Glimpses of Indian Birds

by Douglas Dewar

INDEX

A Accipiter nisus, [70], [164] Acridotheres ginginianus, [53], [113], [225]-30 — tristis, [113], [225]-30, [241] Adam, Mr. R. M., [222] Adams, [77] Adjutant, [86] Aegithina tiphia, [213] Aesalon chicquera, [117]-20 — regulus, [116], [117], [164] Aitken, Mr. James, [154], [155] Alaudarius, Tinnunculus, [164] Alba, Herodias, [38] —, Motacilla, [162] Albifrontata, Rhipidura, [4], [214] Albinos, [42] Anas boscas, [64] — poecilorhyncha, [40], [64] Anastomus oscitans, [45] Anthus rufulus, [6] Antigone, Grus, [38], [197]-203 Aquila bifasciata, [164] — vindhiana, [163] Arachnechthra asiatica, [3], [99], [218]-224 — lotenia, [218] — zeylonica, [218] Ardea cinerea, [38] Ardeola grayii, [85], [106]-15 Argya caudata, [65] — malcomi, [51] Asiatica, Arachnechthra, [3], [99], [218]-24 Asiaticus, Caprimulgus, [253] Astur badius, [70], [164] Ater, Dicrurus, [8], [41], [227], [236] Athene brama, [246] Aurantius, Brachypternus, [8] Auriceps, Dendrocopus, [33] Avocet, [44] Avocetta, Recurvirostra, [44]

B Babbler, grey, [51] — jungle, [51] — white-headed, [212] Badius, Astur, [70] Bajra, [178] Baker, Stuart, [50], [91] Bamboo sparrow, [77] Banjo-bill, [44] Bank myna, [53], [113], [182], [225]-30, [235] Banta, Mr., [242], [243] Barbet, green, [8], [19] Barn owl, [248] — swallow, [151] Barred-headed goose, [160] Batassiensis, Tachornis, [215] Batesian mimicry, [239] Baya, Ploceus, [180] Bay-backed shrike, [213] Bee-eater, [6], [19], [98], [213], [215], [244] — blue-tailed, [98], [156] — little green, [98], [156] Belenois mesentina, [241] Bengalensis, Bubo, [248] —, Pseudogyps, [6], [60] Bingham, Col. C. T., [240] Biology, peculiar position of, [238] Birds and Butterflies, [238]-45 “Birds of Calcutta,” [224] “Birds of the Plains,” [222] Birostris, Lophoceros, [86]-90 Black-bellied tern, [40], [216] Blackbird, [211] —, Brewer, [242] Black bulbul, [49] Blackcap, [211] Black-headed bunting, [179] Black-winged kite, [165] Blanford, Dr., [66], [223] “Blue jay,” [119], [182], [216] Blyth, [77], [123] “Bombay Ducks,” [55] Bonner, [57] Bourdillon, Mr. T. F., [17] Brachypternus aurantius, [8] Brachyura, Pitta, [19] Brahmany duck, [161] — kite, [212] — myna, [212], [217] Brain-fever bird, [51], [80], [249] Brarna, Athene, [246] Brassicae, Pieris, [241] Brewer blackbird, [242] Brown fish owl, [175] Brown-fronted pied woodpecker, [33] Brown tree snake, [144] Bryden, Mr. A. H., [236] Bubo bengalensis, [248] Bubulcus coromandus, [45] Buchanani, Emberiza, [179] Bulbul, [146], [147] — (nightingale), [146] — basta, [147] — black, [49] — bostha, [147] — kola, [49] —, red-vented, [163], [212] —, red-whiskered, [4], [130]-44 Bulbuls’ nests, [130]-44 Bulbul, white-browed, [212] — white-eared, [163] Bunting, [178]-81 — black-headed, [179], [180] Bunting, grey-necked, [178], [180] — red-headed, [179], [180] Bush chat, [182] Bush-lark, [212] Butcher-bird, [182], [213] Butreron, [130] Butterflies, Birds and, [238]-45 Buzzard, long-legged, [163]

