N Naia haje, [91] — tripudians, [89], [91] Natural selection, [11], [59], [71], [79]-82, [93], [122], [131], [163], [181], [205] Naurang, [133] Neophron ginginianus, [5] — percnopterus, [22] Nicholson, [90] Night heron, [165]-70 Nuni-budi-gadu, [164] Nuthatch, chestnut-bellied, [173], [190] Nycticorax griseus, [165]
O Oates, [8], [16], [17], [117], [127], [234] Ochromela nigrirufa, [181] Œnopopelia tranquebarica, [16] Oriole, [172] Oriolus kundoo, [172] “Ornament of the Forest,” [118] Ornithological and other Oddities, [13] Orthotomus sutorius, [7], [16], [176], [253] Ospreys, American, [245], [246] Owen, Miss J. A., [80] Owlet, spotted, [73], [74], [75], [209] Owls, [36]-61, [130]
P Paddy bird, [111] Palæornis torquatus, [73], [74] Parker, Mr. H., [87] Parrot, green, [73], [74] Partridge, [70] Pastor roseus, [192]-6, [209] Pavo cristatus, [154] — muticus, [154] Peacock, [4], [40], [41], [154]-9 Perreau, Captain, [251] Pettifoggers, ornithological, [216] Phalacocorax carbo, [122], [123] — fuscicollis, [123] — javanicus, [123] Pharaoh’s chicken, [22] — rat, [98] Pharoe’s mouse, [98] Pheasant, Griff’s, [10] —, monal, [4] Pitta, the Indian, [132], [136] — brachyura, [132] Pliny, [94], [143] Ploceus baya, [7], [172] Plover, [171] —, spur-winged, [111] Polecat, [256] Porphyrio, the beautiful, [84]-8 — poliocephalus, [85] — veterum, [86] Poulton, Professor, [92] Prinia inornata, [7], [172] Priority, rule, [216] Protective colouration, [121], [142] Pugnacity, [142] Pyctorhis nasalis, [234] — sinensis, [176], [234] Pyrrhulauda grisea, [202]-7
Q Quail, [39]
R Rat-bird, [69] Ratel, Indian, [205] Redbreast, [247] Redstart, Indian, [160]-4 Rhamnus, [139] Rhipidura albifrontata, [174] Rynchope albicollis, [112] Robin, [46], [47] Robin, Indian, [204] Robinson, Kay, [101] —, Phil, [3], [33], [57], [143] Roller, [33], [75], [171] Rook, [107], [108] Roosting of bee-eaters, [51]-5
S Salvadori, [150] Sand-martin, [237], [254] — —, Indian, [237]-42 Sandpiper, common, [111], [114] Sanyal, Babu R. P., [98] Sath Bhai, [220], [228], [233] Scavengers, bird, [104], [105] — -in-waiting, [21]-7 Sciurus palmarum, [62]-7, [73] Screech owl, [256] Seagull, [104]-9 Selection, natural, [11], [59], [71], [79]-82, [93], [122], [131], [163], [181], [205] Selection, sexual, [157], [158], [163] Selous, Edmund, [71], [195], [196], [209] Selous, F. C., [60] “Seven Sisters,” [15], [117], [220], [233] Sexual dimorphism, [182] — selection, [157], [158], [163] Shama, [8] Shikra, [42], [97], [230], [248], [249] Shrike, [34], [45]-50 —, bay-backed, [49], [50] —, Indian grey, [48]-50 —, rufous-backed, [48]-50 Siphia hyperythra, [180] — parva, [180] Sirkeer cuckoo, [14] Sitta castaneiventris, [173] Skimmer, Indian, [112] Skunk, [204], [205] Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances, [10] Songbirds, [7] Songs of Birds, The, [58] “Son of the marshes,” [108] Sparrow, [255] — of Scripture, [18] — -hawk, [39], [40], [41], [218] Spectacle bird, [138] Speculum Mundi, [103] Spider, common garden, [175] Spizætus nepalensis, [42] Squirrel, Indian striped, [62], [67], [73], [212], [228] Stag beetle, [186] Starling, [8], [9] —, pied, [197]-201 —, rosy, [192]-6, [209] Sterna bergii, [113] — melanogaster, [112] — seena, [112] Sterndale, [95] Sturnopastor contra, [197], [201] — superciliaris, [199] Stolzman, [158] Stoparola albicaudata, [181] — melanops, [181] Stork, [166] Struggle for existence, [81] Sunbird, [4], [8], [175] Sunset, birds at, [253]-7 Swadeshi bird, [154]-9 Swallow, [45], [173] —, wire-tailed, [173] Swamp-hen, [84] Swan, [99]-103 Swan, black, [103] —, mute, [99]-102 Swift, [45], [173], [184], [190], [254]
T Taccocua leschenaulti, [14] Tailor bird, [7], [16], [176] Tamarix articulata, [72] Teesa, the, [32]-6 Terpsiphone, [179] Tern, [110]-15 —, black-bellied, [112] —, Indian river, [112] —, large crested, [113] —, whiskered, [112] Terry, Captain H., [124] Thamnobia cambaiensis, [204] Thayer, Mr., [204] The Evening Telegraph, [107] The Irish Naturalist, [109] The Yorkshire Gazette, [145] Thir-thira, [164] Thompson, Mr. Seton, [121] Thrush, [33], [230] —, laughing, [190] Thurston, Mr. Edgar, [85] Tickell, [128] Tillyer, [192] Temenuchus pagodarum, [16] Tit, [190], [238] Toad, [185], [186] Topsell, [94] Totanus hypoleucus, [111] Tower Menagerie, [98] Tree-creeper, [190] Tree-pie, Indian, [211], [231] Tristram, Canon, [86] Turtur cambayensis, [200]
U Ugly ducklings, [214]-19 Upupa indica, [76]
V Verditer flycatcher, [181], [182] Verri chinda, [227] Vulture, [105], [254] —, scavenger, [5]
W Wagtail, [241] —, grey, [31] —, grey-headed, [31] —, masked, [31] —, pied, [29], [30] —, white, [31] Wagtails, Indian, [28]-31 Wallace, [84], [158], [183] Wallaceism, [81] Warbler, [239] Warning colouration, [79], [204] Watson, Mr. H. E., [102] Weaver-bird, [7], [172] White ants, [188] White-browed fantail flycatcher, [174] White-eye, Indian, [8], [137]-42, [176], [190], [238] Williams, Mr. W. J., [109] Woodpecker, [190] Wren-warbler, [7], [172] —, rufous-fronted, [174]