Part 24

INDEX

A Accipiter nisus, 70, 164 Acridotheres ginginianus, 53, 113, 225-30 — tristis, 113, 225-30, 241 Adam, Mr. R. M., 222 Adams, 77 Adjutant, 86 Aegithina tiphia, 213 Aesalon chicquera, 117-20 — regulus, 116, 117, 164 Aitken, Mr. James, 154, 155 Alaudarius, Tinnunculus, 164 Alba, Herodias, 38 —, Motacilla, 162 Albifrontata, Rhipidura, 4, 214 Albinos, 42 Anas boscas, 64 — poecilorhyncha, 40, 64 Anastomus oscitans, 45 Anthus rufulus, 6 Antigone, Grus, 38, 197-203 Aquila bifasciata, 164 — vindhiana, 163 Arachnechthra asiatica, 3, 99, 218-224 — lotenia, 218 — zeylonica, 218 Ardea cinerea, 38 Ardeola grayii, 85, 106-15 Argya caudata, 65 — malcomi, 51 Asiatica, Arachnechthra, 3, 99, 218-24 Asiaticus, Caprimulgus, 253 Astur badius, 70, 164 Ater, Dicrurus, 8, 41, 227, 236 Athene brama, 246 Aurantius, Brachypternus, 8 Auriceps, Dendrocopus, 33 Avocet, 44 Avocetta, Recurvirostra, 44

B Babbler, grey, 51 — jungle, 51 — white-headed, 212 Badius, Astur, 70 Bajra, 178 Baker, Stuart, 50, 91 Bamboo sparrow, 77 Banjo-bill, 44 Bank myna, 53, 113, 182, 225-30, 235 Banta, Mr., 242, 243 Barbet, green, 8, 19 Barn owl, 248 — swallow, 151 Barred-headed goose, 160 Batassiensis, Tachornis, 215 Batesian mimicry, 239 Baya, Ploceus, 180 Bay-backed shrike, 213 Bee-eater, 6, 19, 98, 213, 215, 244 — blue-tailed, 98, 156 — little green, 98, 156 Belenois mesentina, 241 Bengalensis, Bubo, 248 —, Pseudogyps, 6, 60 Bingham, Col. C. T., 240 Biology, peculiar position of, 238 Birds and Butterflies, 238-45 “Birds of Calcutta,” 224 “Birds of the Plains,” 222 Birostris, Lophoceros, 86-90 Black-bellied tern, 40, 216 Blackbird, 211 —, Brewer, 242 Black bulbul, 49 Blackcap, 211 Black-headed bunting, 179 Black-winged kite, 165 Blanford, Dr., 66, 223 “Blue jay,” 119, 182, 216 Blyth, 77, 123 “Bombay Ducks,” 55 Bonner, 57 Bourdillon, Mr. T. F., 17 Brachypternus aurantius, 8 Brachyura, Pitta, 19 Brahmany duck, 161 — kite, 212 — myna, 212, 217 Brain-fever bird, 51, 80, 249 Brarna, Athene, 246 Brassicae, Pieris, 241 Brewer blackbird, 242 Brown fish owl, 175 Brown-fronted pied woodpecker, 33 Brown tree snake, 144 Bryden, Mr. A. H., 236 Bubo bengalensis, 248 Bubulcus coromandus, 45 Buchanani, Emberiza, 179 Bulbul, 146, 147 — (nightingale), 146 — basta, 147 — black, 49 — bostha, 147 — kola, 49 —, red-vented, 163, 212 —, red-whiskered, 4, 130-44 Bulbuls’ nests, 130-44 Bulbul, white-browed, 212 — white-eared, 163 Bunting, 178-81 — black-headed, 179, 180 Bunting, grey-necked, 178, 180 — red-headed, 179, 180 Bush chat, 182 Bush-lark, 212 Butcher-bird, 182, 213 Butreron, 130 Butterflies, Birds and, 238-45 Buzzard, long-legged, 163