C Caerulus, Elanus, [165] Californica, Eugonia, [242] Calvus, Otogyps, [60], [235] Cambaiensis, Thamnobia, [8], [162] Candidus, Himantopus, [45] Canorus, Crateropus, [51], [252] —, Cuculus, [50], [53], [116] Caprimulgus asiaticus, [253] — macrurus, [253] Carpodacus erythrinus, [75] Cattle egret, [45], [212] Caudata, Argya, [65] Centropus rufipennis, [6] — sinensis, [82], [248] Ceryle rudis, [168] Ceylonensis, Culicicapa, [5] — Ketupa, [175] Chaffinch, [211] Chapman, Mr. Abel, [96] Chat, Bush, [182] Chicquera, Aesalon, [117] Chloropsis, [19] Cinerea, Ardea, [38] Coccystes jacobinus, [48] Collaris, Corvus, [231] “Colour Meanings of some British Birds and Quadrupeds,” [188] Columbidæ, [130], [172], [173] Comb-duck, [40] “Common Birds of Bombay, The,” [70] Communis, Coturnix, [159] Coppersmith, [212] Copscychus saularis, [7] Coracias indica, [119], [182] Corby, [192], [236] Coromandelianus, Nettopus, [39] Coromandus, Bubulcus, [45] Correlation of Characters, [47] Corvus collaris, [231] — frugilegus, [166] — macrorhynchus, [192], [236] — monedula, [166], [231]-3 — splendens, [165], [225], [231] Cotton teal, [39] Coturnix communis, [159] Coucal, [82], [248] “Country Life,” [28], [234] “Country-side Monthly,” [66] Crane, sarus, [38], [197]-203 Crateropus canorus, [51], [252] Crested lark, [180] Cripps, Mr. J. R., [17] Cristata, Galerita, [180] Crocopus, [130] — chlorogaster, [127] — phoenicopterus, [127] Crow, [85], [100], [165], [192], [212], [225], [231], [236], [250] — jungle, [212] Crow-pheasant, [6], [82], [212] Cuckoo, common, [116], [211] — Indian, [251] — pied crested, [48]-54 Cuckoo’s mate, [121] Cuckooabad, [251] Cuculus canorus, [30], [53], [116] — micropterus H., [251] Culicicapa ceylonensis, [5] Cunningham, [172] — Col., [249], [250] Currie, Mr., [176], [177] Cyanocephalus, Euphagus, [240] — Palaeornis, [7] Cyornis tickelli T., [5]

D Darter, Indian, [14]-18 Darwin, [20], [173] Daulias golzii, [146], [148] — luscinia, [146] — philomela, [146] Demoleus Papilio, [241] Dendrocitta rufa, [236] Dendrocopus auriceps, [33] Dhayal, [9]-13 Dicrurus ater, [8], [227], [236] Dimorphism, sexual, [172] Display, nuptial, [187] Domesticus, Passer, [82], [241] Dove, [192], [211] —, little brown, [212] —, red turtle, [104], [172]-7 —, ring, [174] —, spotted, [120], [212] —, turtle, [174] Drongo, [236] Dubius, Leptoptilus, [86] Duck, brahmany, [161] —, comb, [40] —, pintail, [161] —, shoveller, [161] —, spotbilled, [40], [64] —, wild, [64]

E Eagle, golden, [234] —, Pallas’s fishing, [40] —, steppe, [163], [164] —, tawny, [163], [164] Egret, [38] —, cattle, [45], [212] “Eha,” [70], [213], [216] Elanus caerulus, [165] Emberiza buchanani, [179] — luteola, [180] — melaocephala, [180] Emeria, Otocompsa, [4], [131]-44 Erythrinus carpodacus, [75] Eudynamis honorata, [51], [100], [250] Eugonia californica, [242] Euphagus cyanocephalus, [242] Eyesight of birds, [80]

F Falco jugger, [164] —, peregrinus, [164] Falcon, [69] —, laggar, [164] —, peregrine, [163], [164], [165] Fan-tailed flycatcher, [4], [213], [214], [236] “Field,” [193] Fighting in nature, [234]-237 Finch, gold, [74] — of roseate hue, [74]-79 — rose, [74]-79 Finn, [42], [45], [46], [224] Firetail, [161], [162], [217] Fishing eagle, [40] Fish-owl, brown, [175] Flammea, Strix, [248] Flammeus, Pericrocotus, [21] Flamingo, [19], [91]-97 Flavicollis, Gymnorhis, [105], [216] Flycatcher, [211] —, fantailed, [4], [213], [214], [236] —, grey-headed, [5] —, paradise, [45], [46], [100], [157], [215] —, red-breasted, [5] —, Tickell’s blue, [5] “Food of Birds in India,” [228] “Forest Creatures,” [57] “Fortnightly Review,” [188], [189] Frog, caught by kingfisher, [169] Frugilegus, Corvus, [166] Fry, Mr. J. T., [66] Fulicata, Thamnobia, [214]

