ORNITHOLOGICAL Science

Volume 1 Number 2 September 2002

Contents

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Hino T
Breeding bird community and mixed-species flocking in a deciduous broad-leaved forest in western Madagascar. 111-116.

Kotaka N & Matsuoka S
Secondary users of Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocops major) nest cavities in urban and suburban forests in Sapporo City, northern Japan. 117-122.

Amano HE & Eguchi K
Foraging niches of introduced Red-billed Leiothrix and native species in Japan. 123-132.

Unno A
Tree species preferences of insectivorous birds in a Japanese deciduous forest: the effect of different foraging techniques and seasonal change of food resources. 133-142.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Kawakami K & Higuchi H

Bird predation by domestic cats on Hahajima Island, Bonin Islands, Japan. 143-144.

Tojo H, Nakamura S & Higuchi H
Gape patches in Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus nestlings. 145-149.

Brazil M
Common Raven Corvus corax at play; records from Japan. 150-152.

Kawakami K & Higuchi H
The first record of cavity nesting in the Ogasawara Islands Honeyeater Apalopteron
familiare
on Hahajima, Bonin Islands, Japan. 153-154.

Yamasaki T
Seasonal variation of plumage color in Japanese Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis orii in the Yaeyama Group, Southern Ryukyus. 155-157.

Ito S
Foraging areas of Short-tailed Shearwaters during their northward migration along the
Pacific coast of northern Japan. 159-162.

Chochi M, Niizuma Y & Takagi M
Sexual differences in the external measurements of Black-tailed Gulls breeding
on Rishiri Island, Japan. 163-167.

Chiba A, Murata K, Mizuno S, Honma R & Sugimori F
External features and molecular sexing of the anomalous Pintail, Anas acuta, found at Hyo-ko Waterfowl Park, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. 167-170.