R / 2J�J Ij Rjsj L)J J �� __Rj Ljlj F LANDED! VOLUME 2 - RAPTORS to PRATINCOLES

R / 2J�J Ij Rjsj L)J J �� __Rj Ljlj F LANDED! VOLUME 2 - RAPTORS to PRATINCOLES

-_r_/ 2J�J iJ_rJsJ l)J_J �� __rJ lJlJ_f LANDED! VOLUME 2 - RAPTORS TO PRATINCOLES In 1990 Oxford Univer sity Press published Volume One Over 70 colourpl ates illustr ated of the Ha11dbook of Austra­ by JeffDavies feature nearly lia 11, New Zeala11d a11d every species. Antarctic Birds to widespread acclaim. Now Volume Two, VOLUME2 covering Raptors to Pratin­ Contains vultures, hawks and coles, has been completed. eagles, falcons, galliformes and quail, Malleefowl a11d megapodes, Four more volumes are to be cranes,crakes and rails, bustards, published making this the the Australian and New Zealand most detailed and up-to-date resident waders, a11d plovers, reference work of the birds of lapwi11gs a11d douerels. Australasia. COMPREHENSIVE Each volume exami11es all aspects of bird lifeinc luding: • field i£Jentiflca1ion • dis1ribu1io11 and popula1io11 • social orga11iza1io11 The Handbook is the most ex­ • social behaviour citing and significant project •movements in Australasian ornithology to­ •plumages day and will have an •breeding • habitat enormous impact on the direc­ • voice tion of future research and the •food conservation of Au stralasian and Antarctic birds. _ • AVAI�!�! BER t�n�r? Volume 2 $250 RAOU Volumes 1 & 2 $499 -- m! CJOlltlllllCOIIIIYIOOI ORDER FORM Place your order with Oxford University Press by: cgJ Reply Paid 1641, Oxford University Press, D Please send me __ copy/copies of the Handbook of GPO Box 2784Y, Melbourne3001 Aus1ralia11, New Zealondand A111arc1ic Birds Volume 2 at the 11 (03) 646 4200 FAX (03) 646 3251 special pre-publication price of $250 (nonnal retail price $295) plus $7.50 for po stage and handling OR D I enclose my cheque/money order for$ _______ D Please send me set/sets of Volumes I a11d 2 of the D Please charge my Visa/Mastercard/Bankcard no. Handbook ofA1is1ralian, New Zealand and Amarclic Birds at .---,...---,---, the special price of $499 (normal retail price $590) plus $7.50 L............J,______,__,11 I I I 11 I I I II 1 _, for postage and handling. Expiry date:_/_)_ iS gnature: _________ Pre-publication offer ends 15 October J 993. 93060467 BE TEMPTED Up Front TO /sLANDS NEAR AND FAR OF SPECTACULAR UNTOUCHED BEAUTY STEEPED IN HISTORY, CULTURALALLURE AND UNCLUTTERED LIFESTYLES - MATCHED In the future . will there be ONLY BY THE PEOPLE dinosaurs? Could we really recreate THEMSELVES "' dinosaurs from samples of their DNA? It CHOOSE YOUR ONN seems to belong more to the realm of SoUTH PACIFIC fantasy but could the novel Jurassic Park PARADISE AND ENJOY by Michael Crichton become a reality? AN AFFINITY WITH With the release in Australia of the movie NATURE. "Jurassic Park", dinosaurs are receiving John Long looking for fossils. massive publicity and its important we realise that they don't just LORD HOWE ISLAND 'belong' to the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, Australia boasts its own A World Heritage Area quite unique dinosaur fauna. We asked Dr John Long of the Western Australian Museum to help us shed some light on the "Dinosaurs NORFOLK ISLAND Downunder". He shares with us the excitement of finding his first Historical - Picturesque dinosaur bone, explains why some of our dinosaurs are challenging current scientific thinking, and profiles the best Australian dinosaur KINGDOM OF TONGA finds to date. And, to show you what one of our best-known dinosaurs The Friendly Islands might have looked like, we invited scientific illustrator Peter Schouten to create a reconstruction WESTERN SAMOA The Cradle of Polynesia of Muttaburrasaurus langdoni based on the most up-to-date COOK ISLANDS fossil evidence available. After Visit Heaven on Earth some helpful advice from palaeontologists our front UNIQUE - NATURAL - cover was 'born'. We are so UNFORGETTABLE proud of this magnificent illus­ EXPERIENCES! tration that we have decided to Peter Schouten working on the give you the chance to win the FOR INFORMATION Muttaburrasaurus illustration. AND BOOKINGS CALL original framed artwork. To be eligible to win, all you have to do is be a current subscriber on 17 December 1993! � Still on fossils, you may have followed the plight of Eric, the opalised 163 Eastern Valley Way pliosaur. For a while it looked like he would be heading overseas but, Middle Cove NSW 2068 P.O. Box 755 � with the help of Quantum, Akubra Hats and thousands of enthusiastic Willoughby 2068 PH: (02) 958 2799 z� and generous people, Eric's permanent home is now the Australian < FREECALL: 008 244336 � Museum. As a special thankyou from ANH we have included a bonus :;;; (free outside Sydney area) � poster of Eric in this issue. FAX: (02} 958 2079 L.H.1. FASTBOOK VACATIONS PTY LTD UC: 2TA003131 ACN: 003926369 -Jennifer Saunders ANH �NHSpring 1993 Volume 24 Number 6 Published by The Australian Museum Trust 6-8 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 339 Sill Fax: (02) 339 8313 Trust President: Robyn Williams Museum Director: