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S0001-S0034.Pdf RECENT LITERATURE THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION AND THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUK Vol. 102, No. 2, April 1985• SUPPLEMENT TO IBIS Vol. 127, No. 2, April 19852 EDITED BY FRED E. LOHRER(AOU) ArchboldBiological Station, Venus, Florida 33960 USA JOHN A. HORSFALL(BOU) EdwardGrey Institute of FieldOrnithology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS,UK EDITOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTE Beginningin 1983(Auk 100, Ibis125) the AOU and BOU combinedtheir RecentLiterature Sections,and they now publish a single supplement of ornithological literature to which membersof both unions contribute. The AOU coversjournals published in the Americas, Australasia,and The Philippines. The BOU coversjournals published in Europe, Asia, and Africa. More than 100 volunteers scan about 300 titles and contribute abstractsregularly. Authors' addressesare included, if the journal lists them, to facilitate communicationbe- tween readersand authors. However, Russiaand many easternEuropean countriesalmost never include authors' addressesin their scientificjournals.--F.E.L. A NEW JOURNAL tamus ½yanopterus.Australian Bird Watcher 10: CENTZONTLE.Journal of the Mexican Society of Or- 69-72. (9 Duffeld St., Manjimup, WA 6258, Aus- tralia.) nithology. (Comit• Editorial, Apt. Postal 70-851, M•xico 20, D.F., Mexico.) Vol. 1, No. 1, January AVERY, M. I., J, R. KREBS,& R. E. HEGNER. 1984. A 1981.Six issuesannually. Subscriptionrates $600., caseof bigamy in the European Bee-eater(Me- U.S. $40. In Spanish.--Publishesoriginal works tops apiaster).Auk 101:609-610. (EGI, Zool. Dept., aboutall aspectsof ornithology,current announce- S. Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.) ments relevant to Mexican ornithology, and a sec- BArtAM,J.M. 1984. The useof soaringby the Red- tion on "Art and Science"featuring art involving tailed Hawk (Buteo jamalcensis).Auk 101: 519- birds. Thirteen articles from volume 1 listed be- 524. (Raison Purina Co., St. Louis, MO 63164 low.--K.J.M. USA.)--Courtship and territorial defense impor- tant functions.--F.E.L. BEHAVIOR AND VOCALIZATIONS BARKLOW,W. E., & J. A. CHAMBERLAIN.1984. The ANNErS,R. 1983. Light intensity as a stimulating useof the tremolo call during mobbingby Com- factor in clusteringby Dusky WoodswallowsAt- mon Loons. J. Field Ornithol. 55: 258-259. (Dept. Citation:AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 1985. RecentLiterature. Auk 102 (2, Suppl.):lB-34B. Citation:BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 1985. RecentLiterature. Ibis 127 (2, Supp1.):lB-34B. 2-B Biol., FraminghamState College, Framingham, MA play. AustralianBird Watcher9: 27. (P.O. Box 1015, 01701 USA.) Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia.) BARTLETT,IV[. 1981. Bathingbehaviour of the East- DEBUS,S. J.S. 1981. A further note on Brown Gos- ern Reef Egret Egretta sacra. Australian Bird hawk display. AustralianBird Watcher9: 95. Watcher 9: 24-25. (4520 Melle, FRG.) DEBUS,S. J.S. 1983. Behaviour and vocalisations of BONDRUP-NIELSEN,S. 1983. Ambivalence of the nesting Little Eagles.Australian Bird Watcher 10: concealingpose of owls. Can. Field-Natur. 97: 329- 73-78. 330. (Dept. Zool., Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G DUNCAN,D.C. 1984. Eggretrieval by CanadaGeese: 2E9, Can.) apparent interspecific retrieval and tests of egg BOOTH, D. T., • R. S. SEYMOUR. 