| FRONT COVER with colour painting by Robin L. Restall of Ring-necked Seedeater (Sporophila insularis), financially sponsored by the Center for the Study of Tropical Birds, Inc. |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................................... PREFACE.......................................................................................................................................... RICHARD FFRENCH BACON, PETER R. A biography of Richard ffrench......................................................................... HAYES, FLOYD E., CAROL L. RAMJOHN, AND NORA JONES. The ffrench connection: contributions of Richard ffrench to Trinidad and Tobago ornithology [abstract / resumen].............. WORTH, C. BROOKE. Soldado Rock............................................................................................. TAXONOMY AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION COLLINS, CHARLES T., AND TAMARA A. ARAYA. Natal pterylosis of two Trinidadian ovenbirds (Furnariidae) [abstract / resumen]............................................................................................. HAYES, FLOYD E. Sabre rattling at the lek: morphological variation and its significance in the White- tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) [abstract / resumen]................................................ RESTALL, ROBIN L. Is the Ring-necked Seedeater (Sporophila insularis) from Trinidad extinct, or or is it a cryptic species widespread in Venezuela? [abstract / resumen]........................................ FAUNISTICS AND POPULATION ECOLOGY CUFFY, GAIL C. Ecological changes and their impact on avian use of marshes in Caroni Swamp, Trinidad [abstract / resumen].................................................................................................... GOCHFELD, MICHAEL. Avifauna of a �reclaimed� wetland: Trinidad�s Laventille Marsh in the 1960s [abstract / resumen]....................................................................................................... HAYES, FLOYD E., AND ISHMAELANGELO SAMAD. Avifauna of the �dragon�s teeth�: the Bocas Islands, northern Gulf of Paria, between Venezuela and Trinidad. [abstract / resumen].......... MCNAIR, DOUGLAS B., FRED SIBLEY, EDWARD B. MASSIAH, AND MARTIN D. FROST. Ground-based Nearctic-Neotropic landbird migration during autumn in the eastern Caribbean [abstract / resumen].................................................................................................................. MURPHY, WILLIAM L. Observations of pelagic seabirds wintering at sea in the southeastern Caribbean [abstract / resumen].................................................................................................. WHITE, STEWART A. A mist-netting study in Guayaguayare and the Victoria Mayaro Forest Reserve, Trinidad, West Indies [abstract / resumen].................................................................... ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR AND CONSERVATION ALEXANDER, GAVIN D. Observations of the Trinidad Piping-Guan, or Pawi (Pipile pipile), in northern Trinidad [abstract / resumen]....................................................................................... BERRES, MARK E. Long-term persistence of White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus) leks in the Arima Valley of Trinidad, West Indies [abstract / resumen]..................................................... COLLINS, CHARLES T. Notes on the biology of the Band-rumped Swift in Trinidad [abstract / resumen].................................................................................................................. HEATH, MYKELA, AND MIKE HANSELL. Weaving techniques in two species of Icteridae, the Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) and Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) [abstract / resumen].................................................................................................................. MANOLIS, TIM, AND ALEXANDER CRUZ. Mating and nest-searching behaviour of Shiny Cowbirds associated with different host species in Trinidad and Tobago [abstract / resumen].......... QUESNEL, VICTOR C. Breeding biology of the Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) [abstract / resumen]................................................................................................ TEMPLE, STANLEY A. Extinction-prone birds of Trinidad and Tobago: making predictions from theory [abstract / resumen]....................................................................................................... WHITE, GRAHAM L., AND STANLEY A. TEMPLE. Dickcissels in Trinidad: numbers and impacts on rice crops [abstract / resumen]................................................................................. SHORT COMMUNICATIONS FINCH, Finch, Davis W. First sight record of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) for Tobago, West Indies...... GOMES, GEOFFREY. Kleptoparasitism of a Great Egret (Ardea alba) by a Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus).......................................................................................................... MCNAIR, DOUGLAS B., FLOYD E. HAYES, AND GRAHAM L. WHITE. First occurrences of Franklin�s Gull (Larus pipixcan) for Trinidad............................................................................... PETERSEN, WAYNE R., AND DOUG MCRAE. Noteworthy bird records for Trinidad and Tobago, including first reports of Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) and White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)................................................................................................................................... ROOKS, COURTENAY, AND EDWARD ROOKS. First sight record of Slaty Elaenia (Elaenia strepera) for Trinidad................................................................................................................ WHITE, GRAHAM L. Mortality of birds due to entanglement in panicles of the grass, Pharus latifolius.................................................................................................................................. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| STUDIES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ORNITHOLOGY HONOURING RICHARD FFRENCH Edited by Floyd E. Hayes and Stanley A. Temple Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Occasional Paper 11, 2002 |
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