GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME 14, 1991-1992

Page Albatrosses, Seasonal abundance and spatial distribution of, off Central New South Wales...... 206 Babbler, The Grey-crowned, Pomatostomus temporalis- a cause for concern in Southern Victoria ...... 37 Bell Miners Manorina melanophrys at Bendigo, Victoria...... 258 community, The, of Mt Mugga, A.C.T.: June 1982 to January 1986... 13 Bird Environment Fund, Australian ...... 27 in Western Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua , with some nidification notes, Annotated list of ...... 262 Birds of the upper and middle reaches of Kimberley Rivers during the Dry Season, 1989, Notes on the...... 51 Blue Bonnet, The importance of remnant vegetation to the, in North-western Victoria ...... 159 Brush-turkey, Australian, Wattle colour of, on Cape York ...... 317 Brush-turkey, Australian, Wattle colour on, at Iron Range, Queensland . . . . . 151 Button-quail, Black-breasted, Notes on the, at Widgee, Queensland...... 113 Buzzard, Black-breasted, Hamirostra melanosternon: a review ...... 243 Buzzard, Black-breasted, Hamirostra melanosternon using stones to break eggs, Further observations on the ...... 138 Buzzard, Black-breasted, Hamirostra melanosternon using stones to break open eggs, Observations of a captive ...... 103 Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, Breeding of the ...... 155 Coot, Eurasian, Fulica atra, eating waterbird faeces ...... 150 Correction ...... 240 Currawongs, Strepera spp., Use of mud during preening by...... 73 Eagle, Little, Further notes on the, on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales 110 Falcon, Black, robs Little Eagle ...... 192 Falcon, Grey, A sighting of the, in Northern New South Wales ...... 28 Figbird, Sphecotheres viridis, Notes on the distribution of and insectivory in the, in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Regions of New South Wales ...... 282 Garganey, Anas querquedula, The first sight record of the, in Victoria ...... 10 Goshawk, Red, Erythrotriorchis radiatus, Aerial display of the ...... 147 Goshawks, Red, An observation of fledgling...... 32 Gulls, Silver, Lilrus novaehollandiae, The importance of human refuse as a food source for ...... 24 Gulls, Silver, Opportunistic nocturnal feeding by ...... 31 Harrier, Marsh, preying on fox cub ...... 109 Harrier, Papuan, Circus spilonotus spilothorax in North Queensland, with comments on plumages ...... 144 Heron, Pacific, taking prey from hovering flight ...... 34 Herons (Ardeinae), Carrion eating by ...... 108 Hobby, Australian, Falco longipennis in Canberra, A.C.T., The monthiy pattern of records of the ...... 70 Hobby, Australian, Falco longipennis in northern New South Wales, Breeding behaviour and diet of the ...... 123 Hobby, Australian, The feeding technique of the ...... 148 Honeyeater, Brown-headed, Melithreptus brevirostris, The taking of human hair by the ...... 318 Honeyeater, Regent, The conservation status of the, near Armidale, New South Wales...... 277 Honeyeater, Striped, Plectorhyncha lanceolata using feet to hold down prey . 190 Honeyeaters, Larger, Vocal mimicry of, by the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia ...... 180 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL INDEX BIRD WATCHER

Honeyeaters, Regent, feeding on Mealy Bug honeydew...... 193 Hosking, Eric - A tribute ...... 93 Jaeger, Long-tailed, Stercorarius longicaudus in Australian waters, Status of. 119 Kestrel, Australian, Falco cenchroides, Breeding behaviour and diet of the, on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales ...... 44 Kestrel, Australian, Falco cenchroides, Foraging and breeding behaviour of the, on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales ...... 85 , Buff-breasted Paradise, Observations on nests of the ...... 30 King-Parrots, Australian, Sexual dimorphism in immature ...... 301 Kites, Square-tailed, An association of five in spring in Victoria ...... 106 Kites, Whistling, Haliastur sphenurus, Breeding behaviour of a pair of . . . . . 230 , Laughing, Dacelo novaeguineae, Unusual nests of the ...... 197 Lorikeet, Rainbow, Trichoglossus haematodus, in South-east Australia: the role of wild and escaped birds. The changing status of the ...... 3 Lyrebird, Superb, Notes on the display and vocalisation of an immature . . . . 68 Moorhens, Dusky, Gallinula tenebrosa eating gull faeces ...... 69 Notices: Field Research Committee ...... 158 Request for information ...... 118 Request for reprints -on owls ...... 203 Records wanted of vagrant birds in Seychelles ...... 229 Submitting papers on disk?...... 189 Obituary: John Hobbs (1920-1990) ...... 152 Observations on birds in Snow Gum woodland and alpine heathland during mid winter in south-eastern Australia ...... 95 Ornithological Abstracting Services ...... 94 Owl, Masked, in the Melbourne region, A record of the ...... 195 Owl, Powerful, Ninox strenua, Observations of the, in the lllawarra and Shoalhaven regions of New South Wales...... 289 Parrot, Orange-bellied, Neophema chrysogaster, Twelve years of winter counts of the ...... 305 Penguin, A Rockhopper, Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi in Victoria ...... 191 Petal-carrying by fairy-wrens of the genus Malurus ...... 75 Petrel, Bulwer's, Bulweria bulwerii, A beach-washed specimen in Victoria . . 204 Plover, Red-capped, Charadrius ruficapillus, An aberrant, at Lake Connewarre, Victoria ...... 260 Reviews: A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Graham Pizzey ...... 286 A Garden of Birds by Graham Pizzey ...... 286 Birds of Prey edited by Ian Newton & Penny Olsen ...... 286 Birds 6f Prey by Joseph Wolf...... 241 Birds of_the Night: Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia by David Hollands ...... 320 The Galah by Ian Rowley ...... 35 Rosella, Eastern, The red variety of the ...... 226 Sandpiper, Stilt, Micropalama himantopus, A second Australian sighting of the 313 Seabirds recorded off Wollongong, New South Wales, 1984-1990 ...... 165 Sparrowhawks, Collared, Accipiter cirrhocephalus, Observations on a breeding pair of ...... 200 Sparrows, House, operating electronic doors ...... 241 Stork, Black-necked, Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Notes on the behaviour and food- begging calls of a juvenile ...... ·. . 29 Swallows, Welcome, operating electronic doors ...... 81 Wagtail, Willie, and fledglings, Predation of, by Pied Butcherbird ...... 68 Whipbird, Eastern, Psophodes olivaceus, Variation in the male whip-crack of the 82 Woodswallows, Dusky, Copulation of...... 194 VOLUME 14 325

