WILDFOWL 54. Edited by Dr. Mark O'Connell and Clare Lee.

.# 2003 1st edition. 8vo paperback (152 x 226mm). Pp216. Graphs and tables, bibliographies.

.# This is an issue of the journal Wildfowl, published by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. J. Wildfowl (2003) 54: 1-216. Papers include: The digestion of fibre in herbivorous Anatidae - a review; Why should Greylag Geese parents rear offspring of others?; Activity budget of an increasing population of Greylag Geese in southern France; Diurnal behaviour of wintering Wigeon at Lac des Oiseaux, northeast Algeria; Partial clutch loss in Wood Ducks nesting near Ottawa, Canada; Incubation behaviour of Greater Scaup on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; A probable extralimital post-breeding assembly of Bufflehead in south central North Dakota; Status of Harlequin Duck on Baffin Island; Post-breeding distribution of Long-tailed Ducks from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska; The White-headed Duck in the Tengiz-Korgalzhyn Region, Central Kazakhstan; Using egg density and egg mass techniques for incubation-stage assessment to predict hatch dates of Greater Flamingo eggs; Three-bird flights in migratory geese - a review; Diet and habitat use of scoters in the Western Palearctic - a brief overview; Aerial surveys of Greater White-fronted Geese and other waterfowl in the Rasmussen Lowlands of the Central Canadian Arctic; Factors affecting vigilance in Greater White-fronted Geese; Capture methods for Musk Ducks.