Desmond Griffin EDITOR Jennifer Saunders, B.Sc. SCIENTIFIC EDITOR Georgina Hickey, B.Sc. PHOfO RESEARCHER Articles Kate Lowe ART DIRECTION OVERCOMING A PRICKLY Watch This! Design PROBLEM TYPESETTING Sex echidna-style means Keen Permofilm playi.ng trains, digging in, PRJ TING Excel Printing Company, head-to-head scuffles, Hong Kong broadside attacks, stroking MARKETING AND SALES spines and getting out of a Mike Field rut! Discover all this and more Phone: (02) 339 8331 when we exposejust what goes SUBSCRJPTIONS on in the Aussie bush. Mary Pollinger BY PEGGY RISMILLER Phone: (02) 339 8119 Toll-free (008) 028 558 22 Fax: (02) 339 8313 A MARK IN TIME Annual subscription (4 Issues) Since the time of first Within Australia SA30 European settlement, people Other Countries SA42 have been leaving their mark Two-year subscription (8 issues) at Aboriginal rock art sites. Within Australia SA58 When should this graffiti Other Countries SA 78 constitute vandalism and when Three-year subscription (12 issues) should it be considered part of Within Australia $A81.00 Other Countries $AI08.00 our cultural heritage? New subscriptions can be made by credit BY MIKE MORWOOD & card on the ANH toll-free hotline GRAHAME WALSH 008-028 558 or use the form in this magazine. 40 If it has been removed, send cheque, money order or credit card authorisation to the DINOSAURS address abovt:, made payable to the i\ustralian DOWN UNDER THE MAGNIFICENT Museum' in Australian currency. 1% may not have a WARATAH All material appearing in ANH is copyright. Tyrannosaurus rex, but From red through to white, Reproduction in whole or in part is not Australia is able to boast a large to small, our best permitted without written authorisation from known floral emblem displays the Editor. growing number of unique and Opinions expressed by the authors are their fascinating dinosaurs. Here we a diversity that would surprise own and do not necessarily represent the introduce you to some of the most Australians. policies or views of the Australian Museum. most interesting so far. BY CATHY OFFORD ANH is printed on archival quality paper suitable for library collections. BY JOH LONG 46 Published 1993 30 ISSN-0004-9840 Australian Natural History is proud winner of the 1987. '88, '89, '90. '91 & '92 Whitley Awards for Best Periodical. Front Cover Discovered in Queensland in 1963, Muttaburr­ asaurus langdoni is a plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur. Here the male is shown displaying both visually and verbally in order to attract the attentions of a female. lllustration by Peter Schouten. (Subscribe to ANH and you could win this magnificent original artwork.) 2 ANH VIEWSFROM THE FOURTH DIMENSION ECOTOURISM IN A BRAVE NEW LAND THE BACKYARD NA TURALIST More tourists, substantially larger wilderness areas and PIES FROM THE SKY increased economic gain . just the thought of Magpies in together these could provide spring can make school Australia with a future that children and pasties run for would be the envy of the rest cover. Yet the Magpie's high of the world. profile and aggressive nature BY MICHAEL ARCHER QUIPS, QUOTES & may mask a life much tougher CURIOS than we might imagine. 60 Frogs that Talk with their BY STE VE VA N DYCK Feet; The Time for Birth; 14 Drunken Bees; The Science of Kissing; New Whale for Peru; The Case for Female Promiscuity; Warning: TR END S IN SCIENCE Cannibalism is a Health Hazard; A Good Year?; ANIMAL IQ: SHOULD IT Newcastle Earthquake; Red MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Crabs Hold their Fort; The As brightness is a very iffy Zebra and the Tsetse Fly; and likely unprovable Plants that See; Quick Quiz. justification for protection, 6 should we allow our perception ofan animal's RARE & ENDA NGERED intelligence to bias us in our conservation efforts? THE LA ST WO RD REVIEWS GOLDEN SUN MOTH The. Proteaceae of the Sydney Despite being a robust BY ROBYN WILLIAMS FILLING THE LIFEBOATS: Region; Parrots: Hand survivor, the Golden Sun 20 ENDANGERED SPECIES Feeding and Nursery Moth is now restricted to only FIRST Management; Guidebook to ten sites in the ACT It has What sort of efforts should Pecten Shells; Earth Island become endangered because conservation biologists direct Easter Island; Our the native grassland it towards rare species? Are they Rainforests and the Issues· inhabits is itself endangered. worth>; of more, or less, Review of Parrots and Pig�ons BY TED EDWARDS attention and funding than of Australia; Densey Clyne's any other species? Small Worlds; Eyewitness 16 Explorers; The Miracle BY JOHN C.Z. WOINARSKI Planet. WILD FOODS 72 THE CURIOUS FOODS 62 OF TASMANIA'S ABORIGINES One group of Tasmanian Columns QUESTIONS & Aboriginal women share with ANSWERS Fish Circles; Pie Teaser· Tim their memories of the ' wild foods they ate as Moths in the Cellar; children. As Tim was to P H O T O A R T Caterpillars Unmasked; Fish discover, a number of these Facts; Answers to Quiz.

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    78 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us