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Bird-Banding BIRD-BANDING INDEX TO VOLUMES XXXII-XLI 1961-1970 COMPILED BY BRENDA McGURN EDITED BY DAVID W. JOHNSTON PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHEASTERN BIRD-BANDING ASSOCIATION, INC. CONCORD, MA 1979 BIRD-BANDING • •attrnalaf (Drnitllala$i•al•nt•esti$atian INDEX TO VOLUMES XXXII-XLI 1961-1970 COMPILED BY BRENDA MeGURN EDITED BY DAVID W. JOHNSTON PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHEASTERN BIRD-BANDING ASSOCIATION, INC. CONCORD, MA 1979 Other indices and back numbers of Bird-Banding are available from the Treasurer whose name and address appear in a current issue of the journal. Litho Printed by' Storter Printing Company, Inc. Gainesville, Florida INTRODUCTION Compiling a 10-year index is a difficult and time-consuming task. My admiration and gratitude go to Lawrence M. Bartlett whose 10-year index to Volumes XXII - XXXI was used as a guide for the present one• with some changes as noted below. Preparation of the present index has required almost three years• assistance provided initially by Linda Becker• Frances Berger• and Nancy Salen. Most of the compilation• organization• and typing was ably performed by Brenda McGurn. The increase in size and scope of Bird-Banding through the years necessi- tated methods to contain the size of the index. To this end• some headings (as used previously) were dropped and some niceties in presentation and punctu- ation were sacrificed but hopefully without affecting clarity or utility. Species names, both scientific and common• appear as used in the published article; some of these do not conform to the recent supplements (Auk, 9•0• 1973; 9•3• 1976) of the "A.O.Uo Check-list of North American Birds." For extralimital species• Clements'" Birds of the World: A Check List" was often used as a ref- erence. Abbreviations are abundant. Lists of these appear on the next page. Special attention is directed to "r" used herein to denote a subject or item either in a review or reviewed. Banding Reports will not be found in a separate section but occur under the individual species accounts that also may include information not appearing elsewhere. In an endeavor of this magnitude• despite repeated and careful cross-checks• it is almost inevitable that errors and omissions might have crept in. Should you encounter any errors• please feel free to contact the Editor. ..o 111 ABBREVIATIONS STATES et al. Afr.- Africa nat. - nature AK - Alaska Amer. - America navig. - navigation AL - Alabama anal. - analysis n.e. - northeast(ern) AR - Arkansas anat. - anatomy Neth. - Netherlands AZ - Arizona ann. - annual Nfld. - Newfoundland CA - California Ant. - Antarctic nomen. - nomenclature CO - Colorado Arct. - Arctic Nor. - Norway CT - Connecticut Argen. - Argentina N.Z. - New Zealand CZ - Canal Zone Atl. - Atlantic O. - Ocean DC - District of Columbia Aust. - Australia orient. - orientation DE - Delaware band4 - banding ornith. - ornithology FL - Florida behav. - behavior Pac. - Pacific GA - Georgia biol. - biology Pan. - Panama GU - Guam Br. Is. - British Isles paras. - parasite HI - Hawaii Carlb. - Caribbean path. - pathology IA - Iowa cons. - conservation Phi. - Philippines ID - Idaho Czech. - Czechoslovakia phot. - photograph IL - Illinoi• Den. - Denmark phys. physiology IN - Indiana descr. - description Pol. - Poland KS - Kansas detn. - determination pop. - population KY - Kentucky dev. - development r - in a review or reviewed LA - Louisiana distr. - distribution recog.-recognition MA - Massachusetts e. - east(ern) reprod. - reproduction MD - Maryland ecol. - ecology ß . - •outh(ern) ME • Maine embry. - embryology S. Amer. - South America MI - Michigan Engl. - England Scan. - Scandinavia MN - Minnesota Eur. - Europe Scot. - Scotland MO - Missouri evol. - evolution s.e.- southeast(ern) MS - Mississippi Finl. - Finland skel. - •keleton MT - Montana Ft. - France soc.- social NE - Nebraska Galap. - Galapagos sp. - species NC - North Carolina geog. - geography subsp. - subspecies ND - North Dakota geol. - geology surv. - survival NH - New Hampshire Get. - Germany s.w. - southwest(ern) NJ - New Jersey Grnl. - Greenland Switz. - Switzerland NM - New Mexico hab. - habitat syn. - •ynonym NV - Nevada hist. - history syst. - systematics NY - New York histol. - histology tax. - taxonomy OH - Ohio illus. - illustration tech.-technique OK - Oklahoma incub. - incubation temp. - temperature OR - Oregon Ind. - India terr. - territory PA - Pennsylvania indiv. - individual trop. - tropical PR - Puerto Rico Is. - Island(s) U.S. - United States RI - Rhode Island meas. - measurement(s) USF&W - U.S. FisN &Wildlife SC - South Carolina Medit. -Mediterranean USSR - Union of Soviet SD - South Dakota ' metb- - method Socialist Republics TN - Tennessee Mex. - Mexico vat. - variation TX - Texas mgt. - management V.I. - Virgin Islands UT - Utah migr. - migration vocab. - vocabulary VA - Virginia monogr. - monograph w. - west VT - Vermont morph. - morphology W. Ind.