Lost gold : ornithology of the subantarctic Auckland Islands / edited by Colin Miskelly & Craig Symes.

Some copies have variations in cover layout; some copies issued with erratum correcting omissions from a table on page 134.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ornithological discovery, exploration, and research on the Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic -- Birds of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic -- Subantarctic Adams Island and its birdlife -- Birds of Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic -- Shipwrecks and mollymawks : an account of Disappointment Island birds -- Introduced land mammals and their impacts on the birds of the subantarctic Auckland Islands -- Holocene bird bones found at the subantarctic Auckland Islands -- An extinct New Zealand raven (Corvus antipodum) on the Auckland Islands : an osteographic enigma? -- Population estimate for yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) in the subantarctic Auckland Islands, New Zealand -- Development of aerial monitoring techniques to estimate population size of great albatrosses (Diomedea spp.) -- Variation in the bill colour of the white-capped mollymawk (Thalassarche cauta steadi) -- Population trends of light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) at Adams Island and trials of ground, boat, and aerial methods for population estimates -- First northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) breeding population survey and estimate for the Auckland Islands, New Zealand -- Year-round distribution, breeding cycle, and activity of white-headed petrels (Pterodroma lessonii) nesting on Adams Island, Auckland Islands -- White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) burrow density, occupancy, and population size at the Auckland Islands -- Genetic analyses reveal an unexpected refugial population of subantarctic snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica) -- Macquarie Island shags (Leucocarbo purpurascens) at the Auckland Islands : an addition to the New Zealand list -- First record of South Polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) from New Zealand, Auckland Islands, March 1904 -- Endemic is good, introduced is boring? : biases in bird reporting rates at the Auckland Islands.

This special book-format issue of Birds New Zealands journal Notornis is devoted to the birds of the Auckland Islands Maukahuka/Motu Maha, the largest and biologically most diverse island group in the New Zealand subantarctic region. Its 19 chapters, written by leading ornithologists, cover a wide range of topics, including the history of ornithological discovery, biogeography, the impacts of introduced mammals and people, prehistoric bird communities based on bone assemblages, and population, ecological and genetic studies of several of the endemic or otherwise notable birds of the island group including Auckland Island snipe, white-headed petrel, and several albatross species.

Published as a special issue of Notornis, the journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand.