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R.M. Lockley, The Island (1969, reissued 1980), includes life histories of Manx shearwaters and storm petrels and the results of homing experiments, and Man Against Nature (1970), describes New Zealand tubinares and muttonbirding. Other notable works include W.B. Alexander et al., “The Families and Genera of the Petrels and Their Names,” Ibis, 107:401–405 (1965), a taxonomic reorganization of the order Procellariiformes; P.E. Davis, “The Breeding of the Storm Petrel,” British Birds, 50:85–101, 371–384 (1957), a follow-up of an earlier study by Lockley; James Fisher, The Fulmar (1952, reissued 1984), a classic monograph; William Jameson, The Wandering Albatross (1958), a readable account of the biology of the largest albatross; R.M. Lockley, Shearwaters (1942, reissued 1961), another classic monograph; M.K. Rowan, “The Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis at Its Breeding Grounds,” Ibis, 94:97–121 (1952); J. Warham, “The Biology of the Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus,” Auk, 79:139–160 (1962); and D.B. Wingate, “Discovery of Breeding Black-Capped Petrels on Hispaniola,” Auk, 81:147–159 (1964).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: Zipcode Zoo - Procellariiformes. | Dec 07, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 10, 2014 | ||
| Added several pictures of albatrosses. | Aug 29, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 08, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Procellariiformes. | Dec 27, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 10, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 23, 1998 |