Introduction
　　Fugo Takasu and Hiroshi Nakamura 　　p. 1 - 2

Common Cuckoo parasitism in Europe: behavioural adaptations, arms race and the role of metapopulations
　　Csaba Moskát 　　p. 3 - 15

The enigma of imperfect adaptations in hosts of avian brood parasites
　　Bård G. Stokke, Arne Moksnes and Eivin Røskaft 　　p. 17 - 29

Behavior of radio-tracked Common Cuckoo females during the breeding season in Japan
　　Hiroshi Nakamura, Yoshitomo Miyazawa and Kenichi Kashiwagi 　　p. 31 - 41

Characteristics of brood parasitism by Common Cuckoos on Azure-winged Magpies, as illustrated by video recordings
　　Daisuke Andou, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shinnya Oomori and Hiroyoshi Higuchi 　　p. 43 - 48

Signal exploitation by parasitic young in birds: a new categorization of manipulative signals
　　Keita D. Tanaka and Keisuke Ueda 　　p. 49 - 54

The evolution of virulence in brood parasites
　　Rebecca M. Kilner 　　p. 55 - 64

A theoretical consideration on co-evolutionary interactions between avian brood parasites and their hosts
　　Fugo Takasu 　　p. 65 - 72

The distribution of the Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus in the Yaeyama and Miyako Islands, southern Japan
　　Kazuto Kawakami and Masaki Fujita 　　p. 73 - 79

Pollination by bats and birds in the obligate outcrosser Bombax ceiba L. (Bombacaceae), a tropical dry season flowering tree species in the Eastern Ghats forests of India
　　Aluri J. S. Raju, Srungavarapu P. Rao and Kone Rangaiah 　　p. 81 - 87

Resident males of small species dominate immigrants of large species in heterospecific, winter bird flocks
　　Teruaki Hino 　　p. 89 - 94

A large-scale clumping pattern in breeding Barn Swallows
　　Go Fujita and Hiroyoshi Higuchi 　　p. 95 - 98