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The occurrence of waders at Suva Point, Fiji

Notornis, 30 (3), 227-232

N.J. Skinner (1983)

Article Type: Paper

Regular and closely spaced counts of migratory waders were made at Suva Point, Fiji, over 15 months. Arrival and departure times were determined with fair accuracy for the four main species: wandering tattler (late August-early May); least golden plover (early September-early April); turnstone (late September-late April) and eastern bar-tailed godwit (late September-early April). Comparisons with earlier counts in 1961/2 and 1969/70 show a large increase in the summering godwit population and perhaps a reduction in the number of wandering tattler.

Tyto alba (Aves: Strigidae): a deletion from the New Zealand subfossil record

Notornis, 30 (1), 15-21

P.R. Millener (1983)

Article Type: Paper

Bones of an owl, from Holocene dune sands in the North Cape area, North Island, considered by Scarlett (1967) to constitute the first subfossil record of the Australian barn owl (Tyto alba delicatula) in New Zealand, are shown to be those of the endemic laughing owl (Sceloglaux albifacies).

A petrel puzzle

Notornis, 30 (2), 166-167

R.B. Sibson (1983)

Article Type: Short Note

The lesser petrels of Antipodes Islands, with notes from Prince Edward and Gough Islands

Notornis, 30 (4), 283-298

M.J. Imber (1983)

Article Type: Paper

In 1978 at Antipodes Islands, breeding was confirmed and distribution of breeding sites was investigated for Snares Cape pigeons (Daption capense australe), subantarctic fairy prions (Pachyptila turtur subantarctica), soft-plumaged petrels (Pterodroma mollis mollis), subantarctic little shearwaters (Puffinus assimilis elegans) and grey-backed storm petrels (Garrodia nereis). Breeding seasons, habits and habitats at Antipodes Islands of petrels not exceeding white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) in size are described. Notes are included from Prince Edward and Gough Islands on some of these species studied in 1979.

Sexing black-backed gulls from external measurements

Notornis, 29 (1), 37-40

G. Nugent (1982)

Article Type: Paper

Six body measurements were taken from 283 adult and sub-adult black-backed gulls (Larus dominicanus) in Auckland, New Zealand. Sex was determined in 158 of these by dissection or chromosomal methods. Using measurements from these 158 birds a classification function was derived and used to assign sexes to the remaining 125 gulls. Discriminant analyses were then made on the measurements from all 283 birds to describe the sexual size dimorphism accurately and to derive a simple classification function for the routine sexing of birds in the field.
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