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I've just completed this short book on Wikisource, see s:On the Misdeeds of the House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus). There actually were some nineteenth century ornithologists who did not hate the House Sparrow, most notably the Rev. F. O. Morris. — innotata 01:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Shyamal: Copy of message FYI:
User:CarTick Nice job on your recent new work List of birds of Tamil Nadu. Thanks for your note pointing out the discrepancy on number of Tamil Nadu bird species. I got the number 454 from: Tamil Nadu Forest Department Where they got it I don't know. How many species are in M. A. Badshah, Checklist of birds of Tamil Nadu? Perhaps User:Shyamal, Wikipedia resident authority on South Indian birds can give some clarification? Marcus334 ( talk) 16:43, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Can you add a legend to the Spanish Sparrow's map caption using the {{ legend}} template, and reading something like this:
(light green) P. h. hispaniolensis breeding range
(dark green) P. h. transcaspicus breeding range
(turquoise) Winter range
(pink)
Italian Sparrow range
Other colours represent zones of hybridisation.
I can't figure out the colours. Thanks, — innotata 20:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Here it is but I just tried it out inside the taxobox and it seems to behave awfully there. Shyamal ( talk) 01:36, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
I just cleaned up close to 100 of the India-->Republic of India vandal changes. I think that between those, and a quite a lot of the frog,rodents cleanup I did earlier, we're caught up on those two particular editors. I'm hoping that Fixing Broken Windows will apply here. If we can catch and cleanup quickly in future with those two, then maybe they will give up. First Light ( talk) 00:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
There are quite a lot of birds from India in this photograph set. To copy them to commons download the largest version to your computer and then upload it manually filling out one of the upload forms. Tag it with {{Picasareview}} so that its copyright can be confirmed by reviewers or a new bot. I do not know what many of the birds are, but you may find some of them useful. I have uploaded File:Coracias benghalensis -India -flying-8.jpg and for this photograph the watermark was easy to remove. Snowman ( talk) 13:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help on Gape. Question: is it right to say that the gape is the "open mouth" of the bird? This sounds odd because it seems to me that an anatomical term should refer to an actual part of the body, not just the mouth in the open position. Would it make more sense to say that the gape is the interior of the mouth? Thanks. howcheng { chat} 16:10, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
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Do you mean like the maps in river martin? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:13, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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Just for comparison
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Dipu K ( talk) 10:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
OK. Thanks. So I assume you have already deleted the part in question about Painted Bush Quail. Will take care in the future. But in order to save such observations, can't Wiki have a separate section titled "Unpublished/Unverified information" in a page? At least, this could give other interested parties/persons a hint on what is still unpublished and researched thoroughly Dipu K ( talk) 21:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
OK. I am planning to work on Indian birds, but I am not sure about the time I can invest currently. So I will sync with you (based on your todo list) and will take up some thing that I can handle. One Q, how do I read the todo list? What is the difference between a small tick, a big tick? I assume non-ticked ticked ones have not been looked upon at all. Should a lesser starred one be cross checked for more references? Also, does the "references" section for those birds in the completed parts contain all the articles that has been checked? I assume 40,80,120... etc are just indicating the number of completed birds.
