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One Year’s Observations of Seabirds in Continental Shelf Waters off Sydney, N.S.W.
Posted: 31/10/2021The monthly occurrence and relative abundance of seabirds of inshore continental shelf waters off Sydney during one year’s observations are recorded and discussed. An annotated list of the species with comments on their feeding behaviour and presence in relation to breeding colonies is given. The seabird assemblage of inshore waters off Sydney is characterised by […]
Read MoreRecent Literature: Volume 2 – Issue 5
Posted: 31/10/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 2 – Issue 5
Posted: 31/10/2021Colour Tagging of Whistling Kites
Posted: 31/10/2021Bird-banding Experiences in North America
Posted: 31/10/2021I consider myself fortunate to have been invited to take part in two important birdbanding projects during a visit my wife and I made to North America in 1976. The first was at the Tanque Verde Ranch in south-western Arizona. USA, on 15 April and the second was during 16-17 May at Prince Edward Point, […]
Read MoreA Note on Road Kills
Posted: 31/10/2021The following amendments should be made to: Page 89, Column 1, List of animals killed . . . Last line; 1 mammal every 35 km should read 31 km. Page 89, Column 2, Lines 8 to 19 should be amended as follows; The results . . . 30 kilometres. Magpies were the commonest animal found […]
Read MoreFlame Robin Banding in the Shepparton District, Victoria
Posted: 31/10/2021The results of six years banding of Flame Robins Petroica phoenicea in the Shepparton district of northern Victoria are presented. These data confirm and amplify the results of Mary Bateman’s study on this species (Bateman 1975).
Read MoreThe age of Breeding in the Stubble Quail and Japanese Quail
Posted: 31/10/2021Among Stubble Quail Coturnix novaezealandiae pectoralis collected in late summer and autumn 1968 and 1969 in the Mudgee district, N.S.W. there were young birls still showing some juvenile plumage and which were apparently breeding or had done so. Morris and Kurtz (1977) stated that when heavy rain in this district produced a growth of grass […]
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