INDEX
[A] · [B] · [C] · [D] · [E] · [F] · [G] · [H] · [I] · [J] · [K] · [L] · [M] · [N] · [O] · [P] · [Q] · [R] · [S] · [T] · [U] · [V] · [W] · X · Y · Z
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]
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]
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]
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