A
_Acridotheres tristis_, 94
Adjutant, 29-35
Aitken, Mr. Benjamin, 165
Aitken, Mr. E. H., 100, 164
_Alauda arvensis_, 5
_Alauda gulgula_, 5
_Alcedo ispida_, 5
Amadavat, 17, 20, 46-51, 52, 165
Anderson, Mr. A., 126
_Aquila chrysætus_, 175
_Aquila vindhiana_, 175
_Arachnechthra asiatica_, 79, 80
_Arachnechthra lotenia_, 79
_Arachnechthra zeylonica_, 80
_Ardea cinerea_, 6
_Ardeola grayii_, 115
_Argya caudata_, 127
_Athene brama_, 24, 142
Automata, birds as, 104-110
Avicultural Society’s Magazine, 74
B
Babbler, 181
Babbler, common, 127
Babbler, striated bush-, 127
Barnes, 74
Baya, 183-189, 219, 221
Bee-eater, blue-tailed, 212
Bee-eater, little green, 208-212
Bingham, Major C.T., 210
Biology, dogmatism of, 129
Blackbird, 1, 107
Blackwell, Mr., 110
Blanford, 203
“Blue Jay,” 10-15, 84
Blyth, 30
Bonelli’s eagle, 175
Bottle bird, 185
_Brachypternus aurantius_, 86
Brain-fever bird, 117
Bulbul, 1, 166, 229-234
Bulbul, black, 229
Bulbul, green, 229
Bulbul, red-vented, 229-234
Bulbul, red-whiskered, 228-234
Bulbul, white-browed, 229
Burroughs, Mr. John, 213
Butcher bird, 163-167
Butler, Colonel, 211
Buzzard, 6
Buzzard, white-eyed, 176
C
_Caccabis chucar_, 89
_Centropus phasianus_, 207
_Cercomela fusca_, 130
Chaffinch, 1
_Chambers’s Journal_, 30
Character, bird of, 94-98
Chick, 113
Chicken, 113, 116
Chukor, 89, 90
Cobbler, 62
Colouration, protective, 59, 128
_Columba intermedia_, 6
_Columba livia_, 6
Coot, 14
_Coracias indica_, 12, 54
Corby, Indian, 235-239
_Corvus_, 112, 142, 145, 147, 176, 237
_Corvus corax_, 4
_Corvus lawrencii_, 4
_Corvus macrorhynchus_, 235, 236, 238
_Corvus splendens_, 5, 111, 176, 235
_Coturnix communis_, 7
Cowper, 92
Craftsmen, a couple of neglected, 219-223
Cranes, 35-37
Crow, 5, 24-26, 30, 40, 68, 95, 106, 111-115, 118-123, 142, 144,
145-149, 175, 176, 179, 180, 184, 190, 191, 197, 213, 214,
235-239
Cuckoo, 9, 24, 107, 108, 117, 118, 120
Cuckoo, drongo-, 202-207
Cuckoo, playing, 111-116, 133
Cullen, Rev. C. D., 165
Cunningham, Colonel, 31, 32, 118, 164, 184, 190
_Cypselus affinis_, 101
_Cypselus batassiensis_, 101
D
Darwin, Charles, 158, 160
Darwinian theory, 23, 129
Davison, 74, 203
Deceiver, gay, 202-207
_Dendrocita rufa_, 68
_Dicrurus_, 203
Did-he-do-it, 56-61
Difficulties of bird photography, 225
Dimorphism, sexual, 80, 81, 128, 156
Dog, 215, 216
Dogmatism of biology, 129
Don Quixote, 31
Dove, 12, 124-129
Dove, little brown, 124-134
Dove, red turtle, 128, 129
Dove, ring-, 124-129
Dove, spotted, 124-129
Dragon-fly, 181
Drongo,139
Drongo-cuckoo, 202-207
Duck, 8, 168, 169
E
Eagle, 54, 173-177
Eagle, Bonelli’s, 175, 177
Eagle, golden, 175
Eagle, tawny, 176, 177
Edible birds’ nests, 102
“Eha,” 29, 48, 57, 131, 220, 230
_Endynamis honorata_, 111, 117
F
Falcon, 6, 54
Fauna of British India, 158
Feminine selection, 160
Finn, Mr. Frank, 75, 232
Firefly, 188, 189
Flycatcher, paradise, 13, 81, 150-162
Flycatcher, white-browed fantailed, 146, 158
