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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.

Henderson Island, central South Pacific, and its birds

Notornis, 30 (3), 233-243

W.R.P. Bourne; A.C.F. David (1983)

Article Type: Paper

The ecology of Henderson Island, a raised atoll near Pitcairn Island on the southern border of Oceania, still seems to be in its natural state. The birds include an endemic monotypic genus of flightless rail, an endemic species of parrot, and endemic races of fruit pigeon and warbler. Its seabirds have not been adequately studied but are known to include a large population of the rare dark phase of the Herald petrel. The white tern may be an endemic race with white feet. The island has been under consideration for the construction of a holiday home with an airstrip.

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa

Notornis, 30 (1), 77-79

P. Child; L.B. McPherson (1983)

Article Type: Book Review

Author: Dick Watling, illustrated by Chloe Talbot-Kelly. 1982. Millwood Press, Wellington. 176 pp; 15 colour plates; many other illustrations in colour and monochrome; distribution maps; 128 species fully documented.

The food of honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) on Little Barrier Island

Notornis, 29 (3), 209-213

P.D. Gaze; B.M. Fitzgerald (1982)

Article Type: Paper

The food of honeyeaters (stitchbird, bellbird and tui) was studied on Little Barrier Island in April by collecting droppings and pollen from mist-netted birds. All three species were taking nectar from puriri and climbing rata. Stitchbirds were the most frugivorous and bellbirds the most insectivorous of the three species.

Seabirds found dead in New Zealand in 1980

Notornis, 29 (1), 41-47

C.R. Veitch (1982)

Article Type: Paper

During 1980, 2,736 km of coast were patrolled by 146 members of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and their friends. 4,351 dead seabirds were found. There were no major wrecks. During one patrol sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) were found at a rate of 68.5 per kilometre. Unusual finds were: eastern little tern (Sterna albifrons), grey ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea), brown booby (Sula leucogaster) and yellow-nosed mollymawk (Diomedea chlororhynchos) which is also a new record for the Beach Patrol Scheme.
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