INDEX
A Ablak, [197] Accentor modularis, [231] Accipiter nisus, [39] Acridotheres fuscus, [190] — tristis, [41], [76], [171], [198] Actions of animals, interpretation of, [68]-71 Adam, Mr. R. M., [20] Adaptability to climate of birds, [241] Adjutant, [5], [6] Æsalon regulus, [42] Aitken, Mr. Benjamin, [36], [48] Alphéraky, [151] Alseonax latirostris, [179] Amadavat, [97] Ammomanes, [203] — phœnicura, [207] Anas anser, [150] Anderson, Mr. A., [140], [141], [159], [207], [223] Anser cinereus, [150] — ferus, [150] — rubirostris, [151] Arachnechthra asiatica, [176] — lotenia, [175] Ardeola grayii, [111] Argya caudata, [69] — malcomi, [227], [229], [231] Arnold, Sir Edwin, [220] Astur badius, [42] — palabarius, [38] Athene brama, [73], [209]
B Babbler, [14], [117], [190], [220]-6 —, brotherhoods, [220]-6 —, common, [69], [70], [214]-9 —, large grey, [227]-32 —, mad, [227]-32 —, yellow-eyed, [176], [233]-6 Baker, Mr. E. C. Stuart, [119] Ball, Mr., [142] Bank myna, [210] Barbet, [116] Barrington, [246] Bates, [183] Bateson, [123] Baynes, Mr. E. H., [245], [246] Bee-eater, little green, [4], [33], [51]-5, [184], [254] Bennet, [98] Bhairi, [41] Bhimraj, [8], [126], [129] Bird of the open plain, [202]-7 Birds and Man, [146], [239] Bird Watching, [71] Blackbird, [33] Blackwall, Mr. John, [247] Blanford, Dr., [8], [10], [14], [26], [84], [85], [95], [156] Bligh, [135] “Blue jay,” [4], [75], [171] Bombax malabaricum, [208] Bombay Ducks, [133] Brachypternus aurantius, [74] Brahminy duck, [149], [150], [153] — myna, [16] Brain-fever bird, [223] Bubulcus coromandus, [189] Bulbul, [212], [248], [249], [253] —, green, [116]-20 Burroughs, John, [4], [46] Butastur teesa, [32]-6 Butcher bird, [34], [45]-50 Butler, [143] Butler, Colonel, [20], [113] Buzzard, [47] —, white-eyed, [32]-6
C Canary, [249], [250], [251] Casarca rutila, [149] Casque, [5] Cement of bird masons, [171]-7 Centropus intermedius, [14] — maximus, [14] — phasianus, [11] — rufipennis, [14], [111] — sinensis, [10] Cercomela fusca, [16] — melanura, [18] Chaffinch, [247] Chat, brown rock-, [16]-20 Chelidon urbica, [173] Chilian wigeon, [109] Chinkara, [42] Chloropsis, [117], [118], [120] — Jerdoni, [118] —, Jerdon’s, [118] —, Malabar, [118] — malabarica, [118] Cholum bird, [192] Clare, [24] Climate, adaptability of birds to, [241] Clubs, bird, [223] Cobra, [89]-93 Cobweb, [174]-7 Coccystis jacobinus, [231] Colouration, protective, [121], [142] —, warning, [79], [204] Coot, [78]-83 —, purple, [84]-8 Coppersmith, [74], [212], [213] Copsychus saularis, [253] Coracias indica, [75], [171] Corby, [211], [212], [242] Cormorant, [40], [121], [125] Corporate action, [195] Corvus macrorhynchus, [211], [230], [242] — splendens, [4], [118], [211], [228], [242] Cotile riparia, [237] — sinensis, [237], [241], [254] Cotton tree, birds in the, [208]-13 Coucal, [10], [11], [12], [13], [91] —, Southern Chinese, [13] Cow-bird, [9] Cowper, [23], [106] Crab, [113] Crane, [144], [167] Crateropus canorus, [215], [221], [253] Crocodile, [94] Crotalaria juncea, [141] Crow, [14], [24], [25], [26], [41], [42], [64], [65], [107], [112], [136], [165], [168], [169], [171], [189], [211], [212], [228], [230], [242], [255] Crow-pheasant, [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [91], [111] Cuckoo, [9]-15, [161], [171] —, lark-heeled, [10] —, pied crested, [231], [232] — -shrike, [190] —, sirkeer, [14] Culicapa ceylonensis, [179] Cunningham, Colonel, [10], [26], [92], [197], [200], [222] Cygnus olor, [99]-103 Cyornis superciliaris, [181] Cyornis tickelli, [181]
