Volume 112, Issue 2, May-August 2015

Published August 1, 2015
Volume 112, Issue 2, May-August 2015

Editorial

Asad R. Rahmani
53-54
Editorial
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104923
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Articles

Girish Jathar, Dharmaraj Patil, Mohit Kalra, Thilina de Silva, A. Townsend Peterson, Mohammed Irfan-Ullah, Asad R. Rahmani, Prachi Mehta, Jayant Kulkarni
55-64
Mapping the Potential Distribution of the Critically Endangered Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104924
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Santhanakrishnan Babu, Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara, Eluvathingal Antony Jayson
65-71
Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Signature of the Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis (Elliot 1839) in the Western Ghats, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104925
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Manjushree Mandal, Biswajit Biswas, Sanoyaz Sekh, Neera Sen Sarkar
72-82
Diatoms in Sub-Surface Sediment Cores from Mangrove Forest Floors of Deltaic Islands in Sundarbans, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104926
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New Description

Mohd Imran Khan, Mohd Kamil Usmani
83-85
A New Species of the Genus Lemba Huang, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oxyinae) from the State of Meghalaya, North-East India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104927
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Reviews

Asad R. Rahmani
86-86
Nature without Borders
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104928
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Asad R. Rahmani
87-87
The Annotated Malay Archipelago
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104929
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Miscellaneous Notes - Mammals

Nitin Bhardwaj, Sheila Castelino
88-88
First Record of the Himalayan Wolf Canis himalayensis from Baniya Kund, Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104930
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A. M. K. Bharos
88-89
Adoption of Power Transmission Towers as Night Refuge by Grey Langurs Semnopithecus entellus
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104931
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Satish Kumar Sharma, Vijay Kumar Koli
89-91
Tubewell Pits as Death Traps for Animals:A Case Study in Alwar District, Rajasthan, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104932
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Miscellaneous Notes - Aves

Gajanan Bapat, J. S. Wadatkar
92-92
First Report of Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes from Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104933
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Asif N. Khan
92-93
Sighting of a Juvenile White-Tailed Eagle at Jor Beed Carcass Dump, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104934
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Pankaj Chandan, Taej Mundkur, Jigmet Takpa, Pushpinder Singh Jamwal, Intesar Suhail, Tsewang Rigzin, Rohit Rattan
93-95
First Breeding Record of Saker Falcon Falco cherrug milvipes in India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104935
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C. Gangadharan Menon
95-95
White-Breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Nesting on a Tree
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104936
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C. Sivaperuman, P. Naveen Kumar, G. Gokulakrishnan
95-96
Sighting of Common Black-Headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnaeus and Wedge-Tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin ) from South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar is., India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104937
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T. N. Bindu, Peroth Balakrishnan
97-98
Observations on the Breeding of the Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis in Kerala, Southern India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104938
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Nosherwan Sethna, Kunal Munsiff
98-99
Sighting of Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus in Narara Marine National Park, Gujarat, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104939
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Anwaruddin Choudhury
99-100
White-Capped River-Chat Phoenicurus leucocephalus (Vigors):First Record for Jharkhand State, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104940
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Satish Kumar Sharma
100-101
Night Roosting on Iron Poles by the White-Naped Tit Parus nuchalis in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104941
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Anwaruddin Choudhury
101-102
A New Low Elevation Summer Record of Blanford's or Crimson Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens (Blanford) from Sikkim, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104942
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Vishal Rasal
102-103
Sap-Drinking by Birds on Tapped Indian Date Palm Phoenix sylvestris
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104943
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Miscellaneous Notes - Reptiles

Daya Nand Harit
103-104
The Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis monticola (Gunther, 1864) (Reptilia: Crotalidae) in Mizoram, India, with a Note on its Peculiar Behaviour in Captivity
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104944
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Miscellaneous Notes - Fish

Anil Mohapatra, Prasad Chandra Tudu, Dipanjan Ray
104-106
First Report of Mcadam's Scorpionfish Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) from Indian Waters
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104945
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Miscellaneous Notes - Insects

Kumar Ghorpade
106-110
Hover-Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Bombay Natural History Society Collection, with an Annotated Checklist of those Recorded from Maharashtra, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104946
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B. M. Parasharya, Dhaval S. Patel
110-110
Range Extension of Common Jay Graphium doson (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) to Gujarat, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104947
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S. Kalesh, Satya Krishna Prakash
111-114
Additions to Larval Host Plants of Butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 2
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104948
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Other Invertebrates

D. A. Apte, R. D. Kamboj, Vishal Bhave
114-117
First Record of Stiliger smaragdinus Baba, 1949 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa: Limapontiidae) from India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104949
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Vardhan Patankar
118-118
Synchronous Spawning of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 in the Andaman Archipelago, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104950
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Botany

A. N. Chandore, N. V. Malpure, S. R. Yadav
119-120
Scleria multilacunosa T. Koyama and S. rugosa R. Br. (Cyperaceae): Additions to the Flora of Karnataka, India
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104951
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A. N. Chandore, M. Y. Kamble, K. V. C. Gosavi
120-121
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl (Cyperaceae) - A New Record for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and a Note on its Identity
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104952
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Kanak Sahai, K. K. Rawat
122-124
Effective Mode of Pollination in Respect of Reproductive Success of Jatropha curcas L.
https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104953
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