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ANDREWS, Maree, ANDREWS, Marjorie & EMISON, W.B. BRICKHILL, Tess The importance of remnant vegetation to the Observations on nests of the Buff-breasted Blue Bonnet in North-western Victoria 159 30 FLEMING, Anthea AUMANN, T. Copulation of Dusky Woodswallows . 194 Notes on the birds of the upper and middle FORD, Hugh A. reaches of Kimberley rivers during the Dry Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata Season, 1989. 51 using feet to hold down prey 190 BERULDSEN, Gordon FRITH, C.B. & FRITH, D.W. Wattle colour of Australian Brush-turkey on Annotated list of birds in Western Tari Gap, Cape York ..... : ...... 317 Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Wattle colour on Australian Brush-turkey at with some nidification notes 262 Iron Range, Queensland...... 151 HASTWELL, Karma BINNS, Greg, HAMMOND, Ken & HARRAP, Frank Use of mud during preening by currawongs An association of five Square-tailed Kites in Strepera spp. . 73 spring in Victoria ...... 106 HOLLANDS, David BOLLEN, Chris Eric Hosking - A tribute 93 Breeding behaviour and diet of the Australian Observations on a breeding pair of Collared Kestrel Falco cenchroides on the Southern Sparrowhawks Accipiter cirrhocephalus. 200 Tablelands of New South Wales . 44 Further notes on the Little Eagle on the Southern HUBREGSTE, Virgil Tablelands of New South Wales. 110 House Sparrows operating electronic doors ·241 BRANDIS, C.C.P., CHAFER, C.J. & SMITH, L.E. HUGHES, Peter & HUGHES, Bevly Seabirds recorded off Wollongong, New South Notes on the Black-breasted Button-quail at Wales 1984-1990 . . 165 Widgee, Queensland . 113 BRICKHILL, Tess JESSOP, R.E. An observation of fledgling Red Goshawks 32 A Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome CHAFER, C.J. moseleyi in Victoria . 191 Notes on the distribution of and insectivory in KLAPSTE, Jaroslav the Figbird Sphecotheres viridis in the Carrion eating by herons (Ardeinae) . 108 Illawarra and Shoalhaven Regions of New LANSLEY, PeterS. & CHANDLER, Chris South Wales ...... 2 82 A first sight record of the Garganey Anas Observations of the Powerful Owl Ninox querquedula in Victoria . I 0 strenua in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven LEPSCHI, B.J. & COURTNEY, J.E. regions of New South Wales . 289 Sexual dimorphism in immature Australian CONWAY, Margaret King-Parrots 30 I Notes on the behaviour and food-begging calls LEWIS, Milton of a juvenile Black-necked Stork The status of the Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius Xenorhynchus asiaticus 29 longicaudus in Australian Waters . 11 9 DAVIDSON, I.R. LEY, Andrew J. Regent Honeyeaters feeding on Mealy Bug A Sighting of the Grey Falcon in northern New honeydew . . 193 South Wales 28 DAVIDSON, Wendy R. & LANGMORE, Naomi E. Pacific Heron taking prey from hovering flight 34 Variation in th~ male whip-crack of the Eastern LEY, Andrew J. & WILLIAMS, M.B. Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus 82 The conservation status of the Regent DEBUS, S.J.S. Honeyeater near Armidale, New South Further observations on the Black-breasted Wales. 277 Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon using MACKAY, Roy D. stones to break eggs. 138 Papuan Harrier Circus spilonotus spilothorax in Reviews: The ·Galah by Ian Rowley 35 North Queensland, with comments on A Garden ofBirds by Graham Pizzey 286 plumages . 144 A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Graham Pizzey . 286 McKNIGHT, Daniel & McKNIGHT, Barbara Birds of Prey, Ian Newton & Welcome Swallows operating electronic doors 81 Penny Olsen (Eds) . . 286 McNABB, Edward G. Birds ofthe Night: Owls, Frogmouths A record of the Masked Owl in the Melbourne and Nightjars of Australia by region 195 David Hollands . 320 Marsh Harrier preying on fox cub I 09 I;>EBUS, S.J.S & CZECHURA, G.V. MARTIN, Kristine The Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra Breeding behaviour of a pair of Whistling Kites melanosternon: a review ...... 243 Haliastur sphenurus . 230 DEBUS, S.J.S., LEY, A.J., TREMONT, S. & MILLER, Michael TREMONT, R. Notes on the display and vocalisation of an Breeding behaviour and diet of the Australian immature Superb Lyrebird. 68 Hobby Falco longipennis in Northern New MORRIS, A.K. South Wales ...... 123 Obituary: John Hobbs ( 1920-1990) 152 AUSTRALIAN 326 INDEX OF AUTHORS BIRD WATCHER

