Living World 1985-1986

Table Of Contents


Dedication p3

Original Articles

Movements of seabirds off Crown Point, Tobago Richard ffrench  p5

Additional notes on the birds of Trinidad and Tobago Richard ffrench  p9

Christmas counts of birds in Trinidad 1969-1975 and 1981-1983 Richard ffrench  p12

Why do nightjars sit on the roads at night? Victor C. Quesnel  p19

The underground life of the Trinidad worm-lizard Amphisbaena alba John Riley  p24

Notes on curious methods of locomotion in two iguanids from Trinidad, West Indies John O. Boos  p26

A preliminary study of Culex mosquitoes attracted to a turtle in Trinidad, W.I. Dave D. Chadee, Robin C. Persad, Wayne Ramnath and R. Ganesh  p27

An onychophoran from the summit of Mt. Aripo, Trinidad, with notes on other animals from that locality V.M. St. J. Read  p28

Notes on the life history of Catoblepia berecynthia berecynthia (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Brassolidae) Julius O. Boos  p31

The skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) of Trinidad. Part 4: Pyrginae (Second Section) Matthew J.W. Cock  p33

The family Aristolochiaceae in Trinidad with special reference to its medicinal uses, its folklore and its use as a larval foodplant by Papilionidae Julius O. Boos  p48

Book Review p52