C Caerulus, Elanus, 165 Californica, Eugonia, 242 Calvus, Otogyps, 60, 235 Cambaiensis, Thamnobia, 8, 162 Candidus, Himantopus, 45 Canorus, Crateropus, 51, 252 —, Cuculus, 50, 53, 116 Caprimulgus asiaticus, 253 — macrurus, 253 Carpodacus erythrinus, 75 Cattle egret, 45, 212 Caudata, Argya, 65 Centropus rufipennis, 6 — sinensis, 82, 248 Ceryle rudis, 168 Ceylonensis, Culicicapa, 5 — Ketupa, 175 Chaffinch, 211 Chapman, Mr. Abel, 96 Chat, Bush, 182 Chicquera, Aesalon, 117 Chloropsis, 19 Cinerea, Ardea, 38 Coccystes jacobinus, 48 Collaris, Corvus, 231 “Colour Meanings of some British Birds and Quadrupeds,” 188 Columbidæ, 130, 172, 173 Comb-duck, 40 “Common Birds of Bombay, The,” 70 Communis, Coturnix, 159 Coppersmith, 212 Copscychus saularis, 7 Coracias indica, 119, 182 Corby, 192, 236 Coromandelianus, Nettopus, 39 Coromandus, Bubulcus, 45 Correlation of Characters, 47 Corvus collaris, 231 — frugilegus, 166 — macrorhynchus, 192, 236 — monedula, 166, 231-3 — splendens, 165, 225, 231 Cotton teal, 39 Coturnix communis, 159 Coucal, 82, 248 “Country Life,” 28, 234 “Country-side Monthly,” 66 Crane, sarus, 38, 197-203 Crateropus canorus, 51, 252 Crested lark, 180 Cripps, Mr. J. R., 17 Cristata, Galerita, 180 Crocopus, 130 — chlorogaster, 127 — phoenicopterus, 127 Crow, 85, 100, 165, 192, 212, 225, 231, 236, 250 — jungle, 212 Crow-pheasant, 6, 82, 212 Cuckoo, common, 116, 211 — Indian, 251 — pied crested, 48-54 Cuckoo’s mate, 121 Cuckooabad, 251 Cuculus canorus, 30, 53, 116 — micropterus H., 251 Culicicapa ceylonensis, 5 Cunningham, 172 — Col., 249, 250 Currie, Mr., 176, 177 Cyanocephalus, Euphagus, 240 — Palaeornis, 7 Cyornis tickelli T., 5

D Darter, Indian, 14-18 Darwin, 20, 173 Daulias golzii, 146, 148 — luscinia, 146 — philomela, 146 Demoleus Papilio, 241 Dendrocitta rufa, 236 Dendrocopus auriceps, 33 Dhayal, 9-13 Dicrurus ater, 8, 227, 236 Dimorphism, sexual, 172 Display, nuptial, 187 Domesticus, Passer, 82, 241 Dove, 192, 211 —, little brown, 212 —, red turtle, 104, 172-7 —, ring, 174 —, spotted, 120, 212 —, turtle, 174 Drongo, 236 Dubius, Leptoptilus, 86 Duck, brahmany, 161 —, comb, 40 —, pintail, 161 —, shoveller, 161 —, spotbilled, 40, 64 —, wild, 64

E Eagle, golden, 234 —, Pallas’s fishing, 40 —, steppe, 163, 164 —, tawny, 163, 164 Egret, 38 —, cattle, 45, 212 “Eha,” 70, 213, 216 Elanus caerulus, 165 Emberiza buchanani, 179 — luteola, 180 — melaocephala, 180 Emeria, Otocompsa, 4, 131-44 Erythrinus carpodacus, 75 Eudynamis honorata, 51, 100, 250 Eugonia californica, 242 Euphagus cyanocephalus, 242 Eyesight of birds, 80

F Falco jugger, 164 —, peregrinus, 164 Falcon, 69 —, laggar, 164 —, peregrine, 163, 164, 165 Fan-tailed flycatcher, 4, 213, 214, 236 “Field,” 193 Fighting in nature, 234-237 Finch, gold, 74 — of roseate hue, 74-79 — rose, 74-79 Finn, 42, 45, 46, 224 Firetail, 161, 162, 217 Fishing eagle, 40 Fish-owl, brown, 175 Flammea, Strix, 248 Flammeus, Pericrocotus, 21 Flamingo, 19, 91-97 Flavicollis, Gymnorhis, 105, 216 Flycatcher, 211 —, fantailed, 4, 213, 214, 236 —, grey-headed, 5 —, paradise, 45, 46, 100, 157, 215 —, red-breasted, 5 —, Tickell’s blue, 5 “Food of Birds in India,” 228 “Forest Creatures,” 57 “Fortnightly Review,” 188, 189 Frog, caught by kingfisher, 169 Frugilegus, Corvus, 166 Fry, Mr. J. T., 66 Fulicata, Thamnobia, 214