Dipu K (
talk) 04:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
"Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicata) 393" - What does 393 in this line mean? Number of articles screened? Dipu K ( talk) 04:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
I have seen normal images (File) being embedded in articles. Can we embed the megapode image you had referred in the article? Or it can be used only as a reference, is it? Dipu K ( talk) 10:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, the Nicobar Megapode looks good now. I just added a little bit in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Snowcock. Dipu K ( talk) 13:26, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Updated some available information on Snow Partridge. Where do we generally get the Taxonomy and Systematics information from? Dipu K ( talk) 13:26, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Tibetan Snowcock, Chukar and Tibetan Partridge, few updates to Common Merganser... Dipu K ( talk) 09:39, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Could you help me indentifying some animals from India? See commons:Commons:Village pump#Unidentified animals from India. Thanks a lot for your help, Yann ( talk) 07:46, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Dear Shyamal! Do you still need:
I can copy this article for you, greetings, Doc Taxon ( talk) 16:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
File:Gecinus gorii, Passer yattii.jpg – Can you find out what the current name for this woodpecker, from Afghanistan I think, is? Gecinus gorii is given here. Thanks, — innotata 14:29, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal, just a heads-up that the same nationalist vandal is back in action. I've added the latest two IPs at the bottom of the list at User:First_Light/Fauna_vandalism#Nationalist_vandalism. The last one I was able to get a few warnings in and have him blocked while he was still live and active. First Light ( talk) 20:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, saw your message today. It is not possible for me to visit the net daily. Basically I am from a tribal part of India. I do not have much advanced / sophisticated equipments. Instead I rely on the local (tribal) folks who know the locations very well. They help me to plant the microphones. Thank you for the compliments. Know what you are the first and only one to compliment me. All the while I was thinking the recordings might not be good enough so they are neglected. Someone else might come with better recordings. I have a few more calls I shall upload them also. Thank you once again. Gypsypkd ( talk) 08:37, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
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As a young new arrival in Sydney in 1954, at my first job in a grocery store, in dim light I picked up what I had taken to be a discarded tangle of string, but which came to life and delivered a nasty bite to my finger. Thus I had my first and only meeting with a large specimen of paragryllacris combusta. Is there a place in Wikipedia for that very impressive insect? Cheers, Bjenks ( talk) 03:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, P. S. this new file Gypsypkd ( talk) 09:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
.Thanks for helping with this article. I've nominated it for DYK, so it should appear soon with something about it not being seen for circa 40 years. As for the paper you sent, I actually have seen and scanned it—it is only JBNHS articles too old to be in libraries here and too new to be out of copyright that are hard for me to get. — innotata 00:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Here's the DYK hook, which has been verified:
— innotata 00:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you expand the description of File:PasserPyrrhonotusMap.svg? I'm guessing that the blue signifies its winter range and the green its summer range, but you haven't specified. Nyttend ( talk) 15:48, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal,
I've managed as few identifications for you on my
talk page.
Will you be attending the
3rd Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium being held in Coimbatore in October?
cheers, Roger. HKmoths ( talk) 14:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Some Tamil names used in Sri Lanka are listed on
I do not have Whittaker or Whittaker & Captain's books but I think the confusion among most people between this and the common krait is too great and they tend to err on the side of safety - http://www.archive.org/stream/somesouthindiani00flet#page/232/mode/1up/ http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee09hunt#page/95/mode/1up/ Shyamal ( talk) 16:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, about a year ago you IDd a picture of a wasp for me. I just thought I'd let you know that I got round to making an article about it. Thanks for your help, it turns out be a pretty interesting animal and there's going to be a nice DYK hook out of it too! Smartse ( talk) 11:56, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I'm some frogeater, and I've worked on this recently extinct species (the “ Grèbe roussâtre”). No illustrations are available : I looked for the original publication ( I love PD-old (and frogs too ^^)) but didn't find anything and fair-use isn't accepted on the french WP. Then if you have some time to create a vector drawing, it could be nice! Regards, Totodu74 ( talk) 23:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC) (you can answer here)
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Totodu74 (
talk) 06:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
The type species is Bengalia torosa, which was named in 1819. Robineau-Desvoidy mistakenly gave it a new name in 1830 "testacea", and it was as testacea that it was made the type species by Duponchel in 1842. Senior-White's designation of labiata in 1940 is not valid, being almost 100 years after the type species was designated. You'll note that prior to the edit, the link was to bengalia torosa though the text visible was "testacea". Dyanega ( talk) 00:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Shyamal! I'd like to invite you to participate in the ongoing Eustrombus gigas peew review. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to prepare this article for a future FA candidacy. Thanks in advance and best wishes, Daniel Cavallari ( talk) 11:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal, and thanks again for improving the American Kestrel range map. However, I have realized that the rest of Mexico should be colored light blue and the Caribbean should be purple. When you have time, could you add these to the map? Much appreciated, — outof focus 21:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
