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I. Of Indian Birds in General 3
II. Respectable Cuckoos 9
III. The Brown Rock-Chat 16
IV. The Scavenger-in-Waiting 21
V. Indian Wagtails 28
VI. The Teesa 32
VII. Falconry in India 37
VIII. Hawks in Miniature 45
IX. The Roosting of the Bee-Eaters 51
X. Owls 56
XI. A Bundle of Iniquity 62
XII. The Interpretation of the Actions of Animals 68
XIII. At the Sign of the Farash 72
XIV. The Coot 78
XV. The Beautiful Porphyrio 84
XVI. The Cobra 89
XVII. The Mungoose 94
XVIII. The Swan 99
XIX. Kites of the Sea 104
XX. River Terns 110
XXI. Green Bulbuls 116
XXII. Cormorants 121
XXIII. A Melodious Drongo 126
XXIV. The Indian Pitta 132
XXV. The Indian White-eye 137
XXVI. Goosey, Goosey Gander 143
XXVII. Geese in India 149
XXVIII. A Swadeshi Bird 154
XXIX. The Indian Redstart 160
XXX. The Night Heron 165
XXXI. The Cement of Bird Masons 171
XXXII. Indian Fly-Catchers 178
XXXIII. Insect Hunters 184
XXXIV. The Rosy Starling 192
XXXV. The Pied Starling 197
XXXVI. A Bird of the Open Plain 202
XXXVII. Birds in the Cotton Tree 208
XXXVIII. Ugly Ducklings 214
XXXIX. Babbler Brotherhoods 220
XL. The Mad Babbler 227
XLI. The Yellow-eyed Babbler 233
XLII. The Indian Sand-Martin 237
XLIII. The Education of Young Birds 243
XLIV. Birds at Sunset 253
Glossary 261
Index 265