shuangtaizihekou National Reserve, Liaoning Province, China, in 1998 and 1999.  Stilt 37: 2--10.  (21 Chivalry Ave., Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150, Australia; EM: markbarter@optusnet.com.au)---Reserve supports c. 100Ê000 birds on northwest migration with 11 species present in internationally important numbers: Limosa lapponica, Numenius phaeopus, Numenius arquata , Numenius madagascariensis, Tringa erythropus, Calidris tenuirostris, Calidris alpina, Himantopus himantopus, Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius alexandrinus and Charadrius mongolus.---I.D.E.  {B910}  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Baumann, S.  1999.  [Phenology of migration and wintering area in the European Golden Oriole (Oriolus o. oriolus).]  Vogelwarte 40: 63--79.  (AG Öko-Ethologie, Univ. Osnabrück, FB Biologie/Chemie, Barbarastr. 11, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany.)---European Golden Orioles stay in two separated wintering areas: south of 5°S and north of the rain forests in Cameroon and the Central African Republic.  (German, English summary)---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Bolshakov, C. V., V. N. Bulyuk, & A. Sinelschikova.  2000.  Study of nocturnal departures in small passerine migrants: retrapping of ringed birds in high mist-nets.  Vogelwarte 40: 250--257.  (Biol. Station Rybachy, Zool. Inst., Russ. Acad. Sci., Rybachy 238535, Kaliningrad Region, Russia.)---For marked local birds information of date, time of night, body mass, fat stores and moult status at departure are given, especially for Erithacus rubecula and Acrocephalus scirpaceus.---K.-M.E.  {ROL #83}

 

{D904} Diadicheva, E., & N. Matsievskaya.  2000.  Migration routes of waders using stopover sites in the Azov-Black Sea region, Ukraine.  Vogelwarte 40: 161--178.  (Azov-Black Sea Ornithol. Station, Lenin Street 20, Melitopol 72312, Ukraine.)---Based on ringing recoveries migration patterns of Vanellus vanellus, Tringa totanus, Tringa glareola, Calidris alpina, Calidris ferruginea