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Silent Valley Butterflys

Thanks for picking up on that. The ref is:

Senthilmurugan B. Mukurthi National Park: A migratory route for butterflies. (Aug 2005) J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc. 102 (2): pp 241-242.

which I found at Butterfly and moth migration

and traced to [1] but was not on line there to read.

Maybe you can find a hard copy or see it at Blackwell or Jstor which I can't access. Meanwhile I put the ref in the Silent Valley article.

Thanks also for your other edits on Silent Valley. This article is the Collaboration of the Month (March 2007) on WP:WINDPA.=Marcus 07:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick comeback. I love your Bio barnstar and the Marcus A. quote.-Marcus 07:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kallima philarchus

I just added this image. Is this butterfly found in Idia also I said so on the stub page but then wasn't sure. Hope you like the pic. More soon Cheers Robert —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Notafly (talk • contribs) 09:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Collaboration

A few choices for people would be good, and people want to work on bird. I thought about nominating it myself, but bird is going to take a lot of work s perhaps an easier couple of choices first. In fact, a species might be an easier place to start than a family or order. Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, we will eventually anyway have to get to it. cheers. Shyamal 03:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Natural History of South Asia mailing list

Hi Shyamal, the above article is relisted for Voting all over again, please do help improve the article if you get time. Thanks Atulsnischal 00:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Noticed this in the News

Click for information on animals, 27 Oct, 2004 TIMES NEWS NETWORK

National chemical laboratory's Centre for Biodiversity Informatics, NCBI's IndFauna Website, A Work in Progress currently, also click on "An Appeal" under: IndFauna (Search IndFauna)

Atulsnischal 11:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

St. Patrick's Day

It's Saint Patrick's Day tomorrow so here is a holiday butterfly. The diffration flash was sheer luck. Best wishes and thainks for all your meticulous photoshop work. see Pierella Satyrinae Must hurry for my train Robert See the Hagerman bot impressively picked up on ythis—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Notafly (talk • contribs) 17:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Natural History of South Asia mailing list: A proposal

Hi Atul, from what I can see the article on nathistory India cannot possibly ever make for encyclopaedic content. However there is a way to incorporate and highlight the role of the group and the ideal place would be to place it within the History of conservation in India article as a section on the contribution of the Internet era. Hope this is fine with you. Cheers. Shyamal 11:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Shyamal

You are welcome to change your Vote :), but it is only one vote, there is no need to panic, you might want to save a work copy of the article though in case it is deleted and hidden again.

As for me I believe it is encyclopedic, I will like the article to stay as it is.

But you have a very very good point, you can also always do what you propose above, great and a fitting idea in itself. So I suggest NO Delete And Merge, Keep the article as it is, yet have a section on the contribution of the list in other major conservation articles on India and elsewhere.

Exactly as you say it should be also mentioned in the Contributions of the Internet Era to the Natural History and the Conservation of the region.

As for me I firmly believe it is encyclopedic in itself to have a article on this South Asian Natural History Network.

Thanks for your input

Atulsnischal 11:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tog e Bog e

It means "take it easy , chill out , go with the flow". The Sharpe reference.Sorry no,but I will see if the work is in Dublin when I next go.I just added http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bcimage/worker.htm to the economic entomology page external links.A chance find but one I found very useful.Cheers RobertNotafly

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Butterflies

Thanks for the correction; so they were two separate species after all. Perhaps the page on the Indian subspecies should be moved to Graphium aristeus anticrates, but I've seen butterflies with binomial names containing the subgenus before (in this case "Pathysa"), so I'll leave the possible renaming to the lepidopterists. Eugène van der Pijll 12:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moving this to Graphium aristeus as a subspecies entry is not warranted at this point. Many of the Pathysa species have been moved to the genus Graphium (dont know if the old genus is even valid now. Thanks anyway, will try and be more careful. Shyamal 12:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anshi

This must be coincidence, but late last night, I was scrounging around for what I can add to the article, and the Dandeli search term on wikimedia came up with your photographs. Need i say the butterfly ones are classic? Thought of checking with you on inclusion, but the text in the article seemed insufficient to support pics. I'll insert some anyway. Cheers, Sdsouza 03:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi Shyamal! Thanks for correction in Bengal Florican, and also for proper tagging. You were there in Bangalore last October when Jimbo came, right? I was the one who landed from Kolkata. How are you? I started a few bird articles lately. Will tag them appropriately henceforth. Thanks. Regards. --Dwaipayan (talk) 17:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bye the way, how to assess the importance of a bird article?--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dwaipayan ! Yes. Good, how are you ? Will look over the bird articles. The rating is essentially based on how popular the species is ? Families and generic names get higher importance. Species names that are not likely to be culturally used are usually low unless they are in the news. I have not been able to find the reference on the bird project page though. Shyamal 00:44, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice edit

The addition of images at Santalum album were a big improvement. Cheers, Fred 09:52, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A common tree around my place. Was surprised to see images missing. Let me know if there are any other plant images that I might help with. Cheers. Shyamal 10:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"To the other three"

I'm guessing it meant, "to the other three in his family," his wife Alice, son Rudyard, and daughter Trix. Sanjay Tiwari 19:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're right - they did refer to themselves as 'the family square', so they would be the other three sides of the square. DuncanHill 23:32, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re: Zephyranthes image

Hi there, Great picture you added to the article! Do you know the species so that I could add a more specific caption? I have labelled it simply 'a zephyranthes species.' Thanks!--killing sparrows 03:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, not at the moment. But let me see if Franz Xaver or the other botanists on the commons can help. Shyamal 04:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

bird photo id?