My that is an amazing ant mimic.On my first trip out after retirement I found this [ [1]] something I'd wanted to see all my life.They are usually far out at sea so you need a very strong on shore wind.It was a cold day but here are Warm regards Robert Notafly ( talk) 13:53, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, there. For some unknown reason, some editor moved the former Yellowjacket article and its associated talk page to "Yellow Jacket". This is entirely inappropriate; the insect name is the former, not the latter, easily demonstrated using ANY authoritative source (the most definitive being [2]). Unfortunately, it cannot be moved because the former article is now a redirect - and simply cutting and pasting the new content over the redirect will destroy the article history. Do you know how to make this move in the correct fashion, and if so, could you please do so? A prominent note on the talk page would hopefully prevent future editors from trying to move it back to "yellow jacket" ever again. Thanks, Dyanega ( talk) 20:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Look who's back! Had enough momo & thukpa? Saw the Black necked cranes (no, not the winged beauties but the one in bakhus (kimonos)? Awaiting your return to coordinate all Indian swallowtails vide the most authoritative list for swallowtails -
That means all Atrophaneura (Losaria) to Losaria, besides others. Welcome back! AshLin ( talk) 17:06, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Hope you are doing good. Wanted to know about the article quality meter which you mentioned in one of the meetups. Not able to get it on google. link please. Thanks Srikanth ( Logic) 11:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
All the photos require heavy zoom. Please see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahesh Iyer ( talk • contribs) 17:13, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Dear Shyamal, just a quick question: is there a Hindi word for bear other than bhalu ? l found this in a dictionary: पोत pota - is this used for bear cub or small bear ? -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 14:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
As far as my little Hindi goes - pota would be grandson but not sure about the context. Shyamal ( talk) 03:02, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
THANK YOU all ! Shyamal is right in assuming the context of Red Panda. Am just curious to find out from which word panda might have been derived. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 19:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for images. As you have probably seen, I think the Taiwan endemic will be the last item in the topic, when the East Asia book is out, unless I stumble across a good source soon. I think that because of RL commitments it will probably take most of 2011 to get the two American species done anyway, so not a major problem. Season's greetings to you too (although I'm tiring of the weather. It's been snowing for days, and daytime maximum temps around zero. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:10, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Glad you uploaded that amazing shot of the migrating storks. I saw it on the German article, but couldn't figure out how to get it into commons! :P MeegsC | Talk 15:58, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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I've noticed that some photos you uploaded a while ago need OTRS permission e-mails: File:Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg, File:Columba elphinstonii.jpg, File:Petronia xanthocollis.jpg are those I've found. Would you mind asking the authors to send permission confirmations for these and any others you might know of? — innotata 21:01, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I've just moved three old b/w photos to the commons. Would you mind checking that I've got the right adjutant? Thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:57, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Very best regards at Christmas.The winter here has been very very cold.Hamburg was very interesting and the Hagenbech Zoo was especially enjoyable.Happy Xmas Robert Notafly ( talk) 15:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Warm elephants [3] in Hamburg Notafly ( talk) 20:38, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Spammer Nilupulcool is back again. Request administrator block undo and a strict warning. AshLin ( talk) 03:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank You for the image. I have requested Madras Crocodile bank to relicense theirs for use in the article. Happy New Year!- Marcus334 ( talk) 21:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Added the gallery section and an image to Crimson-fronted_Barbet. Since this is the first time I have added a section, please do check it once. Also, is it acceptable for me to add images like this as per Bird Project? I only add where I feel my image gives a value add and not when similar images already exist. thanks.-- Nanda ramesh ( talk) 05:29, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edits on this article. Am happy that somebody cares about this adventurer. You have certainly seen the list I've started with species "collected" (i.e. hunted) by him and Diard, which were first described by others. He and Diard also sent so many birds to Paris, which I haven't tackled yet. If you happen to know or come across a bird that was first described from northern India (including Meghalaya) and Sumatra between 1819 and about 1825 by a French zoologist, then consider to include this in the list. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 01:43, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Georges Cuvier himself called him his stepson, see this ref no. 10, and some French texts that I have come across during my literature research clarify that he married Alfred's mother after his first wife had died, who was her sister. So Alfred is both, stepson and nephew of Georges. Some correspondence of Sophie was published, but I haven't looked into this since most seemed letters written after Alfred's death. Funny that Buckingham apparently set another rumour afloat: that he died of the wounds received when hunting a rhino. In one of those very early reports about his travels is mentioned that he was indeed wounded by a rhino once. Since there is no record that Alfred married before leaving to India, the "son-in-law" story is a misinterpretation of the French beau-fils, which means stepson as well as son-in-law. Re: fishes duvaucelii, I follow up on this. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 12:55, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, in which you are listed as a member, we're working on a pretty massive backlog (1000+ articles!) of unassessed articles. We would appreciate it greatly if you would help assess the articles in the link. It's simple to do!
