ORNITHOLOGICAL Science

Volume 3 Number 2 OCTOBER 2004

Contents

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Poonswad P, Tsuji A & Jirawatkavi N
Estimation of nutrients delivered to nest inmates by four sympatric species of
hornbills in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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Sharma RC, Bhatt D & Sharma RK
Breeding success of the tropical Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata in urbanized
and forest habitats
................................................................................................... 113
Swennen C & Yu Y-t
Notes on feeding structures of the Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor .................... 119
Chiba A
Microscopic structure and distribution of various elements in the eggshell of the
Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris, as revealed by scanning and transmission
electron microscopy and X-ray compositional microanalysis
...................................... 125
Pruett CL, Gibson DD & Winker K
Amak Island Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia amaka) are not evolutionarily
significant
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Raju AJS & Rao SP
Passerine bird pollination and fruiting behaviour in a dry season blooming tree
species, Erythrina suberosa Roxb. (Fabaceae)
in the Eastern Ghats forests, India ................................................................................................................................ 139
Warkentin IG, Reed JM & Dunham SM
Offspring size as an index of habitat degradation ..................................................... 145

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Kawakami K & Fujita M

Feral cat predation on seabirds on Hahajima, the Bonin Islands, Southern Japan ........ 155
Unno A
The effect of the fungus Phellinus hartigii on woodpecker habitat quality in Hokkaido,
Japan
...................................................................................................................... 159
Ueda K & Narui Y
A new breeding tactic of the Common Moorhan: interspecific brood parasitism of
bittern nests
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