Shikari. (1) The man who goes hunting or shooting. (2) The native who accompanies him and directs the beat.
Terai. Lit. “Moist land.” A marshy tract of land about twelve miles broad, between the Bhabar and the plains proper. It is low-lying.
Tiffin. Lunch.
Topi. A sun-helmet.
With the exception of British Birds in the Plains of India, which appeared in The Civil and Military Gazette, and The Indian Corby, Birds in the Rain, and Do Animals Think? which came out in The Times of India, the articles which compose this book made their debût in one or other of the following papers: The Madras Mail, The Indian Field, The Englishman.
The author takes this opportunity of thanking the editors of the above-named newspapers for permission to reproduce these essays.
INDEX
[A] · [B] · [C] · [D] · [E] · [F] · [G] · [H] · [I] · [J] · [K] · [L] · [M] · [N] · [O] · [P] · [Q] · [R] · [S] · [T] · [U] · [V] · [W] · X · Y · Z
A Acridotheres tristis, [94] Adjutant, [29]-35 Aitken, Mr. Benjamin, [165] Aitken, Mr. E. H., [100], [164] Alauda arvensis, [5] Alauda gulgula, [5] Alcedo ispida, [5] Amadavat, [17], [20], [46]-51, [52], [165] Anderson, Mr. A., [126] Aquila chrysætus, [175] Aquila vindhiana, [175] Arachnechthra asiatica, [79], [80] Arachnechthra lotenia, [79] Arachnechthra zeylonica, [80] Ardea cinerea, [6] Ardeola grayii, [115] Argya caudata, [127] Athene brama, [24], [142] Automata, birds as, [104]-110 Avicultural Society’s Magazine, [74]
B Babbler, [181] Babbler, common, [127] Babbler, striated bush-, [127] Barnes, [74] Baya, [183]-189, [219], [221] Bee-eater, blue-tailed, [212] Bee-eater, little green, [208]-212 Bingham, Major C.T., [210] Biology, dogmatism of, [129] Blackbird, [1], [107] Blackwell, Mr., [110] Blanford, [203] “Blue Jay,” [10]-15, [84] Blyth, [30] Bonelli’s eagle, [175] Bottle bird, [185] Brachypternus aurantius, [86] Brain-fever bird, [117] Bulbul, [1], [166], [229]-234 Bulbul, black, [229] Bulbul, green, [229] Bulbul, red-vented, [229]-234 Bulbul, red-whiskered, [228]-234 Bulbul, white-browed, [229] Burroughs, Mr. John, [213] Butcher bird, [163]-167 Butler, Colonel, [211] Buzzard, [6] Buzzard, white-eyed, [176]