It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks, bibliomaniac 1 5 00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Arthropods#Spider_ids.3F prashanthns ( talk) 09:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
As you may have noticed, I have been adding a lot of material on Robert Wight, mainly what I got from the reference by Basak and from Hooker's Flora. I had some difficulty organising the information though, especially the section headings. Can you help? Also, what do you think about the list of spp. commemmorative of Wight that I started. Does it make sense in the article or as a separate list? prashanthns ( talk) 14:51, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Used it here [4] and an excellent photo it is. Spring is approaching if warily Warm regards Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
To obtain http://www.jstor.org/pss/608067
Thats my fault.It's done now.Let me know if this fails.Over the winter I was getting into the history of ornithology.I spent more time on this than I intended. Soon I'll go back to entomology, the Diptera especially now that Giancarlo Dessi has made such wonderful progress on the Italian pages.A language I can just about get by in atb Robert Notafly ( talk) 15:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
That appears to be done. Note this message back to me though "Some images were already in the public domain and were not changed so while all are OK now only some will have the OTRS tag. Would you be very kind and look at this [5] I have a problem with the ISBNs -Some link to the World cat etc Others do not Do you know why? atb Robert Notafly ( talk) 08:19, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I was able to load the URL in Inkscape; the SVG is far better when rendered properly in Inkscape and also looks like it could be a very useful infobox. This looks highly doable
-- only issue is I'm taking classes right now and it might take a little longer than you would hope for. School comes before Wikipedia, except when there's an emergency here, so I'll stick it on my to-do-list and hopefully get around to it soon.
Bob the WikipediaN (
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contribs) 23:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Good morning Shyamal Ashlin has used one of my pics here [6] Unfortunately the bottom left lable is upsidedown. A pity because it bears Le Moult's signature.Will you fix this please? (if it's easy). The ISBN problem was due to prefixes eg 13- which are not really part of the ISBN. Spring is here at last. Robert Notafly ( talk) 08:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
That's very kind. I was about to tell you that if it was ok with you two it was ok with me. Nonetheless I'm delighted. Soon I'll write up the story of the name bertrandi on the description page of this photo drawing attention to that all important signature.Taxonomy is a good deal more subjective than most people think and Le Moult had odd ideas and commercial motives-but the type is the type of the name not the biological entity.Important in the content of the Holotype page Many thanks again Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:11, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
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I think this image [7] should replace mine (hummingbirds) on the Bird collections page. It's far better and the specimens are very carefully stored. What do you think? Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
...for example, the NRHM logo at the top right corner of this website? Any idea? prashanthns ( talk) 08:40, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I happened across a feel-good news segment, dog-mothers-kittens, etc. and wondered if there was a WP article on the topic. After some digging, I found Interspecific_feeding which you wrote back in 2009 (and sadly, hasn't been edited since ;-) ), and I just wanted to thank you for your work on it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:59, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing the picture. Please do add your thoughts and improve the article. Personally, while I am into birding and birding photography, dont know much more about the Painted Spurfowl :| Also please feel free to let me know if you know of areas I can help in :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nagesh.kamath ( talk • contribs) 05:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up, I got the link to this thread from one of my contacts (who actually joined the discussion trying to support the initiative!) We are now keeping track of all discussions around the survey on this page -- DarTar ( talk) 17:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
What is the reference error here [8].We had a USA visitor- Belted Kingfisher The 3rd in my 40 years in Ireland Robert Notafly ( talk) 22:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
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I've just completed this short book on Wikisource, see s:On the Misdeeds of the House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus). There actually were some nineteenth century ornithologists who did not hate the House Sparrow, most notably the Rev. F. O. Morris. — innotata 01:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Shyamal: Copy of message FYI:
User:CarTick Nice job on your recent new work List of birds of Tamil Nadu. Thanks for your note pointing out the discrepancy on number of Tamil Nadu bird species. I got the number 454 from: Tamil Nadu Forest Department Where they got it I don't know. How many species are in M. A. Badshah, Checklist of birds of Tamil Nadu? Perhaps User:Shyamal, Wikipedia resident authority on South Indian birds can give some clarification? Marcus334 ( talk) 16:43, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Can you add a legend to the Spanish Sparrow's map caption using the {{ legend}} template, and reading something like this:
(light green) P. h. hispaniolensis breeding range
(dark green) P. h. transcaspicus breeding range
(turquoise) Winter range
(pink)
Italian Sparrow range
Other colours represent zones of hybridisation.
