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B-4020 Liege, Belgium.)—C. solitarius and C. cla- 
mosus. 
Eguchi, K., S. Yamagishi, & V. Randrianasolo. 
1993. The composition and foraging behaviour of 
mixed-species flocks of forest-living birds in 
Madagascar. Ibis 135: 91—96. (Dept. Biol., Fac. Sci., 
Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka 812, Japan.)—Most insec¬ 
tivorous species in area participated in flocks.— 
J.V.B. 
Fasola, M., & L. Canova. 1993. Diel activity of res¬ 
ident and immigrant waterbirds at Lake Turkana, 
Kenya. Ibis 135: 442-450. (Dipto. Biol. Anim., Univ- 
ersita, Pz. Botta 9, 1-27100 Pavia, Italy.)—Exami¬ 
nation of 42 species of waterbirds.—^J.V.B. 
Greth, a. 1996. [Seasonal concentration of water 
birds at Lake Kivoro, south-west Gabon.l Mal- 
imbus 18: 149-151. (WWF, BP 148, Gamba, Ga¬ 
bon.)— At least 13 species in September 1994. 
(French.)—P.W.P.B. 
Hartley, R., & K. Hustler. 1993. A less-than-annual 
breeding cycle in a pair of African Bat Hawks Ma- 
chaeramphus alcinus. Ibis 135: 456-458. (Falcon 
Coll., Esigodini, Zimbabwe.)—Laid clutch every 10 
to 11 months.—^J.V.B. 
KOPIJ, G. 1996. Breeding and feeding ecology of the 
Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus in the 
Orange Free State, South Africa. Acta Ornithol. 
(Warsaw) 31: 89—99. (Dept. Zool. & EntomoL, Univ. 
Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 
9300, South Africa.)—Information on hatching and 
fledging success, adult activity patterns and diet.— 
J.P. 
Lawes, M. J., & S. Kirbcman. 1996. Egg recognition 
and interspecific brood parasitism rates in Red 
Bishops (Aves: Ploceidae). Anim. Behav. 52: 553- 
563. (Dept. Zool. EntomoL, Univ. Natal, Private Bag 
XOl, Scottsville 3209, S. Africa.)—Euplectes orix ac¬ 
cepted most cuckoo {Chrysococcyx caprius)-model 
eggs.—A.K.T. 
Lindell, C. 1996. Benefits and costs to Plain-fronted 
Thornbirds {Phacellodomus rufifrons) of interac¬ 
tions with avian nest associates. Auk 113: 565-577. 
(Harvard Univ. Biol. Lab., 16 Divinity Ave., Cam¬ 
bridge, MA 02138, USA.)—Outcomes of interac¬ 
tions with 11 species of birds that use muticham- 
bered stick nests.—H.A.W. 
Markman, S., Y. Yom-Tov, & J. Wright’^. 1996. The 
effect of male removal on female parental care in 
the Orange-tufted Sunbird. Anim. Behav. 52: 437- 
444. (Sch. Biol. Sci., Univ. Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd 
LL57 2UN, UK.)—Female Nectarinea osea increased 
provisioning rate but not nest guarding time.— 
A.K.T. 
Philippot, M. 1996. [Wintering of a Swallow (Hirun- 
do rustica) in South Africa.] Schoeniclus 1: 19-24. 
(la Dome, 50360 Crosville/Douve, France.)—Nor¬ 
man Swallow caught in the same region as British 
Swallow. (French)—G.O. 
Simmons, R. E. 1993. Effects of supplementary food 
on density-reduced breeding in an African eagle: 
adaptive restraint or ecological constraint? Ibis 
135: 394-402. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Witwatersrand, 
Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.)—Aquila wahlber- 
Wilkinson, R. 1996. Cooperative breeding in captive 
Emerald Starlings Coccycolius iris. Malimbus 18: 
134-141. (N. England Zool. Soc., Chester Zoo, Up- 
ton-by-Chester, Chester CH2 ILH, UK.)—Among 5 
probably wild-caught birds in a large, planted, 
walk-through Tropical House.—P.W.P.B. 
GENERAL BIOLOGY—ANTARCTIC AND 
SUB ANT ARCTIC 
Green, K. 1997. Biology of the Heard Island Shag 
Phalacrocorax nivalis. 2. Breeding. Emu 97: 67- 
75.(NPWS, Snowy Mountains Region, P.O. Box 
2228, Jindabyne, NSW 2627, Australia.)—Pairs 
raised 1-3 chicks with high survival during study 
period.—S.R.P. 