G Gadwall, [161] Galerita cristata, [180] Garner, Dr., [25] Garrod, Mr. A., [14] George Gissing, [56] Gingalensis, Lophoceros, [88] Ginginianus, Acridotheres, [53] —, Neophron, [55] Gissing, George, [56] Giu, Scops, [247] Glareola lactea, [204]-210 Glaucidium radiatum, [247] Goatsuckers, [252], [253] Goldfinch, [74], [211] Golden-backed woodpecker, [212] Golden eagle, [234] Golzii, Daulias, [146], [148] Goose, barred-headed, [160] —, grey-lag, [160] Grayii, Ardeola, [85], [106]-15 Green finch, [211] — parrot, [181], [215] — pigeon, [19], [126]-30 Grey-headed myna, [217] — wagtail, [217] Grey hornbill, [86]-90 — lag goose, [160] Grey-necked bunting, [179] Grey wagtail, [28], [162], [167] Griseus, Nycticorax, [109], [252] Grus antigone, [38], [197]-203 — sharpii, [197] Gulabi maina, [158] Gymnorhis flavicollis, [105], [216]

H Hafiz, [147] Haliaetus leucoryphus, [40] Harrial, [128] Harrier, [183] Hartert, Dr., [148] Hawks, light-eyed, [69] —, dark-eyed, [69] —, long-winged, [69] —, short-winged, [69] Hawk-cuckoo, [249] Hedge-sparrow, [53], [211] Herodias alba, [38] Heron, [38] —, night, [109], [157], [252] —, pond, [106] Hierococcyx varius, [51], [80], [100], [249] Himantopus candidus, [44] Hipsas trigonata, [144] Hirundo filifera, [153] — rustica, [150], [151], [152] — smithii, [152] Honeysucker, [99], [218] Honorata, Eudynamis, [51], [100], [250] Hoopoe, [83], [90], [117], [185]-96, [212] Hornbill, [86] —, grey, [86]-90 Horne, Mr., [90] Horsfield’s nightjar, [253] House-martin, [154] Hume, [72], [90], [118], [148], [176], [198], [200], [207], [209] Humming-birds, [218] Hypsipetes, [49]

I Ibis melanocephala, [44] Ibis, white, [44] Ilerdi sena, [241] “Indian Birds,” [219] Indica, Coracias, [119], [182] —, Upupa, [83], [185]-96 Indicus, Sarcogrammus, [128], [252] Injury-feigning instinct, [22], [207] Instinct, injury-feigning, [22], [207] Intermedius, Molpastes, [163] Iora, [212], [213] Ismene, Melanitis, [241] Isocrates, Virachola, [241] Iynx torquilla, [121]

J Jackdaw, [166], [231]-3 Jack snipe, [161] Jacobinus, Coccystes, [48] Javanica, Dendrocynca, [40] Jay, blue, [119] Jefferies, Richard, [211], [212], [216] Jerdon, [16], [77], [91], [105], [119], [181], [205], [223], [232], [233] Jesse, Mr. William, [23], [24], [230], [235] Jhil out of season, [37]-41 Jungle owlet, [247]

K Kestrel, [163], [164], [165] Ketupa ceylonensis, [175] Kipling, [232] Kipling, Lockwood, [215] King-crow, [8], [41], [104], [182], [185], [212], [227], [241] Kingfisher, [19], [167]-71 —, common, [212] —, pied, [168] —, white-breasted, [212] King vulture, [60] Kite, black-winged, [165] —, brahmany, [212] —, common, [212] Koel, [50], [51], [100], [157], [212], [250] Kola bulbul, [49]

L Lactea, Glareola, [204]-10 Laggar falcon, [164] Language of birds and beasts, [25] Lanius vittatus, [213] Lankester, Sir E. Ray, [129] Lapwing, red-wattled, [128], [252] Largest bird in India, the, [197]-203 Lark, [211] Laughing-thrush, Himalayan, [53] Lawn, birds on the, [80]-5 Leptoptilus dubius, [86] Leucorodia, Platalea, [44] Leucoryphus, Haliaetus, [40] Leucotis, Molpastes, [147] Linnet, [211] Liopicus mahrattensis, [31]-6 Long, Mr. Walter, [194] Lophoceros birostris, [86]-90 — gingalensis, [88] Loten’s sunbird, [212], [218]-24 Luscinia, Daulias, [146] Luteola, Emberiza, [180]

