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Pipits, skylarks and rainfall

Notornis, 19 (1), 20-25

J.B. Hamel (1972)

Article Type: Paper

A preliminary analysis of bird lists from Otago suggests that during the breeding season pipits (Anthus novaeseelandiae) are absent from areas with a mean annual rainfall of under 30 inches (767 mm). Skylarks (Alauda arvensis) seem less affected by low rainfall and are abundant even where the mean annual rainfall is as low as 13 in. (330 mm). Some factors possibly influencing these correlations are discussed.




Editorial

Notornis, 19 (1), 1-3

E.W. Dawson (1972)

Article Type: Article









Aspects of breeding behaviour in the royal penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli

Notornis, 18 (2), 91-115

J. Warham (1971)

Article Type: Paper

The breeding cycle begins in late September, when the mature males come ashore after their winter at sea to occupy their nesting sites, and ends in early April, when the breeders return to sea following their annual moult. This cycle of nesting and moult is outlined and the main patterns in a complex sign-language of display and posturing are described.







Notes on the occurrence of waders in Fiji

Notornis, 18 (4), 267-279

J.B. Smart (1971)

Article Type: Paper

This paper lists the waders recorded in Fiji, summarises information on them collected by the writer during nearly three years residence in Fiji, 1969 to 1971, and compares wader counts made at Parengarenga Harbour, New Zealand, and at Rewa sandbank, Fiji, in January–February, 1971.