Bibliography for Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805)

• Brereton, J. Le G. 1963. The life cycles of three Australian parrots: some comparative and population aspects. Living Bird 2: 21-29 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B]
• Brockway, B.F. 1962. The effects of nest-entrance positions and male vocalizations on reproduction in Budgerigars. Living Bird 1: 93-101 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [Appendix B]]
• Brockway, B.F. 1964. Ethological studies of the Budgerigar: non-reproductive behaviour. Behaviour 22: 193-222 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]
• Brockway, B.F. 1964. Ethological studies of the Budgerigar: reproductive behaviour. Behaviour 23: 294-324
• Brockway, B.F. 1964. Social influences on reproductive physiology and ethology of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Animal Behaviour 12: 493-501 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B]
• Brockway, B.F. 1965. Stimulation of ovarian development and egg laying by male courtship vocalisation in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Animal Behaviour 13: 575-578 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]
• Brockway, B.F. 1968. Influences of sex hormones on the loud and soft warbles of male Budgerigars. Animal Behaviour 16: 5-12
• Cade, T.J. & Dybas, J.A. 1962. Water economy of the Budgerygah. Auk 79: 345-364
• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.
• Evans, H.E. 1969. Anatomy of the Budgerigar. pp. 45-112 in Petrak, M.L. (ed.). Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds. Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger 528 pp. [Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84]
• Feder, F.–H. 1969. Beitrag zur makroskopischen und mikroskopischen Anatomie des Verdauungsapparates beim Wellensittich. Anatomischer Anzeiger 125: 233-255
• Ficken, R.W., van Tienhoven, A., Ficken, M.S. & Sibley, F.C. 1960. Effect of visual and vocal stimuli on breeding in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Animal Behaviour 8: 104-106
• Hinde, R.A. & Putnam, R.J. 1973. Why Budgerigars breed in continuous darkness. Journal of Zoology, London 170: 485-491
• Hutchinson, R.E. 1974. Temporal patterning of external stimuli and reproductive behaviour in female Budgerigars. Animal Behaviour 22: 150-157
• Hutchinson, R.E. 1977. Temporal relationships between nesting behaviour, ovary and oviduct development during the reproductive cycle of female Budgerigars. Behaviour 60: 278-303
• Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. Part II. The Emu 35: 63-98
• Long, J.L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World. The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Illustrated by Susan Tingay. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 528 pp.
• Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912]
• Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pts 1-6 xix 516 pp. pls 275-324. [Date published June 1917: publication dated as 1916–1917]
• Mayr, E. 1951. Notes on some pigeons and parrots from Western Australia. The Emu 51: 137-145
• Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.
• Pohl-Apel, G. von, Sossinka, R. & Wyndham, E. 1982. Gonadal cycles of wild Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus (Psittaciformes: Platycercidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 791-797
• Pohl-Apel, G. von & Sossinka, R. 1975. Gonadenentwicklung beim Wellensittich Melopsittacus undulatus unter verschiedenen lichtbedingungen. Journal of Ornithology 116: 207-212
• Putnam, R.J. & Hinde, R.A. 1973. Effects of light regime and breeding experience on Budgerigar reproduction. Journal of Zoology, London 170: 475-484
• Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.
• Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp.
• Schrader, N. 1975. The breeding of Budgerygahs in western New South Wales. Australian Bird Watcher 6: 118-122
• Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1805. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. XVI pls 637-684.
• Shellswell, G.B., Gosney, S. & Hinde, R.A. 1975. Photoperiodic control of Budgerigar reproduction: circadian changes in sensitivity. Journal of Zoology, London 175: 53-60
• Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998. CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing iii 124 pp.
• Steiner, H. 1950. Die mutation "Opal" beim Wellensittich, Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw), ein mutmasslicher fall iterativer oder paralleler entwicklung innerhalb des formenkreises der Plattschweifsittiche (Platycercidae). Archiv der Julius Klaus-Stiftung für Vererbungsforschung, Sozialanthropologie, und Rassenhygiene, Zurich 25: 488-496
• van Tienhoven, A., Sutherland, C. & Saatman, R.R. 1966. The effects of exposure to darkness in the reproductive and hypothalamo-hypophysial systems of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 6: 420-427
• Weathers, W.W. & Schoenbaechler, D.C. 1976. Regulation of body temperature in the Budgerygah, Melopsittacus undulatus. Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 39-47
• Wyndham, E. 1980. Diurnal changes in crop contents and total body lipid of Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ibis 122: 229-234 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.]
• Wyndham, E. 1980. Diurnal cycle, behaviour, and social organisation of the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ibis 80: 25-33
• Wyndham, E. 1980. Environment and food of the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. Australian Journal of Ecology 5: 47-62
• Wyndham, E. 1980. Total body lipids of the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (Psittaciformes: Platycercidae) in inland mid-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 239-247
• Wyndham, E. 1981. Breeding and mortality of Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. The Emu 81: 240-243
• Wyndham, E. 1981. Moult of Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ibis 123: 145-157
• Wyndham, E. 1982. Movements and breeding seasons of the Budgerigar. The Emu 82: 276-282
• Wyndham, E., Hutchinson, R.E. & Brockway-Fuller, B.F. 1981. Gonadal condition of non-breeding wild and domesticated Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ibis 123: 511-518

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