OSLEN, Penny, MALLINSON, David & OLSEN, SMITH, L.H. Jerry Unusual nests of the The bird community of Mt Mugga, A.C.T.: Dacelo novaeguineae . . 197 June 1982 to January 1986 ...... 13 PASCOE, Charlie & SAXON, Michael SMITH, Lindsay E. The taking of human hair by the Brown-headed Aerial display of the Red Goshawk Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris . . . 318 Erythrotriorchis radiatus ...... 147 PAULL, David Foraging and breeding behaviour of the STARKS, Jonathan, BROWN, Peter, LOYN, Richard Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides on the & MENKHORST, Peter Northern Tablelands of New South Wales 85 Twelve years of winter counts of the Orange- bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster . 305 PEPPER-EDWARDS, David L. & NOTLEY, Elizabeth STARKS, J.R. & PETER, J.M. Observations of a captive Black-breasted Dusky Moorhens Gallinula tenebrosa eating Buzzard Hamirostra melanostemon using gull faeces . . . 69 stones to break open eggs . . . 103 PHILLIPPS, H.A. TARBURTON, Michael K. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra eating waterbird Opportunistic nocturnal feeding by Silver Gulls 31 faeces...... !50 Predation of Willie Wagtail and fledglings by ROWLEY, Ian Pied Butcherbird . . . 68 Petal-carrying by fairy-wrens of the genus The feeding technique of the Australian Hobby 148 Malurus...... 75 SCHULZ, Martin TREDINNICK, Steve A beach-washed specimen of Bulwer's Petrel Review: Birds of Prey by Joseph Wolf. 241 Bulweria bulwerii in Victoria 204 Observations on birds in Snow Gum woodland TZAROS, Chris L. and alpine heathland during mid winter in Bell Miners Manorina melanophrys at south-eastern Australia ...... 95 Bendigo, Victoria ...... 258 The Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus The red variety of the Eastern Rosella . . 226 temporalis - a cause for concern in VEERMAN, Philip A. southern Victoria ...... 37 The changing status of the Rainbow Lorikeet SMITH, F.T.H. Trichoglossus haematodus in south-east An aberrant Red-capped Plover Charadrius Australia: the role of wild and escaped birds 3 ruficapillus at Lake Connewarre, Victoria 260 The monthly pattern of records of the A second Australian sighting of the Stilt Australian Hobby Falco longipennis in Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus.... 313 Canberra, A.C.T.. 70 SMITH, Geoffrey C., CARLILE, Nicholas & Vocal mimicry of larger honeyeaters by the LOUWERSE, Ingrid Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia 180 The importance of human refuse as a food source for Silver Gulls Larus WHELAN, David novaehollandiae . . . . . 24 Black Falcon robs Little Eagle . 192 SMITH, G.T. & MOORE, L.A. Breeding of the Cockatiel Nymphicus WOOD, K.A. hollandicus in the Wheatbelt of Western Seasonal abundance. and spatial distribution of Australia ...... !55 albatrosses off Central New South Wales 206

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Aberrant Red-capped Plover Charadrius Australian Kestrel, Fledgling, Armidale, ruficapillus, Lake Connewarre, N.S.W., November 1981 Victoria, 13 January 1991 Photo: B. Williams Plate 13 Photos: G. Gayner Plate 38 Australian Kestrels, Nest site of, on Aerial view of western Tari Gap, university campus, Armidale, Southern Highlands, Papua New N.S.W., November 1981, the same Guinea, looking to north. nest as used in 1988 Photo: C.B. & D.W. Frith Plate 39 Photo: B. Williams Plate 12 Australian King-Parrot, immature Australian Brush-turkey Photo: B. & K. Richards Plate 46 Drawing: W. Rolland Plate 21 Barn Owl Tyto alba, Fledgling Australian Hobby capturing House Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 9 Sparrow Black-breasted Buzzard, Adult female, Drawing: S. Tredinnick Plate 19 on nest, Sturt National Park, N.S.W., November 1990 Australian Hobby, Juvenile, Avalon, Photo: R. J. Angus Plate 37 Victoria, 22 February 1991. Black-breasted Buzzard using stone to Photo: D.W. Eades Plate 16 break large duck egg, Featherdale Australian Kestrel (a-t) Wildlife Park (a-c) Photos: Chris Bollen Plate 7 Drawings: S. Tredinnick Plate 18 AUSTRALIAN 327 INDEX OF PLATES BIRD WATCHER

Black-breasted Buzzard using stones to Nest of the Mountain Mouse-Warbler break goose eggs (a-c) and Rhea eggs Crateroscelis robusta (d-t), Featherdale Wildlife Park, Photo: C.B. & D.W. Frith Plate 42 Sydney, N.S.W. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli Photos: S. Debus Plate 17 off Wollongong, N.S.W., 29 June Black-breasted Buzzard using stones to 1985 break open an Emu's egg, Taronga Photo: C.J. Chafer Plate 26 Zoological Park, May 1991 Drawing: S. Tredinnick Plate II Powerful Owl Ninox strenua, adult male, Black-browed Albatross Diomedea central Victoria, and recently fledged melanophrys Port MacDonnell, S.A., juvenile, Eden, N.S.W. 20 September 1981 Photos: David Hollands Plate 45 Photo: P. Klapste Plate 32 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus Black-necked Stork Xenorhynchus haematodus asiaticus (male and female) Photo: P. Klapste Plate 2 Photo: P. Klapste Plate I Red-backed Fairy-wren, Female, Brown-headed Honeyeater actively Malurus melanocephalus searching for hairs on the head of one Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 10 of the authors Red variant of Eastern Rosella, near Photo: C. Pascoe Plate 48 Bendigo, Victoria, 10 November Buller's Albatross, Adult, Diomedea 1991 bulleri at sea off Wollongong on 28 Photo: C.L. Tzaros Plate 34 June 1986. White spots on the upper wing suggest covert moult. Rufous Woodcock Scolopax saturata, Photo: K.A. Wood Plate 30 Live, caught in mist-net, Tari Gap, Chestnut Forest-Rail Rallina rubra, Southern Highlands, Papua New Female with chick, Tari Gap, Guinea Southern Highlands, Papua New Photo: C.B. & D.W. Frith Plate 41 Guinea Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta off Photo: C.B. & D.W. Frith Plate 40 Wollongong, N.S.W., II August Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 1984 Photo: Malcolm Cameron Plate 23 Photo: C.J. Chafer Plate 25 Collared Sparrowhawk, Adult male at Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta, Port nest, Orbost, Victoria, October/ MacDonnell, S.A. , 20 September November 1984 1981 Photo: David Hollands Plate 29 Photo: P. Klapste Plate 33 Crested Tern Sterna bergii, Frankston, Silver Gull Victoria, 26 September 1988 Larus novaehollandiae Photo: M. J. Carter Plate 27 Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 5 Eggs, Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus , Papua New Guinea Adult, in breeding plumage, (a) Egg & nestling, Large Scrub-wren Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, 30 June Sericornis nouhuysi, 19.10.87 1981 (b) Two-egg clutch, Rufous-naped Photo: F.T.H. Smith Plate 44 Whistler, Pachycephala rufinucha, Stilt Sandpiper in non-breeding plumage, 6.11.87 Avalon Saltworks, Victoria, 17 (c) One-egg clutch, White-winged December 1990 Robin Peneothello sigillatus, 26.10.87 Photos: R. Bugg Plate 47 (d) One-egg clutch, Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Cacatua 7.11.87 gale rita (e) One-egg clutch, Crested Photo: P. Klapste Plate 4 Berrypecker, Paramythia montium, Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 19.10.87 off Wollongong , N.S.W. , 24 Photos: C.B. & D.W. Frith Plate 43 September 1989 Eurasian Coot Photo: M.J. Carter Plate 24 Drawing: W. Rolland Plate 20 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans, Figbird, reproduced from Plate 69, Immature, Port MacDonnell, S.A., Sphecotheres stalkeri Grey-throated 20 September 1981 Fig bird, in A Supplement to the Birds Photo: P. Klapste Plate 31 of Australia, Gregory M. Mathews. Plate 36 Fox cub White-throated Treecreeper Climacteris Photo: E. McNabb Plate 15 leucophaea Giant Cuttlefish Sepip apama, A ?kg, Photo: Berris Stokes Plate 14 collected off Bellambi, N.S.W. It Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys, contains sufficient energy to sustain a male and female free-ranging Wandering Albatross for Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 3 about 7 days Photo: K.A. Wood Plate 28 Wolf, Joseph 1820-1899 Plate 35 Great Egret Egretta alba Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea Photo: P. Klapste Plate 8 chlororhynchos bassi off Eden , Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles N.S.W., 22 August 1976 Photo: G.A. Cumming Plate 6 Photo: Mike Carter Plate 22 VOLUME 14 328

