ELPITIRRE Ten-Year Index, 1988-1997 33. 1989 VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 JA M E S B O N D (19 0 0 19 89 ) ............................................................. ...................................................................................... .. ............... 2 A NN ABELLE STOCKTON DE D OD R ETIRES ........................................................................ ................................................................ 2 THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY TO BE HELD IN SANTO DOMINGO ........................................................................... 2 OPTIMISM GROWS FOR RECOVERY OF PUERTO RICAN PLAIN PIGEON ................................................................................... 2 G EN ETICS AN D B IRD C O I rEF -,Ti.1 . ,, B rock ................................ .............. .......................................... .................................. 3 DRAFT FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE LEGISLATION FOR MONTSERRAT AND ANTIGUA .......................................................................... 3 R E Q U E ST S FO R A SSISTA N C E ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3 A N N O U N C E M E N T S .............................................................. .......................................................................................... ......................... 4 P U B LIC A TION S A V A ILA B LE ............................................................................................................. .......................................................... 4 N E W B IR D JO U R N A L ................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 N EW S OF C AR IBBEA N O RN ITH OLO G ISTS .................................................................................................................................................... 4 M E E T IN G S O F IN TE R E ST ...................................................................................................................... ...................................................... 4 O PP O R TU N IT IE S .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6............... Supplement to VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 S A IN T L U C IA .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7.............. VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR CARIBBEAN ORNITHOLOGY ............................................................. .................................................... 2 H U R R IC A N E H U G O .................................................................................................................... .............. ... .......................................... 2 BIRD BANDING ON ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS. Joanne Dewey .............................................................................................................. 2 WHEN WILL THE U. S. NAVY BRING ITSELF INTO FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIKES ACT AT ROOSEVELT ROADS, PUERTO R IC O ? F red C h a rules ............................................ .................... .......................................................................................... 4 G R U P O JA R A G U A IN C ..................................................................... .......................... .................................... ......................................... 5 CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS. JosephM. Wunderle, Jr. ........................................................................... ...... 5 RE QUE STS FOR IN FORM A TION ON SEA BIRD S .............................................................................................................................................. 6 ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF CARIBBEAN ORNITHOLOGY IS THE PEARLY-EYED THRASHER A TRUE SUPERTRAMP SPECIES? Wayne J. Arendt ................................................................. 6 SUBSPECIFIC TAXONOMY OF THE MANGROVE CUCKOO COCCYZUS MINOR. Richard C. Banks and RobertHole, Jr. .................... 6 RESPONSE OF YOUNG TERNS TO HUMAN HANDLING. Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld .................................................... 6 COWBIRDS IN SOUTH FLORIDA POTENTIAL THREATS FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. Alexander Cruz ..................................... 7 EFFECTS OF VEGETATION STRUCTURE ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF WARBLERS (AVES: PARULIDAE) IN PUERTO RICO. R obertoa D iaz and R F R am os .............................. ................ ....... ......... ......................................... ................ ............. 7 POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR THE BAHAMA PARROT (AMAZONA LEUCOCEPHALA BAHAMENSIS) ON ABACO ISLAND, BAHAMAS. Rosemarie Gnam, Ian Lothian, and Albert Burchsted .............................................................. .......................... 7 BANDING AND RECAPTURES OF SOOTY TERNS AND BROWN NODDIES AT MORANT CAYS, J I I ; " ........... 7 FORAGING BEHAVIOUR IN CATTLE EGRETS: IS GRAZER ASSOCIATION BENEFICIAL? W. Hunte andD. Riven ............................ 7 ROOST USE BY CATTLE EGRETS (BUBULCUS IBIS) IN BARBADOS. E. Drebs and W. Hunte ......................................................... 8 A NN OUN CEM EN TS ....... ................ .. ........... ....................................................................................... .... 8 NEWS FROM THE CARIBBEAN D O M IN IC A ................................ 10....................................................................................................................................................................... 10.............. 10 B AHAM A ISLAN D S .................... .............................................................................. ........... ... 11 S T L U C IA ................................ 11....................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.............. 1 1 M E E T IN G S O F IN T E R E ST .................................................................................. ....................................................................................... ... 1 1 VOLUME 2, NUMBER 3 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE HUGO TO COLUMBID POPULATIONS IN PUERTO RICO AND OFFSHORE SATELLITE ISLAN D S. F rank F R ivera M il n .................................................................................................................................. 2 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE SOCIETY'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON COLUMBID GAME AND NON-GAME SPECIES. Frank F. R iv era M ild n .............................................................................................................................................................. .................. 2 SURVEY REFLECTS WORLDWIDE CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................. 3 BOOK REVIEW AY-AY: AN ISLAND ALMANAC, BY GEORGE A. SEAMAN. Ro Wauer ................................................................... 3 N EW B OOK ON W EST INDIAN B IOGEOGRAPH Y ................................................................... ..................................................................... 4 ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF CARIBBEAN ORNITHOLOGY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AUGUST 1989 (CONCLUDED FROMELPITIRRE VOL. 2 [2]) USE OF AGRICULTURAL HABITAT BY AVIAN MIGRANTS IN PUERTO RICO, JAMAICA, AND BELIZE. C. S. Robbins, B. A. D ow ell, R L Sutton, A H Sutton, and D D W eyer ................................................................................................................... 4 MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ON CAPTIVE PUERTO RICAN PLAIN PIGEON (COLUMBA INORNATA WETMOREI). Carlos R. R u iz .......................................................... .................. ......... ................ .... ......... ..... ... .. ..................................... 4 STUDIES OF RESIDENT COLUMBID GAME SPECIES IN PUERTO RICO. Frank F. Rivera Milan ........................................................... 5 REGULATION OF FOOD PROVISIONING PATTERNS OF WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRDS. Fred C. .. ..................................... 5 RADIO-TRACKING OF WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRDS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA. F. C. . M. R. Fuller, C. J. Pennycuick, H. H. Obrecht III, and J. Gonzalez-Martinez ..................................................................... 5 THE ROLE OF AVICULTURE IN THE CAPTIVE PROPAGATION OF THE PUERTO RICAN PARROT (AMALZONA ITTATA). Tern S o r e n s o n ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ALGUNOS ASPECTS DE LA ECOLOGIA REPRODUCTIVE DEL JUI DE PUERTO RICO (MYIARCHUSANTILL4RUM) EN EL REFUGIO