CONTENTS
PAGE [I. Of Indian Birds in General] 3 [II. Respectable Cuckoos] 9 [III. The Brown Rock-Chat] 16 [IV. The Scavenger-in-Waiting] 21 [V. Indian Wagtails] 28 [VI. The Teesa] 32 [VII. Falconry in India] 37 [VIII. Hawks in Miniature] 45 [IX. The Roosting of the Bee-Eaters] 51 [X. Owls] 56 [XI. A Bundle of Iniquity] 62 [XII. The Interpretation of the Actions of Animals] 68 [XIII. At the Sign of the Farash] 72 [XIV. The Coot] 78 [XV. The Beautiful Porphyrio] 84 [XVI. The Cobra] 89 [XVII. The Mungoose] 94 [XVIII. The Swan] 99 [XIX. Kites of the Sea] 104 [XX. River Terns] 110 [XXI. Green Bulbuls] 116 [XXII. Cormorants] 121 [XXIII. A Melodious Drongo] 126 [XXIV. The Indian Pitta] 132 [XXV. The Indian White-eye] 137 [XXVI. Goosey, Goosey Gander] 143 [XXVII. Geese in India] 149 [XXVIII. A Swadeshi Bird] 154 [XXIX. The Indian Redstart] 160 [XXX. The Night Heron] 165 [XXXI. The Cement of Bird Masons] 171 [XXXII. Indian Fly-Catchers] 178 [XXXIII. Insect Hunters] 184 [XXXIV. The Rosy Starling] 192 [XXXV. The Pied Starling] 197 [XXXVI. A Bird of the Open Plain] 202 [XXXVII. Birds in the Cotton Tree] 208 [XXXVIII. Ugly Ducklings] 214 [XXXIX. Babbler Brotherhoods] 220 [XL. The Mad Babbler] 227 [XLI. The Yellow-eyed Babbler] 233 [XLII. The Indian Sand-Martin] 237 [XLIII. The Education of Young Birds] 243 [XLIV. Birds at Sunset] 253 [Glossary] 261 [Index] 265