A
_Ablak_, 197
_Accentor modularis_, 231
_Accipiter nisus_, 39
_Acridotheres fuscus_, 190
_— tristis_, 41, 76, 171, 198
Actions of animals, interpretation of, 68-71
Adam, Mr. R. M., 20
Adaptability to climate of birds, 241
Adjutant, 5, 6
_Æsalon regulus_, 42
Aitken, Mr. Benjamin, 36, 48
Alphéraky, 151
_Alseonax latirostris_, 179
Amadavat, 97
_Ammomanes_, 203
_— phœnicura_, 207
_Anas anser_, 150
Anderson, Mr. A., 140, 141, 159, 207, 223
_Anser cinereus_, 150
_— ferus_, 150
_— rubirostris_, 151
_Arachnechthra asiatica_, 176
_— lotenia_, 175
_Ardeola grayii_, 111
_Argya caudata_, 69
_— malcomi_, 227, 229, 231
Arnold, Sir Edwin, 220
_Astur badius_, 42
_— palabarius_, 38
_Athene brama_, 73, 209
B
Babbler, 14, 117, 190, 220-6
—, brotherhoods, 220-6
—, common, 69, 70, 214-9
—, large grey, 227-32
—, mad, 227-32
—, yellow-eyed, 176, 233-6
Baker, Mr. E. C. Stuart, 119
Ball, Mr., 142
Bank myna, 210
Barbet, 116
Barrington, 246
Bates, 183
Bateson, 123
Baynes, Mr. E. H., 245, 246
Bee-eater, little green, 4, 33, 51-5, 184, 254
Bennet, 98
_Bhairi_, 41
Bhimraj, 8, 126, 129
Bird of the open plain, 202-7
_Birds and Man_, 146, 239
_Bird Watching_, 71
Blackbird, 33
Blackwall, Mr. John, 247
Blanford, Dr., 8, 10, 14, 26, 84, 85, 95, 156
Bligh, 135
“Blue jay,” 4, 75, 171
_Bombax malabaricum_, 208
_Bombay Ducks_, 133
_Brachypternus aurantius_, 74
Brahminy duck, 149, 150, 153
— myna, 16
Brain-fever bird, 223
_Bubulcus coromandus_, 189
Bulbul, 212, 248, 249, 253
—, green, 116-20
Burroughs, John, 4, 46
_Butastur teesa_, 32-6
Butcher bird, 34, 45-50
Butler, 143
Butler, Colonel, 20, 113
Buzzard, 47
—, white-eyed, 32-6
C
Canary, 249, 250, 251
_Casarca rutila_, 149
Casque, 5
Cement of bird masons, 171-7
_Centropus intermedius_, 14
_— maximus_, 14
_— phasianus_, 11
_— rufipennis_, 14, 111
_— sinensis_, 10
_Cercomela fusca_, 16
_— melanura_, 18
Chaffinch, 247
Chat, brown rock-, 16-20
_Chelidon urbica_, 173
Chilian wigeon, 109
Chinkara, 42
_Chloropsis_, 117, 118, 120
_— Jerdoni_, 118
—, Jerdon’s, 118
—, Malabar, 118
_— malabarica_, 118
_Cholum_ bird, 192
Clare, 24
Climate, adaptability of birds to, 241
Clubs, bird, 223
Cobra, 89-93
Cobweb, 174-7
_Coccystis jacobinus_, 231
Colouration, protective, 121, 142
—, warning, 79, 204
Coot, 78-83
—, purple, 84-8
Coppersmith, 74, 212, 213
_Copsychus saularis_, 253
_Coracias indica_, 75, 171
Corby, 211, 212, 242
Cormorant, 40, 121, 125
Corporate action, 195
_Corvus macrorhynchus_, 211, 230, 242
_— splendens_, 4, 118, 211, 228, 242
_Cotile riparia_, 237
_— sinensis_, 237, 241, 254
Cotton tree, birds in the, 208-13
Coucal, 10, 11, 12, 13, 91
—, Southern Chinese, 13
Cow-bird, 9
Cowper, 23, 106
Crab, 113
Crane, 144, 167
_Crateropus canorus_, 215, 221, 253
Crocodile, 94
_Crotalaria juncea_, 141
Crow, 14, 24, 25, 26, 41, 42, 64, 65, 107, 112, 136, 165, 168, 169,
171, 189, 211, 212, 228, 230, 242, 255
