Strong P.D. (1966). A Winter Population of Pied Currawongs. The Australian Bird Bander 4:3-5

An account is made of banding the Pied Currawong Strepera graculina near Wollongong New South Wales. The large size of the winter population is demonstrated, and notes are given on age characteristics of individuals and the age structure of the population. The recoveries are discussed.

Vellenga R.E. (1966). Notes on the Pied Currawong.The Australian Bird Bander 4:6

Some comments on banding Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina after reading "Notes on the Pied Currawong" by J.E.Walsh, Australian Bird Bander Volume 3 Number 3.

Wilson S. & D. (1966). The Reed Warbler in Peculiar Habitat. The Australian Bird Bander4:7

Lane S.G. (1966). Reed Warbler Concentration. The Australian Bird Bander 4:7

Liddy J. (1966). The Eastern Spinebill as Migrant. The Australian Bird Bander 4:8-9

van Tets G.F. (1966). Banding of Feral Domestic Pigeons. The Australian Bird Bander 4:9

Vellenga R.E. (1966). Colour Banding Satin Bower-birds. The Australian Bird Bander 4:12-13

The author describes her experience when she began to band Satin Bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus in her garden at Leure in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The size of the visiting population proved much larger than expected, and in three and a half months, 160 birds were banded. The method of trapping and the system ofcolour banding is described.  The project is continuing.

Serventy D.L. (1966). Short-tailed Shearwater Banding Progress. The Australian Bird Bander 4:13

Disney H.J. de S. (1966). Bird in the Hand : New Holland Honeyeater (Meliornis novaehollandiae). The Australian Bird Bander 4:14-15

Doyle A. (1966). Bird Banding at Manobalai Public School. The Australian Bird Bander 4:16

Brandl M.M. (1966). Mist Netting in the Northern Territory. The Australian Bird Bander 4:27-29

During the period May to August 1965, I operated mist nets inthe northern part of the Northern Territory, a region relatively new to banders. At no time was regular banding program contemplated or undertaken. However, an account of the species met may be of some interest to other banders, especially those who may operate in this area in the future.

Carruthers R.K. (1966). Arrival of the House Sparrow in Mt. Isa. The Australian Bird Bander 4:29

Carter B.S. (1966). Observations on Anting by an Indian Myna. The Australian Bird Bander 4:30-31

The author reports his own observations of anting by an Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis. He then discusses this curious habit, with some reference to the Australian literature on the subject and to some of the theories advanced to account for it.

Wilson S. and McKean  J. (1966). An Unusual Superb Blue Wren Retrap. The Australian Bird Bander 4:31

Dickens R.C. (1966). A Deluxe Band Holder. The Australian Bird Bander 4:32

Every bander ha shis own method of storing bands ready for use. A method found convenient by one bander is illustrated and described in the following notes in the hope that it may provide useful hints for others. It is perhaps most likely to appeal to sedentary, ie. backyard, banders. It is also a good example of making the best use of materials to hand.

Mack K.J. (1966). Parrots and Cockatoos in Mist Nets. The Australian Bird Bander 4:33

I was interested to read JLiddy's article on Lorikeets in mist nets in the issue of December 1995. During my first banding attempts I tried bags and gloves, but have abandoned them and forsaken them infavour of bare hands, the chief reason being that one cannot 'feel' if the hands are encumbered.

New Guinea Bird Society (1966). The Australian Bird Bander 4:34

Robertson J.S. (1966). Band Expander Gadget. The Australian Bird Bander 4:34

Waterman M.H. (1966). Notes on the Western Yellow Robin. The Australian Bird Bander 4:35

van Tets G.F. (1966). Two Dutch Quail-trapping Methods. The Australian Bird Bander 4:36

In the September 1965 issue of The Australian Bird Bander, page 46, Lloyd Nielson askeed for clues to the trapping of quail. R.R.P.van der Mark in 'Siervogels als liefhebberij' (1961, Thieme & Cie, Zutphen, 112 pages), mentions on page 58 to 60 two methods used in the Netherlands for catching males of the Quail Coturnix coturnix.

