Introduction
　　Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 1 - 3

Selection for and against vocal learning in birds and mammals
　　Erich D. Jarvis 　　p. 5 - 14

Auditory temporal resolution in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata): A model of enhanced temporal acuity
　　Robert J. Dooling and Bernard Lohr 　　p. 15 - 22

Song preferences by females: male song complexity and gene expression in the female brain
　　Hiroko Eda-Fujiwara, Ryohei Satoh and Takenori Miyamoto 　　p. 23 - 29

Differential localization of protein kinase C isoforms in the song system of the Zebra Finch forebrain
　　Hironobu Sakaguchi 　　p. 31 - 37

Effects of visual stimulation on the auditory responses of the HVC song control nucleus in anesthetized Bengalese Finches
　　Yoshimasa Seki and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 39 - 46

Non-singing female Bengalese Finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica) possess neuronal projections connecting a song learning region to a song motor region
　　Yasko Tobari, Tetsu Okumura, Jun Tani and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 47 - 55

Zebra Finches actively choose between live images of conspecifics
　　Zdzislaw Galoch and Hans-Joachim Bischof 　　p. 57 - 64

Growth of pair bonding in Zebra Finches: physical and social factors
　　Maki Ikebuchi and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 65 - 75

Trade-offs and correlations among multiple song features in the Bengalese Finch
　　Masayo Soma, Miki Takahasi, Toshikazu Hasegawa and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 77 - 84

Case studies of song and call learning by a hybrid Bengalese-Zebra Finch and Bengalese-fostered Zebra Finches: Assessing innate factors in vocal learning
　　Miki Takahasi, Hiroko Kagawa, Maki Ikebuchi and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 85 - 93

Dynamical neural representation of song syntax in Bengalese Finch: a model study
　　Jun Nishikawa and Kazuo Okanoya 　　p. 95 - 103

Reevaluation of the prevalence of blood parasites in Japanese Passerines by using PCR based molecular diagnostics
　　Hisashi Nagata 　　p. 105 - 112

Diel activity patterns of presence and absence from a heronry and post-breeding roosts observed in radio-tagged Black-crowned Night Herons Nycticorax nycticorax
　　Naoko Endo, Yuji Sawara, Ryo Komatsu and Mizuki Ohtsubo 　　p. 113 - 119

Bird species richness and diversity in relation to vegetation in Bavi National Park, Vietnam
　　Vu Tien Thinh 　　p. 121 - 125

Population change of grassland birds over ten years in Nakashibetsu, eastern Hokkaido
　　Katsumi Tamada 　　p. 127 - 131

Molecular sexing and sexual difference in carpal spur length of the Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus (Charadriidae)
　　Hideya Wakisaka, Munetaka Nakagawa, Keiko Wakisaka and Masanobu Itoh 　　p. 133 - 137

Usefulness of avian buccal cells for molecular sexing
　　Hiroshi Arima and Naoki Ohnishi 　　p. 139 - 143