Contents

Vol. 12 No. 1

Date of publication: 26 August 2016

Observations of probable Taimyr Gulls Larus fuscus taimyrensis at Okha, Gujarat, India
Prasad Ganpule

A ‘Round Island Petrel’ recovered from India
Vikash Tatayah, Ruth Brown, Mathieu Le Corre, Malcolm Nicoll & Carl G. Jones

Does the diet of the Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger affect commercial fisheries?
R. Roshnath, George Chandy & E. A. Jayson

Nesting of Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica in southern Rajasthan, and its occurrence in the Thar Desert
Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Harkirat Singh Sangha

Records of a White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus, and a Black Tern Chlidonias niger from the Karwar coast, Karnataka, India
Abhishek Jamalabad

Sighting of Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus in Telineelapuram Community Reserve, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh
B. Laxmi Narayana, V. Vasudeva Rao, V. Nagulu & A. Baleeshwar Reddy

Tristram’s Bunting Schoeniclus tristrami in Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh: A second record for India
Harish Thangaraj & Aruna Mani

Little Bunting Schoeniclus pusillus in Munnar Hills, Kerala
James A. Eaton & Jijo Mathew

Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka at Bekal Fort, Kasaragod, Kerala
Premchand Reghuvaran

Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Shiladitya Mukhopadhyay, Upasana Chattopadhyay, Anirban Chakraborty, Suman Mondal, Moumita Rakshit & Deb Shankha Goswami

Sighting of Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita [fulvescens/abietinus] in Greater Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, India
Prasad Ganpule

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius in Mishmi Hills: A confirmation record for India
Praveen J., Sachin Shurpali, Vijay Ramachandran, Mike Prince, Chris Bowden, Vinay Das, & Shashank Dalvi

Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus in Bhutan: A first record for the Indian Subcontinent
Tshering Chophel & Sherub

Review
Letters to the Editor
Snapshot sightings