M Macpherson, Mr. J., [66] Macrorhynchus, Corvus, [192], [236] Macrurus, Caprimulgus, [253] Madras garden, the birds of a, [211]-7 Maderaspatensis, Motacilla, [162], [214] Magpie-robin, [7], [9]-13, [216] Mahrattensis, Liopicus, [31]-6 Maina, golabi, [158] “Making of Species, The,” [42], [240] Malcomi, Argya, [51] Mallard, [64] Marshall, Col., [66] —, Mr. G. A. K., [242] Martin, house, [154] —, sand, [211] Mason, Mr. C. W., [228], [240], [241] Mate, cuckoo’s, [121] Maura, Pratincola, [182] Melanicterus, Melophus, [180] Melanitis ismene, [241] Melanocephala, Emberiza, [180] Melanocephala, Ibis, [44] Melanocephalus, Oriolus, [4] Melanogaster, Plotus, [14]-18 —, Sterna, [40], [206] Melanotus, Sarcidornis, [40] Melophus melanicterus, [180] Merlin, [116]-20, [163], [164] —, red-headed, [117]-20, [164] Merops philippinus, [98] — viridis, [6], [98], [215], [241] Mesentina, Belenois, [241] Michelet, [59] Micropterus, Cuculus, [251] Millet fields, Birds in the, [178]-84 Mimicry, [52], [243] —, Batesian, [239] —, Mullerian, [239] —, protective, [10], [239] Minivet, [19]-24 Missel-thrush, [211] Moda nulingadu, [125] Molpastes, [147] — intermedius, [163] — leucotis, [147], [163] Monedula, Corvus, [166], [231] Morgan, Mr. R. W., [222] Motacilla alba, [162] — maderaspatensis, [162], [214] — melanope, [162] Mullerian mimicry, [239] Munia, white-throated, [216] Mutation, [46], [64], [174], [225] Myna, bank, [53], [113], [182], [225]-30 —, brahmany, [212], [217] —, common, [67], [84], [113], [182], [183], [212], [225]-30 —, grey-headed, [217] —, pied, [85], [182]

N Natural Selection, [53], [173], [174], [236], [240], [243] “Nature,” [242] Neophron ginginianus, [60] “Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds,” [90] Nettopus coromandelianus, [39] Newton, Sir Isaac, [139] Nightingales in India, [145]-9 Nightingale, Persian, [146], [147] Nightjar, [252], [253] —, common Indian, [253] —, Horsfield’s, [253] Nisus Accipiter, [70] Nulingadu, Moda, [125] Nuptial display, [187] Nycticorax griseus, [109], [252]

O Oates, [148], [231] Oenopopelia tranquebarica, [104], [173] Open-bill, [45] Orange minivet, [21] Oriole, [4], [103], [157], [217] Oriolus kundoo, [103] — melanocephalus, [4] Orthotomus sutorius, [7] Oscitans, Anastomus, [45] Osmosteros, [130] Otocompsa, [147] —, emeria, [4], [131]-44 Otogyps calvus, [60], [235] Owl, barn, [248] —, brown fish, [175] —, rock-horned, [248] —, scops, [247] Owlet, jungle, [247] —, spotted, [212], [246] Oyler, Mr. Philip, [188], [189]

P Paddy bird, [85], [106]-15, [212] Palaeornis cyanocephalus, [7] — torquatus, [181], [215] Pallas’s fishing eagle, [40] Palm swift, [213], [215] Pammon, Papilio, [241] Papilio demoleus, [241] — pammon, [241] Paradise flycatcher, [45], [46], [102], [157] Paradisi, Terpsiphone, [45], [102], [215] Parakeet, [7], [19], [181], [213] Parrot, green, [181], [215] Parva, Siphia, [5] Passer domesticus, [82], [178], [241] Pastor roseus, [158], [189] Peafowl, [19] Peregrine falcon, [164], [165] Pericrocotus flammeus, [21] — peregrinus, [21] Persian nightingale, [146], [147] Phasianidæ, [172] Pheasant, [19] Philippinus, Merops, [98] Philomela, Daulias, [146] Phil Robinson, [55] Phoenicopterus minor, [92] —, roseus, [91]-7 —, Crocopus, [127] Phylloscopus tristis, [7] Pied crested cuckoo, [48]-54 — kingfisher, [168] — myna, [85], [182] — wagtail, [162], [3], [213], [214] Pigeon, green, [19], [126]-30 —, Bengal, [127] Pigeon, southern, [127] Pintail duck, [161] Piping crow, [232] Pipit, [6] Pitta, [19], [216] Pitta brachyura, [19] Platalea leucorodia, [44] Ploceus baya, [180] Plotus melanogaster, [14]-8 Pochard, [161] Poecilorhyncha, Anas, [40], [64] Polar regions, birds of, [42] Pond heron, [106] Pondicerianus, Tephridornis, [214] Porphyrio, [19] Poulton, Professor, [129], [240], [242], [243] Pratincola maura, [182] Pratincole, [204]-10 Protective mimicry, [10], [239], [243] Pseudogyps bengalensis, [6], [60], [235] Purple-rumped sunbird, [212], [218]-24 Purple sunbird, [218]-24