I can't figure out the colours. Thanks, — innotata 20:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Here it is but I just tried it out inside the taxobox and it seems to behave awfully there. Shyamal ( talk) 01:36, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
I just cleaned up close to 100 of the India-->Republic of India vandal changes. I think that between those, and a quite a lot of the frog,rodents cleanup I did earlier, we're caught up on those two particular editors. I'm hoping that Fixing Broken Windows will apply here. If we can catch and cleanup quickly in future with those two, then maybe they will give up. First Light ( talk) 00:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
There are quite a lot of birds from India in this photograph set. To copy them to commons download the largest version to your computer and then upload it manually filling out one of the upload forms. Tag it with {{Picasareview}} so that its copyright can be confirmed by reviewers or a new bot. I do not know what many of the birds are, but you may find some of them useful. I have uploaded File:Coracias benghalensis -India -flying-8.jpg and for this photograph the watermark was easy to remove. Snowman ( talk) 13:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help on Gape. Question: is it right to say that the gape is the "open mouth" of the bird? This sounds odd because it seems to me that an anatomical term should refer to an actual part of the body, not just the mouth in the open position. Would it make more sense to say that the gape is the interior of the mouth? Thanks. howcheng { chat} 16:10, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
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Do you mean like the maps in river martin? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:13, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Just for comparison
If wiki contents are edited based on e-group discussions, how should the references be given?
Dipu K ( talk) 10:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
OK. Thanks. So I assume you have already deleted the part in question about Painted Bush Quail. Will take care in the future. But in order to save such observations, can't Wiki have a separate section titled "Unpublished/Unverified information" in a page? At least, this could give other interested parties/persons a hint on what is still unpublished and researched thoroughly Dipu K ( talk) 21:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
OK. I am planning to work on Indian birds, but I am not sure about the time I can invest currently. So I will sync with you (based on your todo list) and will take up some thing that I can handle. One Q, how do I read the todo list? What is the difference between a small tick, a big tick? I assume non-ticked ticked ones have not been looked upon at all. Should a lesser starred one be cross checked for more references? Also, does the "references" section for those birds in the completed parts contain all the articles that has been checked? I assume 40,80,120... etc are just indicating the number of completed birds.
