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We would like to present a work of Georgiy Petrovich Dementiev published in 1932 in Ornothologische Monatsberichte:

• G. Dementiew, 1932 – Bemerkungen über die geographische Variation des Schlangenadlers [Comments about the geographic variations of Short-toed Eagles] // Ornothologische Monatsberichte, Bd.40, № 6, S.172-173. (De).

This work was dedicated to geographical variations of Short-toed Eagle. The Circaetus gallicus heptneri subspecies was described in the article. It is more often considered now as a clinal variation, but however the article is still of interest and therefore it has been translated to English and to Russian with help of our friends.

A new article on Short-toed Eagles’ demonstrative and hunting behaviour is presented here by kind consent of the author – Viktor Belik. The article is planed to be published in next issue of the Strepet ornithological journal. This is a generalized result of 40 years’ field observations.

• Виктор Белик, 2009 – Особенности демонстративного и охотничьего поведения змееяда [Demonstrative and hunting behaviour of Short-toed Eagle] // Стрепет. Т.7 − Вып. 1-2 − С. 50–61 (Ru).

This article (Ru) written by Roald Potapov about Short-toed Eagle in southern Tajikistan /map/ was published for the first time in 1960:

• Потапов Р.Л., 1960 – К биологии орла-змееяда в южном Таджикистане [Notes on biology of the Short-toed Eagle in southern Tajikistan] // Изв. сель.-хоз. и биол. наук АН Тадж. ССР 1, 2: 135-137; and was republished in the Russian Ornithological Journal this year:

• Потапов Р.Л. – К экологии орла-змееяда Circaetus gallicus в южном Таджикистане [Notes on ecology of the Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus in southern Tajikistan] // Русский орнитологический журнал 2009, Том 18, Экспресс-выпуск 518: 1789-1792. (Ru)

Thanks to Maxim Gavrilyuk for the pointing this republication out.

A new article written by Dimitris E. Bakaloudis by results of researches of Short-toed Eagle in Greece /map/ is put now on the Ornis Fennica site. You can find it among a few other works on the Online early section:

• Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis, 2009 – Implications for conservation of foraging sites selected by Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus gallicus) in Greece // Ornis Fennica 86:89–96. – (En).

• Agostini N., Mellone U., 2008 – Does migration flyway of Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus gallicus) breeding in Central Italy reflect the colonization history? // Journal of Raptor Research, 42(2): 158-159. – (En).

We extend our thanks to Ugo Mellone for pointing the article out. It can be found among other papers on the Publications section of his website.

You can find an article of Christos G. Vlachos on the University of New Mexico. University Libraries website. The work was dedicated to Short-toed Eagle ecology in North-Eastern Greece /map/:

• CHRISTOS G. VLACHOS and NIKOLAOS K. PAPAGEORGIOU, 1994 – Diet, breeding success, and nest-site selection of the Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) in Northeastern Greece // Raptor Res. 28(1): 39-42. – (En).

Please download and read a new article of Richard Frèze on Short-toed Eagle in Provence /map/:

• Richard Frèze, 2008 – Étude de la population de Circaètes sur le massif de la Sainte-Baume et les collines environnantes – (Fr).

And also enjoy please some pictures from it:

Please view an article about factors affecting distribution of Short-toed Eagle in south-eastern Spain /map/ (source – Annales Zoologici Fennici Journal):

• G. Moreno-Rueda, M. Pizarro, 2007 – Snake species richness and shrubland correlate with the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) distribution in south-eastern Spain // Ann. Zool. Fennici 44: in press. – (En)

Just one more Russian text of 20 years ago on Short-toed Eagles’ nesting in the Vetluga and the Unzha rivers interfluve /map/ is brought to your attention:

• Кузнецов А.В., 1985 – Гнездование змееяда в междуречье Унжи и Ветлуги [Nesting of Short-toed Eagle in Kostroma Region] // Орнитология. М.: Изд-во МГУ, Вып.20. 129-132 (Ru)

This article was published as the result of A. V. Kuznetsov‘s four years’ observations on a pair of the birds in the mentioned region.

We would like to bring an article of Prof. Vladimir Galushin to your attention. Now he is a head of the Working Group on Raptors of Northern Eurasia and also he is a honorary member of the Russian Bird Conservation Union. The work is dedicated to the nesting of Short-toed Eagle in the Ryazan’ Region (Centre of European part of Russia) /map/:

• Галушин В.М., 1959 – Некоторые данные по гнездованию змееяда в Рязанской области [Some data on the Short-toed Eagle breeding in Ryazan' Region] // Орнитология. М.: Изд-во МГУ, Вып.2. 153-156. (Ru)

And one more text (Ru), that is an extract from his book:
• Галушин В.М., 1980 – Хищные птицы леса [Birds of Prey of Forest] // Лесная промышленность, 160 c.
…with two illustrations of V.A. Gorbatov.