Subject: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society  ISSN 0006-6982
Vol. 94, No. 3  December 1997

Contents

Breeding Biology of the Great Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in the
  Anaimalai Hills of Southern India
  By Ragupathy Kannan & Douglas A. James..............................451
Status of Indian Grey Wolf Canis lupus pallipes and its Conservation in
  Marginal Agricultural Areas of Solapur District, Maharashtra
  By Satish Kumar & Asad R. Rahmani...................................466
Orchids of High Wavy Recollected
  By N. Sasidharan, K.P. Rajesh & Jomy Augustine......................473
Group Size and Composition of Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) in an
  Agro-Ecosystem at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
  By Shahla Yasmin....................................................478
On a Survey of the Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica of
  Brahmaputra River, Assam
  By R.S. Lal Mohan, S.C. Dey, S.P. Bairagi & S. Roy..................483
Proposed Taxonomic Revision of Some Important Penaeid Prawn Genera
  (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Konkan Coast (West Coast of India)
  By D.I. Pathan & D.R. Jalihal.......................................496
Causes of Destruction of Nests of Weaver Birds in Rajasthan
  By Satish Kumar Sharma..............................................515
The Ecology and Distribution of Alcyonaceans at Mandapam (Palk Bay, Gulf
  of Mannar), South India
  By V. Jayasree & A.H. Parulekar.....................................521
Recent Trends in Protection of Harvested Bamboos from Ghoon Borers
  By M.I. Thakur & R.S. Bhandari......................................525
Subsociality in Dung Beetles Copris repertus Walker and Copris
  indicus Gill (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
  By K. Veenakumari & G.K. Veeresh....................................530
The Conservation of the Potentially Endangered Irrawady River Dolphin
  Orcaella brevirostris in Chilka Lagoon, Orissa, India
  By P. Dhandapani....................................................536
New Descriptions......................................................540
Reviews...............................................................549
Miscellaneous Notes...................................................553

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