Q Quail, common, [159]

R Radiatum, Glaucidium, [247] Raj Hans, [97] Rat bird, [65] Raven, [165], [231], [232], [234] Ray Lankester, Sir E., [129] Recurvirostra avocetta, [44] Redstart, [211] —, Indian, [4], [161], [162], [217] Red turtle-dove, [104], [172]-7 Red-vented bulbul, [156], [163], [212] Red-wattled lapwing, [128], [252] Regulus Aesalon, [116], [117], [164] Rhipidura albifrontata, [4], [214] Ring dove, [174] Robin, black-backed, [63] —, brown-backed, [8], [63] —, Indian, [61]-68, [162], [212], [214] Robinson, Phil, [55], [162], [174] Rock-horned owl, [248] Roller, [19], [119], [182], [185], [216] Rook, [25], [166], [211], [231], [232] Rose-finch, [74]-9 Roseate hue, finch of, [74]-79 Roseus, Pastor, [158], [181] Rosy starling, [158], [181] Rudis ceryle, [168] Rufa, Dendrocitta, [236] Rufipennis, Centropus, [6] Rufiventris, Ruticilla, [4], [161] Rufulus, Anthus, [6] Ruticilla rufiventris, [4], [161]

S Sand martin, [211] Saras crane, [38], [197]-203 Sarcidiornis melanotus, [40] Sarcogrammus indicus, [128], [252] “Saturday Review,” [94] Saularis, Copsychus, [7], [9]-13 “School of the Woods,” [194] Scops giu, [247] Scops owl, [247] Seena, Sterna, [167] Selection, Natural, [53], [173], [174], [236], [240], [243] Selous, Mr. Edmund, [25], [78] Sena, Ilerda, [241] “Seven sisters,” [252] Sexual dimorphism, [172] Shah bulbul, [216] Shama, [11] Sharpii, Grus, [197] Shikra, [69]-73, [164] Shoveller, [161] Sinensis, Centropus, [82], [248] Siphia parva, [5] Skylark, [116] Snake, brown tree, [144] Snake-bird, [14]-8 Snipe, common, [161] —, jack, [161] Sparrow, [82], [211] Sparrow, yellow-throated, [105], [157], [216] Sparrow-hawk, [69], [70], [163], [164] “Species, The Making of,” [43] Sphenocercus, [130] Splendens, Corvus, [165], [225], [231] Spoonbill, [44] Spot-billed duck, [40], [63] Spotted dove, [120], [212] — owlet, [212], [246] Sprosser, [146] Squirrel, little striped, [72] Stanley, Bishop, [96], [97], [124], [232], [233] Starling, [159], [182], [211] —, rose-coloured, [19], [158], [181] —, rosy, [19], [158], [181] Steppe eagle, [163] Sterna melanogaster, [40], [206] — seena, [107] Stilt, [44] Stone chat, [211] Strix flammea, [248] Stuart Baker, [50], [91] Sturnopastor, contra, [85] Sunbird, [3], [19], [99], [212], [218]-24 —, Loten’s, [212], [218]-24 —, purple, [218]-24 —, purple-rumped, [212], [218]-24 Suratensis, Turtur, [120] Sutorius, Orthotomus, [7] Swala ladu, [151] Swallow, barn, [151] —, common, [150], [151], [205] —, wire-tailed, [149]-56 Swallow-plover, [204]-10 Swift, [153] —, palm, [213], [215] Swynnerton, Mr. C. F. M., [243], [244] Sykes’s warbler, [217]

