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Taxonomic status of the bobwhite quail in New Zealand

Notornis, 7 (4), 95-98

K.E. Westerskov (1957)

Article Type: Paper

The bobwhite quail introduced to New Zealand now only persisting in scattered populations in the Wairoa-Waikaremoana area, belong to the western prairie form, the plains bobwhite, Colinus virginianus taylori Lincoln. The introduced birds came from Kansas and/or the old Indian Territory around 1900. This bird ought in future to be called bobwhite quail and not Virginian quail.









A visit to a nesting colony of crested penguins (Eudyptes p. pachyrhynchus)

Notornis, 7 (4), 102-107

O. Sansom; P. Dorizac (1957)

Article Type: Paper

Rolla I. 28/8/56. 26 nests found. 12/9/56. Three chicks seen, two being in one nest. 25/9/56. Chicks well grown, the bigger being the size of an adult Little Blue Penguin. On one nest were two dead chicks. There was still one incubating bird with egg unhatched. Seymour I. 11/9/56. One nest with eggs in open under supplejack. This was the only nest seen in the open. On 26/9/56 the nest contained two chicks.