THE AUSTRALIAN BIRD WATCHER VOLUME19 2001-2002 Editors: Stephen Debus, Graham Cam, Andrew Ley, Ken Simpson Index Compiler: Julia Hurley Published by THE BIRD OBSERVERS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA Melbourne, Victoria THE AUSTRALIAN BIRD WATCHER VOLUME19 2001-2002 Editors: Stephen Debus, Graham Cam, Andrew Ley, Ken Simpson Index Compiler: Julia Hurley Published by THE BIRD 0BSERVERS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA Melbourne, Victoria GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME 19, 2001-2002 Page Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea, The changing distribution of the ........ 14, 77 Bellbird, Crested, Oreoica gutturalis, The, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales .................................................................................... 55 Bitt~rn, ~lack, Ixobrychus jlavicollis, Notes on the, in far eastern Vtctona ................................................................................................... 173 Boobook, Southern, Ninox novaeseelandiae, Winter home range of an adult female, in suburban Canberra ..................................................... 109 Bowerbird, Golden, Prionodura newtoniana, Display behaviour of the adult male, at the bower ......................................................................... 3 Button-quail, Black-breasted, in open eucalypt forest in south-eastern Queensland .............................................................................................. 45 Chaffinch, Common, Fringilla coelebs, A record of the, on Phillip Island (Norfolk Island group), Australia .............................................. 225 Cockatoo, Gang-gang, Callocephalon fimbriatum, Water-begging in the juvenile .............................................................................................. 127 Cormorant, Little Black, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, An opportunistic .......................................................................................... 247 Cuckoo, Channel-billed, Scythrops novaehollandiae, Behaviour of the ........................................................................................................ 201 Erratum ...................................................................................................... 77 Fairy-wren, Red-backed, and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Early records of the, from New South Wales ................................................. 230 Falcon, Grey, Easterly records of the, in New South Wales .................. 132 Falcon, Peregrine, Falco peregrinus, Foraging behaviour of a ............... 248 Fig-Parrot, Coxen's, Erroneous clutch of ................................................ 196 Finch, Black-throated, Poephila cincta, The, in New South Wales ....... 115 Finch, Crimson, Neochmia phaeton, Nest-site and breeding-season data for the, in Australia ........................................................................ 161 Finches, estrildid, The status of, in north-western Australia ................. 147 Frogmouth, Thwny, Podargus strigoides, Predation of House Mice by the ............................................................................................................ 103 Fr~~o~t:l:~f~ddi~b!~~~fi~~~~~--~~-~~-~~~--~--~~~-t-~~~··········· 129 Gull, Pacific, attacking Silver Gull and response by a flock of Silver Gulls ............................................................................................. 69 Honeyeater, Regent, Unusual nest-site of ............................................... 198 Kites, Square-tailed, Lophoictinia isura, Breeding and diet of a pair of, on the mid-north coast of New South Wales ....................................... 184 Kites, Square-tailed, Lophoictinia isura, Diet and biology of, breeding in south-eastern Queensland: Nest-building to post-fledging ............ 28 Kookaburras, Nocturnal foraging by ....................................................... 104 Lapwings, Masked, Vimellus miles, Observations on nesting ................. 235 AUS1RALIAN GENERAL INDEX BIRD WATCHER Lorikeet, Rainbow, Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus X Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna, Wild hybrid population of, on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia ......................................................... 250 Lyrebird, Albert's, foraging from epiphytes in rainforest sub-canopy .. 203 N?:-~~~e~~~~ ~E~!~~~~~~:. .~~~~~-~~-~~-~~~-~~~~-~~ -~~-~~- -~~~-~~~-~~~· 60 Notices: Acting Editor-Bush birds, parrots, general ecology .............. 210 Birds Australia Rarities Committee: Review list ................... 71 Editor-Bush birds, parrots, general ecology .......................... 255 Inaugural Australian Ornithological Conference, The .......... 74 Jack Hvett O.A.M. 1915-2001 ................................................. 105 New bi~d guide t_o t~e Pilliga ..................................................... 146 Reportmg rare stghtlngs ............................................................ 71 Obituaries: Peter Alexander Disher (13.10.1920-12.10.2001) ........... 211 Jack Hyett O.A.M. (1915-2001) ............, ........................... 135 o~;z ~~~~~o~ if~~e~~~t~~!~ ~~-~~~~~~-~--~~-~-~-~-·--~~-~-~~-~~~---····· 88 Owl, Grass, Tyto capensis, Surveys of the, in coastal New South Wales ....................................................................................................... 94 Parrots, platycercine, The underwing-covert stripe as an additional character defining ................................................................................... 194 Penguin, Moseley's Rockhopper, Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi, Notes on a, captured at sea off north-western Thsmania in 1959 ....... 178 Petrel records, On some old ...................................................... : ~. ............ 219 Plover, Hooded, Comments on northern reports of the ........................ 121 Reviews: Birds of Canberra Gardens edited by Paul Fennell ................ 208 Canberra Birds: A Report on the First 18 lears of the Garden Bird Survey by Philip A. Veerman ........................................ 209 Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen ...................................................................... 106 Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 5, Bam-owls to Hummingbirds by Josep del Hoyo, Andy Elliott & Jordi Sargatal ......................................................................... 75 Magpie Alert: Learning to Live with a Wild Neighbour by Darryl Jones ...................................................................... 254 The Flight of the Emu: A Hundred lears ofAustralian Ornithology 1901-2001 by Libby Robin ............................. 205 Sea-Eagle, White-bellied, Haliaeetus leucogaster, The taking of a dead Prickly Toadfish Contusus brevicaudas by a ........................................ 200 Stone-curlew, Bush, Burhinus grallarius, Unusual food for .................... 44 Stone-curlews, Beach, Observations of nesting, on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, 1998-99 ............................................................... 49 Storm-Petrel, Thstram's, Oceanodroma tristrami, off Sydney, New South Wales: A new bird for Australia ................................................ 215 Terns, Little, Sterna albifrons, Predators of nesting, at Forster, New South Wales ............................................................................................ 79 Whistling-Duck, Spotted, Dendrocygna guttata-Probable breeding in Australia ............................................................................................. 143 VOLUME19 259 INDEX OF AUTHORS Balmford, R ............................................................................................................................ 69 Barnes, C.P., Zillmann, E.E., Rose, A.B. & Debus, S.J.S .................................................... 28 Beruldsen, G.R.................................................................................. .......................... 143, 196 Birchenough, A. C., Douglas, G.W. & Evans, S.M..... ........................................................ 147 Bischoff, T. ............................................................................................................................. 88 Campbell, B ......................................................................................................................... 104 Clarke, R.H. & Stephenson, B.M ....................................................................................... 225 Connor, M. ......................................................................................................................... 247 Courtney, I .......................................................................................................................... 194 Davey, C. & Einoder, L ...................................................................................................... 103 Debus, S . ....................................................................................................... 75, 106, 208, 209 Debus, S.J.S., Agnew, L.R. & Schulz, M ............................................................................... 94 Donato, D. ......................................................................................................................... 250 Endersby, I. & Endersby, M ............................................................................................... 127 Fitzsimons, J.A ............................................................................................................ 129, 200 Frith, C.B. & Frith, D.W. .......................................................................................................