Sath Bhai. Any of the various species of Crateropus babblers.
Shikari. One who goes out shooting or hunting.
Swadeshi. A jingoistic term meaning Indian.
Terai. Lit., moist land. A low-lying tract of land running along the foot of the Himalayas.
Tope. A grove of trees.
Topi. A sun-helmet.
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]