Genetic characteristics of the Black-footed Albatross Diomedea nigripes on the Bonin Islands and their implications for the species' demographic history and population structure
　　Masaki Eda, Kazuto Kawakami, Hayato Chiba, Hajime Suzuki, Kazuo Horikoshi and Hiroko Koike 　　p. 109 - 116

Methods for correcting plumage color fading in the Barn Swallow
　　Masaru Hasegawa, Emi Arai, Mamoru Watanabe and Masahiko Nakamura 　　p. 117 - 122

Food-niche differentiation in sympatric species of kingfishers, the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis and the Greater Pied Kingfisher Ceryle lugubris
　　Satoe Kasahara and Kazuhiro Katoh 　　p. 123 - 134

Morphological differences among populations of the Arctic Warbler with some intraspecific taxonomic notes
　　Takema Saitoh, Yoshimitsu Shigeta and Keisuke Ueda 　　p. 135 - 142

Current status of the Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis in Japan based on mitochondrial DNA
　　Shigeki Asai, Daisuke Akoshima, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshimitsu Shigeta, Masahiko Matsue and Hiroshi Momose 　　p. 143 - 156

Changes in song structure and singing pattern of the Grey Thrush Turdus cardis in response to song playback and mate removal experiments
　　Toru Ishizuka 　　p. 157 - 161

The first confirmation of the non-breeding habitat of Japanese Murrelets Synthliboramphus wumizusume
　　Tomohiko Iida 　　p. 163 - 165

Possible dispersal of land snails by birds
　　Kazuto Kawakami, Shinichiro Wada and Satoshi Chiba 　　p. 167 - 171

Syntactical complexity of songs in the Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
　　Shoji Hamao 　　p. 173 - 177