Bulletin 141

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141, 2021

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Publication date for Volume 141 (1): 9 March 2021
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 141 Number 1, pages 1–116 | PDF (15 Mb)
Club Announcements 1
MORRIS, P. A reassessment of issues surrounding the Hastings Rarities, with particular reference to supposed fraud by George Bristow 3
MARAIS, E., PEACOCK, F. & ALLPORT, G. First record of Forbes-Watson’s Swift Apus berliozi
in southern Africa, with comments on vocal and visual identification
21
WILSON, J.-J . Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings 39
DAVID, N., ELLIOTT, A. & BRUCE, M. D. The valid specific name of Sulawesi’s Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove: gularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 50
ROUND, P. D., PROMNUN, P., MANAWATTANA, S. & JAHAN, I. Non-breeding season records of the Alpine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis 59
PRŶS-JONES, R. P., MANEGOLD, A. & WHITE, J. The conundrum of an overlooked skeleton referable to Imperial Woodpecker Campephilus imperialis in the collection of the Natural History Museum at Tring 66
DIAMOND, J. & BISHOP, K. D. Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains’ only endemic bird species? 75
HALLEY, M. R. Neotypification of Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall) 109
PRŶS-JONES, R. P. The provenance of an exceptionally early specimen of Cape Verde Barn Owl
Tyto alba detorta E. Hartert, 1913
113
Publication date for Volume 141 (2): 15 June 2021
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 141 Number 2 pages 117-244 | PDF (14 Mb)
Club Announcements 117
MELVILLE, D. S., CHANG, Q., LIU, W., RICE, N. H. Breeding records of Dunlin Calidris alpina in China 121
JANSEN J. J. F. J., KAMMINGA, P., ARGELOO, M. The history of the sole surviving mount of Tahiti Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera 127
JANSEN J. J. F. J., KAMMINGA, P., ARGELOO, M. Taxonomic implications of the original illustrations of Prosobonia from Tahiti and Moorea made during the second and third Cook expeditions 133
ALLPORT, G., DELL, D., HAMERLYNCK, O., HAMERLYNCK, Z. Update on status and records of Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea and other hirundines from Mozambique 142
VILORIA, A. L., LIZARRALDE, M., BLANCO, A. P., SHARPE, C. J. Ethno-ornithological notes and neglected references on the Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja in western Venezuela 156
MLÍKOVSKÝ, J. The holotype of Diomedea fusca Hilsenberg (Diomedeidae) and its fate 167
STUDER, A., CROZARIOL, M. A. Breeding ecology of Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufus in south-east Brazil 169
DE LIMA, R. F., MELO, M. A revised bird checklist for the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón) 179
PAVIA, M., DROVETSKI, S. V., BOANO, G., CONWAY, K. W.  PELLEGRINO, I., VOELKER, G. Elevation of two subspecies of Dunnock Prunella modularis to species rank 199
HALLEY, M. R. The correct scientific name of the Black Crake (Rallidae) 211
WOXVOLD, I. A., NOVERA, J. Avifauna of the Aiope River basin, Kunua District, north-west Bougainville Island 216
PRŶS-JONES, R. P., HARDING, A. C., ROOKE, K. The early death of Colonel Robert C. Tytler and the afterlife of his collection 240
Publication date for Volume 141 (3): 10 September 2021
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 141 Number 3, pages 245–368 | PDF (23 Mb)
Club Announcements 245
DYER, D. Which large species of seed finch occurred on Trinidad? 248
SUÁREZ, W. & OLSON, S. L. A new fossil raptor (Accipitridae: Buteogallus) from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba and Hispaniola, West Indies 256
VALLS, F. C. L., TAVARES, M., FLOOD, R. L. & BUGONI, L. The status of Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, with notes on separation from dark-morph Trindade Petrel P. arminjoniana 267
VAN GROUW, H. What’s in a name? Nomenclature for colour aberrations in birds reviewed 276
BRADLEY, J. E. Vocalisations, taxonomy and nomenclature of the pied boubous of eastern Africa 300
GOURAUD, C. Extinct and endangered (‘E&E’) birds in the ornithological collections of the Musée de la Vallée, Barcelonnette, France, with comments on a Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus egg 314
FREITAS SANTOS, E. & KUHLMANN, M. Rediscovery of the Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis albotibialis in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil 327
FISHPOOL, L. D. C., DOWSETT-LEMAIRE, F. & DOWSETT, R. J. The case for splitting the Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii: a review of the phenetic evidence 335
HALL, B. C., DECICCO, L. H., RUSH, I. N., OSTROW, E. N. & MOYLE R. G. Molecular divergence among Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui populations suggests unrecognised diversity 357
GAUDIN, J., RATY, L. & SANGSTER, G. The correct name of the antpitta clade 363
GAUDIN, J., G. SANGSTER & M. D. BRUCE A family name for the Crested Shrikejay Platylophus galericulatus 366
Publication date for Volume 141 (4): 10 December 2021
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 141 Number 4, pages 369-496 | PDF (17 Mb)
Club Announcements 369
ALLPORT, G., COLLINSON, J. M., SENEVIRATNE, S. S. & SHANNON, T. J. Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis and Western Yellow Wagtail M. flava in Sri Lanka with comments on their status in South Asia 372
FLOOD, R. L., ZUFELT, K., BRETAGNOLLE, V. & SHIRIHAI, H. Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan 387
STUDER, A., BALLARINI, Y. & MARINI, M. Â. Breeding biology of Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata in Brazil 412
DELFINO, H. C. & CARLOS, C. J. To be or not to be a migrant: the different movement behaviours of birds and insights into the migratory status of flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) 418
KIRSCHEL, A. N. G., MOYSI, M., LUKHELE, S. M., SEBASTIANELLI, M., ASFAW, T., HADJIOANNOU, L., MORTEGA, K. G., MONADJEM, A. & MOYLE, R. G. Taxonomic revision of the Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus (Dumont, 1816) based on molecular and phenotypic analyses 428
PIHLSTRÖM, H. Richard Meinertzhagen’s 1938 observation of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri at Petsamo, Finland (now Pechenga, Russia) 443
DIAMOND, J. & BISHOP, K. D. Avifauna of the Van Rees Mountains, New Guinea 446
PRŶS-JONES, R. P. & SLATER, C. A. The composition of the syntype series of Pitta gurneyi Hume,
1875, and the publication timing of the associated plate
470
Index to Volume 141 (2021) 475