Talk:Timeline of ornithology

300 BC
May be of interest something from around 300 BC

From Salim Ali (1979) Azad Memorial Lecture

"The Indian Koel and its habit of brood-parasitism was well-known to the Vedic seers, and described unambiguously in Sanskrit literature. Interestingly enough, this appears also to be the earliest record of avian brood-parasitism, since it was described many centuries before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) or his immediate colleagues or predecessors began to write about the European Cuckoo. "

temporarily in Google cache

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:QUR02r9gYLoJ:www.envisbnhs.org/ENVIS-Website/..%255C%255CBuceros%255C%255CVol4No2%255C%255CBIRD%2520STUDY%2520IN%2520INDIA.doc+Raghuvira+brood+parasitism&hl=en

Shyamal 11:25, 14 May 2004 (UTC)