Studies in Trinidad and Tobago ornithology honoring Richard Ffrench
By: editors, Floyd E. Hayes, Stanley A. Temple.
Contributors: Hayes, Floyd E.; Temple, Stanley A., 1946-; University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
Series: Occasional paper / Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad ;; no. 11.; Occasional paper (University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). Dept. of Life Sciences) ;; no. 11.
Publisher: Dept. of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies
Published: 2002
Place of publication: St. Augustine, Trinidad
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Ffrench, Richard.; Birds -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Ornithology -- Trinidad and Tobago.; ORNITOLOGIA -- TRINIDAD e TOBAGO
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A biography of Richard Ffrench -- Peter R. Bacon -- The Ffrench connection : contributions of Richard Ffrench to Trinidad and Tobago ornithology / -- Floyd E. Hayes, Carol L. Ramjohn, and Nora Jones; title: Soldado Rock -- C. Brooke Worth; title: Natal pterylosis of two Trinidadian ovenbirds (Furnariidae) -- Charles T. Collins and Araya A. Tamara; title: Sabre rattling at the lek : morphological variation and its significance in the white-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) -- Floyd E. Hayes; title: Is the ring-necked seedeater (Sporophila insularis) from Trinidad extinct, or or is it a cryptic species widespread in Venezuela? -- Robin L. Restall; title: Ecological changes and their impact on avian use of marshes in Caroni Swamp, Trinidad -- Gail C. Cuffy; title: Avifauna of a reclaimed wetland : Trinidad's Laventille Marsh in the 1960s -- Michael Gochfeld; title: Avifauna of the dragon's teeth : the Bocas Islands, northern Gulf of Paria, between Venezuela and Trinidad -- Floyd E. Hayes and Samad Ishmaelangelo; title: Ground based Nearctic-Neotropic landbird migration during autumn in the eastern Caribbean -- Douglas B. McNair, Fred Sibley, Edward B. Massiah, and Martin D. Frost; title: Observations of pelagic seabirds wintering at sea in the southeastern Caribbean -- William L. Murphy; title: A mist-netting study in Guayaguayare and the Victoria Mayaro Forest Reserve, Trinidad, West Indies -- Stewart A. White; title: Observations of the Trinidad piping-guan, or pawi (Pipile pipile), in northern Trinidad -- Gavin D. Alexander; title: Long-term persistence of white-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus) leks in the Arima Valley of Trinidad, West Indies -- Mark E. Berres; title: Notes on the biology of the band-rumped swift in Trinidad -- Charles T. Collns; title: Weaving techniques in two species of Icteridae, the yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) and crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) -- Mykela Heath and Mike Hansell; title: Mating and nest-searching behaviour of shiny cowbirds associated with different host species in Trinidad and Tobago -- Tim Manolis and Alexander Cruz; title: Breeding biology of the black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) -- Victor C. Quesnel; title: Extinction-prone birds of Trinidad and Tobago : making predictions from theory -- Stanley A. Temple; title: Dickcissels in Trinidad : numbers and impacts on rice crops -- Graham L. White and Stanley A. Temple; title: First sight record of grey heron (Ardea cinerea) for Tobago, West Indies -- Davis W. Finch; title: Kleptoparasitism of a great egret (Ardea alba) by a common black-hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) -- Geoffrey Gomes; title: First occurrences of Franklin's gull (Larus pipixcan) for Trinidad -- Douglas B. McNair, Floyd E. Hayes, and Graham L. White; title: Note worthy bird records for Trinidad and Tobago including first reports of wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) and white-eyed vireo (Vireo riseus) -- Wayne R. Petersen and Doug McRae; title: First sight record of slaty elaenia (Elaenia strepera) for Trinidad -- Courtenay Rooks and Edward Rooks; title: Mortality of birds due to entanglement in panicles of the grass, Pharuslatifolius -- Graham L. White.