IV. BIRDS WHICH ARE ALMOST INVARIABLY FOUND IN FLOCKS, EXCEPT WHEN NESTING
1. The Babblers ([7]-[9]). (Small flocks of seven or eight.) 2. The Indian White-eye ([12]). 3. The Nuthatches ([23] and [24]). 4. The Minivets ([39]-[41]). (Small flocks.) 5. The Cuckoo-Shrikes ([42] and [43]). (Small flocks.) 6. The Rose-coloured Starling ([48]). (Very large flocks.) 7. The Indian Starling ([49]). 8. The Grey-headed Myna ([50]). (Small flocks.) (The other species of Myna frequently, but by no means invariably, congregate in flocks.) 9. The Weaver Birds ([70]-[73]). (Small flocks.) 10. The Munias ([74]-[79]). (Especially the Red Munia.) 11. The Common Rose-Finch ([80]). 12. The Buntings ([83]-[85]). (Feed on the ripening grain.) 13. The Hornbills ([121] and [122]). (Small flocks.) 14. The Swifts ([124] and [125]). 15. The Green Parrots ([132]-[134]). 16. The Spotted Owlet ([135]). (Very small flocks; probably family parties.) 17. The Vultures ([141]-[143]). (Only when feeding on a carcase.) 18. The Common Peafowl ([170]). (Small parties.) 19. The Common and Demoiselle Cranes ([177] and [179]). (The Saras Crane never goes in flocks.) 20. The Plovers ([185] and [186]). 21. The Little Stint ([195]). 22. The Indian Skimmer ([206]). 23. The Spoonbill ([215]). 24. The Cattle Egret ([223]). 25. The Night Heron ([225]). 26. The Common Flamingo ([226]). 27. The Geese ([227] and [228]). 28. The Shoveller ([230]). 29. Many of the Gulls and Terns go about in flocks.