Crow-pheasant, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 91, 111
Cuckoo, 9-15, 161, 171
—, lark-heeled, 10
—, pied crested, 231, 232
— -shrike, 190
—, sirkeer, 14
_Culicapa ceylonensis_, 179
Cunningham, Colonel, 10, 26, 92, 197, 200, 222
_Cygnus olor_, 99-103
_Cyornis superciliaris_, 181
_Cyornis tickelli_, 181
D
Darwin, 131, 157, 158, 183
_Dendrocitta rufa_, 211, 231
Devil bird, 164
De Vries, 122
_Dhouli_, 128
_Dichoceros bicornis_, 5
_Dicrurus ater_, 126, 172, 189, 200, 228, 253
_— cærulescens_, 127, 128
_— leucopygialis_, 127, 128
Diodorus Siculus, 98
Dirt bird, 220
_Dissemurus paradiseus_, 126
Donald, Mr. C. H., 34, 35
Dove, 33, 171
—, little brown, 200
—, red turtle, 16
Drongo, large racket-tailed, 126
—, melodious, 126-31
—, white-bellied, 126-31
—, white-vented, 126-31
E
Eagle, 32, 45, 46, 47
Ear of owl, 61
Education of birds, 243-52
Egret, 189
“Eha,” 11, 78, 117, 212, 217
_Epeira diadema_, 175
Evans, Mr., 58
Eyes of owl, 58-60
Eyesight of birds, 239
F
Falcon, 33, 42, 45
Falcon, peregrine, 41, 42
Falconry, 37-44
_Falco peregrinus_, 41
Farash, at the sign of the, 72-7
Fayrer, Captain, 133
Finch-lark, 202-7
—, ashy-crowned, 202-7
—, rufous-tailed, 207
Finn, Mr. Frank, 13, 14, 26, 80, 85, 119, 142, 167, 198
Fly-catcher, 45, 46, 185, 237
—, black and orange, 181
—, brown, 179
—, European red-breasted, 180
—, fan-tailed, 8, 174, 179, 182
—, grey-headed, 179
—, Indian, 178-83
— —, red-breasted, 180
—, Nilgiri blue, 181
—, paradise, 179, 181, 182
—, Tickell’s blue, 181
—, verditer, 181
—, white-browed blue, 181
Fowler, Mr. Warde, 28
_Franklinia buchanani_, 174
G
Gamecocks, 163
_Garden and Aviary Birds of India_, 119
_Gazella bennetti_, 42
Gecko, 186
Glead, 24, 27
_Golabi maina_, 192
Goldfinch, 33
Goose, 143-53
—, barred-headed, 151, 153
—, grey lag, 150, 151
Goshawk, 38, 40, 41
Grackle, 65
Green birds, 116
Green bulbul, 116-20
— pigeon, 116
_Grus antigone_, 144
Gull, 104-9, 113
H
_Handbook on the Management of Animals in Captivity_, 98
Hatchell, Mr. D. G., 135
Hawk, 33, 34, 37, 45
—, dark-eyed, 38
—, long-winged, 38
—, short-winged, 38
—, yellow-eyed, 38
— -cuckoo, 221, 223
— -eagle, 42
Hawking, 37-44
Hedge-sparrow, 231
Henderson, Dr., 135
Herbert, 143
Heron, 166, 167, 171
—, night, 165-70
_Herpestes griseus_, 96
_— ichneumon_, 98
_— mungo_, 96
_Hierococcyx varius_, 221, 223
_Hirundo rustica_, 173
_— smithii_, 173
Hodgson, 216
Honeysucker, Loten’s, 175
Hooper swan, 103
Hoopoe, 43, 76, 241, 253
_Hoplopterus ventralis_, 111
Hornbill, great, 5, 6, 174
Hôtel des Oiseaux, 73, 77
_How to Know the Indian Waders_, 167
Hudson, Mr. W. H., 3, 119, 146, 239
Hume, 12, 13, 19, 87, 136, 159, 174, 206, 207, 223, 236
Hurdis, 22, 23
Hutton, 139
_Hydrochelidon hybrida_, 112
I
Ichneumon, 94
Injury-feigning instinct, 70-1
Insect hunters, 184-91
Instinct, nest-building, 249-50
J
Javan peafowl, 154
Jefferies, Richard, 209
Jerdon, 13, 16, 26, 84, 96, 117, 128, 134, 135, 154, 198, 203, 229,
