7. ZULU NAMES FOR BIRDS

We report that some 10% of Tristan Thrushes Turdus eremita on the coast at Inaccessible Island feed extensively on marine invertebrates (mainly crustaceans), despite lacking functional salt glands. Such birds regularly drink from freshwater springs that are common along the coast, but thrushes also forage along the coast at nearby Nightingale Island where there is little freshwater. One individual was observed feeding on stranded by-the-wind-sailors Velella velella. This appears to be only the second record of a passerine feeding on a cnidarian. These records further emphasise the resourcefulness of island birds in general, and the Tristan Thrush in particular, to exploit a wide range of food resources.     

中国血桐属植物资料

作者在中国大戟科血桐属分类研究中,整理了华南植物所标本室、北京植物所生态标本室、中山大学生物系植物标本室和昆明植物所标本室的本属标本。现在本文报导我国血桐属15个种的分种检索表,其中泡腺血桐Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f.1种为我国(西藏、云南)新纪录,并对7个种的文献、形态和地理分布作简要的描述和讨论。