Disney H.J. de S. (1966). Bird in the Hand: Superb Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus). The Australian Bird Bander 4:39

Rowley I. (1966). Rapid Band Wear on Australian Ravens. The Australian Bird Bander4:47-49

The author descibes and unusual type of band wear encountered in a study of the Australian Raven Corvus coronoides and discusses the mechanism if its causation. This is a subject of importance to all banders interested in the banding of the larger and longer lived species of birds.

Robertson J.S. (1966). Honeyeater Size Variation.The Australian Bird Bander 4:50-52

The author has previously (Robertson, The Australian Bird Bander, December 1964) described his arrangements for free feeding and trapping honeyeaters at his home at Wellington Point. Casual observation impressed him with the marked size variation within species, especially in the case of the brown Honeyeater, his most frequent visitor. He now presents the weights and lengths of a large series of this species, and of a smaller series of Mangrove Honeyeaters. These measurements confirm the size variation, and especially in the brown Honeyeaters show a marked biphasic distribution. Figures from the Australian Museum suggest that this is a sexual character, the larger birds being males.

Hitchcock W.B. (1966). Asian Bird Banders' Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 1965. The Australian Bird Bander 4:53-55

Lane S.G. (1966). A Proven Method of Trapping Hawks. The Australian Bird Bander 4:56-57

The writer briefly describes Bal-Chatri traps and their methods of use. Many banders have found to their regret, that mist nets currently in use are quite unsatisfactory for catching raptors, and that trapping remains the most efficient and staisfactory means of capturing them.

van Tets G.F. and van Tets P.A.(1966). Bird-banding on and Near Christmas Island. The Australian Bird Bander 4:59

During the first two weeks of June 1965, we visited Christmas island inthe Indian Ocean, just south of java to study the social behaviour of its endemic seabirds. Our luggage included mist nets and bird bands for use as opportunities presented themselves.

Disney. H.J. de S. (1966). Bird in the Hand: House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). The Australian Bird Bander 4:60

Ardley J.H. (1966). A Fly Parasite of Birds. The Australian Bird Bander 4:61

Anderson R.D. (1966). Trapping Kookaburras. The Australian Bird Bander 4:61

Liddy J. (1966). A Summary of Silvereye Banding. The Australian Bird Bander 4:71-73

This is a straightforward report on banding eastern Silvereyes Zosterops lateralis in two widely separated localities illustrating what may or may not be expected from such energetic campaigns. A few more such reports from other parts of the country  would do much to fill in an outline of Silvereye movements, at least as far as the Tasmanian race is concerned, if banders have fathfully recorded plumage details. But most of this information is still locked up in banders' notebooks. These reports also illustrate an important rule - if you discontinue banding in any area where you have banded any considerable number of birds and are not likely to resume, write up a summary of what has been done - no one else will.

Lane S.G. (1966). The Co-operative Silvereye Project. The Australian Bird Bander 4:73-74

The Co-operative Silvereye Project was initiated during the latter part of 1958 and was recorded as a large scale banding project in the Fifth Annual Report of the Australian Bird Banding Scheme, July 1958 to June 1959.

Reilly P.N. (1966). Juvenile Plumage in the Grey Shrike-thrush. The Australian Bird Bander 4:75

Steve and Denis Wilson (Aust. Bird Bander, 1966, Vol 3, p.70) seek information on the plumage change from juvenile to adult of the Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica and follow A.J.North in their descriptions.

Reid A.J. (1966). Somers School Camp Banding Peport. The Australian Bird Bander 4:76-77

For the past seven years I have been a nature study teacher at the Childrens' School Camp at Somers on Western Port Bay, Victoria. As each camp of 160 boys or girls lasts only ten days, lessons must, of necessity, be both inspirational and actively reinforced to make a lasting impression on eleven-year-olds. The most successful lessons in accomplishing both requirements have undoubtedly been those involving bird banding activities.

Braithwaite L.W. (1966). Black Swan Colour Marking Programme. The Australian Bird Bander 4:78

During the past four years a marking program has been conducted on Black Swans in south eastern Australia. In this time approximately 4,500 swans have been marked with distinctive plastic collars in addition to the usual monel bands supplied by the Australian Bird Banding Scheme.

Strong  P.D. (1966). Parasitic Leeches. The Australian Bird Bander 4:79

A Trans-equatorial Migratory Wader (1966). The Australian Bird Bander 4:79