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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION VOLUME 100 DATES OF ISSUE 15 March 2000 Part 3 4 September 2000 20 June 2000 Part 4 6 December 2000 18 December 2000 EMU Vol. 100. 2000 CONTENTS Contents RAOU Officers Vi-Vill VOLUME 100 * PART 1 * MARCH 2000 Steve Trémont and Hugh A. Ford Partitioning of parental care in the Leaden Flycatcher Damon L. Oliver Foraging behaviour and resource selection of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia in northern New South Wales Terrence R. Mace lime budget and pair-bond dynamics in the Comb-crested Jacana /rediparra gallinacea a test of hypotheses V.M. Saffer, J.S. Bradley, R.D. Wooller and C.E. Meathrel Patterns of growth in nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris V.M. Saffer, J.S. Bradley, R.D. Wooller and C.E. Meathrel Che effect of human activity on the growth rates of Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris chicks Carol Palmer, Keith A. Christian and Alaric Fisher Mound characteristics and behaviour of the Orange-footed Scrubfowl in the seasonal tropics of Australia Michael A. Weston and Mark A. Elgar he effect of a major rainfall event on Hooded Plovers on a salt-lake in Western Australia Short Communications Mark A. Jurisevic and Ken J. Sanderson Responses of Australian raptors to pure tones Mutsuyuki Ueta and Alexcey Antonov Habitat preference of Eastern Curlews at breeding site Obituaries CharlesG . Sibley 1911—1998 W.B. Emison 1939-1999 Book reviews VOLUME 100 ¢ PART 2 « JUNE 2000 Dawn W. Frith and Clifford B. Frith Phe nesting biology of the Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis (Petroicidae) in Australian upland tropical rainforest Sunshine Van Bael and Stephen Pruett-Jones Breeding biology and social behaviour of the eastern race of the Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens melanotus Index 2000 Gavin R. Hunt Tool use by the New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides to obtain Cerambycidae from dead wood Rohan H. Clarke and Michael F. Clarke rhe breeding biology of the Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria Vincent Nijman, S. (Bas) van Balen. and Resit Sézer Breeding biology of Javan Hawk-eagle Spizaetus bartelsi in West Java, Indonesia Michael K. Todd Feeding ecology of Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii in the Lower Hunter Valley B.C. Wienecke, J.S. Bradley and R.D. Wooller Annual and seasonal variation in the growth rates of young Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Western Australia Short Communications J.H. Rienks and C.P. Catterall A cautionary note on the use of modified prey in experiments on searching behaviour in birds Jeremy J. Hatch and Patricia Szezys Lack of evidence for female—female pairs among Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii in Western Australia contrasts with North Atlantic Steffen Hahn = The timing of activity of Black-bellied Storm-Petrels at a high latitude colony Obituary Selwyn George (Bill) Lane 1922—2000 VOLUME 100 ¢ PART 3 * SEPTEMBER 2000 Dominique Blache, Carl D. Barrett and Graeme B. Martin Social mating system and sexual behaviour in captive Emus Dromaius novaehollandiace C.A.M. Garavanta and R.D. Wooller Courtship behaviour and breeding biology of Bridled Terns Sterna anaethetus on Penguin Island, Western Australia H.M. Gibbs, F.1. Norman and S.J. Ward Reproductive parameters, chick growth and adult ‘age’ in Australasian Gannets Morus serrator breeding in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, in 1994-95 Alan J. Wiltshire and R. Paul Scofield Population estimate of breeding Northern Giant Petrels Macronectes halli on Campbell Island, New Zealand Susanne Everding and Robert Montgomerie Movements and habitat use of the Torresian Crow in a subtropical suburban environment L.S. Bull Factors influencing Little Penguin Eudyptula minor egg success on Matiu-Somes Island, New Zealand Harry F. Recher and Richard T. Holmes The foraging ecology of birds of eucalypt forest and woodland. I. Differences between males and females 100. 