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The scientific names used in this index for Australian birds are those of the Checklist of the Birds of Australia, Part 1, Non-, RAOU, 1975, and the Interim List of Australian , Passerines, RAOU, 1975, with the amendments in Emu 76, 216-218, and 78, 80-87. The common names are those of the 'Recommended English Names for Australian Birds', Emu 77 Supp., 245-307. Where synonyms have been used in this volume for either scientific or common names they are shown in brackets. For extra-limital birds the names used are those of the text or where either scientific or common names have been omitted those of A Checklist of the Birds of the World, Edward S. Gruson, Collins, 1976, are used. Minor differences in spelling, if any, have been disregarded. The species names are arranged in alphabetical order of genera. Only the first reference in any one paper is listed except where there is a tabular list, or lists, which includes the names of all birds mentioned in the paper, when this is the reference used.

ACANTHAGENYS AMALOCICHLA Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Lesser Ground-Robin rufogularis, !85 incerta, 270 ACANTHIZA Yellow-rumped Thornhill AMBLYORNIS chrysorrhoa, 18, 132 Macgregor's Bowerbird Striated Thornhill macgregoriae, 274 lineata, 18, 96 New Guinea Thornhill AMYTORNIS murina, 269 Black Grasswren Brown Thornhill housei, 66 pusilla, 17, 98 ANAS Buff-rumped Thornhill Chestnut Teal reguloides, 17, 101, 319 castanea, ll ACANTHORHYNCHUS Green-winged Teal Eastern Spinebill crecca, II tenuirostris, 101 Blue-winged Teal ACCIPITER discors, !! Collared Sparrowhawk Baikal Teal cirrhocephalus, 55, 200, pl. 29, 259, 263 formosa, !! Brown Goshawk Grey Teal fasciatus, 16,55,70, 101 , Ill , 124,147, 200 gibberifrons, 10, 34 Black-mantled Goshawk Mallard melanochlamys, 263 platyrhynchos, 239 Meyer's Goshawk Garganey meyerianus, 263 querquedula, 10 White Goshawk Pacific Black Duck novaehollandiae, 307 superciliosa, 10, 16, 54, !50, 239, 293 ACROCEPHALUS Salvadori 's Teal Clamorous Reed-Warbler waigiuensis, 264 stentoreus, 62 AEGOTHELES ANHINGA Australian Owlet-nightjar Darter cristatus, 59, !02 melanogaster, 52, 263 AGAPORNIS Peach-faced Lovebird ANOUS roseicollis, 6 Common Noddy stolidus, 177 ALECTURA Australian Brush-turkey ANSER lathami, 151 , 317 Domestic Goose ALISTERUS anser, 138 Papuan King-Parrot chloropterus, 266 ANSERANAS Australian King-Parrot Magpie Goose scapularis, 301, pl. 46 semipalmata, 54, 247 AUSTRALIAN 329 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

ANTHOCHAERA BURHINUS Red Wattlebird Bush Thick-knee carunculata, I4, 98, I80, 193, I98, 259 magnirostris, 57 Little Wattlebird BUTEO chrysoptera, I 82 Galapagos Hawk ANTHUS galapagoensis, 254 Richard's Pipit CACATUA novaeseelandiae, I4, 46, 60, IOI Sulphur-crested Cockatoo APHELOCEPHALA galerita, I6, pl. 4, 58, 298 Southern Whiteface Western Long-billed Corella leucopsis, I 4 pastinator, 155 APROSMICTUS Galah Red-winged Parrot roseicapilla, I6, 35, 58, 108, I25, I56, 178,237,247 erythropterus, 58 Little Corella APUS sanguinea, 58 Fork-tailed Swift CACOMANTIS pacificus, I 0 I Fan-tailed Cuckoo flabelliformis, 266 AQUILA Wedge-tailed Eagle CALIDRIS audax, I4, 56, 97, I25, 252 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Gurney's Eagle acuminata, 3 I 3 gurneyi, 263 Curlew Sandpiper ferruginea, 313 ARCHBOLDIA Red-necked Stint Archbold's Bowerbird ruficollis, 3 I3 papuensis, 274 CALLOCEPHALON ARDEA Gang-gang Cockatoo Great Blue Heron fimbriatum, 98 herodias, 34 CALONECTRIS White-faced Heron Streaked Shearwater novaehollandiae, I4, 52, 99, I08, I78, 237 Ieucomelas, I 73 Pacific Heron CALYPTORHYNCHUS pacifica, 34, 52 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Pied Heron funereus, 97 picata, 34, 52 Glossy Black-Cockatoo ARDEOLA lathami, 29 I Cattle Egret Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo ibis, 52 magnificus, 58, 157 ARDEOTIS CAPRIMULGUS Australian Bustard Spotted Nightjar australis, 57, I 03, 246 guttatus, 59 ARTAMUS CARDUELIS Black-faced Woodswallow European Goldfinch cinereus, 65 carduelis, 14, I32, 306 Dusky Woodswallow CASUARIUS cyanopterus, I9, I32, I94 Dwarf Cassowary White-breasted Woodswallow bennetti, 262 leucorhynchus, 65 CATHARACTA Great Wood-swallow Southern Skua maximus, 274 antarctica, I 76 Little Woodswallow South Polar Skua minor, 65 maccormicki, 176 Masked Woodswallow CECROPIS personatus, 65 Fairy Martin White-browed Woodswallow ariel, 17, 60, 178 superciliosus, I5 Tree Martin ASTRAPIA nigricans, 14, 60, 87, 132 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia CENTROPUS mayeri, 275 Pheasant Coucal Splendid Astrapia phasianinus, 59 splendidissima, 275 CERTHIONYX Banded Honeyeater Pacific Baza pectoralis, 64 subcristata, 32, 55 CEYX AYTHYA Azure Kingfisher Hardhead azurea, 59 australis, 54 CHARADRIUS BARNARDIUS Double-banded Plover Port Lincoln Ringneck bicinctus, 260 zonarius, I86 White-fronted Sandplover BULWERIA marginatus, 260 Bulwer's Petrel Black-fronted Plover bulwerii, 204 melanops, 31 , 57 AUSTRALIAN 330 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

