Part 22

Shoveller. See Duck

Shrike, 38, 50, 68, 89, 108, 123, 142, 182 --bay-backed (Lanius vittatus), 51 --large grey (Lanius lahtora), 21, 32, 50 --rufous-backed (Lanius erythronotus), 51

Skimmer, Indian (Rhynchops albicollis), 57

Skylark. See Lark

Snake-bird (Plotus melanogaster), 3, 133, 135, 142, 183

Snipe, 3, 64, 139, 158, 172, 184, 192 --fantail or full (Gallinago coelestis), 140 --jack (Gallinago gallinula), 140 --pintail (Gallinago stenura), 139

Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 54, 89, 108, 123, 185 --yellow-throated (Gymnorhis flavicollis), 43, 73, 89, 157, 172

Spoonbill, 135, 142

Starling, 3, 172, 182 --pied (Sternopastor contra), 77, 94, 107, 124, 138, 142, 155, 168 --rosy (Pastor roseus), 36, 40, 139

Stork, 171, 184 --black-necked (Xenorhynchus asiaticus), 176, 186, 193 --white-necked (Dissura episcopus), 113, 124, 135, 142

Sunbird, purple (Arachnechthra asiatica), 3, 6, 8, 20, 24, 36, 43, 44, 65, 68, 89, 106, 108, 123, 156, 157, 170, 172, 182, 185, 191

Swallow, 172, 182, 184 --Indian cliff (Hirundo fluvicola), 17, 22, 44, 68, 89, 133, 140, 197 --wire-tailed (Hirundo smithii), 54, 68, 89, 108, 124, 125, 142

Swift (Cypselus indicus), 54, 68, 89, 108, 123, 142, 182, 184

Tailor-bird (Orthotomus sutorius), 5, 59, 65, 72, 82, 89, 108, 124, 169, 182

Teal, 3, 64, 143, 171, 183 --cotton (Nettopus coromandelianus), 121, 135, 148 --garganey or blue-winged (Querquedula circia), 139, 159, 171 --whistling (Dendocygna javanica), 185

Tern, 57, 68, 142, 184 --black-bellied (Sterna melanogaster), 57 --river, (Sterna seena), 57

Thrush, blue rock (Petrophila cyanus), 192 --Himalayan whistling (Myophoneus temmincki), 193 --small-billed mountain (Oreocincla dauma), 192

Tit, green-backed (Parus monticola), 192

Vulture, 21, 159, 183 --Pondicherry or black (Otogyps calvus), 26, 44, 68, 88 --scavenger (Neophron ginginianus), 56, 68, 89 --white-backed (Pseudogyps bengalensis), 9, 68, 186, 193

Wagtail, 156, 157, 167, 172, 173, 182, 183, 184 --grey (Motacilla melanope), 158 --masked (Motacilla personata), 158 --pied (Motacilla maderaspatensis), 59, 65, 74, 89 --white (Motacilla alba), 158 --white-faced (Motacilla leucopsis), 158

Warbler, 139, 156, 181, 185, 191 --ashy wren (Prinia socialis), 124, 132, 142 --flycatcher (Cryptolopha xanthoschista), 192 --Indian wren (Prinia inornata), 48, 68, 108, 124, 131, 142 --reed (Acrocephalus stentoreus), 184

Water-hen, white-breasted (Gallinula phoenicura), 98, 124, 133, 146

Weaver-bird or baya (Ploceus baya), 114, 127, 142, 163, 176

Whimbrel, 184

White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosa), 5, 65, 71, 89, 108, 123, 180, 182, 185

Widgeon. See Duck

Woodpecker, golden-backed (Brachypternus aurantius), 5, 53, 68, 89, 106, 108, 121, 182 --pied (Liopicus mahrattensis), 28, 44, 53, 68, 89, 182

Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus), 7, 32, 51, 65, 68, 89, 170, 182, 185