Fowl’s egg, 113, 114
Fox, 54
_Francolinus pondicerianus_, 90
_Fulica atra_, 5
G
Gadwall, 8, 171
_Galerita cristata_, 7
_Gallinago coelestis_, 8
_Gallinago gallinula_, 8
Godwin, Earl, 169
Goose, grey-lag, 8
Grackle, 98
Grahame, 92
Green parrot, 88, 190-196, 197
Grey partridge, 90-93
Grouse, 93
Grouse, red, 1
Guinea-fowl, 93
H
_Halcyon smyrnensis_, 4
_Harper’s Magazine_, 213
Harrier, hen, 6
Harrier, marsh, 6
Hawk-cuckoo, 117
Hawkes, Mr. S. M., 172
Hawk, sparrow-, 6
Headley, Mr. F. W., 54
Heron, 6
Herrick, Mr. F. H., 225, 226, 227
Hewer of wood, 84
_Hieraëtus fasciatus_, 175
_Hierococcyx varius_, 117
Hill-myna, 98
Home Life of Birds, 225
Homer, 57
_Homo sapiens_, 140
Honeysucker, 78-83, 166
Hoopoe, 14, 84, 182
Hornbill, 166
House martin, 110
Hudson, Mr. W. H., 107, 108
Hume, 18, 74, 129, 137, 189, 193
Humming-bird, 78
Hutton, Captain, 192
I
Instinct, 27, 107, 109, 121
— maternal, 110
— parasitic, 120, 121
— parental, 27, 104
Isolation, 232
J
Jackdaw, 4, 5
Jay, blue, 10-15, 84
Jerdon, 38, 69, 70, 74, 137, 140, 164, 175, 183, 188, 210
Jesse, 222
Jungle crow, 235-239
K
Kearton, Mr. R., 105, 106
Kestrel, 6, 175
King-crow, 12, 40, 138, 139, 203-207
Kingfisher, 3, 144
Kingfisher, white-breasted, 4, 86
Kipling, Lockwood, 31, 91
Kite, 12, 106, 144-149, 166, 175, 177
Koel, 111-115
L
Lal munia, 46
_Lanius lahtora_, 165
_Lanius vittatus_, 163, 165
Lapwing, 166
Lapwing, red-wattled, 56-61
Lapwing, yellow-wattled, 57
Larder, shrike’s, 163-165
Lark, crested, 7
Legge, 74
_Leptoptilus dubius_, 29
_Leptoptilus javanicus_, 34
Lilford, Lord, 143
_Lobivanellus goensis_, 56
Lockwood Kipling, 31, 91
M
Magpie, 68-72
Magpie-robin, 84
Mallard, 8
Malvolio, 31
Martin, 100, 110
Merlin, 6
Merops, emerald, 208-212
_Merops philippinus_, 212
_Merops viridis_, 208-212
Milk, pigeon’s, 131
Minah, brahminy, 166
Minivet, 161
_Molpastes_, 229-234
_Molpastes hæmorrhous_, 231
_Molpastes indicus_, 231
_Molpastes intermedius_, 231
Monarch, dethroned, 173-177
_Motacilla maderaspatensis_, 26
Munia, red, 45-51
Munia, spotted, 52-55
Myna, 1, 40, 84, 86, 94-98, 181, 197
N
Natural Selection, 23, 24, 42, 105, 109, 129, 202-207, 232, 234
Neo-Darwinian School, 124, 128
Nest, sanitation of, 224
Nests, birds in their, 224-228
Nests, edible birds’, 102
Newman, Mr. T. H., 75
Nutmeg bird, 52-55
O
Oates, 158
_Œnopopelia tranquebarica_, 128
Oriole, black-headed, 135
Oriole, Indian, 13, 134-139
_Oriolus kundoo_, 135
_Oriolus melanocephalus_, 135
_Orthotomus_, 222
_Orthotomus sutorius_, 62-67, 219
_Otocompsa_, 229-34
_Otocompsa emeria_, 231
_Otocompsa fuscicaudata_, 231
Owl, barn, 3, 140-144
Owl, screech, 144
Owl, white, 141, 142
Owlet, spotted, 94, 142
P
Paddy bird, 115, 116
_Palæornis nepalensis_, 194
_Palæornis torquatus_, 194
Palm swift, 101
Paradise flycatcher, 13, 81, 150-162
Parakeet, 1
Parental instinct, 27, 104
Paroquet, Alexandrine, 194
Paroquet, rose-ringed, 194
Parrot, 95, 184
Parrot catching, 194
