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Sex determination of South Island saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) using discriminant function analysis
Sabrina S. Taylor and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 61–64
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South Island robin (Petroica australis australis) abundance and leaf-litter invertebrates in plantation and native forest
Kerry M. Borkin, Andrea J. Goodman, Karen Mayhew and Elton Smith
Pages: 65–70
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Changes in abundance and distribution of the rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) in the South Island, New Zealand
Sue Michelsen-Heath and Peter G. Gaze
Pages: 71–78
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Climate change and the arrival of self-introduced bird species in New Zealand
Markus Neuhäuser and Paul Cuming
Pages: 79–82
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Wader (Charadriiformes) and royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) use of roosts in Whangarei Harbour and Ruakaka Estuary, Northland, 1973–2000
A. J. Beauchamp and G. R. Parrish
Pages: 83–91
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Opportunistic scavenging or active predation of a blackbird (Turdus merula) by an Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)?
Kevin A. Parker
Pages: 92
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Black shag (Phalacrocorax carbo): roost counts at Melling, Hutt Valley, and breeding in the Wellington region
R. G. Powlesland, A. R. Munro and I. M. Westbrooke
Pages: 93–98
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Population density and detectability of 3 species of Fijian forest birds
D. Jackson and R. Jit
Pages: 99–111
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Notes on New Zealand pipit (Anthus n. novaeseelandiae) home range, parental care, and the behaviour of dependent young
A. J. Beauchamp
Pages: 112–114
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The correct type locality of the shore plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
David G. Medway
Pages: 115–116
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Possible tool use by an Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Jennie McCormick
Pages: 116–117
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Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) at the Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand
Ian Armitage
Pages: 118–119
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Apology
Richard Holdaway
Pages: 120
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