230, 234, 235
Jesse, 17
Johnston, Sir H., 117
_Jowaree_ bird, 192, 195
K
King crow, 4, 25, 33, 126-31, 184, 189, 190, 228, 253
Kingfisher, white-breasted, 4
Kingsley, Charles, 7
Kipling, Lockwood, 6
Kite, 21-7, 105, 106, 254
Kites of the sea, 104-9
L
_Lanius erythronotus_, 48-50
_— lahtora_, 48, 50
_— vittatus_, 50
Larders, shrikes’, 49
Lark, 33
Legge, 87, 127, 129, 130, 138
_Leptoptilus dubius_, 5
Lilford, Lord, 109
Linnæus, 216
Linnet, 33
Livy, 143
Lizard, 186-8
Long, Mr. W. J., 243, 246, 248
Loten’s honeysucker, 175
Love-bird, grey-headed, 251, 252
M
Macaulay, 24
_Madar_ plant, 141
Magpie-robin, 8, 253
Martin, Indian Sand-, 237-42
McMaster, 96, 97
_Mellivora indica_, 205
Merlin, 42, 43
_Merops viridis_, 51-5, 254
Michelet, 46, 47, 246, 249, 256, 257
_Milvus govinda_, 21
Mimicry, 11, 183
Minivet, 190
_Motacilla alba_, 31
_— borealis_, 31
_— impersonata_, 31
_— maderaspatensis_, 29
_— melanope_, 31
Muller, 183
Multiplication, checks on, 131
Mungoose, 94-8
Myna, 41, 64, 76, 184, 189, 198, 200, 254
— bank, 190, 210
— Brahminy, 16, 210
— hill, 65
N
_Naia haje_, 91
_— tripudians_, 89, 91
Natural selection, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205
_Naurang_, 133
_Neophron ginginianus_, 5
_— percnopterus_, 22
Nicholson, 90
Night heron, 165-70
_Nuni-budi-gadu_, 164
Nuthatch, chestnut-bellied, 173, 190
_Nycticorax griseus_, 165
O
Oates, 8, 16, 17, 117, 127, 234
_Ochromela nigrirufa_, 181
_Œnopopelia tranquebarica_, 16
Oriole, 172
_Oriolus kundoo_, 172
“Ornament of the Forest,” 118
_Ornithological and other Oddities_, 13
_Orthotomus sutorius_, 7, 16, 176, 253
Ospreys, American, 245, 246
Owen, Miss J. A., 80
Owlet, spotted, 73, 74, 75, 209
Owls, 36-61, 130
P
Paddy bird, 111
_Palæornis torquatus_, 73, 74
Parker, Mr. H., 87
Parrot, green, 73, 74
Partridge, 70
_Pastor roseus_, 192-6, 209
_Pavo cristatus_, 154
_— muticus_, 154
Peacock, 4, 40, 41, 154-9
Perreau, Captain, 251
Pettifoggers, ornithological, 216
_Phalacocorax carbo_, 122, 123
_— fuscicollis_, 123
_— javanicus_, 123
Pharaoh’s chicken, 22
— rat, 98
Pharoe’s mouse, 98
Pheasant, Griff’s, 10
—, monal, 4
Pitta, the Indian, 132, 136
— _brachyura_, 132
Pliny, 94, 143
_Ploceus baya_, 7, 172
Plover, 171
—, spur-winged, 111
Polecat, 256
Porphyrio, the beautiful, 84-8
— _poliocephalus_, 85
— _veterum_, 86
Poulton, Professor, 92
_Prinia inornata_, 7, 172
Priority, rule, 216
Protective colouration, 121, 142
Pugnacity, 142
_Pyctorhis nasalis_, 234
_— sinensis_, 176, 234
_Pyrrhulauda grisea_, 202-7
Q
Quail, 39
R
Rat-bird, 69
Ratel, Indian, 205
Redbreast, 247
Redstart, Indian, 160-4
_Rhamnus_, 139
_Rhipidura albifrontata_, 174
_Rynchope albicollis_, 112
Robin, 46, 47
Robin, Indian, 204
Robinson, Kay, 101
—, Phil, 3, 33, 57, 143
Roller, 33, 75, 171
Rook, 107, 108
Roosting of bee-eaters, 51-5
S
Salvadori, 150
Sand-martin, 237, 254
— —, Indian, 237-42
Sandpiper, common, 111, 114