Dipu K (
talk) 04:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
"Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicata) 393" - What does 393 in this line mean? Number of articles screened? Dipu K ( talk) 04:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
I have seen normal images (File) being embedded in articles. Can we embed the megapode image you had referred in the article? Or it can be used only as a reference, is it? Dipu K ( talk) 10:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, the Nicobar Megapode looks good now. I just added a little bit in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Snowcock. Dipu K ( talk) 13:26, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Updated some available information on Snow Partridge. Where do we generally get the Taxonomy and Systematics information from? Dipu K ( talk) 13:26, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Tibetan Snowcock, Chukar and Tibetan Partridge, few updates to Common Merganser... Dipu K ( talk) 09:39, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Could you help me indentifying some animals from India? See commons:Commons:Village pump#Unidentified animals from India. Thanks a lot for your help, Yann ( talk) 07:46, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Dear Shyamal! Do you still need:
I can copy this article for you, greetings, Doc Taxon ( talk) 16:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
File:Gecinus gorii, Passer yattii.jpg – Can you find out what the current name for this woodpecker, from Afghanistan I think, is? Gecinus gorii is given here. Thanks, — innotata 14:29, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal, just a heads-up that the same nationalist vandal is back in action. I've added the latest two IPs at the bottom of the list at User:First_Light/Fauna_vandalism#Nationalist_vandalism. The last one I was able to get a few warnings in and have him blocked while he was still live and active. First Light ( talk) 20:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, saw your message today. It is not possible for me to visit the net daily. Basically I am from a tribal part of India. I do not have much advanced / sophisticated equipments. Instead I rely on the local (tribal) folks who know the locations very well. They help me to plant the microphones. Thank you for the compliments. Know what you are the first and only one to compliment me. All the while I was thinking the recordings might not be good enough so they are neglected. Someone else might come with better recordings. I have a few more calls I shall upload them also. Thank you once again. Gypsypkd ( talk) 08:37, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
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As a young new arrival in Sydney in 1954, at my first job in a grocery store, in dim light I picked up what I had taken to be a discarded tangle of string, but which came to life and delivered a nasty bite to my finger. Thus I had my first and only meeting with a large specimen of paragryllacris combusta. Is there a place in Wikipedia for that very impressive insect? Cheers, Bjenks ( talk) 03:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, P. S. this new file Gypsypkd ( talk) 09:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
.Thanks for helping with this article. I've nominated it for DYK, so it should appear soon with something about it not being seen for circa 40 years. As for the paper you sent, I actually have seen and scanned it—it is only JBNHS articles too old to be in libraries here and too new to be out of copyright that are hard for me to get. — innotata 00:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Here's the DYK hook, which has been verified:
— innotata 00:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you expand the description of File:PasserPyrrhonotusMap.svg? I'm guessing that the blue signifies its winter range and the green its summer range, but you haven't specified. Nyttend ( talk) 15:48, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal,
I've managed as few identifications for you on my
talk page.
Will you be attending the
3rd Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium being held in Coimbatore in October?
cheers, Roger. HKmoths ( talk) 14:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Some Tamil names used in Sri Lanka are listed on
I do not have Whittaker or Whittaker & Captain's books but I think the confusion among most people between this and the common krait is too great and they tend to err on the side of safety - http://www.archive.org/stream/somesouthindiani00flet#page/232/mode/1up/ http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee09hunt#page/95/mode/1up/ Shyamal ( talk) 16:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 18:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, about a year ago you IDd a picture of a wasp for me. I just thought I'd let you know that I got round to making an article about it. Thanks for your help, it turns out be a pretty interesting animal and there's going to be a nice DYK hook out of it too! Smartse ( talk) 11:56, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I'm some frogeater, and I've worked on this recently extinct species (the “ Grèbe roussâtre”). No illustrations are available : I looked for the original publication ( I love PD-old (and frogs too ^^)) but didn't find anything and fair-use isn't accepted on the french WP. Then if you have some time to create a vector drawing, it could be nice! Regards, Totodu74 ( talk) 23:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC) (you can answer here)
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The type species is Bengalia torosa, which was named in 1819. Robineau-Desvoidy mistakenly gave it a new name in 1830 "testacea", and it was as testacea that it was made the type species by Duponchel in 1842. Senior-White's designation of labiata in 1940 is not valid, being almost 100 years after the type species was designated. You'll note that prior to the edit, the link was to bengalia torosa though the text visible was "testacea". Dyanega ( talk) 00:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Shyamal! I'd like to invite you to participate in the ongoing Eustrombus gigas peew review. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to prepare this article for a future FA candidacy. Thanks in advance and best wishes, Daniel Cavallari ( talk) 11:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Shyamal, and thanks again for improving the American Kestrel range map. However, I have realized that the rest of Mexico should be colored light blue and the Caribbean should be purple. When you have time, could you add these to the map? Much appreciated, — outof focus 21:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
