Records of the Zoological Survey of India: Urban Biodiversity of Kolkata : Flowering Plants Butterflies Birds and Mammals: West Bengal-India (Occasional Paper No. 327)

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Historical background. 3. Material and method used. 4. Benchmark design. 5. Site description. 6. Calcutta city map. 7. Observations. 8. General discussion. Appendices: 1. List of flowering plants recorded during urban biodiversity study in and around Calcutta from 2002-2005. 2. List of indigenous flowering plants recorded during urban biodiversity study in and around Calcutta from 2002-2005. 3. List of exotic flowering plants recorded during urban biodiversity study in and around Calcutta from 2002-2005. 4. Family-wise and site-wise lists of flowering plants recorded during urban biodiversity study in and around Calcutta from 2000-2005. 5. General list of butterflies recorded from Calcutta (2002-2005). 6. Seasonal occurrence of butterflies during three years of study. 7. Birds of urban Calcutta seen during last three year: 2002-2003-2004-2005. 8. Birds observed during urban biodiversity study in and around Calcutta for three years. 9. List of birds recorded from Calcutta and its environs between 1964 and 1999 as documented from past literature. 10. Mammals recorded during study through field observations ad poster surveys. Summary. Acknowledgements.