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August_2021

• Restoration of Earth with Biobased Polymer
  Marjadi Darshan
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• Notes on behavioural observation of some water birds during the Annular Solar Eclipse
  Thakkar Karan* and Gohil Bharatsinh

  In this communication, we report the behaviour of various water birds observed during the annular solar eclipse which happened on 26th November 2019. We observed the behaviour of eight species of birds’ viz. Greater Flamingoes Phoenicopterus roseus, the Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus, Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata, Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus throughout the eclipse period i.e. from 8:05 AM to 10:51 AM.

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• Record of Leucism in Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from South Gujarat, India
  Amin Siddharth M., Patel Hiren J.* and Vaghela Prashant P.

  Leucism in fruit bat species Pteropus giganteus (Brunnich, 1782) is recorded for the first time from India based on photographic evidence collected from the Anaval Village located in Surat District of South Gujarat, India. A total lack of pigmentation in the whole body due to the failure of melanocytes to migrate to the skin, and hair follicles, resulting in white or whitish hairs, pale skin, but normal coloured eyes are the sign of leucism. The present record can serve as baseline data and will also help understand colour aberration in bats.

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• Observationson nesting pattern of different bird species around University road, Rajkot
  Dave Deepali
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• Range Extension of Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra) in Gujarat state, Western India
  Chaudhary Sarthak V. and Desai Pratik G.*
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