G Gadwall, 161 Galerita cristata, 180 Garner, Dr., 25 Garrod, Mr. A., 14 George Gissing, 56 Gingalensis, Lophoceros, 88 Ginginianus, Acridotheres, 53 —, Neophron, 55 Gissing, George, 56 Giu, Scops, 247 Glareola lactea, 204-210 Glaucidium radiatum, 247 Goatsuckers, 252, 253 Goldfinch, 74, 211 Golden-backed woodpecker, 212 Golden eagle, 234 Golzii, Daulias, 146, 148 Goose, barred-headed, 160 —, grey-lag, 160 Grayii, Ardeola, 85, 106-15 Green finch, 211 — parrot, 181, 215 — pigeon, 19, 126-30 Grey-headed myna, 217 — wagtail, 217 Grey hornbill, 86-90 — lag goose, 160 Grey-necked bunting, 179 Grey wagtail, 28, 162, 167 Griseus, Nycticorax, 109, 252 Grus antigone, 38, 197-203 — sharpii, 197 Gulabi maina, 158 Gymnorhis flavicollis, 105, 216

H Hafiz, 147 Haliaetus leucoryphus, 40 Harrial, 128 Harrier, 183 Hartert, Dr., 148 Hawks, light-eyed, 69 —, dark-eyed, 69 —, long-winged, 69 —, short-winged, 69 Hawk-cuckoo, 249 Hedge-sparrow, 53, 211 Herodias alba, 38 Heron, 38 —, night, 109, 157, 252 —, pond, 106 Hierococcyx varius, 51, 80, 100, 249 Himantopus candidus, 44 Hipsas trigonata, 144 Hirundo filifera, 153 — rustica, 150, 151, 152 — smithii, 152 Honeysucker, 99, 218 Honorata, Eudynamis, 51, 100, 250 Hoopoe, 83, 90, 117, 185-96, 212 Hornbill, 86 —, grey, 86-90 Horne, Mr., 90 Horsfield’s nightjar, 253 House-martin, 154 Hume, 72, 90, 118, 148, 176, 198, 200, 207, 209 Humming-birds, 218 Hypsipetes, 49

I Ibis melanocephala, 44 Ibis, white, 44 Ilerdi sena, 241 “Indian Birds,” 219 Indica, Coracias, 119, 182 —, Upupa, 83, 185-96 Indicus, Sarcogrammus, 128, 252 Injury-feigning instinct, 22, 207 Instinct, injury-feigning, 22, 207 Intermedius, Molpastes, 163 Iora, 212, 213 Ismene, Melanitis, 241 Isocrates, Virachola, 241 Iynx torquilla, 121

J Jackdaw, 166, 231-3 Jack snipe, 161 Jacobinus, Coccystes, 48 Javanica, Dendrocynca, 40 Jay, blue, 119 Jefferies, Richard, 211, 212, 216 Jerdon, 16, 77, 91, 105, 119, 181, 205, 223, 232, 233 Jesse, Mr. William, 23, 24, 230, 235 Jhil out of season, 37-41 Jungle owlet, 247

K Kestrel, 163, 164, 165 Ketupa ceylonensis, 175 Kipling, 232 Kipling, Lockwood, 215 King-crow, 8, 41, 104, 182, 185, 212, 227, 241 Kingfisher, 19, 167-71 —, common, 212 —, pied, 168 —, white-breasted, 212 King vulture, 60 Kite, black-winged, 165 —, brahmany, 212 —, common, 212 Koel, 50, 51, 100, 157, 212, 250 Kola bulbul, 49

L Lactea, Glareola, 204-10 Laggar falcon, 164 Language of birds and beasts, 25 Lanius vittatus, 213 Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 129 Lapwing, red-wattled, 128, 252 Largest bird in India, the, 197-203 Lark, 211 Laughing-thrush, Himalayan, 53 Lawn, birds on the, 80-5 Leptoptilus dubius, 86 Leucorodia, Platalea, 44 Leucoryphus, Haliaetus, 40 Leucotis, Molpastes, 147 Linnet, 211 Liopicus mahrattensis, 31-6 Long, Mr. Walter, 194 Lophoceros birostris, 86-90 — gingalensis, 88 Loten’s sunbird, 212, 218-24 Luscinia, Daulias, 146 Luteola, Emberiza, 180

