HC Deb 10 December 1984 vol 69 cc340-1W
Dr. Marek

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 29 November, Official Report, column 592, if he will list the references of the papers relating to the wirebird endemic to St. Helena.

Mr. Renton

Some published references are as follows:

Author Year Subject Publication Volume Pages
Cramps and Simmons, K. E. L. editions 1983 The birds of the Western Palearctic (Oxford University Press)
Haydock E. L. 1954 A survey of the birds of St. Helena Ostrich 25 62–75
Huckle C. H. 1924 Birds of Ascension and St. Helena Ibis (11)6 818–821
Johnsgard P. A. 1981 The Plovers Sandpipers and snipes of the World (University of Nebraska press)
Layard E. L. 1867 Letter Ibis (NS) 3 248–252
Melliss J. C. 1870 Notes of the birds of the island of St. Helena Ibis (NS) 6 97–107
Pitman C. S. R. 1965 The eggs and nesting habits of the St. Helena sandplover and wirebird Bulletin British Ornithological Club 85 121–129
Simmons G. F. 1927 Sinbads of Science National Geographical Magazine 52 1–75