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FIELD NOTES ON BIRDS OF THE EASTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS
Author(s) -
Cain A. J.,
Galbraith I. C. J.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1956.tb03043.x
Subject(s) - geography , egretta , zoology , biology , gamma ray , physics , egret , astrophysics
Summary.1 Field notes on the birds of Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Ugi and Ulawa, based on the work of the Oxford University (Dept. of Zoology) Expedition to the eastern Solomons, are given. These include the first account of the behaviour and nesting habits of Aplonis brunneocapillus.2 New records for the Solomons are Pelecanus conspicillatus (Guadalcanal), Egretta intermedia (San Cristobal, based on a specimen in the British Museum, Natural History), and Cichlornis whitneyi (Guadalcanal). 3 New records for islands in the Solomons (in addition to the above) are:— Guadalcanal: Cacomantis pyrrhophanus, Coracina caledonica, Turdus poliocephalus, Zoothera margaretae, Petroica multicolor. San Cristobal: Collocalia spodiopygia, C. vanikorensis. Ugi: Collocalia spodiopygia, Hirundo tahitica (others based as yet only on native reports are given for further investigation). 4 A revised list for Ugi, with rejection of some previous records, is given, also a short list of the birds of Ulawa (not investigated before) and a list of species from the Three Sisters, taken from specimens in the British Museum (Natural History).