CHARADRIUS (continued) Little Shrike-thrush Mongolian Plover megarhyncha, 271 mongolus, 260 Sandstone Shrike-thrush Red-capped Plover woodwardi, 60 ruficapillus, 260, pl. 38, 313 COLUMBA CHARMOSYNA White-throated Pigeon Papuan Lorikeet vitiensis, 265 papou, 265 CONOPOPHILA CHENONETTA Rufous-throated Honeyeater Maned Duck rufogularis, 64 jubata, 16 CORACINA CHLAMYDERA Hooded Cuckoo-shrike Great Bowerbird longicauda, 266 nuchalis, 65 Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike CHLIDONIAS montana, 266 White-winged Tern Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike leucoptera, 177 novaehollandiae, 17, 28, 60, 100 CHRYSOCOCCYX White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo papuensis, 60 basalis, 14, 59 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo CORCORAX White-winged Chough lucidus, 100 Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo melanorhamphos, 19 ruficollis, 266 CHRYSOLOPHUS Papuan Treecreeper Golden Pheasant placens, 271 pictus, 140 CORVUS CINCLORHAMPHUS Little Crow Brown Songlark bennetti, 66, 247 cruralis, 62 Australian Raven Rufous Songlark coronoides, 19, 99, 124, 199, 233, 247, 293 mathewsi, 17 Little Raven CINCLOSOMA mellori, 68, 97 Spotted Quail-thrush Torresian Crow punctatum, 10 I orru, 66 CIRCUS COSSYPHA Marsh Harrier African Robin-Chat aeruginosus, 56, 109 dichroa, 187 Swamp Harrier COTURNIX approximans, 144 Brown Quail Spotted Harrier australis, 56, 264 assimilis, 56, 104 CRACTICUS Pied Harrier Pied Butcherbird melanoleucos, 144 nigrogularis, 66, 68, 135 Eastern Marsh Harrier Grey Butcherbird spilonotus spilonotus, 145 torquatus, 19, 65 Spotted (Papuan) Marsh Harrier J CRA TEROSCELIS spilonotus spilothorax, 144, 263 • Australian Fernwren CISTICOLA gutturalis, 268 Golden-headed Cisticola Bicoloured Mouse-Warbler exilis, 62, 267 nigrorufa, 268 CLIMACTERIS Mountain Mouse-Warbler Red-browed Treecreeper robusta, 268 erythrops, 100 White-throated Treecreeper CUCULUS Pallid Cuckoo leucophaea, 18 , 98, pl. 14, 319 pallidus, 6, 14, 58 Black-tailed Treecreeper Fan-tailed Cuckoo melanura, 62 pyrrhophanus, 14 CLYTOMYIAS Brush Cuckoo Orange-crowned Fairy-wren variolosus, 58, 10 I insignis, 268 CNEMOPHILUS DACELO Loria's Bird of Paradise Blue-winged Kookaburra loriae, 274 leachii , 59 Crested Bird of Paradise Laughing Kookaburra macgregorii, 274 novaeguineae, 16, 68, 10 1, 197 COLLOCALIA DAPHOENOSITTA Glossy Swiftlet Varied Sittella esculenta, 266 chrysoptera, 62, 100, 190 Mountain Swiftlet Black Sittella hirundinacea, 266 miranda, 27 1 COLLURICINCLA DAPTION Grey Shrike-thrush Cape Petrel harmonica, 14, 60, 97 , 187, 319 capense, 172 AUSTRALIAN 331 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

DENDROCYGNA EUDYNAMIS Wandering Whistling-Duck Common Koel arcuata, 54 scolopacea, 59 Plumed Whistling-Duck EUDYPTES eytoni, 54, 247 Rockhopper Penguin DICAEUM chrysocome, 191 Mistletoebird EUDYPTULA hirundinaceum, 64, 132 Little Penguin DIOMEDEA minor, 171 , 204 Buller's Albatross EUGERYGONE bulleri, 171 , pl. 30, 212 Garnet Robin Shy Albatross rubra, 269 cauta, 171, pl. 25 , 204, 207, pl. 33 EULACESTOMA Yellow-nosed Albatross Wattled Ploughbill chlororhynchos, pl. 22, 171 , 204, 207 nigropectus, 271 Grey-headed Albatross EURYSTOMUS chrysostoma, 171, 209 Dollarbird Royal Albatross orientalis, 16, 59 epomophora, 171, 21 1 FALCO Wandering Albatross Brown Falcon exulans, 171, pl. 24, 207, pl. 31 berigora, 16, 56, 88, 99, Il l, 250, 264 Black-browed Albatross Australian Kestrel melanophrys, 171 , 204, 207, pl. 32 cenchroides, 6, 16, 44, pl. 7, 56, 70, 85, pl. 13, 97, Black-footed Albatross Ill, 124, 247 nigripes, 215 Grey Falcon OROMAlUS hypoleucos, 28 Emu Australian Hobby novaehollandiae, 52, 103, 138, 247 longipennis, 6, 14, 28, 56, 70, 89, pl. 16, 123, 148, DUCULA pl. 19 Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Peregrine Falcon chalconata, 265 peregrinus, 14, 56, 70, 101, 125 Torresian Imperial-Pigeon European Hobby spilorrhoa, 57 subbuteo, 50 DUPETOR Black Falcon Black Bittern subniger, 192 flavicollis, 54 Common Kestrel EGRETTA tinnunculus, 50, 91 Great Egret FALCUNCULUS alba, 34, 52, pl. 8 Crested Shrike-tit Little Egret frontatus, 60, 190, 258 garzetta, 54 FREGETTA Intermediate Egret White-bellied Storm-Petrel intermedia, 34, 54 grallaria, 176 Eastern Reef Egret Black-bellied Storm-Petrel sacra, 34 tropica, 176 Snowy Egret FULICA thula, 34 Eurasian Coot Tricolored Heron atra, 150 tricolor, 34 FULMARUS ELANUS Southern Fulmar Black-shouldered Kite glacialoides, 172, 214 notatus, 55 GALLICOLUMBA EMBLEMA Bronze Ground-Dove Diamond Firetail · beccarii, 265 guttata, 19 GALLINAGO Red-browed Firetail Snipe temporalis, 15, 101 sp., 264 ENTOMYZON GALLINULA Blue-faced Honeyeater Common Moorhen cyanotis, 62 chloropus, 69 EOPSALTRIA Bush-hen Eastern Yellow Robin olivacea, 114 australis, 17, 101, 293 Dusky Moorhen EPIMACHUS tenebrosa, 69, 150, 296 Brown Sicklebill GALLUS meyeri, 275 Chicken ERYTHROTRIORCHIS gallus, 103, 138 Red Goshawk GEOPELIA radiatus, 32, 56, 147, 254 Diamond Dove ERYTHRURA cuneata, 57 Gouldian Finch Bar-shouldered Dove gouldiae, 65 humeralis, 57, 136 Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Peaceful Dove trichroa, 274 placida, 57 AUSTRALIAN 332 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

