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I. Birds in a Grove 3
II. The Magpie-Robin 9
III. The Indian Snake-Bird 14
IV. Minivets 19
V. The Power of Animals to Express Thought 25
VI. Pied Woodpeckers 31
VII. A Jhil out of Season 37
VIII. Birds in White 42
IX. The Pied Crested Cuckoo 48
X. Vultures 55
XI. The Indian Robin 61
XII. The Shikra 69
XIII. A Finch of Roseate Hue 74
XIV. Birds on the Lawn 80
XV. The Grey Hornbill 86
XVI. The Flamingo 91
XVII. Summer Visitors to the Punjab Plains 98
XVIII. A Bird of Many Aliases 106
XIX. Paddy Birds at Bedtime 111
XX. Merlins 116
XXI. The Common Wryneck 121
XXII. Green Pigeons 126
XXIII. Bulbuls’ Nests 131
XXIII. Bulbuls’ Nests—II 139
XXIV. Nightingales in India 145
XXV. The Wire-tailed Swallow 150
XXVI. Winter Visitors to the Punjab Plains 157
XXVII. A Kingfisher and a Tern 167
XXVIII. The Red Turtle Dove 172
XXIX. Birds in the Millet Fields 178
XXX. Hoopoes at the Nesting Season 185
XXXI. The Largest Bird in India 197
XXXII. The Swallow-Plover 204
XXXIII. The Birds of a Madras Garden 211
XXXIV. Sunbirds 218
XXXV. The Bank Myna 225
XXXVI. The Jackdaw 231
XXXVII. Fighting in Nature 234
XXXVIII. Birds and Butterflies 238
XXXIX. Voices of the Night 246
Index 257
These “Glimpses” originally appeared in one or other of the following
periodicals: _The Madras Mail_, _Pioneer_, _Civil and Military Gazette_,
_Times of India_, _Bird Notes_.
The author takes this opportunity of thanking the editors of the above
papers for permission to reproduce the sketches.