Sanyal, Babu R. P., 98
_Sath Bhai_, 220, 228, 233
Scavengers, bird, 104, 105
— -in-waiting, 21-7
_Sciurus palmarum_, 62-7, 73
Screech owl, 256
Seagull, 104-9
Selection, natural, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205
Selection, sexual, 157, 158, 163
Selous, Edmund, 71, 195, 196, 209
Selous, F. C., 60
“Seven Sisters,” 15, 117, 220, 233
Sexual dimorphism, 182
— selection, 157, 158, 163
Shama, 8
Shikra, 42, 97, 230, 248, 249
Shrike, 34, 45-50
—, bay-backed, 49, 50
—, Indian grey, 48-50
—, rufous-backed, 48-50
_Siphia hyperythra_, 180
_— parva_, 180
_Sirkeer_ cuckoo, 14
_Sitta castaneiventris_, 173
Skimmer, Indian, 112
Skunk, 204, 205
_Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances_, 10
Songbirds, 7
_Songs of Birds, The_, 58
“Son of the marshes,” 108
Sparrow, 255
— of Scripture, 18
— -hawk, 39, 40, 41, 218
Spectacle bird, 138
_Speculum Mundi_, 103
Spider, common garden, 175
_Spizætus nepalensis_, 42
Squirrel, Indian striped, 62, 67, 73, 212, 228
Stag beetle, 186
Starling, 8, 9
—, pied, 197-201
—, rosy, 192-6, 209
_Sterna bergii_, 113
_— melanogaster_, 112
_— seena_, 112
Sterndale, 95
_Sturnopastor contra_, 197, 201
_— superciliaris_, 199
Stolzman, 158
_Stoparola albicaudata_, 181
_— melanops_, 181
Stork, 166
Struggle for existence, 81
Sunbird, 4, 8, 175
Sunset, birds at, 253-7
_Swadeshi_ bird, 154-9
Swallow, 45, 173
—, wire-tailed, 173
Swamp-hen, 84
Swan, 99-103
Swan, black, 103
—, mute, 99-102
Swift, 45, 173, 184, 190, 254
T
_Taccocua leschenaulti_, 14
Tailor bird, 7, 16, 176
_Tamarix articulata_, 72
_Teesa_, the, 32-6
_Terpsiphone_, 179
Tern, 110-15
—, black-bellied, 112
—, Indian river, 112
—, large crested, 113
—, whiskered, 112
Terry, Captain H., 124
_Thamnobia cambaiensis_, 204
Thayer, Mr., 204
_The Evening Telegraph_, 107
_The Irish Naturalist_, 109
_The Yorkshire Gazette_, 145
_Thir-thira_, 164
Thompson, Mr. Seton, 121
Thrush, 33, 230
—, laughing, 190
Thurston, Mr. Edgar, 85
Tickell, 128
_Tillyer_, 192
_Temenuchus pagodarum_, 16
Tit, 190, 238
Toad, 185, 186
Topsell, 94
_Totanus hypoleucus_, 111
_Tower Menagerie_, 98
Tree-creeper, 190
Tree-pie, Indian, 211, 231
Tristram, Canon, 86
_Turtur cambayensis_, 200
U
Ugly ducklings, 214-19
_Upupa indica_, 76
V
Verditer flycatcher, 181, 182
_Verri chinda_, 227
Vulture, 105, 254
—, scavenger, 5
W
Wagtail, 241
—, grey, 31
—, grey-headed, 31
—, masked, 31
—, pied, 29, 30
—, white, 31
Wagtails, Indian, 28-31
Wallace, 84, 158, 183
Wallaceism, 81
Warbler, 239
Warning colouration, 79, 204
Watson, Mr. H. E., 102
Weaver-bird, 7, 172
White ants, 188
White-browed fantail flycatcher, 174
White-eye, Indian, 8, 137-42, 176, 190, 238
Williams, Mr. W. J., 109
Woodpecker, 190
Wren-warbler, 7, 172
—, rufous-fronted, 174
X
_Xantholæma hæmatocephala_, 74
Y
Yellowhammer, 33
Yellow Ribbon Army, 218
Z
_Zosterops palpebrosa_, 137-42, 176
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