CONTENTS
PAGE [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.