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Notes on the birds of Tutuila, American Samoa

Notornis, 13 (3), 157-164

R.B. Clapp; F.C. Sibley (1966)

Article Type: Paper

Observations on 19 species of resident and migrant birds and on 12 species of seabirds are reported herein together with data on specimens. Breeding records are given for the white-collared kingfisher, common noddy, and blue-gray noddy. Red-vented bulbul, bristle-thighed curlew and ruddy turnstone are reported from Tutuila for the first time.












A pelican in New Zealand

Notornis, 13 (4), 204-217

R.J. Scarlett (1966)

Article Type: Paper

The discovery of sub-fossil pelicans in New Zealand is reviewed, and the conclusion reached that, owing to their larger size, the New Zealand birds were a distinct sub-species, which is here named Pelecanus conspicillatus novaezealandiae.