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Tables of Contents for The Bowerbirds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of colour plates
xi
 
List of abbreviations
xiii
 
Plan of the book
xvii
 
Maps showing some locations mentioned in the text
xx
 
PART I General chapters
1 The bowerbirds-an introduction
1
15
2 Systematics and biogeography
16
28
3 Ecological cycles, foraging, and other behaviour
44
36
4 Morphology, demography, bower sites, structures, and their significance
80
48
5 Bower site acquisition, fidelity, attendance, and courtship displays
128
25
6 Breeding biology and parental care
153
46
7 Evolution of mating systems and sexual selection
199
26
PART II Family, genus, and species accounts
8 Family PTILONORHYNCHIDAE
20 species in 8 genera
225
214
Genus Ailuroedus (the catbirds)
227
30
White-eared Catbird
Ailuroedus buccoides
228
5
Black-eared Catbird
Ailuroedus rnelanotis
233
16
Green Catbird
Ailuroedus crassirostris
249
8
Genus Scenopoeetes
257
18
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Scenopoeetes dentirostris
257
18
Genus Amblyornis (the gardener bowerbirds)
275
25
Macgregor's Bowerbird
Amblyornis macgregoriae
275
11
Streaked Bowerbird
Amblyornis subalaris
286
3
Vogelkop Bowerbird
Amblyornis inornatus
289
8
Yellow-fronted Bowerbird
Amblyornis flavifrons
297
3
Genus Archboldia
300
12
Archbold's Bowerbird
Archboldia papuensis
300
12
Genus Prionodura
312
20
Golden Bowerbird
Prionodura newtoniana
313
19
Genus Sericulus (the silky bowerbirds)
332
29
Masked Bowerbird
Sericulus aureus
332
7
Flame Bowerbird
Sericulus ardens
339
4
Adelbert Bowerbird
Sericulus bakni
343
3
Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus chrysocephalus
346
15
Genus Ptilonorhynchus
361
26
Satin Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
362
25
Genus Chlamydera (the grey bowerbirds)
387
52
Lauterbach's Bowerbird
Chlamydera lauterbachi
388
7
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Chlamydera cerviniventris
395
8
Spotted Bowerbird
Chlamydera maculata
403
13
Western Bowerbird
Chlamydera guttata
416
7
Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis
423
16
Appendices
439
14
Glossary
453
9
Bibliography
462
35
Index
497