GEOPHAPS IFRITA Crested Pigeon Blue-capped Ifrita lophotes, 157 kowaldi, 267 GERYGONE IREDIPARRA Grey Gerygone Comb-crested Jacana cinerea, 269 gallinacea, 57 White-throated Gerygone LALAGE olivacea, 14, 66 White-winged Triller Brown-breasted Gerygone sueurii, 17, 60 ruficollis, 269 LANIUS GLAREOLA Long-tailed Shrike Oriental Pratincole schach, 266 maldivarum 57 LARUS GRALLINA Kelp Gull Australian Magpie-lark dominicanus, 177 cyanoleuca, 19, 65, 181, 247 Silver Gull GRUS novaehollandiae, 24, pl. 5, 31, 69, 100, 150, 177, Brolga 204, 231 rubicundus, 56, 103, 247 Western Gull GYGIS occidentalis, 27 White Tern LEUCOSARCIA alba, 178 Wonga Pigeon GYMNOPHAPS melanoleuca, 100 Papuan Mountain Pigeon LICHENOSTOMUS albertisii, 265 Yellow-faced Honeyeater GYMNORHINA chrysops, 18, 70, 98, 135 Australian Magpie Yellow-tinted Honeyeater tibicen, 6, 19, 66, 68, 99, 128, 148, 198, 233, 247, flavescens, 64 291 Fuscous Honeyeater fuscus, 14, 132, 185 Mountain Kingfisher White-eared Honeyeater megarhyncha 266 leucotis, 18, 98, 186 Red-backed Kingfisher Yellow-tufted Honeyeater pyrrhopygia, 29, 59 melanops, 193, 259 White-plumed Honeyeater sancta, 59 penicillatus, 18, 186, 258 HALIAEETUS Grey-fronted Honeyeater White-bellied Sea-Eagle plumulus, 64 leucogaster, 56, 178, 230 Black-throated Honeyeater HALIASTUR subfrenatus, 273 Brahminy Kite White-gaped Honeyeater indus, 55, 263 unicolor, 64 Whistling Kite Singing Honeyeater sphenurus, 34, 55, 104, 230, 252 virescens, 64 HAMIROSTRA LICHMERA Black-breasted Buzzard Brown Honeyeater me1anosternon, 55, pl. 11 , 103, 138, pl. 17, pl. 18, indistincta, 64 243, pl. 37 LON CHURA HARPYOPSIS Chestnut-breasted Mannikin New Guinea Harpy-Eagle castaneothorax, 65 novaeguineae, 263 Yellow-rumped Mannikin HEMIPROCNE flaviprymna, 65 Moustached Tree-swift Pictorella Mannikin mystacea, 266 pectoralis, 65 HENICOPERNIS Hooded Mannikin Long-tailed Buzzard spectabilis, 274 longicauda, 263 LOPHOICTINIA HIERAAETUS Square-tailed Kite Little Eagle isura, 55, 106, 244 morphnoides, 16, 34, 56, 88, 99, 106, 110, 124, 147, MACHAERIRHYNCHUS 192, 244 Black-breasted Boatbill HIMANTOPUS nigripectus, 269 Black-winged Stilt MACRONECTES himantopus, 57 Southern Giant-Petrel HIRUNDAPUS giganteus, 172 White-throated Needletail Northern_Giant-Petrel caudacutus, 101, 178 halli, 172, pl. 26 HIRUNDO MACROPYGIA Welcome Swallow Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove neoxena, 17, 81, 135, 178, 241 nigrirostris, 265 HYDROPROGNE MALACORHYNCHUS Caspian Tern Pink-eared Duck caspia, 57 membranaceus, 10 AUSTRALIAN 333 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