Moreno, J. A., et al. 1997. The effects of hatching 
date and parental quality on chick growth and 
creching age in the Chinstrap Penguin {Pygoscelis 
antarctica): a field experiment. Auk 114: 47-54. 
(Mus. Nad. Cienc. Nat.-CSIC, J. Gutierrez Abascal 
2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.)—Body mass, size, crech¬ 
ing age negatively correlated with hatching date, 
not related to parental quality.—A.D.A. 
PiETZ, P. J., & D. F. Parmelee. 1994. Survival, site and 
mate fidelity in South Polar Skuas Catharacta 
maccormicki at Anvers Islands, Antartica. Ibis 136: 
32-38. (U.S. Fish & Wildl. Ser., Northern Prairie 
Wildl. Res. Ctr., Jamestown, ND 58401, USA.) 
Weidinger, K. 1996. Egg variability and hatching 
success in the Cape Petrel Daption capense at Nel¬ 
son Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. J. 
Zool. 239: 755-768. (Inst. For. Nat. Res., IBN-DLO 
Postbox 167, 1790 AD Den Burg (Texel), Nether¬ 
lands.)—Hatchability related to egg shape.—A.J.M. 
GENERAL BIOLOGY—AUSTRALASIA AND 
OCEANIA 
Barlow, M. 1996. Habitats and factors affecting 
breeding success at eleven Caspian Tern (Sterna 
caspia) colonies in New Zealand. Notornis 42: 
138-139. (38 Filleuil St., Invercargill, NZ.) 
Beauchamp, A. J. 1995. The status of the New Zea¬ 
land Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) in the Wel¬ 
lington region. Notornis 42: 117-125. (71 Church 
St., Onerahi, Whangarei, NZ.)—In favourable hab¬ 
itat 1-2.5 per sq km.—E.O.M. 
Brooker, M., & P. De Rebeira. 1996. Does colour¬ 
banding affect the survival of adult Honey eaters? 
Corella 20: 145-146. (CSIRO Div. Wildl. EcoL, LMB 
4, Midland, WA 6056, Australia.)—No difference 
for Phylidonyris novaehollandiae. —I.D.E. 
Bunin, J. S., & I. G. Jamieson. 1996. A cross-fostering 
experiment between the endangered Takehe (Por- 
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phyrio mantelli) and its closest relative, the Pu- 
keko (P. porphyria). N. Z. J. Ecol. 20: 207-213. 
(Dept. Zool., Univ. Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 
NZ.)—Pukeko adults successfully incubated larger 
eggs of Takehe and cared for chicks that hatched.— 
E.O.M. 
Carter, J. L., et al. 1996. Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
fledglings at Rocky Islet, Great Barrier Reef: bur¬ 
row densities and breeding cycle. Corella 20: 136- 
140. (Fac. Sci, NT Univ., Darwin, NT 0909, Austra¬ 
lia.)— Puffinus pacificus. 
Carter, J. L., P. K. Dyer, & G. J. E. Hill. 1996. Body 
dimensions of Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus 
pacificus fledglings at Heron Island, Great Barrier 
Reef, and the importance of timing to breeding. 
Corella 20: 141-143. (Fac. Sci., NT Univ., Darwin, 
NT 0909, Australia.)—Early breeders less success¬ 
ful.—I.D.E. 
Carter, M. 1996. Nesting Rosellas Platycercus spp.: 
innovative site selection and notes on repeat 
breeding and other behaviour. Aust. Bird Watcher 
16: 344-348. (30 Canadian Bay Rd., Mt Eliza, Vic. 
3930, Australia.)—Domestic buildings and quarry 
rock face.—I.D.E. 
Crossland, A. C. 1995. A probable case of intraspe¬ 
cific killing in Turnstones (Arenaria interpres). 
Notornis 42: 281-282. (46 Frensham Cres., Christ¬ 
church 8006, NZ.)—Female in poor condition was 
attacked by four other turns tones. All were in 
breeding plumage.—E.O.M. 
De Kogel, C. H., & H. J. Prijs. 1996. Effects of brood 
size manipulations on sexual attractiveness of off¬ 
spring in the Zebra Finch. Anim. Behav. 51: 699- 
708. (Zool. Lab., Univ. Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 
AA Haren, The Netherlands.)—Male Taeniopygm 
guttata reared in small broods were more attractive 
to females than those from large broods.—A.K.T. 
