M Magpie, [68]-72 Magpie-robin, [84] Mallard, [8] Malvolio, [31] Martin, [100], [110] Merlin, [6] Merops, emerald, [208]-212 Merops philippinus, [212] Merops viridis, [208]-212 Milk, pigeon’s, [131] Minah, brahminy, [166] Minivet, [161] Molpastes, [229]-234 Molpastes hæmorrhous, [231] Molpastes indicus, [231] Molpastes intermedius, [231] Monarch, dethroned, [173]-177 Motacilla maderaspatensis, [26] Munia, red, [45]-51 Munia, spotted, [52]-55 Myna, [1], [40], [84], [86], [94]-98, [181], [197]
N Natural Selection, [23], [24], [42], [105], [109], [129], [202]-207, [232], [234] Neo-Darwinian School, [124], [128] Nest, sanitation of, [224] Nests, birds in their, [224]-228 Nests, edible birds’, [102] Newman, Mr. T. H., [75] Nutmeg bird, [52]-55
O Oates, [158] Œnopopelia tranquebarica, [128] Oriole, black-headed, [135] Oriole, Indian, [13], [134]-139 Oriolus kundoo, [135] Oriolus melanocephalus, [135] Orthotomus, [222] Orthotomus sutorius, [62]-67, [219] Otocompsa, [229]-34 Otocompsa emeria, [231] Otocompsa fuscicaudata, [231] Owl, barn, [3], [140]-144 Owl, screech, [144] Owl, white, [141], [142] Owlet, spotted, [94], [142]
P Paddy bird, [115], [116] Palæornis nepalensis, [194] Palæornis torquatus, [194] Palm swift, [101] Paradise flycatcher, [13], [81], [150]-162 Parakeet, [1] Parental instinct, [27], [104] Paroquet, Alexandrine, [194] Paroquet, rose-ringed, [194] Parrot, [95], [184] Parrot catching, [194] Parrot, green, [88], [166], [190]-196, [197] Parrot, West African, [195] Partridge, grey, [90]-93, [166] Passer domesticus, [2], [75], [76] Peacock, [42]-44 Peafowl, [93] Pearson, Professor, [42], [44] Peregrine falcon, [6] Pericrocotus peregrinus, [161] Pheasant, [92], [144] Photography, difficulties of bird, [225] Pica rustica, [68] Pie, tree, [68]-72 Pigeon, [6], [133], [134], [184] Pintail, [8] Pinto, Mr. G. A., [63], [64], [66], [158] Pipit, [7] Playing cuckoo, [111]-116 Ploceus baya, [183], [219] Plover, Kentish, [9] Plover, ringed, [9] Pochard, white-eyed, [171] Prinia inornata, [219] Prinia socialis, [222] Protective colouration, [59], [93], [128]
R Rain, birds in the, [178]-182 Raven, [3], [4] Red munia, [46]-51, [52]-54 Redshank, [9] Reid, [74], [222] Rhipidura albifrontata, [146], [158] Robin, Indian, [128] Robin redbreast, [1], [107] Rock chat, brown, [130] Roller, [12] Rook, [4], [5]
S Salvadori, [74] Sandpiper, [9] Sanyal, Babu, [38], [39] Sarciophorus malabaricus, [57] Sarcogrammus indicus, [56] Sarus, [35]-39 Selection, feminine, [160], [161] Selection, natural, [23], [24], [42], [105], [109], [129], [202]-207, [232], [234] Selection, sexual, [42], [160], [161], [205]-207 “Seven sisters,” [1] Sexual dimorphism, [80], [81], [128], [156] Sexual selection, [42], [160], [161], [205]-207 Shikra, [175] Shrike, [164]-167 Shrike, bay-backed, [165] Shrike, Indian grey-backed, [165] Shrike, rufous-backed, [165] Shoveller, [8] Sisters, seven, [1] Skylark, [5] Skylark, Indian, [5] Smell, sense of, in birds, [123] Smith, Mr. Bosworth, [141] Snipe, full, [8] Snipe, Jack, [8] Sparrow, [2], [3], [16]-22, [75], [76], [143], [197]-201 Sparrow, hedge, [185] Sparrow-hawk, [6], [166], [175], [200] Spectator, [168], [169] Spice bird, [52]-55 Sporæginthus amandava, [46] Spotted-bill duck, [171] Spotted owlet, [94] Sprinter, feathered, [89]-94 Stability of species, [40]-45 Starling, [88], [106] Stint, [9] Stork, [35], [36] Strix flammea, [3], [141] Strix javanica, [141] Sunbird, [78]-83 Surniculus lugubris, [202]-207 Swallow, [84], [99], [100] Swift, [84], [99]-103
T Tailor-bird, [62]-67, [137], [219] Teal, [8] Terminology, ornithological, [73] Terpsiphone paradisi, [81], [156] Tetrao scoticus, [1] Thamnobia cambayensis, [128], [130] Think, Do animals? [213]-218 Thirst of young birds, assuaging of, [225]-228 Thorndike, Professor, [214] Thrush, [1], [105], [106] Tit, blue, [1] Tragedy, tree-top, [145]-149 Tree creeper, [84] Turkey, [93] Turtle dove, red, [128] Turtur cambayensis, [125] Turtur decaocta, [74], [75] Turtur risorius, [74], [75], [124] Turtur suratensis, [124]
U Uroloncha pundulata, [52]