It is a source of great satisfaction to me to learn that this little book, notwithstanding its shortcomings, has enabled many people to learn the names of the common birds that live around them.
D. DEWAR.
Ghazipur, U.P., India,
1919.
CONTENTS
PAGE [Preface] 5 [Preface to Second Edition] 14 PART I [A. Hindustani Names of Common Birds] 19 [B. Classification According to Structural Peculiarities] 23 [I. Bills] 23 [II. Crest] 24 [III. Legs] 25 [IV. Tail] 26 [V. Sexual Dimorphism] 29 [C. Classification According to Colour] 31 [I. Black] 32 [II. Blue] 42 [III. Brown] 44 [IV. Coffee or Fawn Colour] 52 [V. Green] 53 [VI. Grey] 54 [VII. Pink] 56 [VIII. Red] 57 [IX. White] 61 [X. Yellow] 65 [XI. Birds of Many Colours] 68 [D. Classification According to Habits] 69 [I. Birds having remarkable cries] 70 [II. Birds whose nests are likely to be found in any garden in the plains] 75 [III. Birds that habitually sit on exposed perches] 78 [IV. Birds that go about in flocks] 79 [V. Flight] 81 [VI. Feeding habits] 82 [VII. Birds which habitually carry the tail almost vertically] 85 PART II [Descriptive List of the Common Birds of the Plains of India] 89 [Index to Descriptive List] 229
PART I
[A. Hindustani Names of Common Birds] [B. Classification according to Structural Peculiarities] [C. Classification according to Colour] [D. Classification according to Habits]
A. HINDUSTANI NAMES OF COMMON BIRDS
In all cases the number in brackets which follows the name of a bird is the number of the bird in the Descriptive List that composes Part II of this book.