Forktail, number 2, December 1986, contents:

M.D. WILLIAMS, D.N. BAKEWELL, G.J. CAREY and S.J. HOLLOWAY.
On the bird migration at Beidaihe, Hebei province, China, during spring 1985
p 3.
P.R. HOLMES.
The avifauna of the Suru River Valley, Ladakh
p 21.
J. BOSWALL.
Notes on the current status of ornithology in the People's Republic of China
p 43.
P.D. ROUND and U.TREESUCON.
The rediscovery of Gurneys Pitta, Pitta gurneyi
p 53.
C.R. ROBSON.
Recent observations of birds in Xizang and Qinghai provinces, China
p 67.
P. HAUGE, J. TERBORGH, B. WINTER and J. PARKINSON.
Conservation priorities in the Philippine Archipelago
p 83.

Swallow with features of White-eyed River-Martin (or Oriental Pratincole?),
Forktail 2 cover
(Photo: Didi Brandt)

Short communications

R.G. BIJLSMA and F.E. DE RODER.
Notes on Nordmann's Greenshank, Tringa guttifer, in Thailand
p 92.
E.C. DICKINSON.
Does the White-eyed River-Martin, Pseudochelidon sirintarae, breed in China?
p 95.
M.A.R. KHAN.
The threatened White-winged Wood Duck, Cairina scutulata, in Bangladesh
p 97.
J. SÉRIOT, O. PINEAU, R. DE SCHATZEN and Ph. J. DUBOIS.
Black-tailed Crake, Porzana bicolor: a new species for Thailand
p 101.
F.A. CLEMENTS and N. J. BRADBEAR.
Status of wintering Black-necked Cranes, Grus nigricollis, in Bhutan
p 103.

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