Publications Archive - Page 50 of 244

Juvenile Stewart Island robins (Petroica australia rakiura) disperse up to 16 km

Notornis, 51 (1), 55-56

S. Oppel; B. Beaven (2004)

Article Type: Short Note

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Southern Bird, 20 (Dec), 3-3

L. McPherson (2004)

Article Type: article

The type localities of Cook’s petrel (Pterodroma cookii), reef heron (Egretta sacra sacra) and wandering tattler (Tringa incana)

Notornis, 51 (3), 155-158

D.G. Medway (2004)

Article Type: Short Note

We want your mites: a small bird parasite may answer a big question

Southern Bird, 18 (Jun), 14-14

R. Cruikshank; A. Paterson (2004)

Article Type: letter

Common diving petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix) recolonise Mana Island

Notornis, 51 (4), 245-246

C. Miskelly; G. Timlin; R. Cotter (2004)

Article Type: Short Note

Breeding of the Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata bethunei) on Macquarie Island

Notornis, 51 (2), 114-116

M. Schulz; R. Gales (2004)

Article Type: Short Note

Robin attacking mouse

Southern Bird, 20 (Dec), 7-7

K. Parlane (2004)

Article Type: Article

Treasurer’s annual report for year ended 31 December 2003

Southern Bird, 18 (Jun), 4-4

M. Nee (2004)

Article Type: note

The tale of the lighthouse-keeper’s cat: discovery and extinction of the Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli)

Notornis, 51 (4), 193-200

R. Galbreath; D. Brown (2004)

Article Type: Paper

The Stephens Island wren Traversia lyalli is widely quoted as having been discovered and promptly exterminated from its only locality, Stephens Island, New Zealand, by a single lighthouse keeper’s cat. Examination of archival and museum records indicates that this account is oversimplified, and throws more light on the roles of the lighthouse keeper David Lyall, the dealer Henry Travers, and the ornithologists Sir Walter Buller and Walter Rothschild. Extinction of the wren was more extended than generally stated: 10 specimens were evidently brought in by a cat in 1894, but another two-four were obtained in 1895, and two-three more after that and possibly as late as 1899. Fifteen of these specimens are still held in museums. Cat predation probably was the main factor in the wren’s extinction, but not necessarily by a single cat: cats became established on Stephens Island in 1894, increased rapidly and exterminated several other species before they were eliminated.