MALURUS MICROPALAMA White-shouldered Fairy-wren Stilt Sandpiper alboscapulatus, 267 himantopus, pl. 44, pl. 47 , 313 Purple-crowned Fairy-wren MILVUS coronatus, 62, 80 Black Kite Superb Fairy-wren migrans, 55 , 104, 247 cyaneus, 17, 75, 132 MIRAFRA Red-winged Fairy-wren Singing Bushlark elegans, 75 javanica, 60 Variegated Fairy-wren Iamberti, 62, 7 5 MONARCHA White-winged Fairy-wren Black Monarch leucopterus, 75 axillaris, 269 Red-backed Fairy-wren MOTACILLA melanocephalus, 62, pl. 10, 75 Grey Wagtail Splendid Fairy-wren cinerea, 266 splendens, 75 MYIAGRA MANORINA Shining Flycatcher Yellow-throated Miner alecto, 60 flavigu1a, 62, 247 Satin Flycatcher Noisy Miner cyanoleuca, 10 I melanocepha1a, 18, 40, 132, 236 Restless Flycatcher inquieta, 14, 60, 100 Bell Miner Leaden Flycatcher melanophrys, 181, 258 rubecula, 17, 60 MEGALURUS MYZOMELA Tawny Grassbird Red-collared Myzomela timoriensis, 62, 267 rosenbergii, 272 MELAMPITTA NEOCHMIA Lesser Melampitta Crimson Finch lugubris, 267 phaeton, 64 MELANOCHARIS Star Finch Fan-tailed Berrypecker ruficauda, 64 versteri, 271 NEOPHEMA MELANODRYAS Orange-bellied Parrot Hooded Robin chrysogaster, 305 cucullata, 60, 186 Blue-winged Parrot MELEAGRIS chrysostoma, 306 Domestic Turkey Elegant Parrot e1egans, 310 gallopavo, 139, 181 Rock Parrot MELIDECTES petrophila, 3 10 Belford's Melidectes belfordi, 273 NEOPHRON Sooty Melidectes Egyptian Vulture fuscus, 273 percnopterus, 103, 138, 25 1 MELIPHAGA NEOPSITTACUS Lewin's Honeyeater Yellow-billed Lorikeet 1ewinii, 135 musschenbroekii, 266 White-gaped Honeyeater Orange-billed Lorikeet unico1or, 190 pullicauda, 266 MELIPOTES NINOX Smoky Honeyeater Barking Owl fumigatus, 274 connivens, 59 MELITHREPTUS Southern Boobook White-throated Honeyeater novaeseelandiae, 14, 59, 99, 296 albogu1aris, 64 Rufous Owl Brown-headed Honeyeater rufa, 66 brevirostris, 18, 98, 318, pl. 48 Powerful Owl Black-chinned Honeyeater strenua, 289, pl. 45 gu1aris, 64 NORTHIELLA White-naped Honeyeater Blue Bonnet lunatus, 18, 98, 182 haematogaster, 159 MELOPSITTACUS NYCTICORAX Budgerigar Rufous Night Heron undulatus, 6, 58 ca1edonicus, 14, 54 MENURA NYMPHICUS Superb Lyrebird Cockatiel novaehollandiae, 68, 84, 100, 186, 296 hollandicus, 6, 28, 58, 155, pl. 23, 247 MEROPS OCEANITES Rainbow Bee-eater Grey-backed Storm-Petrel omatus, 59 nereis, 176 MICROECA Wilson's Storm-Petrel Jacky Winter oceanicus, 176 leucophaea, 60 OCYPHAPS Canary Flycatcher Crested Pigeon papuana, 269 lophotes, 57, 133, 157, 247, 258 AUSTRALIAN 334 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

OREOCHARIS PENEOTHELLO Tit Berrypecker White-winged Robin arfaki, 271 sigillatus, 270, pl. 43c OREOICA PETROICA Crested Bellbird Scarlet Robin gutturalis, 186 multicolor, 17, 319 Flame Robin OREOPSITTACUS phoenicea, 17 , 98 Plum-faced Lorikeet Pink Robin arfaki, 266 rodinogaster, I 00 OREOSTRUTHUS Rose Robin Mountain Firetail rosea, 101 fuliginosus, 274 PETROPHASSA ORIOLUS White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Yellow Oriole albipennis, 58 flavocinctus , 65 Spinifex Pigeon Olive-backed Oriole plumifera, 58 sagittatus, 65 , 180 Partridge Pigeon ORTHONYX smithii, 66 Logrunner PEZOPORUS temrninckii, 267 Ground Parrot wallicus, 307 PACHYCEPHALA PHAETHON Brown-backed Whistler White-tailed Tropicbird modesta, 270 lepturus, 176 Olive Whistler Red-tailed Tropicbird olivacea, 98 rubricauda, 176 Golden Whistler PHALACROCORAX pectoralis, 14, 100 Great Cormorant Rufous-naped Whistler carbo, 34, 52 rufinucha, 270, pl. 43b Little Pied Cormorant Rufous Whistler melanoleucos, 52 , !50 rufiventris, 17 , 60, 101 , 258 Little Black Cormorant Regent Whistler sulcirostris, 34, 52, 150 schlegelii, 270 Pied Cormorant PACHYPTILA varius, 52 , 178 Slender-billed Prion PHALAROPUS belcheri, 173 Wilson's Phalarope Antarctic Prion tricolor, 314 desolata, 173 PHAPS Fairy Prion Common Bronzewing turtur, 173 chalcoptera, 57 , 10 I PANDION PHILEMON Osprey Silver-crowned Friarbird haliaetus, 54 argenticeps, 62 PARABUTEO Little Friarbird Harris' Hawk citreogularis, 62, 186 unicinctus, 254 Noisy Friarbird corniculatus, 18, 185, 190, 193 PARAMYTHIA PHOEBETRIA Crested Berrypecker Sooty Albatross montium, 271, pl. 43e fusca , 171 PARDALOTUS Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Spotted Pardalote palpebrata, 171, 209 punctatus, 18, 98 PHYLIDONYRIS Red-browed Pardalote White-fronted Honeyeater rubricatus, 64 albifrons, 186 Striated Pardalote New Holland Honeyeater striatus, 18 , 64, 98, 132, 258 novaehollandiae, 259 PASSER Crescent Honeyeater House Sparrow pyrrhoptera, 10 I domesticus, 46, 91, 123, 132, 148, 241, 306 PLATALEA PAVO Yellow-billed Spoonbill Peafowl flavipes, 34, 54 cristatus, 140 Royal Spoonbill regia, 34, 54 PELAGODROMA PLATY CERCUS White-faced Storm-Petrel Crimson Rosella marina, 176 elegans, 16, 96, 181, 226, 292 PELECANOIDES Eastern Rosella Common Diving-Petrel eximius, 16, 87, Ill, 132, 226, pl. 34 urinatrix, 176, 204 - Fiery Parakeet PELECANUS ignitis, 226 Australian Pelican Northern Rosella conspicillatus, 34, 52, 231 venustus, 58 AUSTRALIAN 335 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

