. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Hadoram Shirihai 4 Bull. 2008 128(1) Survey area ^ The Bismarck archipelago, north-east of Papua New Guinea, represents the above-sur- face portion of a complex oceanic ridge that runs north-west to south-east, and is almost semi-circular, partially enclosing the Bismarck Sea, and extending south to the Solomons. Most islands are mountainous, covered by tropical forest (replaced locally by plantations), and surrounded by extensive reefs that harbour the world's highest underwater wildlife diversity. Nevertheless, as Hadden (1981), Coates (
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Hadoram Shirihai 4 Bull. 2008 128(1) Survey area ^ The Bismarck archipelago, north-east of Papua New Guinea, represents the above-sur- face portion of a complex oceanic ridge that runs north-west to south-east, and is almost semi-circular, partially enclosing the Bismarck Sea, and extending south to the Solomons. Most islands are mountainous, covered by tropical forest (replaced locally by plantations), and surrounded by extensive reefs that harbour the world's highest underwater wildlife diversity. Nevertheless, as Hadden (1981), Coates (1985) and Beehler et al. (1986) have noted, observations on seabirds in this region have been predictably few. Beck's Petrel and its rediscovery The two specimens in AMNH are: a female, taken at 03°S 155°E, east of New Ireland and north of Buka, Papua New Guinea, on 6 January 1928 by Rollo Beck, the principal collector of the Whitney South Sea Expedition; the second, a male, was taken east of Rendova, Solomon Islands, on 18 May 1929, also by Beck. The species was described, in Pterodroma, by Murphy (1928), who in comparing it to P. rostrata specified that The size distinction being greater than any yet recognized as subspecific among petrels, I have assigned specific rank N A Marius Island Bismarck Seo » New Britain. Beck's type locality 03°S155°E Feni Jsland Arc ((^-Buka Island. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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