FORKTAIL 35

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Can’t Wait?

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CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter iii

Full papers
WEN XUAN CHIOK, ADAM E. MILLER, SEAN E. H. PANG, JAMES A. EATON, MADHU RAO & FRANK E. RHEINDT
Regional and local extirpation of a formerly common Sundaic passerine, the Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus 1

LÁSZLÓ BOZÓ, WIELAND HEIM, YURY ANISIMOV & TIBOR CSÖRGO
Seasonal morphological differences indicate possible loop migration in two, but not in another four, Siberian passerines 10

WICH’YANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ, CHUKIAT NUALSRI, AYUWAT JEARWATTANAKANOK, CHUENCHOM HANSASUTA, KASET SUTASHA, RONGRONG ANGKAEW & PHILIP D. ROUND
Abundance and timing of migratory raptors passing through Khao Dinsor, southern Thailand, in autumn 2015–2016  18

FRANK E. RHEINDT, PRATIBHA BAVEJA, TEUKU REZA FERASYI, AGUS NURZA, TEUKU SHADDIQ ROSA, HAMINUDDIN, REZKY RAMADHAN & CHYI YIN GWEE
The extinction-in-progress in the wild of the Barusan Shama Copsychus (malabaricus) melanurus  28

RIFKY EDO HERLANGGA, SOEKARJA SOMADIKARTA, YENI ARYATI MULYANI, KUSTIARIYAH TARMAN, ARZYANA SUNKAR & EARL OF CRANBROOK
Type locality of the Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg 1812) (Aves, Apodidae, Collocaliini) and present status of the topotypical population 36

MING GAO & YUMIN GUO
Bird mortality at tailings ponds: possible threats and solutions, with a particular focus on East Asia  43

D. P. O’CONNELL, F. Ó MARCAIGH, A. O’NEILL, R. GRIFFIN, A. KARYA, K. ANALUDDIN, D. J. KELLY & N. M. MARPLES
The avifauna of Muna and Wawonii Islands, with additional records from mainland South-east Sulawesi, Indonesia 50

WICHYANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ, WARREN Y. BROCKELMAN, GEORGE A. GALE & PHILIP D. ROUND
Woodpeckers benefit from participation in mixed-species flocks in lowland deciduous forest, Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand  57

PIN-JIA QUE, XUN-QIANG MO, PAUL HOLT, LIU JIN, TIAN-HAO ZHAO & ZHENG-WANG ZHANG
A summary of over forty new bird records from Tianjin Municipality, including two new records for China 60

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