T Tachornis batassiensis, [215] Tailor-bird, [7], [212] Tawny eagle, [163], [164] Taylor, Mr. Alfred, [28] Teal, [161] —, cotton, [39] —, whistling, [40] Tephrodornis pondicerianus, [214] Tern, [45], [167]-71, [204]-10 —, black-bellied, [49], [206] Terpsiphone paradisi, [45], [102], [215] Thamnobia, [61] — cambaiensis, [8], [63], [162] — fulicata, [63], [214] Thayer, Mr. A., [97], [188] Thereiceryx zeylonicus, [8] Thompson, Mr. R., [120] Thought, power of animals to express, [25]-30 —, transmission of, [26] Thrush, [211] —, missel, [211] Tickell, [247] Tickelli, Cyornis, [5] Tilyer, [158] Tinnunculus alaudarius, [164] Tiphia, Ægithina, [213] Titmice, [211] Tomtit, [211] Torquatus, Palaeornis, [181], [215] Torquilla, Iynx, [121] Tranquebarica, Œnopopilia, [104], [173] Tree-snake, brown, [144] Treron, [130] Trigonata, Hipsas, [144] Tristis, Acridotheres, [113] —, Phylloscopus, [7] Turtle-dove, [174] —, red, [104], [172], [177] Turtur suratensis, [120] Turumti, [117]-20, [164] Tuti, [76]

U Upupa indica, [83], [185]-96

V Varius, Hierococcyx, [51], [80], [100], [249] Verner, Col. Willoughby, [94] Virachola isocrates, [241] Viridis, Merops, [6], [98], [241] Visitors, winter, to the Punjab Plains, [157]-66 Vittatus, Lanius, [213] Voices of the Night, [246]-53 Vulture, [55]-60 —, black, [60], [235] —, domestic, [55] —, king, [60] —, Pondicherry, [60] —, scavenger, [55], [60] —, white-backed, [60], [235]

W Wagtail, [85] —, grey, [28], [162], [167] —, grey-headed, [217] —, pied, [162], [213], [214] —, water, [211] —, white, [162] Wallace, [20], [129] Wallaceian theory, [127], [173] Warbler, [7] —, Sykes’s, [217] —, willow, [7] Water-wagtail, [211] Watt, James, [139] Westell, Mr., [233] White, Gilbert, [149], [150], [151] —, Birds in, [42]-7 — ibis, [44] — wagtail, [162] — backed vulture, [60], [235] — breasted kingfisher, [212] — browed bulbul, [212] — eared bulbul, [163] — headed babbler, [212] — throated munia, [216] “Wild Life in a Southern County,” [211] Willow-warbler, [7] Winter visitors to the Punjab Plains, [157]-66 Wire-tailed swallow, [149]-56 Woodpecker, golden-backed, [8], [212] —, pied, [31]-6 Wood-pigeon, [211] Wood-shrike, [214] Wren, [211] Wryneck, [121]-25

Y Yellow-fronted pied woodpecker, [31]-6 Yellow-hammer, [179] Yellow-throated sparrow, [105], [157], [216] Yerbury, Colonel, [240]

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Spectator—“A charming writer whose earlier books on birds we have had the pleasure of recommending. The book is most carefully compiled and much ingenuity is displayed in framing this artificial analysis.”

Birds of the Plains With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.

Globe—“Mr. Dewar is not only a keen and patient observer, but he is gifted with the descriptive art in a high degree, and his vivacious style communicates the characters and habits of birds with unerring fidelity and infinite spirit.”

Bombay Ducks: An Account of some of the everyday Birds and Beasts found in a Naturalist’s El Dorado. With numerous Illustrations from Photographs of Living Birds. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.

Daily News—“This new and sumptuous book. Mr. Dewar gives us a charming introduction to a great many interesting birds.”

BY DOUGLAS DEWAR & FRANK FINN

THE MAKING OF SPECIES With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d. net.

SOME PRESS OPINIONS.

Outlook—“‘The Making of Species’ is a book of knowledge and originality. Messrs. Dewar and Finn are capable investigators. This work is thoroughly characteristic of our day. A long volume full of interest and very clearly written.”

Nation—“An exceptionally interesting book. We gladly welcome two such able and independent Naturalists.”

T. P.’s Weekly—“Messrs. Dewar and Finn have accumulated some very singular and striking facts in their ‘Making of Species.’”

Truth—“‘The Making of Species’ will do much to arrest the fossilisation of biological science in England.”

Daily Telegraph—“Interesting and suggestive. It should receive wide attention.”

Manchester Courier—“The amateur entering this perplexing field could scarcely have a better guide. The illustrations are admirably executed.”

Dublin Daily Express—“The merits of the book are undoubtedly great. We recommend it to the attentive study of all who are interested in the subject of evolution.”

Aberdeen Free Press—“We do not doubt that the work will produce good fruit and attract considerable attention.”