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

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Kawakami K & Higuchi H

Bird predation by domestic cats on Hahajima Island, Bonin Islands, Japan. 143
Tojo H, Nakamura S & Higuchi H
Gape patches in Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus nestlings. 145
Brazil M
Common Raven Corvus corax at play; records from Japan. 150
Kawakami K & Higuchi H
The first record of cavity nesting in the Ogasawara Islands Honeyeater Apalopteron
familiare
on Hahajima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
153
Yamasaki T
Seasonal variation of plumage color in Japanese Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis orii in the Yaeyama Group, Southern Ryukyus. 155
Ito S
Foraging areas of Short-tailed Shearwaters during their northward migration along the
Pacific coast of northern Japan.
159
Chochi M, Niizuma Y & Takagi M
Sexual differences in the external measurements of Black-tailed Gulls breeding
on Rishiri Island, Japan.
163
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