Elliott, G. P., et al. 1996. Nest site selection by Mo- 
hua and Yellow-crowned Parakeets in beech for¬ 
est in Fiordland, New Zealand. N. Z. J. Ecol. 23: 
267-278. (549 Rocks Rd., Nelson, NZ.)— Mohoua 
ochrocephala use only small cavities whereas Cy- 
anoramphus auriceps use wide variety of cavities. 
Small nest entrances reduce parasitism of Mohua 
by Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis .— 
E.O.M. 
Frith, C. B., D. W. Frith, & A. Jansen. 1997. The 
nesting biology of the Chowchilla Orthonyx spal- 
dingii (Orthonychidae). Emu 97: 18-30. (Priono- 
dura, P.O. Box 581, Malanda, Qld. 4885, Austra¬ 
lia.)—Appear not to breed cooperatively despite of¬ 
ten living on and defending territories in groups. 
Includes data on egg weight, incubation and nest¬ 
ling period, which are all greater than expected.— 
S.R.P. 
Gosper, D. G. 1997. Aspects of breeding of the Com¬ 
mon Koel Eudynamys scolopacea and one of its 
biological hosts, the Magpie-lark Grallina cyano- 
leuca. Aust. Bird Watcher 17: 11-19. (1309 Nimbin 
Rd., Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.)—Attributes of 
Magpie-lark enhance its suitability as a host.— 
I.D.E. 
Carter, M., R. O'Brien, & N. Macumber. 1997. Sing¬ 
ing Starlings Aplonis cantoroides and other birds 
on Boigu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Aust. 
Bird Watcher 17: 20-24. (30 Canadian Bay Rd., Mt 
Eliza, Vic. 3930, Australia.)—First authenticated 
record for Australia plus annotated trip list.—I.D.E. 
Horn, P. L., J. A. Rafalski, & P. J. Whitehead. 1996. 
Molecular genetic (RAPD) analysis of breeding 
Magpie Geese. Auk 113: 552-557. (Appl. Sci., Univ. 
Canberra, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Aus¬ 
tralia.)-— Anseranus semipalmata form nesting trios (2 
females, 1 male) in which the females are signifi¬ 
cantly related to each other.—C.A.H. 
Innes, j., & R. Hay. 1995. The nesting of the North 
Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni)-review 
of accounts from 1880 to 1989. Notornis 42: 79-93. 
(Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Res., Priv. Bag 3127, 
Hamilton, NZ.)—Reviews 16 published and 17 un¬ 
published accounts.—E.O.M. 
PoiANi, A. 1997. Prey delivered to Bell Miner nest¬ 
lings: is there division of labour among nest at¬ 
tendants? Emu 97: 87-90. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Mel¬ 
bourne, Parkvile, Vic. 3052, Australia.)—Differ¬ 
ences between Manorina melanocephala attendants 
probably not due to specialisation of each social 
category.—S.R.P. 
Robinson, A. C. 1995. Breeding pattern in the Band¬ 
ed Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) in Western Sa¬ 
moa. Notornis 42: 46-48. (Resour. Manage. Br., 
Dept. Environ. Nat. Resour., P.O. Box 3034, Nor¬ 
wood, SA 5067, Australia.) 
Rowe, S., & R. Empson. 1996. Observations on the 
breeding behaviour of the Tanga'eo or Mangaia 
Kingfisher (Halcyon tuta ruficollaris). Notornis 43: 
43-48. (1 Corrin St., Hamilton, NZ.)—Mating sys¬ 
tem variable, with monogamy, polygyny, and 
polyandry observed. Summarise detailed observa¬ 
tions of 13 nests.—E.O.M. 
Swaddle, J. P. 1996. Reproductive success and sym¬ 
metry in Zebra Finches. Anim. Behav. 51: 203-210. 
(Div. Environ. Evol. Biol., IBLS, Univ. Glasgow, 
Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.)— Taeniopygia guttata 
males wearing symmetrically colored leg bands 
produced more surviving offspring than those with 
asymmetrical bands.—A.K.T. 
Thiollay, J.-M. 1993. Habitat segregation and the in¬ 
sular syndrome in two congeneric raptors in New 
Caledonia, the White-bellied Goshawk Accipiter 
haplochrous and the Brown Goshawk Accipiter 
fasciatus. Ibis 135: 237-246. (Lab. d'EcoL, ecole 
Normale Superieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, F-75230 Paris 
Cedex 05, France.) 
Webb, H. P. 1997. Nesting and other observations of 
Solomon Island birds. Aust. Bird Watcher 17: 34- 
41. (2048 White Oak Circle, Kennesaw, GA 30144, 
USA.) 