2000 Vol Andrew M. Burton and Penny Olsen Niche partitioning by two sympatric goshawks in the Australian wet tropics: ranging behaviour David W. Steadman and Janet Franklin \ preliminary survey of landbirds on Lakeba, Lau Group, Fiji Short Communications Donald C. Franklin and P.L. Dostine A note on the frequency and genetics of head colour morphs in the Gouldian Finch Pauline Reilly Bird populations in a Victorian coastal habitat twelve years after a wildfire in 1983 fom Heinsohn Predation by the White-breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster on phalangerid possums in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea John Hobbs Medal 2000: citation Clive Dudley Thomas Minton Book Review VOLUME 100 « PART 4 * DECEMBER 2000 Clifford B. Frith and Dawn W. Frith Fidelity to bowers, adult plumage acquisition, longevity and survival in male Golden Bowerbirds Prionodura newtoniana Dirk H.R. Spennemann and L. Richard Allen Phe avian dispersal of olives Olea europaea: implications for Australia Brett D. Gartrell, Susan M. Jones, Raymond N. Brereton and Lee B. Astheimer Morphological adaptations to nectarivory of the alimentary tract of the Swift Parrot Lathamus discolo1 Kathryn E. Arnold Strategies of the cooperative ly breec ing Noisy Miner to reduce nest predatio Jack Baker Che Eastern Bristlebird: cover-dependent and fire-sensitive P.L. Dostine and S.R. Morton Seasonal abundance and diet of the Comb-crested Jacana /rediparra a in the tropical Northern Territory C.A. Surman and R.D. Wooller Seabirds off the south-western coast of Australia D.G. Nicholls, M.D. Murray, E.C. Butcher and P.J. Moors lime spent in Exclusive Economic Zones of southern oceans by non-breeding Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea spp.): implications for national responsibilities for conservation Allen Keast Intraspecific variation studies in Australian birds, subspecies, isolates and ultrataxon concepts how close are we to a final designation of forms? Index 2000 Short Communications W.J. Sullivan, K-J. Wilson and A. Paterson — Influence of artificial burrows and microhabitat on burrow competition between Chatham Petrels Prerodrome axillaris and Broad-billed Prions Pachyptila vittata Timothy D. Male Evidence for cooperative breeding in the Pale Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito Bruce C. Robertson, Craig D. Millar, Edward O. Minot, Don V. Merton and David M. Lambert Sexing the critically endangered Kakapo Strigops habroptilus Xiaolin Chen, Zhihong Chen and Wenzhen Fang New record of the White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae in Xiamen (Amoy), China Book Reviews , ’ - > /™ 2 OR . VOLUME 100 * PART 5 * DECEMBER 2000 Michael F. Clarke and Lee B. Astheimer Introduction Mark A. Burgman Population viability analysis for bird conservation: prediction, heuristics, monitoring and psychology Alan Kemp rhe sustainable utilisation of birds Pablo Yorio Breeding seabirds of Argentina: conservation tools for a more integrated and regional approach Eleanor M. Russell Avian life histories: is extended parental care the southern sec Philip A.R. Hockey Patterns and correlates of bird migrations in sub-saharan Africa Manuel Nores Species richness in the Amazonian bird fauna from an evolutionary perspective Obituary Henry Norman Burgess Wettenhall 1915-2000 2000 Index EMU Vol. 100, 2000 22 R Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Birds Australia Founded 1901 A.C.N. 004 076 475 Patron: Council: His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.1 The Officers (as on left); C. Nealon. Elected 1999: President: A. Russell-French. Elected 1999; G.N. Harrington, Ph.D. Elected 1998 H. Nix. Elected 1999: N. Thompson. Elected 2000 Vice-President: Editorial Board: P. West, B.Sci. (Hons). Elected 1999 Ihe Editor; The Assistant Editors; Treasurer: S.J.J.F. Davies, Sc.D.; H.A. Ford, Ph.D.; R.M.H. Cole, F.C.A., LP. Elected 1998 J. Kikkawa, D.Sc.; R.H. Loyn, M.A.; K.G. Rogers, B.Sc. (Hons); D.A. Saunders, Ph.D Secretary: Assistant Editors: D. Plant. 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