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OSNZ News Volume 39 – a supplement to Notornis, Volume 33 (2), June 1986

OSNZ News, 39 (),

P. Sagar (editior) (1986)

Article Type: Magazine

Habitat use and spring movements of New Zealand pigeons at Lake Rotoroa, Nelson Lakes National Park

Notornis, 33 (1), 37-44

Clout, M.N., Gaze, P.D., Hay, J.R., Karl, B.J. (1986)

Article Type: Paper

Monthly counts of New Zealand Pigeons (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) in lakeside habitat at Lake Rotoroa (Nelson Lakes National Park) over 20 months showed that they were most abundant from June to September. Pigeons were seen to feed exclusively on fruits from February to May, but mainly on foliage from June to January, when kowhai (Sophora microphylla) leaves were the main food (96 of 126 observations). Kowhai leaf fall in October/November coincided with a marked drop in pigeon counts, which was possibly caused by birds leaving the area. Two pigeons captured while feeding in lakeside kowhai in June and August 1984 were fitted with radio transmitters. Both were initially sedentary, but they left the lakeside area in October/ November 1984 and travelled at least 2.8 km and 11 km respectively, outside the National Park, to areas of silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) forest at over 1100 m a.s.l. One of the radio-tracked birds nested unsuccessfully at this altitude, where it fed on strawberry fungus (Cyttaria gunnii) parasitising silver beech. Both radio-tracked birds returned to the kowhai at Lake Rotoroa in 1985 (by July and September respectively). The lakeside habitat may be an important overwintering area not only for local pigeons, but also for some which breed in forests outside the National Park.

Norfolk Island birds: a review 1985

Notornis, 33 (3), 141-149

Hermes, N., Evans, O., Evans, B. (1986)

Article Type: Paper

Contribution a l’Etude des Oiseaux de Polynesie Orientale

Notornis, 33 (1), 65

Chambers, S. (1986)

Article Type: Book Review

Food of the Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) on Lady Alice Island (Hen and Chickens Group)

Notornis, 33 (3), 189-190

Saint Girons, M.-C., Newman, D.G., McFadden, I. (1986)

Article Type: Short Note

Birds of the Fiji bush

Notornis, 33 (2), 140

Langham, N. (1986)

Article Type: Book Review

T.R. Hacket and the Okarito kiwis

Notornis, 33 (4), 245-248

Fleming, C.A. (1986)

Article Type: Short Note

OSNZ News Volume 38 – a supplement to Notornis, Volume 33 (1), March 1986

OSNZ News, 38 (),

P. Sagar (editor) (1986)

Article Type: Magazine

A method of ageing the tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) and its use in assessing body measurements

Notornis, 33 (1), 45-49

Onley, D.J. (1986)

Article Type: Paper

A Japanese snipe at Mangere

Notornis, 33 (3), 149-150

Baker, D.G., Child, R.J., Taylor, M.J. (1986)

Article Type: Short Note

OBITUARY – Charles Archie D’arcy Blackburn 1899-1984

Notornis, 33 (1), 66-67

R.B.S. (Sibson) (1986)

Article Type: Obituary

House Sparrows taking insects from car radiators

Notornis, 33 (3), 190-191

Flux, J.E.C., Thompson, C.F. (1986)

Article Type: Short Note

Behaviour and affinities of the Magellanic Cormorant

Notornis, 33 (4), 249-257

Siegel-Causey, D. (1986)

Article Type: Paper

The pair-bonding, recognition, defence, and courtship behaviour of the Magellanic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) is described. Its displays indicate that its closest relatives are the Pelagic and Red-faced Cormorants of the North Pacific, and that its similarities to the Guanay (P. bougainvillii) are only superficial. The affinities of the Magellanic Cormorant appear to lie with the cliff shags as a member of the Stictocarbo complex, rather than with the blue-eyed shag (Leucocarbo) complex.

A beach-wrecked red-tailed tropicbird

Notornis, 33 (1), 50-51

Miller, P., Miller, K. (1986)

Article Type: Short Note

Food of the Cape pigeon (Daption capense) from Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

Notornis, 33 (3), 151-154

Green, K. (1986)

Article Type: Paper

Regurgitated food was collected from 73 Cape Pigeons nesting on coastal islands of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Fish and euphausiids were the main food items, totalling more than 99% of the food by weight. The main euphausiid was Euphausia superba.