Urfi, Abdul Jamil, bulk: 6 July 1993 - 28 April 1999

Letter and email correspondence between Pittie and Urfi seeking database references, reprints and major/relevant/regional birding literature, sending newspaper article for comment (enclosed: India takes the birds under its wing). Topics include Heronries, migratory waders and waterfowl, raptor predation, planned paper by Urfi on identification of Storks, Ibises and Hornbills, nature discovery centre Sundarvan, popularisation of ornithology by the Birdwatchers' Society of Andhra Pradesh. Also includes reference to Manakadan and Robertson's contribution to bird taxonomy, nomenclature and description ventures.