thanks!!

btw, can you id this image for me: not too high quality though! Haven't categorized it yet.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:7047w_yellow-black-band-on-eye_long-tailed-shrike-maybe_generator-garden_2006.11.19_08.36.56.jpg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mukerjee (talk • contribs) 11:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Looks like a female Minivet, could be Scarlet or Small, unable to tell size. Geography may be a clue. Would be extremely useful to add location and date. Some of the photos here are really useful in illustrating geographic variation. Sometimes not even evident in books. Shyamal 11:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

impressive images

Wow: your svg images... very impressive! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mukerjee (talk • contribs) 11:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Pasquet

Sorry, I was up to my ears in Sylviidae and not-Sylviidae-anymore. How can I send you the paper? Dysmorodrepanis 00:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Illustration

One of your illustrations would be good, clearer than a modified photo. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will try to cook one over the weekend. Cheers. Shyamal 01:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

experiment

Userboxes

Neornithes

Paleognathae

Neognathae

Other birds

Galloanserae

Anseriformes

	Galliformes

	Craciformes

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Wildlife series

No your seeing the aim of them. The wildlife article should be seen as above the Fauna of series as they should summarize fauna and flora and conservation etc all aspects of nature in that country. In the summarized sections they should then then branch out into the Fauna of ... etc. We need articles that summarize wildlife for each country. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 11:55, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A new wiki just for India

www.indianotebook.org/wiki

Hey Shyamal, I noticed that you were interested in editing India articles. I just wanted to tell you about a new wiki that a friend and I have created called India Notebook, the url of which is above. A description of our site is as follows (copy-pasted from the main page): About Us: The ultimate aim of India Notebook is to document each and every little thing in India. From shops to restaurants to your local paanwalla in your hometown, India Notebook will have an entry on it so that anytime you find yourself wanting to go to, say, a new restaurant in your town, just log on, search for restaurants in your town and browse away. All we need is a little help from you. Just add all your favourite hangouts, restaurants etc etc and slowly but surely, we will have documented everything there is to see and do in India for anyone to reference, anywhere and anytime. Soon a visitor to Bombay will be able to simply come here and check out the hottest clubs, best eateries and coolest Museums without buying a guidebook. Anything and everything you want to know about a city will be right here, written by the locals.

Come and contribute. Review your favourite pubs/restaurants so that people get up-to-date information about any place in india from the locals. And also tell any friends of yours who edit wikipedia to come help out here. We're also thinking of integrating Google maps into the site, so that you can view the location of any place described on the site.

Don't hesitate to contact me at chaita@gmail.com

Also notice that this new service does not detract from, but builds upon wikipedia's already outstanding contribution. It is merely a wiki specific to the smaller things in life like where to get Paan or mangojuicein a new city.

Best,

Chaitanya Netkalappa University of Chicago Class of 2010 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chaita (talk • contribs) 22:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

All the best. You really need to reach critical mass. That is the tough part for any such attempt. I joined wikipedia in 2002 but did not contribute anything significant for almost 2 years, even though I recognized it as a great idea. Shyamal 05:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your images are fantastic

Excellent stuff. I think the whole body one is an excellent replacement for the odd green looking Chaffinch. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. So maybe I shall be bold and go ahead with the replacement ! Shyamal 05:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I see you have already done that ! Shyamal 05:10, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Robert Cecil Beavan

It seems reasonable to me that it took seven years to publish the fish book after Beavan's death, especially as it was unexpected. Mearns & Mearns have the following on Beavan:

"Out on the Andaman Islands both Captain Robert Beavan and Colonel Tytler were at work. Beavan, commemorated by the lovely Beavan's Bullfinch of Darjeeling and southwest China, had only a short ornithological career. His first attempt at collecting, in Darjeeling from March to May 1862, was marred by continual rain, and the novelty of his results was further reduced by the fact that the area had previously been searched by Joseph Hooker. In 1864 Beavan worked at Barrackpore, the winter of 1864/65 being spent in the Maunbhoom District, areas already worked by Samuel Tickell and Edward Blyth. Despite this, his paper to The Ibis (1865) entitled "Notes on various Indian Birds" showed that his observations were well above average. While serving with the Bengal Staff Corps he collected in the Andaman Islands and asked Colonel Tytler, who had greater experience and a much larger study collction, to supply some additoinal notes for "The Avifauna of the Andaman Islands" (The Ibis 1867). Beavan was twice sent home to Britain as an invalid, the second time dying at sea at the age of twenty-nine." Mearns & Mearns The Bird Collectors p.196-7

Beolens & Watkins in Whose Bird? mention that Beavan had a fish named after him, but don't name it. Possibly Schistura beavani (Günther, 1868). Smallweed 08:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the additional information and the confirmation. I still find it hard to believe that there is no mention in the 1877 of the late author. Shyamal 10:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wallace picture

I removed your picture of Alfred Russel Wallace because when I went back to check your source (the Linnean society anniversary pamphlet on Internet Archive, I found an even better image (of the Darwin-Wallace medal) and used it instead, but thanks for your contribution!Rusty Cashman 06:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, glad you found something useful there. Thanks for the great work on Wallace. Shyamal 08:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Melanophidium bilineatum

Hi Shyamal, I have written the article for this snake in ML Wiki. I found third para a little difficult to translate, so stopped with the second. regards --Raghu 17:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. A good start. Shyamal 00:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi Shyamal, Thanks for the warm welcome. Actually I need some assistance regarding the licensing of image for the plant Senna bicapsularis. I found the image at Rare Flora. Maybe you can help me out. Vasant Salian 04:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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