1984. Effect of add- displacement.Auk 101:886-887. (Dept. Zool., Univ. ing water to Malleefowl mounds during a Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Can.) drought. Emu 84: 116-118. (Zool. Dept., Univ. DUNN, R. 1983. Cryptic behaviour in the Wonga Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, SA 5001, Aus- Pigeon. AustralianBird Watcher 10: 102-103.(Mel- tralia.)--Watering Leipoaocellata nest moundsdur- bourne Zoo, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.) ing a drought extended activities about them by a ELTZROTH,E. K., & S. R. ROBINSON. 1984. Violet- month or so, but then mounds abandoned like un- green Swallows help Western Bluebirds at the watered mounds earlier. Heating and mound con- nest. J. Field Ornithol. 55: 259-261. (3595 N.W. dition alone not sufficient to stimulate mound Roosevelt Dr., Corvallis, OR 97330 USA.) completionand egg-laying.--L.L.S. FOREST,B. S. 1982. More waders that perch. Aus- BURGER,J. 1984. Pattern, mechanism,and adaptive tralian Bird Watcher 9: 159. (79 RosslynAve., Sea- ford, Vic. 3198, Australia.) significanceof territoriality in Herring Gulls (La- rus argentatus).Ornithol. Monogr. 34, 92 pp. (Dept. GARNIER,A. 1983. [Note on the nesting of a mixed Biol. Sci., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08854 pair of gulls in the Fief d'Ars nature reserve,Ile de R6.] Oiseau R.F.O. 53: 292-293. (Les Portes en USA.)--A 5-yr study based on behavioral obser- vations (200+ nests) and on ecological and nest R6, Ile de R6, France.)--Yellow-leggedHerring Gull (Larus cachinnans)and Lesser Black-backed Gull (L. successdata (1,000+ nests) in 5 colonies from Maine, New York (2), and New Jersey (2). Birds fuscusgraellsii) on the Atlantic coast of France. (French.)--R.A.W. with intermediate-sizeterritories had greater nest successthan birds with large or small territories, GOLOVAN,V.I. 1983. [Behaviorof young Pied Fly- and engagedin the least amount of aggression.-- catchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) during the post- F.E.L. breedingperiod.] Comm. Baltic Commis. Study Bird Migr. 14: 113-118.--For 3-5 weeks after leaving BURTT,E. H., JR.,& W. CHOW. 1983. 'Facing In' is nest, fledglings keep near nesting area. Move- not generalto all gulls nestingon cliffs. Can.Field- ments not purposefuluntil 8 weeks after fledging, Natur. 97: 222-224. (Dept. Zool., Ohio Wesleyan when full-scale migration begins. (Russian.)-- Univ., Delaware, OH 43015 USA.) D.S.-C. CANNELL, P. F., & B. A. HARRINGTON. 1984. Inter- GRANT,G. S. 1982. Common Mynas attack Black specificegg dumping by a Great Egretand Black- Noddies and White Terns on Midway Atoll. Ele- crowned Night-Herons. Auk 101:889-890. (Dept. paio 42: 97-98. (North Carolina Mus. Nat. Hist., Ornithol., Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, NY P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611 USA.) 10024 USA.) JOHNSON,O. W., P.M. JOHNSON,& P. L. BRUNER.1981. CLARKE,•V[. F. 1984. Interspecificaggression within Wintering behavior and site-faithfulness of the genusManorina. Emu84: 113-115.(Zool. Dept., Golden Plovers on Oahu. Elepaio 41: 123-130. Univ. Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Austra- (Dept. Biol., MoorheadState Univ., Moorhead,MN lia.)--Bell Miners (M. melanophrys)pushed out of 56560 USA.) one area by a group of Noisy Miners (M. melano- KLAPSTE,J. 1981. Observation on one Pallid Cuck- cephala),both highly social species.Remarkable oo feeding another.Australian Bird Watcher9: 27- changesin avifauna resulted, as Bell Miners ex- 28. (6/15 Southey Street, Elwood, Vic. 3184, Aus- clude most bird species,whereas Noisy Miners tralia.)--Presumed courtship feeding in Cuculus somewhat more tolerant.--L.L.S. pallidus.