- We•t Indies WA - Washington mort. - mortality yr. - year WI - Wisconsin n. - north(ern) zoog. - zoogeography WY - Wyoming iv SUBJECT INDEX Pg. Pg. Accidents (see Injuries&-) Feeding (see Food &-• Behavior) Adaptations 48 Flight 2 Age 48 Food & Feeding -aging Fossils (see Paleontology) -longevity Habitat (see Ecology) 4 Anatomy Herbicides (see Pesticides) Anting (see Behavior) 61 Hybrids Attracting birds (see Techniques) 63 Identification 9 Banding & Banding Reports 63 Injuries• Accidents&Illness Band(s) •ee Techniques) 63 Incubation 10 Behavior Insecticides (see Pesticides) -aggressive Invasions (see Migration & Population -agonistic 73 Life Histories -anting 74 Locomotion -breeding Longevity (see Age) -captivity• in 76 Management 11 -comparative Marking (see Techniques) -courtship Measurements (see Weights &-) -display 80 Migration -feeding Molt (see Plumage) -general• of 84 Montality 12 -imprinting Movements (see Population) -innate Navigation (see Orientation) -learning 87 Nest(s) -nesting Nesting -pair bond Nets (see Techniques) -parental Oil Pollution (see Environmental Quality) 13 -sibling 93 Orientation -social -homing -territorial -navigation 16 Books & Monographs -of species 20 Breeding 95 Paleontology -biology of 95 Parasites & Diseases 21 -captivity• in 96 Parasitism by birds Capture (see Techniques) 99 Pesticides & Herbicides Censuses (see Population) 101 Photography 30 Conservation Photoperiod (see Physiology) Courtship (see Behavior) 101 Physiology 36 Development -energetics Diseases (see Parasites) -of species Displays (see Behavior) Pigmentation (see Plumage) 37 Distribution 104 Plumages 40 Ecology -molt 41 Eggs -of species Energetics (see Physiology) Pollution (see Environmental Quality) 43 Environmental Quality 105 Population 43 Ethology -censuses 44 Europe -distribution 45 Evolution 106 -dynamics 46 Falconry -ecology Pg. 107 Population (cont.) -extinct & vanishing -fluctuations -movements -ratios 108 Predation Radar Studies (see Migration) 111 Range 112 Recoveries• Repeats & Returns -foreign banded birds in- -maps 113 -migratory patterns -of birds abroad 114 -of birds within country of banding -within country of banding 118 Roosting Sexing (see Techniques) 125 Sounds Status (see Population) 130 Systematics 132 Techniques -aging -band(s) -capture 133 -handrearing -marking -net(s) -sexing -trap(s) 134 -trapping Territory (see Behavior) Vision (see indiv. spp. accounts) 144 Weights & Measurements 149 Zoogeography BIRD-BANDING TEN YEAR INDEX 1961-1970 Abbott• C.C.•Jr. The day it rained birds[Acrocephalusarundinaceus (cont.) on a U.S. Navy supply ship 33:159r i return• Zambia37:211r Able• K.P. A RadarStudy of the AltitudeI -palustris (Warbler•Marsh) of Nocturnal Passerine Migration extension northward 36:125r 41:282-290 -schoenobaenus(Warbler• Sedge) Abramyan• R.A. Histochemical studies of return• Zambia 37:211r the avian sacculus• at rest and under -scirpaceus (Warbier• Reed) certain stimulation 40:65r longevity 35:205r Acanthis spp. pairing from same brood 35:374r arctic adaptation 41:60r Acti•s hypoleucos (Sandpiper• Common) autumn movement• molt• meas. 38:239 breeding biol. 38:331r band. 32:59r• 32:100r - macularia (Sandpiper• Spotted) - records analysed• MA 35:13-22 artificial incub. 32:146r behav. 32:27 Actophilornis africanus (Jacana• Afr.) call similarities 32:10 chick-carrying 40:58r identification problem 34:94 Adames• A.J.• see Galindo• P. & - Labrador• in 35:281r Adams• B. Popsquash - the crowded migr., flock composition changes island 35:212r 39:51-55 -- Some experiences with larger-mesh plumage• meas.• syst. 37:65r nets 40:52r ACCIDENTS (see INJURIES & -) -- First Harris's Sparrow banded in Accipiter cooperii (Hawk• Cooper's) NJ 41:133r band. report 33:3 Adamyan• M.S. The ecol. of the Lesser -gentilis (Goshawk) Rock Nuthatch in Armenia 37:295r falconry• Japan 37:70r ADAPTATIONS(see also A•ATOMY• BEHAVIOR• food consumption• zoo 33:116r ECOLOGY•EVOLUTION• PHYSIOLOGY) predators on birds 33:116r arctic environment• Acanthis spp. -gularis (Sparrowhawk• Jap.) 41:60r falconry 37:70r comparative• Anhinga & Double-crested -nisus (Sparrowhawk• Eur.) Cormoramt 41:165r band. 32:100r -• Fulvous & Black-bellied Tree population 32:61r ducks 41:254r - decline• chemicals 35:50r deformed bills• survival 33:165r recog. by small birds 32:182r desert• 37:73r• 40:350r -striatus (Hawk• Sharp-shinned) duck eyes 39:141r band. 32:100r j ecological• Brown Booby 39:138r - report 33:3 environmental conditions• response migration 37:56r• 40:54r 35:273r Accipi•ridae hunting tech.• Micrastor Falcons 41:53r migration 32:101r intricate interplay 40:171r Acridotheres tristis (Myna• Cormnon) migr.• comparisons•
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