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Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior: Indexes University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior, by Paul Johnsgard Papers in the Biological Sciences January 1965 Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior: Indexes Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscihandwaterfowl Part of the Ornithology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior: Indexes" (1965). Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior, by Paul Johnsgard. 22. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscihandwaterfowl/22 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior, by Paul Johnsgard by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. General Index The principal page reference for each species or group is indicated by boldface type. Subordinate page references for each species are listed only under the standardized English names used in this book, as shown in the Appendix. Commonly used alternate names, or names referring to certain races or species groups, are included in the index but only principal page references are listed under these names. Page references to illustrations of species or of specific displays are indicated by italics. The Appendix and Summary have not been indexed. Aberrant surface-feeding (or dabbling) American scoter (or black scoter), ducks, 60, 126-130, 211-216 277 Abyssinian blue-winged goose, 64, 65, American wigeon, 136, 137, 144, 78 149, 202 African black duck, 104, 126, 132, American wood duck (or wood duck), 134, 174, 202 111 African pochard (race of southern Andean goose, 64, 65, 86, 69, 74, 78 pochard), 222 Argentine ruddy duck, 321, 322, 326, African pygmy goose, 106 329 African yellow-bill (or yellow-billed Argentine shoveler (or red shoveler), duck), 172 205 Ah-har-lik display, 275, 276 Ashy-headed goose, 69, 71, 72, 74, Alert displays, 96, 268 84 American black duck, 165, 171 "At-attention" display, 156; see Fac- American eider (race of common ing eider), 255 Auckland Island merganser, 316 American goldeneye (race of com- "Austral" teal, 158-164 mon goldeneye), 291 Australasian shoveler, 207, 209 American merganser (or goosander), Australasian whiteeye, 227, 235, 236, 313 237,239, 240, 243, 246 General Index Australian black duck (race of spot- Black duck, see African black duck billed duck), 174 and American black duck Australian blue-billed duck, 32 1, 331, "Black" geese, 50-58 333 Black scoter, 268, 272, 277, 279, 280, Australian shelduck, 76, 80, 83, 85, 281, 283 86 Black swan, 25, 27, 28, 30 Australian shoveler (race of Austral- Black-bellied tree duck (or red-billed asian shoveler), 209 whistling duck), 23 Australian whiteeye (race of Aus- Black-billed tree duck (or Cuban tralasian whiteeye), 237 whistling duck), 22 Australian wood duck, 104, 120, 12 1, Black-headed duck, 317, 318, 3 19 123, 124 Black-necked swan, 25, 29, 31, 37 Blue duck, 126, 127, 128 Baer's white-eye (or Baer's pochard), Blue goose (color phase of snow 227, 238, 240, 241 goose), 47 Bahama pintail (or Bahama duck), Blue-billed duck (or Australian blue- 139, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192 billed duck), 331 Baikal teal, 136, 146, 147, 149, 152, "Blue-winged ducks, 197-211 194, 203 Blue-winged goose (or Abyssinian Baldpate (or American wigeon), 137 blue-winged goose), 64 Bar-headed goose, 43, 45, 46 Blue-winged teal, 138, 199, 201, 203, Barnacle goose, 53, 54, 55, 56 210 Barrow's goldeneye, 286, 287, 289, Bobbing (or Inciting) display, 300, 290, 291, 292 304, 305, 309 Bathing display, 255, 260, 264, 265, Bowing display, 71, 72, 73, 74 269, 291, 298 Bowsprit (or Oblique) display, 285, Bean goose, 40, 41, 42 291, 294, 296, 298 Bent-neck display, 43, 50, 51, 55, 56 Bowsprit-pumping display, 285, 294 Bewick's swan, 25, 32, 35, 36 Brant goose, 55, 56, 57, 58 Bill-dipping, precopulatory, 22, 96, Brazilian merganser, 307, 3 16 108, 115, 118, 122, 125, 216, 217, Brazilian teal, 97, 108, 122, I23 222, 226, 229, 234, 240, 241, 245, Breast Scooping display, 281 246, 249, 250, 253, 255, 268, 316, Breast-preen display, 278, 279 325, 326, 331 Bridling display, 130, 135, 146, 148, Billdown display, 215, 216, 218, 152, 154, 155, 157, 170, 172, 173, 221, 222, 225, 226, 230, 234, 237, 174, 176, 177, 181, 185, 189, 190 240, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253 Bronze-winged duck, 177, 179, 190 Bill-flicking display, 325, 326, 329, Brown pintail (or yellow-billed pin- 331 tail), 185 Bill-jerking displays, 114, 115, 118, Brown teal, 149, 163, 182 326, 330 Bubbling display, 320, 323, 324, 327, Bill-pointing display, 285, 286 332 Bill-tilting displays, 147, 148, 152, Bufflehead, 284, 286, 292 213 Burp display, 109, 112, 113, 114, Bill-toss display, 256, 257, 265, 276 121, 122, 123, 124, 131, 132, 143, Black brant (race of brant goose), 56 