--R.B.C. CONNOR,•V[. A. 1981. Common Sandpipersperched KLOOT,T., & H. I. ASTON. 1983. Night roosting of four metres up a tree. Australian Bird Watcher 9: the Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus. Austra- 32. (Dept. Chem. Engineer., Univ. Melbourne, lian Bird Watcher 10: 104-105. (Shannon St., Box Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.) Hill North, Vic. 3129, Australia.) CRAIG,T. H., & E. H. CRAIG. 1984. A large concen- KONRAD,P.M., & D. S. GILMER.1984. Use of raptor tration of roostingGolden Eagles in southeastern nestsby nesting ducks. Prairie Natur. 16: 38, 48. Idaho. Auk 101: 610-613. (Box 1, Lee Creek Rd., (418 18th St., Bismarck, ND 58501 USA.)--First re- Leadore, ID 83464 USA.) port of Anasacuta using elevatednest site.--A.M.W. DEBUS,S. J. S. 1981. Square-tailed Kite flight dis- LIVEZEY,B.C., & P.S. HUMPHREY.1982. Escapebe- 3-B haviour of steamer ducks. Wildfowl 33: 12-16. (Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, GloucesterGL2 7BT, (Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas,Lawrence, KS 66045 UK.)--Brood parasiticHeteronetta atricapilla.--S.Z. USA.)--Three speciesdiffer on frequencyof 6 es- REITAN,O. 1984. [Blackcapimitating other bird capebehaviors used, behavioral sequences, and re- speciesin Norway.] Vlr Fuglefauna7: 32-33. (DVF, sponseto gunfire.--A.M.W. Elgesetergt.10, N-7000 Trondheim, Norway.)-- MARION,L. 1984. [Radio-tracking gives evidence Sylvia atricapillaimitating the songs of 5 species. of individual feeding territories in a colonial bird, (Norwegian, English summary.)--I.B. the Grey Heron (Ardea clnerea). The mechanism RISKA,D. E. 1984. Experiments on nestling recog- of distribution and regul•ation of colony size.] nition by Brown Noddies (Anous stolldus). Auk Oiseau R.F.O. 54: 1-78. (Lab. Zool. & EcoL, Fac. des 101: 605-609. (Dept. Biol., Univ. California, Los Scs.,Blvd. G6n6ral Leclerc, 35052 Rennes,France.)-- Angeles, CA 90024 USA.) Important study done at the Lac de Grand-Lieu, SHY,E. 1984. The structure of song and its geo- western France, Europe'slargest colony. (French, graphical variation in the Scarlet Tanager (Pir- Englishsummary.)--R.A.W. anga ollvacea). Amer. Midi. Natur. 112: 119-130. MASON, J. R., A. H. ARZT, & R. F. REIDINGER. 1984. (Natl. Zool. Pk., SmithsonianInst., Washington, Comparative assessmentof food preferencesand DC 20008 USA.) aversions acquired by blackbirds via observa- STEPHENS,M. L. 1984. Interspecific aggressivebe- tional learning. Auk 101:796-803. (Monell Chem. havior of the polyandrousNorthern Jacana(]a- SensesCtr., 3500Market St.,Philadelphia, PA 19104 cana spinosa). Auk 101: 508-518. (Allee Lab. Anim. USA.)--Laboratory experiments on male Agelaius Behav.,Univ. Chicago,940 E. 57 St., Chicago,IL phoenicusand Quiscalusquiscala.--F.E.L. 60637 USA.)--In CostaRica; most attacksagainst MCCULLOUGH,E.M. 1981. Mutual preening by four Porphyrulamartinica, predator of jacana eggs and Musk Lorikeets. Australian Bird Watcher 9: 135. young.--F.E.L. (6 Bullen Ave., Mitcham, SA 3132, Australia.) STROUD,D.A. 1982. Observations on the incuba- MCF^RLAND, D. 1984. Protection behaviours of tion and post-hatchingbehaviour of the Green- land White-fronted Goose. Wildfowl 33: 63-72. breeding White-plumed Honeyeaters Licheno- stomuspenicillatus. Emu 84: 42-43. (Zool. Dept., (School Biol. Sci., Univ. Coil. Wales, Penglais, Univ. New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Austra- Aberystwyth,Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK.)--Continuous lia.)--Aggressive and distractiondisplays.--L.L.S.
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