Contents

Vol. 15 No. 6

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe in India: Recent records, including the first confirmed breeding in the Indian Subcontinent
C. Abhinav, Mike Prince, Christopher G. R. Bowden, Devinder Singh Dhadwal, Piyush Dogra & Joydev Pathak

Nest construction process in Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
Diwakar Prakash, S. L. Niangthianhoi, Ram Kumar & Faiyaz A. Khudsar

Occurrences of hornbills (Bucerotidae) in the forest fragments of eastern Assam
Abir Jain & P. S. Sumashini

Is the Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus moving higher up in the mountains?
Avantika Thapa, Ashutosh Singh, Pujan Kumar Pradhan, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma & Kailash Chandra

Correspondence
A Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica in Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian avifauna
Sandip Das, Binanda Hatibaruah, Joydev Pathak, Deba Prashad Paul & Sourov Boaruah

Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus in Manipur: An addition to South Asian avifauna
R. K. Jyotin, Khoyumthem Brajeshkumar, Premjit Elangbam, Harmenn Huidrom & Dhanabir Oinam

‘Scarlet-breasted’ Gould’s Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii from India
Rofikul Islam, Samir Ovalekar & Subhadeep Ghosh

Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana in Lava, West Bengal
Soumen Roy Chowdhury

Common Merganser Mergus merganser specimen shot at Isarda Dam, Tonk District, Rajasthan, and its status in peninsular India
Harkirat Singh Sangha

A dark colour-aberrant Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
B. Vinoth, R. J. Ranjit Daniels & A. Veeramani

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus in Kaziranga National Park, Assam
Bumoni Phokan

Gould’s Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus and Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major in the Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh
Ashwin Mohan, Adithi Muralidhar, Basant Singh

Large congregations of Pied Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta following tropical cyclone ‘Gaja’, at Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, southern India
Prasath Selvaraj & Rajarathinavelu Nagarajan

A leucistic Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto from Cumilla, Bangladesh
Shariful Islam, Naim Khandakar & Delip K. Das

White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus, Brambling Fringilla montifringilla, and Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India
Dibyendu Ash & Yagnik Sinha

Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus in Chatakpur, Darjeeling District, India, with a review of its status in northern Bengal, and Sikkim
Dibyendu Ash & Supriya Ghatak

Update on Asian vulture crisis – populations respond to effective removal of Diclofenac in Nepal but NSAID threat remains
Christopher G. R. Bowden