1. Contribution to the field of avian paleontology by Evgeny Kurochkin (Introduction to the special issue)

   • N. V. Zelenkov
   • W. J. Bock
   • A. O. Averianov

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1231 - 1233

2. In memory of Evgenii Nikolaevich Kurochkin

   • F. Ya. Dzherzhinsky

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1234 - 1235

3. The furcula and the evolution of avian flight

   • Walter J. Bock

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1236 - 1244

4. Notes on the pelvic musculature of Emeus crassus and Dinornis robustus (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

   • A. V. Zinoviev

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1245 - 1251

5. An embryonic enantiornithine bird and associated eggs from the cretaceous of Mongolia

   • E. N. Kurochkin
   • S. Chatterjee
   • K. E. Mikhailov

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1252 - 1269

6. The phylogenetic position of Ambiortus: Comparison with other Mesozoic birds from Asia

   • J. K. O’Connor
   • N. V. Zelenkov

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1270 - 1281

7. Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark

   • S. Bertelli
   • B. E. K. Lindow
   • G. Mayr

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1282 - 1301

8. The giant bird Gastornis in Asia: A revision of Zhongyuanus xichuanensis Hou, 1980, from the Early Eocene of China

   • E. Buffetaut

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1302 - 1307

9. New specimens of the early Eocene bird Vastanavis and the interrelationships of stem group Psittaciformes

   • G. Mayr
   • R. S. Rana
   • T. Smith

   OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1308 - 1314

10. New data concerning the familial position of the genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France

    • C. Mourer-Chauviré

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1315 - 1322

11. Cenozoic phoenicopteriform birds from central Asia

    • N. V. Zelenkov

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1323 - 1330

12. A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

    • T. H. Worthy
    • J. P. Worthy
    • R. P. Scofield

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1331 - 1343

13. Aquila kurochkini sp. n., a new Late Pliocene eagle (Aves, Accipitriformes) from Varshets (NW Bulgaria)

    • Z. N. Boev

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1344 - 1354

14. A new species of Late Pleistocene rail (Aves: Rallidae) from Abaco, the Bahamas

    • D. W. Steadman
    • J. R. Morris
    • N. A. Wright

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1355 - 1364

15. A Late Pliocene occurrence of the Thick-billed Murre (Alcidae: Uria lomvia) on St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska

    • Storrs L. Olson

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1365 - 1368

16. Birds of the late neopleistocene of the middle Yenisei River, based on the material from Elenev Cave

    • N. V. Martynovich

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2013 Pages: 1369 - 1378