INDEX: Foreword, Acknowloedgement, About Sponsors, Photo Contributors and Team Members, Preface, Glossary, A Review of Salt works in India, Saltpans in Kanyakumari District, SPECIES: 1. Little Grebe: Tachybaptus ruficollis, 2. Spot-billed Pelican: Peleconus philippensis, 3. Oriental Darter: Anhinga melanogaster, 4. Little Cormorant: Phalacrocorax niger, 5. Indian Cormorant : Phalcrocorax fuscicollis, 6. Great Cormorant: Phalacrocorax carbo, 7. Lesser Frigatebird: Fregata ariel, 8. Grey Heron: Ardea cinerea, 9. Purple Heron: Ardea purpurea, 10. Great Egret: Ardea alba, 11. Intermediate Egret: Ardea intermedia, 12. Cattle Egret: Bubulcus ibis, 13. Little Egret: Egretta garzetta, 14. Western Reef-Egret: Egretta gularis, 15. Indian Pond-Heron:Ardeola grayii, 16. Striated Heron: Butorides striata, 17. Black-crowned Night-Heron: Nycticorax nycticorax, 18. Yellow Bittern: Ixobrychus sinensis, 19. Black Bittern: Dupetor flavicoilis, 20. Cinnamon Bittern: Lxobrychus cinnameus, 21. Painted Stork: Mycteria Leucocephala, 22. Asian Openbill: Anastomus oscitans, 23. Woolly-necked Stork: Ciconia episcopus, 24. Black-headed Ibis: Threskiornis melanocephalus, 25. Glossy Ibis: Plegodis falcinellus, 26. Red-naped Ibis (Indian Black Ibis) Pseudibis papillosa, 27. Eurasian Spoonbill: Platalea leucorodia, 28. Grfeater Flamingo: Phoenicopterus roseus, 29. Lesser Whistling-Duck: Dendrocygna javanica, 30. Cotton Pygmy-Goose: Nettapus coromandelianus, 31. Eurasian Wigeon: Anas penelope, 32. Indian Spot-billed Duck: Anas poecilorhyncha, 33. Northern Pintail: Anas acuta, 34. Green-winged Teal: Anas crecca, 35. Northern Shoveler: Spotula clypeata, 36. Garganey: Spatula querquedula, 37. Brahminy Kite: Haliastur indus, 38. White-bellied Sea-Eagle: Haliaeetus leucogaster, 39. Osprey: Pondion haliaetus, 40. Slaty-breasted Rail: Lewinia striata, 41. White-breasted Waterhen: Amaurornis phoenicurus, 42. Eurasian Moorhen: Gallinula chloropus, 43. Eurasian Coot: Fulica atra, 44. Gray-headed Swamphen: Porphyrio poliocephalus, 45. Bronze-winged Jacana: Metopidius indicus, 46. Pheasant-tailed Jacana: Hydrophasianus chirurgus, 47. Pacific Golden-Plover (Grey Plover): Pluvialis squatarola, 49. Common Ringed Plover: Charadrius hiaticula, 50. Little Ringed Ploverf: Charadrius dubius, 51. Kentish Plover: Charadrius alexandrinus, 52. Lesser Sand Plover: Charadrius mongolus, 53. Greater Sand-Plover: Charadrius leschenaultii, 54. Yellow-wattled Lapwing: Vanellus malabaricus, 55. Red-wattled Lapwing: Vanellus indicus, 56. Common Snipe: Gallinago gollinago, 57. Black-tailed Goweit: Limosa limosa, 58. Whimbrfel: Numenius phaeopus, 59. Eurasian Curfew: Numenius arquata, 60. Spotted Redshank: Tringa stagnatilis, 61. Common Redshank: Tringa totanus, 62. Marsh Sandpiper: Tringa stagnatilis, 63. Common Greenshank: Tringa Nebularia, 64. Green Sandpiper: Tringa ochropus, 65. Wood Sandpiper: Tringa glareola, 66. Terek Sandpiper: Xenus cinereus, 67. Common Sandpiper : Actitis hypoleucos, 68. Ruddy Turnstone: Arfenaria interpres, 69. Asian Dowitcher: Limnodromus semipalmatus, 70. Great Knot: Calidris tenuirostris, 71. Sanderling: Calidris alba, 72. Little Stint: Calidris minuta, 73. Temminck's Stint: Calidris temminckii, 74. Long-toed Stint : Calidris subminuta, 75. Dunlin: Calidris alpina, 76. Curfew Sandpiper: Calidris ferruginea, 77. Broad-billed Sandpiper: Calidris falcinellus, 78. Ruff: Calidris pugnax, 79. Black-winged Stilt: Himantopus himantopus, 80. Red-necked phalarope: Phalaropus lobatus, 81. Indian Thick-knee: Burhinus indicus, 82. Great Thick-knee: Esacus recurvirostris, 83. Orfiental Pratincole: Glareola maldivarum, 84. Heuglin's Gull: Larus heuglini, 85. Brown-headed Gull: Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, 86. Slender-billed Gull: Chrolcocephalus genei, 87. Gull-billed Tern: Gelochelidon nilotica, 88. Caspian Tern: Hydroprogne caspia, 89. River Tern: Sterna aurantia, 90. Lesser Crested Tern: Thalasseus bergii, 92. Sandwich Tern: Thalasseus sandvicensis, 93. Common Tern: Sterna hirundo, 94. Little Tern: Sternula albifrons, 95. Saunders's Tern: Sternula saundersi, 96. Sooty Tern: Onychoprion fuscatus, 97. Whiskered Tern: Chlidonias hybrida, 98. White-winged Tern: Chlidonias leucopterus, 99. Indian Skimmer: Rynchops albicollis, 10. Common Kingfisher (Small Blue Kingfisher) Alcedo atthis, 101. White-throated Kingfisher: Halcyon smytrnensis, 102. Pied Kingfisher: Ceryle rudis, 103. White Wagtail: Motacilla alba, 104. White-browed Wagtail: Motacilla madderaspatensis, 105. Western Yellow Wagtail: motacilla flava, 106. Green Bee-eater: Merops orientalis, 107. Blue-tailed Bee-eater: Merops philippinus, 108. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater: Merops persicus, 109. Yellow-throated Sparrow: Gymnoris xanthocollis, 110. Arctic Skua: Stercorarius parasiticus, 111. Lesser Fish-Eagel: Haliaeetus humilis, 112. Black-capped Kingfisher: Halcyon pileata, 113. BNHS's Research Activities at the Saltpans.