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 153, General Index Burp display (cont.) Common goldeneye, 283, 285, 287, 156, 157, 162, 186, 191, 194, 195, 288, 290, 291,293,295-297,299, 197-199, 200, 202, 204, 208, 220 303, 314 BurpDrink display, 195, 197, 199 Common mallard (race of mallard), 166 Cackling goose (race of Canada goose), Common merganser (or goosander), 53 313 Canada goose, 7, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58 Common pintail (race of pintail), 182 Canvasback, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, Common pochard (or European po- 234, 235 chard), 230 Cape Barren goose, 12, 25, 58, 59 Common scoter (or black scoter), 277 Cape shelduck, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88 Common shelduck, 75, 77, 79, 83, Cape shoveler, 204, 205, 207, 208 85, 87, 89, 91, 92, 127 Cape teal, 131, 149, 152, 153, 155, Common shoveler, 149, 199, 206, 210 157, 214 Common teal, 136, 146, 149, 151, Cereopsis goose (or Cape Barren 182, 210 goose), 58 Common whiteeye, 214, 227, 240, Chest-lifting display, 282 242, 244, 245, 246, 249 Chestnut (or chestnut-breasted) teal, Cooing Movement displays, 258, 26 1, 149, 155, 158, 161, 162, 163, 190, 265; compound, 258; double, 257, 202, 274 258; triple, 259 Chilian pintail (race of yellow-billed Coquette Call display, 109, 110, 112, pintail), 185 113, 116 Chilian teal (race of South American Coscoroba swan, 27, 37, 38 teal), 152 Cotton pygmy goose (or cotton teal), Child wigeon, 127, 138, 140, 141, 106 142, 143, 194, 320 Coughing display, 223, 226-228, Chinese goose (or swan goose), 40 230, 234, 235, 238, 242, 244, 246, Chinese merganser, 303, 308, 313, 248, 249, 250, 252 3 17 Courtship: calls, 109, 113, 228, 314, Chin-lifting, preflight, 78, 80, 83- 3 15; feeding, 221, 222; whistle, 85, 88, 98, 120, 214, 219, 223, 278, 279 225, 228, 230, 232, 235, 238, 240, Crested duck, 102, 125, 178, 179, 243, 246, 247, 250, 252 180, 190 Chin-lifting displays (except pre- Crested shelduck, 87 flight), 27, 28, 31, 113, 114, 120, Crest-erection display, 285 122,123, 124, 127, 132, 137, 139, Crest-raising displays, 2 15, 2 16, 300, 140, 143, 160, 162, 163, 184, 301, 305 185, 196, 200, 202, 205, 207, Crouched display, 281, 285, 288, 213, 257, 258, 261, 268, 269, 289, 309 275, 281, 283 Cuban whistling duck, 15, 18, 22, Cinnamon teal, 199, 200, 202, 203, 39 204, 207, 210 Curtsy display, 292, 309, 3 10, 312 Comb duck, 100, 101, 102, 104 Common eider, 255, 257, 259, 260, Dabbling ducks, 125-216 261, 264, 265 Dab-preening display, 330 General Index Decrescendo Call display, 113, 120, Facing (or "At-attention") display, 124, 131, 133, 136, 138, 139, 110, 111, 114, 115, 146, 152, 141, 144, 148, 150, 153, 156, 153, 156, 158, 160, 163, 195, 160, 163, 167, 171, 174, 177, 196, 203, 206, 213 178, 180, 183, 187, 188, 191, Falcated duck (or falcated teal), 136, 194, 196, 199,202, 205-207, 210, 139, 141, 142, 144, 148, 194 21 1, 214, 220, 223 Falkland flightless steamer duck, 93, Diagonal Neck display, 40, 42, 43, 95 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 False Drinking display, 94 Displacement activity, 67 Fast Head-throw-kick display, 294, Display flights (see also Short 296, 297 Flights), 5, 108, 206, 209, 21 1, Ferruginous whiteeye (or common 332 whiteeye), 242 Display Shake, 114, 115, 117, 118, Flick-of-the-wings display, 260, 270, 121, 122, 123; double, 118, 119, 275, 278, 284, 287, 291, 298, 122 303, 306, 307, 311, 316 Down-up display, 115, 143, 145, Flight call, 1 13 146, 148, 150, 151, 160, 162, Flightless teal (race d brown teal), 163, 168, 169, 170, 174, 176, 163 185, 189, 190 Florida duck (race of mallard), 16E Drinking display, 23, 24, 96, 106, Fly-away display, 282 109, 113, 116, 117, 148, 215, Flying steamer duck, 93 216, 217, 220, 223, 224, 225, Foldedwings-lifted display, 285, 28t 226, 254, 282, 283, 287, 289, Following display, 28 5 291, 296, 298, 300, 306, 307, Formosa teal (or Baikal teal), 14 311, 315, 316 Forward display, 40, 42, 43-45, 4c 47-50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 Forward-stretch display, 278, 279 Egyptian goose, 64, 67, 69, 75, 76, Freckled duck, 60, 125 77, 79, 92 Fulvous whistling duck, 16, 18, 19. Eiders, 255-270 20-22, 24 Emperor goose, 41, 47, 48, 49 Erect displays, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, Gadwall, 136, 138, 139, 141, 143: 51, 53, 278 145, 147, 148,210 European black scoter (race of black Gaping display, 319, 330, 332 scoter), 277 Garganey, 197, 198, 200, 202, 203, European eider (race of common 210 eider), 255 Gasping display, 188 European pochard, 219, 223, 227, Gesture of Greeting display, 153, 154, 230, 231, 235, 243, 247 163 European teal (race of common teal), Gesture of Repulsion display, 167, 149 183, 188, 220 European wigeon, 134, 136, 138, Goosander, 292, 299, 303, 309, 313, 141, 144, 148,
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