Contents

Vol. 16 No. 2

Habitat selectivity by the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti in Nandurbar District, Maharashtra, India
Jayant Kulkarni & Prachi Mehta

Notes on diet, and foraging behaviour of the Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni in the western Himalaya, India [with video: 74 MB] [without video: 4 MB] Puja Sharma

The European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus in India, and notes on its identification
Vinoba Anand, Prashanth Aiyappa, Umesh Pavukandy & Dick Forsman

Correspondence
Birds across the Line of Control: Sole records for the ‘India Checklist’
Praveen J & Muzaffar A Kichloo

First confirmed record of Hooded Crane Grus monacha for South Asia from a tragically hunted individual in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Azan Karam & Zafeer Ahmed Shaikh

The Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica in Jammu
Parvez Shagoo & Parmil Kumar

Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis at Chhatargarh RD 507, Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India
Mahendra Singh, Prateek Rakhecha & Raja Sekhar Bandi

Colour aberration (progressive greying) in a Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus from Gujarat, India
Yuyutshu N. Bhattacharya, Rajrajeshwar K. Thakar & Geeta S. Padate

The breeding of Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus at a second site in Rajasthan, India
Anil Kumar Tripathi & Vijay Kumar Koli

Melanism in Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
Kushal Adaki, Anirudh Kamakeri & Vaidehi Gunjal

Windblown Red-footed Boobies Sula sula from the northern Malabar Coast of Kerala
Maxim Rodrigues & R. Roshnath

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris preying upon a Blackcrested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris nestling
Ritobroto Chanda & Varughese Jobin

A recent record of the Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus from Dang District, Nepal
Chiranjeevi Khanal & Rajeev Dangi

The White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus at Pong Lake, Himachal Pradesh, and its recent records from India
C. Abhinav & Dipu Karuthedathu

Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri feeding on the bark of Aglaia spectabilis
Paris Basumatary, Sanswrang Basumatary & Durga Brahma

A Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus from the Sikkim Himalaya
Prem K. Chhetri & Karma Tempo Ethenpa

Postcard from Sri Lanka—birding during a pandemic
Ragupathy Kannan

Letter to the Editor
Aditya Pradhan & Sachin Tamang