D Darwin, [131], [157], [158], [183] Dendrocitta rufa, [211], [231] Devil bird, [164] De Vries, [122] Dhouli, [128] Dichoceros bicornis, [5] Dicrurus ater, [126], [172], [189], [200], [228], [253] — cærulescens, [127], [128] — leucopygialis, [127], [128] Diodorus Siculus, [98] Dirt bird, [220] Dissemurus paradiseus, [126] Donald, Mr. C. H., [34], [35] Dove, [33], [171] —, little brown, [200] —, red turtle, [16] Drongo, large racket-tailed, [126] —, melodious, [126]-31 —, white-bellied, [126]-31 —, white-vented, [126]-31
E Eagle, [32], [45], [46], [47] Ear of owl, [61] Education of birds, [243]-52 Egret, [189] “Eha,” [11], [78], [117], [212], [217] Epeira diadema, [175] Evans, Mr., [58] Eyes of owl, [58]-60 Eyesight of birds, [239]
F Falcon, [33], [42], [45] Falcon, peregrine, [41], [42] Falconry, [37]-44 Falco peregrinus, [41] Farash, at the sign of the, [72]-7 Fayrer, Captain, [133] Finch-lark, [202]-7 —, ashy-crowned, [202]-7 —, rufous-tailed, [207] Finn, Mr. Frank, [13], [14], [26], [80], [85], [119], [142], [167], [198] Fly-catcher, [45], [46], [185], [237] —, black and orange, [181] —, brown, [179] —, European red-breasted, [180] —, fan-tailed, [8], [174], [179], [182] —, grey-headed, [179] —, Indian, [178]-83 — —, red-breasted, [180] —, Nilgiri blue, [181] —, paradise, [179], [181], [182] —, Tickell’s blue, [181] —, verditer, [181] —, white-browed blue, [181] Fowler, Mr. Warde, [28] Franklinia buchanani, [174]
G Gamecocks, [163] Garden and Aviary Birds of India, [119] Gazella bennetti, [42] Gecko, [186] Glead, [24], [27] Golabi maina, [192] Goldfinch, [33] Goose, [143]-53 —, barred-headed, [151], [153] —, grey lag, [150], [151] Goshawk, [38], [40], [41] Grackle, [65] Green birds, [116] Green bulbul, [116]-20 — pigeon, [116] Grus antigone, [144] Gull, [104]-9, [113]
H Handbook on the Management of Animals in Captivity, [98] Hatchell, Mr. D. G., [135] Hawk, [33], [34], [37], [45] —, dark-eyed, [38] —, long-winged, [38] —, short-winged, [38] —, yellow-eyed, [38] — -cuckoo, [221], [223] — -eagle, [42] Hawking, [37]-44 Hedge-sparrow, [231] Henderson, Dr., [135] Herbert, [143] Heron, [166], [167], [171] —, night, [165]-70 Herpestes griseus, [96] — ichneumon, [98] — mungo, [96] Hierococcyx varius, [221], [223] Hirundo rustica, [173] — smithii, [173] Hodgson, [216] Honeysucker, Loten’s, [175] Hooper swan, [103] Hoopoe, [43], [76], [241], [253] Hoplopterus ventralis, [111] Hornbill, great, [5], [6], [174] Hôtel des Oiseaux, [73], [77] How to Know the Indian Waders, [167] Hudson, Mr. W. H., [3], [119], [146], [239] Hume, [12], [13], [19], [87], [136], [159], [174], [206], [207], [223], [236] Hurdis, [22], [23] Hutton, [139] Hydrochelidon hybrida, [112]
I Ichneumon, [94] Injury-feigning instinct, [70]-1 Insect hunters, [184]-91 Instinct, nest-building, [249]-50
