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Field identification and sex determination of the royal albatross

Notornis, 9 (1), 1-6, 13-20

K. Westerskov (1960)

Article Type: Paper

Royal albatrosses have black eyelids, white body plumage in all ages, longer bill and more rounded, protruding nose-tubes than the wandering albatross, which has pale greenish, bluish, pink or white eyelids. In flight, royal albatrosses often have the outer hands bent slightly backwards while wanderers usually form a near-perfect cross. The southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora epomophora) of Campbell Island is the larger and characterised by its white wing-patch: the smaller northern form (Diomedea epomophora sanfordi) has pure black wings. In the southern royal albatross males have usually appreciably more white on the wings than females: they are also a little bigger, with longer bills: length of middle toe nail in females is less than 24 mm., in males 24 mm. or more.

Notes on the song of the kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni)

Notornis, 9 (1), 7-8

G.M. Maning (1960)

Article Type: Paper

Neither volume nor frequency of song has been found to be seasonal. The same applies to the calls. The proportion of full song to the various calls does not appreciably alter at any time of the year. The effect of the general run of the weather may be a factor but needs further study.

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