PLECTORHYNCHA White-headed Petrel Striped Honeyeater lessonii, 172, 204 lanceolata, 190 Great-winged Petrel PLEGADIS macroptera, 172 Glossy Ibis Soft-plumaged Petrel falcinellus , 54 mollis, 172 POD ARGUS Kermadec Petrel Tawny Frogmouth neglecta, 172 strigoides, 59, 102, 289 Black-winged Petrel POECILODRY AS nigripennis, 172 Black-throated Robin Tahiti Petrel albonotata, 270 rostrata, I 72 White-browed Robin Providence Petrel superciliosa, 60 solandri, 172 POEPHILA PTILINOPUS Long-tailed Finch White-breasted Fruit-Dove acuticauda, 65 rivoli, 265 Double-barred Finch PTILONORHYNCHUS bichenovii, 19 , 65 Satin Bowerbird Zebra Finch violaceus, 75 , 101 guttata, 6, 64 PTILOPRORA Masked Finch Rufous-backed Honeyeater personata, 65 guisei, 273 POLIOLIMNAS Grey-streaked Honeyeater White-browed Crake perstriata, 273 cinereus, 56 PUFFINUS POMATOSTOMUS Little Shearwater Grey-crowned Babbler assimilis, 176 temporalis, 37, 62 Buller's Shearwater PORPHYRIO bulleri, 173 Purple Swamphen Flesh-footed Shearwater porphyrio, 56, 296 carneipes, 173, 204 PROCELLARIA Pink-footed Shearwater White-chinned Petrel creatopus, 173 aequinoctialis, 173 Fluttering Shearwater Black Petrel gavia, 176, 204 parkinsoni, 173 Sooty Shearwater PROCELSTERNA griseus, 173 Grey Ternlet Hutton's Shearwater albovittata, 177 huttoni, 176 PSEPHOTUS Audubon's Shearwater Red-romped Parrot lherminieri, 176 haematonotus, 16, 46, 87 , 132, 159 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Mulga Parrot pacificus, 173 varius, 157 Short-tailed Shearwater PSITTACELLA tenuirostris, 173 , 204 Brehm's Tiger-Parrot PYCNOPTILUS brehmii, 266 Pilotbird Modest Tiger-Parrot floccosus, 100 modesta, 266 RALLINA Painted Tiger-Parrot picta, 266 Chestnut Forest-Rail rubra, 264, pl. 40 PSITTEUTELES Varied Lorikeet RALLUS versicolor, 58, 246 Lewin's Rail PSOPHODES pectoralis, 307 Eastern Whipbird RAMSA YORNIS olivaceus, 82 Bar-breasted Honeyeater PTERIDOPHORA fasciatus, 64 King of Saxony Bird of Paradise REINW ARDTOENA alberti, 275 Great Cuckoo-Dove PTERODROMA reinwardtii, 265 Herald Petrel RHEA arminjoniana, 172 Rhea Kerguelen Petrel americana, 138 brevirostris, 172 RHIPIDURA White-necked Petrel Friendly Fantail cervicalis, 172 albolimbata, 269 Cook's Petrel Black Fantail cookii, 172 atra, 269 Juan Fernandez Petrel Dimorphic Fantail externa, 172 brachyrhyncha, 269 Gould's Petrel Grey Fantail leucoptera, 173 fuliginosa, 17, 60, 100, 201 AUSTRALIAN 336 INDEX OF SPECIES BIRD WATCHER

RHIPIDURA (Continued) SULA Willie Wagtail Brown Booby leucophrys, 17, pl. 3, 62 , 68, 100 leucogaster, 176 Rufous Fantail Australasian Gannet rufifrons, 101 serrator, 176 Northern Fantail TADORNA rufiventris, 62 Radjah Shelduck SAX! COLA radjah , 54, 247 Pied Chat TANYSIPTERA caprata, 267 Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher SCOLOPAX sylvia 30 Rufous Woodcock TERATHOPIUS saturata, 264, pl. 41 Bateleur Eagle SCYTHROPS Channel-billed Cuckoo ecaudatus, 245 novaehollandiae, 59 THRESKIORNIS SERICORNIS Sacred Ibis White-browed Scrubwren aethiopica, 54 frontalis, 97 Straw-necked Ibis Large Scrub-wren spinicollis, 6, 14, 54 nouhuysi , 268, pl. 43a TIMELIOPSIS Papuan Scrub-wren Olive Straightbill papuensis, 269 fulvigula, 272 Buff-faced Scrub-wren TRICHOGLOSSUS perspicillatus, 268 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Speckled Warbler chlorolepidotus, 4 sagittatus, 17 Goldie's Lorikeet SERINUS goldiei , 265 Canary Rainbow Lorikeet canarius, 6 haematodus, pl. 2, 3 SMICRORNIS Red-collared Lorikeet Wee bill rubritorquis, 7, 58 , 247 brevirostris, 62 TRINGA SPHECOTHERES Grey-tailed Tattler Fig bird brevipes, 316 viridis (stalkeri), 65 , pl. 36, 282 Common Sandpiper STERCORARIUS Long-tailed Jaeger hypoleucos, 57 , 264 longicauda, 119, 177 Greenshank Arctic Jaeger nebularia, 57 parasiticus, 177 Marsh Sandpiper Pomarine Jaeger stagnatilis, 57 , 314 pomarinus, 177 TURD US STERNA Blackbird Little Tern merula, 259, 267 albifrons, 247 Island Thrush Crested Tern poliocephalus, 267 bergii, 125, pl. 27, 177, 204, 231 TURNIX Sooty Tern Black-breasted Button-quail fuscata, 177 melanogaster, 113 Common Tern Painted Button-quail hirundo, 177 varia, 114 Arctic Tern TYTO paradisea, 177 Barn Owl White-fronted Tern alba, 59 , pl. 9 striata, 177 Masked Owl STILTIA novaehollandiae, 195 Australian Pratincole VANELLUS isabella, 57 Masked Lapwing STREPERA miles, 14, pl. 6, 57 , 100 Black Currawong XANTHOMYZA fuliginosa, 73 Regent Honeyeater Pied Currawong phrygia, 180, 193, 277 graculina, 19, 73 , 97 , 125 , 233 , 293 XEMA Grey Currawong Sabine's Gull versicolor, 15, 73, 99 sabini, 177 STREPTOPELIA Barbary Dove XENORHYNCHUS risoria, 6 Black-necked Stork STRUTHJO asiaticus, pl. l, 29, 34, 54 Ostrich ZOOTHERA camelus, 103, 142 White's Thrush STURNUS dauma , 101 Common Starling ZOSTEROPS vulgaris, 6,'19, 46, 87, 98, Ill, 123, 132, 148, 159, Silvereye 181 lateralis, 18 , 101 , 132, 178