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Cape Pigeons breeding and Westland Black Petrels seen at Chatham Islands

Notornis, 36 (1), 51-52

G.S. Clark (1989)

Article Type: Short Note

Moas of the subalpine zone

Notornis, 36 (3), 191-196

T.H. Worthy (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Notes on the nesting, parental care and taxonomy of the Silktail (Lamprolia victoriae) of Fiji

Notornis, 36 (2), 96-98

C. Frith; D. Frith; D. Watling (1989)

Article Type: Short Note

The Bird Fauna of Niue compared with those of Tonga, Samoa, the Southern Cooks and Fiji

Notornis, 36 (4), 285-298

J.A. Gibb, P.C. Bull, W.M. McEwen, I.J. Sewell (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Surveys of South Georgian Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides georgicus) on Codfish Island

Notornis, 36 (2), 157-158

J. West, M J. Imber (1989)

Article Type: Short Note

Index: Volume 36 (3), September 1989

Notornis, 36 (3), 1-3

B.D. Heather (1989)

Article Type: Index

Ornithological Observations at Edward VII Peninsula, Antarctica in 1987-88

Notornis, 36 (1), 53-61

P.A. Broady, C.J. Adams, P.J. Cleary, S.D. Weaver (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Classified Summarised Notes, North Island, 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988

Notornis, 36 (3), 197-222

B.R. Keeley (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Feeding Behaviour of the Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Notornis, 36 (2), 99-106

I.G. McLean (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Three feeding methods are described for Fantails (Rhipidura fuliginosa): hawking, flushing, and feeding associations. Hawking Fantails cover large distances, use any available perch, and often feed above the forest canopy. Flushing Fantails cover small distances, perch on twigs and small branches, and feed mostly within the canopy or on the ground. Fantails in feeding associations feed where the species being followed feeds. Changes in the proportion of use of each feeding method in relation to breeding stage are described; the sexes did not differ in feeding methods during breeding. By using several feeding methods, Fantails forage in a wider range of microhabitats and so may obtain a wider range of prey than they would by only one method.

Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1987, and a review of Procellaria species recoveries since 1960

Notornis, 36 (4), 299-310

R.G. Powlesland (1989)

Article Type: Paper

In 1987, 3,776 kilometres of coast were patrolled and 4,124 dead seabirds were found, well below the average for the previous 17 years (10,624). Unusual finds were a White-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta grallaria), a Kermadec Petrel (Pterodroma neglecta) and a Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda). A summary is given of the coastal and monthly distributions for Procellaria species found during the 1960-1986 period. The most frequently recovered species was the Black Petrel (P. parkinsoni), the number found annually varying markedly.

Grey Ternlets in the Andaman Sea

Notornis, 36 (2), 159-160

G.J. Eller (1989)

Article Type: Short Note

Index: Volume 36 (2), June 1989

Notornis, 36 (2), 1-3

B.D. Heather (1989)

Article Type: Index

Genetics of polymorphism in the Little Shag

Notornis, 36 (1), 62-64

J.E. Dowding (1989)

Article Type: Short Note

Classified Summarised Notes, South Island, 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988

Notornis, 36 (3), 223-247

C.F.J. O'Donnell, J.A. West (1989)

Article Type: Paper

Feeding Behaviour of New Zealand Kingfishers at an Estuary in Winter

Notornis, 36 (2), 107-113

L.M. Hayes (1989)

Article Type: Paper

The feeding behaviour of New Zealand Kingfishers (Halcyon sancta vagans) overwintering at Brooklands Lagoon, a coastal North Canterbury estuary, is described. Kingfishers watched for crabs from perches on or near the mudflats and caught crabs on 96% of dives. Kingfishers then battered them against a perch; parts of the crabs such as the chelae were knocked off in the process. Fallen chelae (n = 225) provided information about species, size and sex of crabs taken. Crabs were collected in mud samples from 10 sites to compare the size, sex and species of crabs present on the mudflats with those taken by Kingfishers. Kingfishers fed only on the mud crab Helice crassa, which was the most abundant crab species on the mudflats. Male crabs and large crabs were taken more often proportionally than they were in the mud samples.