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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION VOLUME 98 DATES OF ISSUE 25 February 1998 Part 3 27 August 1998 11 June 1998 Part 4 30 November 1998 EMU Vol. 98, 1998 CONTENTS Page Contents 11-V RAOU Officers Vi-Vill VOLUME 98 « PART 1 *« MARCH 1998 Mark A. Jurisevic Comparison of vocalisations of Australian falcons and elanine kites David W. Steadman and Patrick V. Kirch Biogeography and prehistoric exploitation of birds in the Mussau Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea J.D. Richards and Jeff Short Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax predation on endangered mammals and rabbits at Shark Bay, Western Australia Walter E. Boles A budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus from the Pliocene of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland Amanda N. D. Freeman Diet of Westland Petrels Procellaria westlandica: and the importance of fisheries waste during chick-rearing S.J.M. Blaber, D.A. Milton, M.J. Farmer and G.C. Smith Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: trends and influences Short Communications John Kanowski The abundance of the Rufous Owl Ninox rufa in upland and highland rainforests of north-east Queensland M. Maxwell and M.C. Calver Bringing home the bacon: potential energy return from prey and central place foraging in a Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Damon L. Oliver Roosting of non-breeding Regent Honeyeaters Xanthomyza phrygia Jared Diamond Geographic variation in vocalisations of the White-eye superspecies Zosterops [griseotinctus] in the New Georgia group J.C.Z. Woinarski, A. Fisher, K. Brennan, I. Morris, R.C. Willan and R. Chatto The Chestnut Rail Eulabeornis castaneoventris on the Wessel and English Company islands: notes on unusual habitat and use of anvils D.G. Nicholls, P. Stampton, N.1. Klomp and M. Schultz Post-breeding flight to Antarctic waters by a Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Belinda Brooker Evidence of long laying intervals by the Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis Book review Index 1998 VOLUME 98 + PART 2 + JUNE 1998 Richard A. Noske Social organisation and nesting biology of the cooperatively-breeding Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera in north-eastern New South Wales Damon L. Oliver, Andrew J. Ley and Beth Williams Breeding success and nest site selection of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia near Armidale, New South Wales David Geering and Kristine French Breeding biology of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia in the Capertee Valley, New South Wales Jeremy J. Thompson Interseasonal changes in shorebird habitat specialisation in Moreton Bay, Australia Shirley M. McQueen, Lloyd S. Davis and Graham Young The reproductive endocrinology of Fiordland Crested Penguins Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Short Communications Claude Monnet and Albert Varney Notes on the Breeding of the Striated Heron Butorides striatus patruelis in Tahiti, French Polynesia Lioyd S. Davis, Fiona M. Hunter, Robert G. Harcourt and Sue Michelsen Heath Reciprocal homosexual mounting in Adélie Penguins Pygoscelis adeliae Clifford B. Frith and Dawn W. Frith Additional notes on the nesting biology of Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae P.K. Dyer and K. Aldworth The “Burrowscope’: modifications to burrow viewing equipment F.1. Norman, C.D.T. Minton, A. Bunce and A.P. Govanstone Recent changes in the status of Australasian Gannets Morus serrator in Victoria Obituary Frank Norman Robinson Book reviews Publications recently received EMU Vol. 98, 1998 VOLUME 98 « PART 3 * SEPTEMBER 1998 K.A. Wood Seasonal changes in diet of Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina at Wollongong, New South Wales Geoffrey C. Smith, Jason Aridis and Nadya Lees Radio-tracking revealed home ranges of Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster in remnant vine scrub between Hoop Pine plantation and agriculture Graeme Chapman he social life of the Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea M. Schulz Bats and other fauna in disused Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel nests Juan Moreno, Juan A. Amat, Juan J. Sanz and Luis M. Carrascal Determinants of feeding chases in the Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica Janette A. Norman, Les Christidis, Mike Westerman and F.A. Richard Hill Molecular data confirms the species status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis F.A. Richard Hill and Alan Lill Density and total population estimates for the threatened Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis F.A. Richard Hill and Alan Lill Vocalisations of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis: individual variation in advertisement calls F.A. Richard Hill and Alan Lill Diet and roost site characteristics of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis Short Communications Christophe Barbraud and Susan C. Baker Fulmarine petrels and South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki populations on Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica Roland Prinzinger and Elke Schleucher — Fruits of Tall Saltbush Rhagodia eremaea as an important source of energy and water for arid zone honeyeaters RAOU Fellow: citation Clive Minton D.L. Serventy Medal 1998: citation Richard Alexis Zann Book review Index 1998 VOLUME 98 + PART 4 * DECEMBER 1998 Clifford B. Frith and Dawn W. Frith Nesting biology of the Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana endemic to Australian upland tropical rainforest Hugh A. Ford Faithfulness to breeding site and birthplace in Noisy Friarbirds Philemon corniculatus Michael G. Brooker Fire and birds in a Western Australian heathland Wesley W. Weathers and Roger S. Seymour Behaviour and time-activity budgets of Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata in South Australia Penny Olsen, Veronique Doyle and Mark Boulet Variation in male provisioning in relation to brood size of Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus Neil Klaer and Tom Polacheck The influence of environmental factors and mitigation measures on by-catch rates of seabirds by Japanese longline fishing vessels in the Australian region Short Communications M.J. Garkaklis, C.V. Sims, J.S. Bradley and R.D. Wooller The breeding phenology of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus on Rottnest Island, Western Australia Christopher R.J. Boland Helpers improve nest defence in cooperatively breeding White-winged Choughs Donna Hough, Bob Wong, Gawain Bennett, Kylie Brettschneider, Melissa Spinocchia, Natalie Manion and Robert Heinsohn Vigilance and group size in Emus Book review Index 1998 EMU Vol. 98, 1998 ZEON KR Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Birds Australia Founded 1901. 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