Sálim Ali, with the support of the Executive Committee, wanted the Reference Collection staff to work on the bird-ringing project. They also disagreed on what groups they should focus on; Ali favoured ringing passerines while Abdulali suggested that he work on waders. Humayun was of the view that the grant given by the state government for the collection should not be diverted to other projects. The disagreement led to Humayun not being nominated to the executive committee in the 1971 elections of the Societysss . Taxa named for Humayun Abdulali Nyctibatrachus humayuni, Bombay night frog Otus alius, Nicobar scops owl Pycnonotus cafer humayuni, a desert form of the red-vented bulbul, the first bird named after him. Accipiter virgatus abdulali, Nicobar besra sparrowhawk Dendrelaphis humayuni, Nicobarese bronzeback tree snake Works Catalogue of the Birds in the Collection of the Bombay Natural History Society, The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, published in 37 parts between 1968 and 1996. The birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Some peculiarities of avifaunal distribution in Peninsular India On the export of Frogs Legs from India, The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1985) Awards Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Ornithology, First Pan-Asian Ornithological Congress, Coimbatore, 1996. Maharashtra Foundation Samajkarya Gaurav Puraskar, 1998. (in English: Maharashtra Foundation Award for Honouring Social Work) Notes Cited sources 1914 births 2001 deaths Indian ornithologists Indian Ismailis Sulaymani Bohras Egg collectors Scientists from Mumbai St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Indian conservationists Naturalists of British India 20th-century Indian zoologists Oologists Members of the Bombay Natural History Society Tyabji family