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]