Vol. 8
THE CORMORANT
No. 2 December 1980
CONTENTS
Editorial
Seabirds of the Cargados Carajos Shoals, July-August 1971 A.J. Williams &B.W. Rowlands A method of counting seabirds from a moving vessel
J. -F. Voisin
Observations of birds at sea between Cape Town, Marion and Crozet Islands, summer 1973-1974
J.-F. Voisin
Seabird records from the Lindblad Explopep in the South Atlantic, 1976-1978 M.P. Harris &A.L. Batchelor Results of beach patrols conducted in southern Africa in
1979 G. Avery
Dispersal, life expectancy, and annual mortality of
Whitebreasted Cormorants Phalaapoaorax aapbo ringed as nestlings at Barberspan D.M. Skead
Seabirds breeding at Paternoster Rocks, Voeleiland
(Noordwesbaai) and Hospital Rock between 1975 and 1980 F. Kriel, R.J.M. Crawford, P.A. Shelton &T. McLoughlin Seabirds breeding at Robben Island between 1949 and 1980
F. Kriel, R.J.M. Crawford
&P.A. Shelton
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87 Notes
Kleptoparasitism by Kelp Gulls Larue dominiaanue of African Black Oystercatchers Haematopu8 moquini
P.A.R. Hockey 97
The scientific name of the Common Divingpetrel
R.K. Brooke 98
Food of Kelp Gulls LapU8 dominiaanue at Square Point,
South West Africa P.D. Shaughnessy 99
New data on rarely recorded seabirds in southern Africa 101
Recent literature 104
Request for assistance 106
New members 107