Parrot, green, 88, 166, 190-196, 197
Parrot, West African, 195
Partridge, grey, 90-93, 166
_Passer domesticus_, 2, 75, 76
Peacock, 42-44
Peafowl, 93
Pearson, Professor, 42, 44
Peregrine falcon, 6
_Pericrocotus peregrinus_, 161
Pheasant, 92, 144
Photography, difficulties of bird, 225
_Pica rustica_, 68
Pie, tree, 68-72
Pigeon, 6, 133, 134, 184
Pintail, 8
Pinto, Mr. G. A., 63, 64, 66, 158
Pipit, 7
Playing cuckoo, 111-116
_Ploceus baya_, 183, 219
Plover, Kentish, 9
Plover, ringed, 9
Pochard, white-eyed, 171
_Prinia inornata_, 219
_Prinia socialis_, 222
Protective colouration, 59, 93, 128
Q
Quail, 7, 93
R
Rain, birds in the, 178-182
Raven, 3, 4
Red munia, 46-51, 52-54
Redshank, 9
Reid, 74, 222
_Rhipidura albifrontata_, 146, 158
Robin, Indian, 128
Robin redbreast, 1, 107
Rock chat, brown, 130
Roller, 12
Rook, 4, 5
S
Salvadori, 74
Sandpiper, 9
Sanyal, Babu, 38, 39
_Sarciophorus malabaricus_, 57
_Sarcogrammus indicus_, 56
Sarus, 35-39
Selection, feminine, 160, 161
Selection, natural, 23, 24, 42, 105, 109, 129, 202-207, 232, 234
Selection, sexual, 42, 160, 161, 205-207
“Seven sisters,” 1
Sexual dimorphism, 80, 81, 128, 156
Sexual selection, 42, 160, 161, 205-207
Shikra, 175
Shrike, 164-167
Shrike, bay-backed, 165
Shrike, Indian grey-backed, 165
Shrike, rufous-backed, 165
Shoveller, 8
Sisters, seven, 1
Skylark, 5
Skylark, Indian, 5
Smell, sense of, in birds, 123
Smith, Mr. Bosworth, 141
Snipe, full, 8
Snipe, Jack, 8
Sparrow, 2, 3, 16-22, 75, 76, 143, 197-201
Sparrow, hedge, 185
Sparrow-hawk, 6, 166, 175, 200
_Spectator_, 168, 169
Spice bird, 52-55
_Sporæginthus amandava_, 46
Spotted-bill duck, 171
Spotted owlet, 94
Sprinter, feathered, 89-94
Stability of species, 40-45
Starling, 88, 106
Stint, 9
Stork, 35, 36
_Strix flammea_, 3, 141
_Strix javanica_, 141
Sunbird, 78-83
_Surniculus lugubris_, 202-207
Swallow, 84, 99, 100
Swift, 84, 99-103
T
Tailor-bird, 62-67, 137, 219
Teal, 8
Terminology, ornithological, 73
_Terpsiphone paradisi_, 81, 156
_Tetrao scoticus_, 1
_Thamnobia cambayensis_, 128, 130
Think, Do animals? 213-218
Thirst of young birds, assuaging of, 225-228
Thorndike, Professor, 214
Thrush, 1, 105, 106
Tit, blue, 1
Tragedy, tree-top, 145-149
Tree creeper, 84
Turkey, 93
Turtle dove, red, 128
_Turtur cambayensis_, 125
_Turtur decaocta_, 74, 75
_Turtur risorius_, 74, 75, 124
_Turtur suratensis_, 124
U
_Uroloncha pundulata_, 52
V
Vidal, 74
Vulture, 175
W
Wagtail, 7
Wagtail, pied, 26, 27, 180
Wallace, 161
Warbler, 219, 220
Weaver-bird, 137, 183-189, 219
“White ant,” 182
White-breasted kingfisher, 4, 86
Widgeon, 8
Woodpecker, golden-backed, 84-88
Wren, 1, 219
Wren-warbler, ashy, 222, 223
Wren-warbler, Indian, 219-222
Wryneck, 84
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_
BOMBAY DUCKS: An account of some of the Every-day Birds and Beasts
found in a Naturalist’s El Dorado · With Numerous Illustrations from
Photographs of Living Birds by Captain F. D. S. Fayrer, I.M.S.