J Javan peafowl, [154] Jefferies, Richard, [209] Jerdon, [13], [16], [26], [84], [96], [117], [128], [134], [135], [154], [198], [203], [229], [230], [234], [235] Jesse, [17] Johnston, Sir H., [117] Jowaree bird, [192], [195]
K King crow, [4], [25], [33], [126]-31, [184], [189], [190], [228], [253] Kingfisher, white-breasted, [4] Kingsley, Charles, [7] Kipling, Lockwood, [6] Kite, [21]-7, [105], [106], [254] Kites of the sea, [104]-9
L Lanius erythronotus, [48]-50 — lahtora, [48], [50] — vittatus, [50] Larders, shrikes’, [49] Lark, [33] Legge, [87], [127], [129], [130], [138] Leptoptilus dubius, [5] Lilford, Lord, [109] Linnæus, [216] Linnet, [33] Livy, [143] Lizard, [186]-8 Long, Mr. W. J., [243], [246], [248] Loten’s honeysucker, [175] Love-bird, grey-headed, [251], [252]
M Macaulay, [24] Madar plant, [141] Magpie-robin, [8], [253] Martin, Indian Sand-, [237]-42 McMaster, [96], [97] Mellivora indica, [205] Merlin, [42], [43] Merops viridis, [51]-5, [254] Michelet, [46], [47], [246], [249], [256], [257] Milvus govinda, [21] Mimicry, [11], [183] Minivet, [190] Motacilla alba, [31] — borealis, [31] — impersonata, [31] — maderaspatensis, [29] — melanope, [31] Muller, [183] Multiplication, checks on, [131] Mungoose, [94]-8 Myna, [41], [64], [76], [184], [189], [198], [200], [254] — bank, [190], [210] — Brahminy, [16], [210] — hill, [65]
N Naia haje, [91] — tripudians, [89], [91] Natural selection, [11], [59], [71], [79]-82, [93], [122], [131], [163], [181], [205] Naurang, [133] Neophron ginginianus, [5] — percnopterus, [22] Nicholson, [90] Night heron, [165]-70 Nuni-budi-gadu, [164] Nuthatch, chestnut-bellied, [173], [190] Nycticorax griseus, [165]
O Oates, [8], [16], [17], [117], [127], [234] Ochromela nigrirufa, [181] Œnopopelia tranquebarica, [16] Oriole, [172] Oriolus kundoo, [172] “Ornament of the Forest,” [118] Ornithological and other Oddities, [13] Orthotomus sutorius, [7], [16], [176], [253] Ospreys, American, [245], [246] Owen, Miss J. A., [80] Owlet, spotted, [73], [74], [75], [209] Owls, [36]-61, [130]
P Paddy bird, [111] Palæornis torquatus, [73], [74] Parker, Mr. H., [87] Parrot, green, [73], [74] Partridge, [70] Pastor roseus, [192]-6, [209] Pavo cristatus, [154] — muticus, [154] Peacock, [4], [40], [41], [154]-9 Perreau, Captain, [251] Pettifoggers, ornithological, [216] Phalacocorax carbo, [122], [123] — fuscicollis, [123] — javanicus, [123] Pharaoh’s chicken, [22] — rat, [98] Pharoe’s mouse, [98] Pheasant, Griff’s, [10] —, monal, [4] Pitta, the Indian, [132], [136] — brachyura, [132] Pliny, [94], [143] Ploceus baya, [7], [172] Plover, [171] —, spur-winged, [111] Polecat, [256] Porphyrio, the beautiful, [84]-8 — poliocephalus, [85] — veterum, [86] Poulton, Professor, [92] Prinia inornata, [7], [172] Priority, rule, [216] Protective colouration, [121], [142] Pugnacity, [142] Pyctorhis nasalis, [234] — sinensis, [176], [234] Pyrrhulauda grisea, [202]-7
Q Quail, [39]
R Rat-bird, [69] Ratel, Indian, [205] Redbreast, [247] Redstart, Indian, [160]-4 Rhamnus, [139] Rhipidura albifrontata, [174] Rynchope albicollis, [112] Robin, [46], [47] Robin, Indian, [204] Robinson, Kay, [101] —, Phil, [3], [33], [57], [143] Roller, [33], [75], [171] Rook, [107], [108] Roosting of bee-eaters, [51]-5
