Contents

Vol. 1 No. 1

Date of publication: 25 February 2005

Nest re-use in White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major in the Nilgiri hills, India
Senthilmurugan B., Ashfaq Ahmed Zarri & Asad R. Rahmani

In the footsteps of T. J. Roberts.
Rishad Naoroji

Salvage, relocation and in-nest behaviour of Barn Owl Tyto alba chicks
Satish Pande, Amit Pawashe, Umesh Karambelkar & Sandeep Shrotri

Stoliczka’s Bushchat Saxicola macrorhyncha in Hissar District, Haryana
Suresh C Sharma & P. S. Sangwan

Of birds and botanizing
Suchitra Ghosh

Another pond
Shama Futehally

The day of the Indian Pitta
Lt Gen. Baljit Singh

Birding in Finland
Ashish Kothari

Sighting of Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis at Gangapur Dam, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
B. Raha, N. Bhure, R. Sarada & I. Bob

Nidification and site fidelity of the Black-crowned Nigh-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax in Chilika Lake, Orissa, India
P. Sathiyaselvam

Decline of vultures in Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India
S. Sivakumar & Ranjit Manakadan

Brood protection by Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Raza H. Tehsin

Pied Tit Parus nuchalis in Pali District, Rajasthan, India
Raza H. Tehsin, Saadat H. Tehsin and Hasnain Tehsin

Fea’s Thrush Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887) at Lava, West Bengal, India
Anand Prasad

Nesting of Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus in Kerala
P.K. Ravindran

Recoveries from Newsletter for Birdwatchers — 5
Zafar Futehally

Reviews

Recent ornithological literature on South Asia and Tibet
Aasheesh Pittie