My that is an amazing ant mimic.On my first trip out after retirement I found this [ [1]] something I'd wanted to see all my life.They are usually far out at sea so you need a very strong on shore wind.It was a cold day but here are Warm regards Robert Notafly ( talk) 13:53, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, there. For some unknown reason, some editor moved the former Yellowjacket article and its associated talk page to "Yellow Jacket". This is entirely inappropriate; the insect name is the former, not the latter, easily demonstrated using ANY authoritative source (the most definitive being [2]). Unfortunately, it cannot be moved because the former article is now a redirect - and simply cutting and pasting the new content over the redirect will destroy the article history. Do you know how to make this move in the correct fashion, and if so, could you please do so? A prominent note on the talk page would hopefully prevent future editors from trying to move it back to "yellow jacket" ever again. Thanks, Dyanega ( talk) 20:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Look who's back! Had enough momo & thukpa? Saw the Black necked cranes (no, not the winged beauties but the one in bakhus (kimonos)? Awaiting your return to coordinate all Indian swallowtails vide the most authoritative list for swallowtails -
That means all Atrophaneura (Losaria) to Losaria, besides others. Welcome back! AshLin ( talk) 17:06, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Hope you are doing good. Wanted to know about the article quality meter which you mentioned in one of the meetups. Not able to get it on google. link please. Thanks Srikanth ( Logic) 11:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
All the photos require heavy zoom. Please see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahesh Iyer ( talk • contribs) 17:13, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Dear Shyamal, just a quick question: is there a Hindi word for bear other than bhalu ? l found this in a dictionary: पोत pota - is this used for bear cub or small bear ? -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 14:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
As far as my little Hindi goes - pota would be grandson but not sure about the context. Shyamal ( talk) 03:02, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
THANK YOU all ! Shyamal is right in assuming the context of Red Panda. Am just curious to find out from which word panda might have been derived. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 19:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for images. As you have probably seen, I think the Taiwan endemic will be the last item in the topic, when the East Asia book is out, unless I stumble across a good source soon. I think that because of RL commitments it will probably take most of 2011 to get the two American species done anyway, so not a major problem. Season's greetings to you too (although I'm tiring of the weather. It's been snowing for days, and daytime maximum temps around zero. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:10, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Glad you uploaded that amazing shot of the migrating storks. I saw it on the German article, but couldn't figure out how to get it into commons! :P MeegsC | Talk 15:58, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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I've noticed that some photos you uploaded a while ago need OTRS permission e-mails: File:Amandava amandava (VijayCavale).jpg, File:Columba elphinstonii.jpg, File:Petronia xanthocollis.jpg are those I've found. Would you mind asking the authors to send permission confirmations for these and any others you might know of? — innotata 21:01, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I've just moved three old b/w photos to the commons. Would you mind checking that I've got the right adjutant? Thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:57, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Very best regards at Christmas.The winter here has been very very cold.Hamburg was very interesting and the Hagenbech Zoo was especially enjoyable.Happy Xmas Robert Notafly ( talk) 15:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Warm elephants [3] in Hamburg Notafly ( talk) 20:38, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Spammer Nilupulcool is back again. Request administrator block undo and a strict warning. AshLin ( talk) 03:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank You for the image. I have requested Madras Crocodile bank to relicense theirs for use in the article. Happy New Year!- Marcus334 ( talk) 21:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Added the gallery section and an image to Crimson-fronted_Barbet. Since this is the first time I have added a section, please do check it once. Also, is it acceptable for me to add images like this as per Bird Project? I only add where I feel my image gives a value add and not when similar images already exist. thanks.-- Nanda ramesh ( talk) 05:29, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edits on this article. Am happy that somebody cares about this adventurer. You have certainly seen the list I've started with species "collected" (i.e. hunted) by him and Diard, which were first described by others. He and Diard also sent so many birds to Paris, which I haven't tackled yet. If you happen to know or come across a bird that was first described from northern India (including Meghalaya) and Sumatra between 1819 and about 1825 by a French zoologist, then consider to include this in the list. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 01:43, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Georges Cuvier himself called him his stepson, see this ref no. 10, and some French texts that I have come across during my literature research clarify that he married Alfred's mother after his first wife had died, who was her sister. So Alfred is both, stepson and nephew of Georges. Some correspondence of Sophie was published, but I haven't looked into this since most seemed letters written after Alfred's death. Funny that Buckingham apparently set another rumour afloat: that he died of the wounds received when hunting a rhino. In one of those very early reports about his travels is mentioned that he was indeed wounded by a rhino once. Since there is no record that Alfred married before leaving to India, the "son-in-law" story is a misinterpretation of the French beau-fils, which means stepson as well as son-in-law. Re: fishes duvaucelii, I follow up on this. -- BhagyaMani ( talk) 12:55, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, in which you are listed as a member, we're working on a pretty massive backlog (1000+ articles!) of unassessed articles. We would appreciate it greatly if you would help assess the articles in the link. It's simple to do!
