The Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis), a near threatened bird and one of eight pelican species in the world, can be found only in South and Southeast Asia over an area between 129000 and 181000 �m 2 with strongholds in India, Sri Lan�a, southern Cambodia and coastal areas of Sumatra. In India, it is presently distributed in southern and northeastern India with concentrations in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnata�a and Assam states. An ethogram of the Spot-billed Pelican was presented and as many as 25 individual behaviors grouped under nine different categories were described: resting, alert, comfort/maintenance, locomotion, foraging, antagonistic, sexual, chic� care and foraging, and vocalizations. Descriptions of behaviors of the Spot-billed Pelican in this paper would be immensely useful while preparing conservation and management plan for the species present both in the captive and wild condition.

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The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), the largest of the pheasants in India, inhabits mostly semi-arid conditions. We examined the courtship displays of free-ranging peacocks in relation to the orientation and the relative positions of females being courted from August 2012 to January 2013 in Viralimalai, Tamil Nadu, India, to address these questions: (1) Do the peacocks orient their courtship display towards the sun? (2) Is there any relationship between the presence of peahen and the duration of display of peacock? (3) Is there any site-preference to display? We found that the majority of the displays were oriented towards the sun initially, but then oriented towards peahen (regardless of direction) soon after their arrival. Although peacock displayed even in the absence of peahen, presence of peahen influenced the display duration of peacock. Displays were performed largely in open areas.