The fernbird is a small inconspicuous passerine with relatively poor flying capabilities. It is found occupying areas with a generally dense cover of low vegetation from sea level to over 1000 m elevation. With the drainage ...

The breeding biology of the Rock Wren, Xenicus gilviventris, was studied in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland during the 1983-84 and 1984-85 breeding seasons, observations generally being made of banded birds. Rock ...

This study describes the processes of cultural adaptation to environmental conditions through an examination of ceramic technology. The case study involved eight months fieldwork in the Yap Islands, Western Caroline Islands, ...

The Derzhavin-L'vov circle was the most productive literary society in eighteenth-century Russia. It consisted primarily of four members, four poets who were drawn together by friendship, family ties and shared interests: ...

The Colony of Otago, as conceived by Thomas Burns and William Cargill, its chief protagonists, was to be a 'Class' settlement where the settlers would be united by membership of the Free Church of Scotland. Land was to be ...

Ata is the most southerly island in a chain of young volcanic islands in the Tonga Group lying to the west of the Tonga trench. It is presently inactive and now consists of a small remnant (1.8 km2) of a large composite ...

The taxonomic status, distribution, abundance and reproduction of shags in New Zealand are described. Evidence is presented to justify a change in the present acceptance of Stictocarbo as a monospecific genus containing ...

The barks of Pseudopanax colensoi and P. crassifolium were investigated in an attempt to identify potential deer attracting substances from the former. The bark of this species is among the first vegetation consumed when ...