S Salvadori, [150] Sand-martin, [237], [254] — —, Indian, [237]-42 Sandpiper, common, [111], [114] Sanyal, Babu R. P., [98] Sath Bhai, [220], [228], [233] Scavengers, bird, [104], [105] — -in-waiting, [21]-7 Sciurus palmarum, [62]-7, [73] Screech owl, [256] Seagull, [104]-9 Selection, natural, [11], [59], [71], [79]-82, [93], [122], [131], [163], [181], [205] Selection, sexual, [157], [158], [163] Selous, Edmund, [71], [195], [196], [209] Selous, F. C., [60] “Seven Sisters,” [15], [117], [220], [233] Sexual dimorphism, [182] — selection, [157], [158], [163] Shama, [8] Shikra, [42], [97], [230], [248], [249] Shrike, [34], [45]-50 —, bay-backed, [49], [50] —, Indian grey, [48]-50 —, rufous-backed, [48]-50 Siphia hyperythra, [180] — parva, [180] Sirkeer cuckoo, [14] Sitta castaneiventris, [173] Skimmer, Indian, [112] Skunk, [204], [205] Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances, [10] Songbirds, [7] Songs of Birds, The, [58] “Son of the marshes,” [108] Sparrow, [255] — of Scripture, [18] — -hawk, [39], [40], [41], [218] Spectacle bird, [138] Speculum Mundi, [103] Spider, common garden, [175] Spizætus nepalensis, [42] Squirrel, Indian striped, [62], [67], [73], [212], [228] Stag beetle, [186] Starling, [8], [9] —, pied, [197]-201 —, rosy, [192]-6, [209] Sterna bergii, [113] — melanogaster, [112] — seena, [112] Sterndale, [95] Sturnopastor contra, [197], [201] — superciliaris, [199] Stolzman, [158] Stoparola albicaudata, [181] — melanops, [181] Stork, [166] Struggle for existence, [81] Sunbird, [4], [8], [175] Sunset, birds at, [253]-7 Swadeshi bird, [154]-9 Swallow, [45], [173] —, wire-tailed, [173] Swamp-hen, [84] Swan, [99]-103 Swan, black, [103] —, mute, [99]-102 Swift, [45], [173], [184], [190], [254]
T Taccocua leschenaulti, [14] Tailor bird, [7], [16], [176] Tamarix articulata, [72] Teesa, the, [32]-6 Terpsiphone, [179] Tern, [110]-15 —, black-bellied, [112] —, Indian river, [112] —, large crested, [113] —, whiskered, [112] Terry, Captain H., [124] Thamnobia cambaiensis, [204] Thayer, Mr., [204] The Evening Telegraph, [107] The Irish Naturalist, [109] The Yorkshire Gazette, [145] Thir-thira, [164] Thompson, Mr. Seton, [121] Thrush, [33], [230] —, laughing, [190] Thurston, Mr. Edgar, [85] Tickell, [128] Tillyer, [192] Temenuchus pagodarum, [16] Tit, [190], [238] Toad, [185], [186] Topsell, [94] Totanus hypoleucus, [111] Tower Menagerie, [98] Tree-creeper, [190] Tree-pie, Indian, [211], [231] Tristram, Canon, [86] Turtur cambayensis, [200]
U Ugly ducklings, [214]-19 Upupa indica, [76]
V Verditer flycatcher, [181], [182] Verri chinda, [227] Vulture, [105], [254] —, scavenger, [5]
W Wagtail, [241] —, grey, [31] —, grey-headed, [31] —, masked, [31] —, pied, [29], [30] —, white, [31] Wagtails, Indian, [28]-31 Wallace, [84], [158], [183] Wallaceism, [81] Warbler, [239] Warning colouration, [79], [204] Watson, Mr. H. E., [102] Weaver-bird, [7], [172] White ants, [188] White-browed fantail flycatcher, [174] White-eye, Indian, [8], [137]-42, [176], [190], [238] Williams, Mr. W. J., [109] Woodpecker, [190] Wren-warbler, [7], [172] —, rufous-fronted, [174]
X Xantholæma hæmatocephala, [74]
Y Yellowhammer, [33] Yellow Ribbon Army, [218]
Z Zosterops palpebrosa, [137]-42, [176]
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