It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks, bibliomaniac 1 5 00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Arthropods#Spider_ids.3F prashanthns ( talk) 09:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
As you may have noticed, I have been adding a lot of material on Robert Wight, mainly what I got from the reference by Basak and from Hooker's Flora. I had some difficulty organising the information though, especially the section headings. Can you help? Also, what do you think about the list of spp. commemmorative of Wight that I started. Does it make sense in the article or as a separate list? prashanthns ( talk) 14:51, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Used it here [4] and an excellent photo it is. Spring is approaching if warily Warm regards Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
To obtain http://www.jstor.org/pss/608067
Thats my fault.It's done now.Let me know if this fails.Over the winter I was getting into the history of ornithology.I spent more time on this than I intended. Soon I'll go back to entomology, the Diptera especially now that Giancarlo Dessi has made such wonderful progress on the Italian pages.A language I can just about get by in atb Robert Notafly ( talk) 15:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
That appears to be done. Note this message back to me though "Some images were already in the public domain and were not changed so while all are OK now only some will have the OTRS tag. Would you be very kind and look at this [5] I have a problem with the ISBNs -Some link to the World cat etc Others do not Do you know why? atb Robert Notafly ( talk) 08:19, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I was able to load the URL in Inkscape; the SVG is far better when rendered properly in Inkscape and also looks like it could be a very useful infobox. This looks highly doable
-- only issue is I'm taking classes right now and it might take a little longer than you would hope for. School comes before Wikipedia, except when there's an emergency here, so I'll stick it on my to-do-list and hopefully get around to it soon.
Bob the WikipediaN (
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contribs) 23:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Good morning Shyamal Ashlin has used one of my pics here [6] Unfortunately the bottom left lable is upsidedown. A pity because it bears Le Moult's signature.Will you fix this please? (if it's easy). The ISBN problem was due to prefixes eg 13- which are not really part of the ISBN. Spring is here at last. Robert Notafly ( talk) 08:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
That's very kind. I was about to tell you that if it was ok with you two it was ok with me. Nonetheless I'm delighted. Soon I'll write up the story of the name bertrandi on the description page of this photo drawing attention to that all important signature.Taxonomy is a good deal more subjective than most people think and Le Moult had odd ideas and commercial motives-but the type is the type of the name not the biological entity.Important in the content of the Holotype page Many thanks again Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:11, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
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I think this image [7] should replace mine (hummingbirds) on the Bird collections page. It's far better and the specimens are very carefully stored. What do you think? Robert Notafly ( talk) 21:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
...for example, the NRHM logo at the top right corner of this website? Any idea? prashanthns ( talk) 08:40, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I happened across a feel-good news segment, dog-mothers-kittens, etc. and wondered if there was a WP article on the topic. After some digging, I found Interspecific_feeding which you wrote back in 2009 (and sadly, hasn't been edited since ;-) ), and I just wanted to thank you for your work on it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:59, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing the picture. Please do add your thoughts and improve the article. Personally, while I am into birding and birding photography, dont know much more about the Painted Spurfowl :| Also please feel free to let me know if you know of areas I can help in :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nagesh.kamath ( talk • contribs) 05:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up, I got the link to this thread from one of my contacts (who actually joined the discussion trying to support the initiative!) We are now keeping track of all discussions around the survey on this page -- DarTar ( talk) 17:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
What is the reference error here [8].We had a USA visitor- Belted Kingfisher The 3rd in my 40 years in Ireland Robert Notafly ( talk) 22:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)