M Macpherson, Mr. J., 66 Macrorhynchus, Corvus, 192, 236 Macrurus, Caprimulgus, 253 Madras garden, the birds of a, 211-7 Maderaspatensis, Motacilla, 162, 214 Magpie-robin, 7, 9-13, 216 Mahrattensis, Liopicus, 31-6 Maina, golabi, 158 “Making of Species, The,” 42, 240 Malcomi, Argya, 51 Mallard, 64 Marshall, Col., 66 —, Mr. G. A. K., 242 Martin, house, 154 —, sand, 211 Mason, Mr. C. W., 228, 240, 241 Mate, cuckoo’s, 121 Maura, Pratincola, 182 Melanicterus, Melophus, 180 Melanitis ismene, 241 Melanocephala, Emberiza, 180 Melanocephala, Ibis, 44 Melanocephalus, Oriolus, 4 Melanogaster, Plotus, 14-18 —, Sterna, 40, 206 Melanotus, Sarcidornis, 40 Melophus melanicterus, 180 Merlin, 116-20, 163, 164 —, red-headed, 117-20, 164 Merops philippinus, 98 — viridis, 6, 98, 215, 241 Mesentina, Belenois, 241 Michelet, 59 Micropterus, Cuculus, 251 Millet fields, Birds in the, 178-84 Mimicry, 52, 243 —, Batesian, 239 —, Mullerian, 239 —, protective, 10, 239 Minivet, 19-24 Missel-thrush, 211 Moda nulingadu, 125 Molpastes, 147 — intermedius, 163 — leucotis, 147, 163 Monedula, Corvus, 166, 231 Morgan, Mr. R. W., 222 Motacilla alba, 162 — maderaspatensis, 162, 214 — melanope, 162 Mullerian mimicry, 239 Munia, white-throated, 216 Mutation, 46, 64, 174, 225 Myna, bank, 53, 113, 182, 225-30 —, brahmany, 212, 217 —, common, 67, 84, 113, 182, 183, 212, 225-30 —, grey-headed, 217 —, pied, 85, 182

N Natural Selection, 53, 173, 174, 236, 240, 243 “Nature,” 242 Neophron ginginianus, 60 “Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds,” 90 Nettopus coromandelianus, 39 Newton, Sir Isaac, 139 Nightingales in India, 145-9 Nightingale, Persian, 146, 147 Nightjar, 252, 253 —, common Indian, 253 —, Horsfield’s, 253 Nisus Accipiter, 70 Nulingadu, Moda, 125 Nuptial display, 187 Nycticorax griseus, 109, 252

O Oates, 148, 231 Oenopopelia tranquebarica, 104, 173 Open-bill, 45 Orange minivet, 21 Oriole, 4, 103, 157, 217 Oriolus kundoo, 103 — melanocephalus, 4 Orthotomus sutorius, 7 Oscitans, Anastomus, 45 Osmosteros, 130 Otocompsa, 147 —, emeria, 4, 131-44 Otogyps calvus, 60, 235 Owl, barn, 248 —, brown fish, 175 —, rock-horned, 248 —, scops, 247 Owlet, jungle, 247 —, spotted, 212, 246 Oyler, Mr. Philip, 188, 189

P Paddy bird, 85, 106-15, 212 Palaeornis cyanocephalus, 7 — torquatus, 181, 215 Pallas’s fishing eagle, 40 Palm swift, 213, 215 Pammon, Papilio, 241 Papilio demoleus, 241 — pammon, 241 Paradise flycatcher, 45, 46, 102, 157 Paradisi, Terpsiphone, 45, 102, 215 Parakeet, 7, 19, 181, 213 Parrot, green, 181, 215 Parva, Siphia, 5 Passer domesticus, 82, 178, 241 Pastor roseus, 158, 189 Peafowl, 19 Peregrine falcon, 164, 165 Pericrocotus flammeus, 21 — peregrinus, 21 Persian nightingale, 146, 147 Phasianidæ, 172 Pheasant, 19 Philippinus, Merops, 98 Philomela, Daulias, 146 Phil Robinson, 55 Phoenicopterus minor, 92 —, roseus, 91-7 —, Crocopus, 127 Phylloscopus tristis, 7 Pied crested cuckoo, 48-54 — kingfisher, 168 — myna, 85, 182 — wagtail, 162, 3, 213, 214 Pigeon, green, 19, 126-30 —, Bengal, 127 Pigeon, southern, 127 Pintail duck, 161 Piping crow, 232 Pipit, 6 Pitta, 19, 216 Pitta brachyura, 19 Platalea leucorodia, 44 Ploceus baya, 180 Plotus melanogaster, 14-8 Pochard, 161 Poecilorhyncha, Anas, 40, 64 Polar regions, birds of, 42 Pond heron, 106 Pondicerianus, Tephridornis, 214 Porphyrio, 19 Poulton, Professor, 129, 240, 242, 243 Pratincola maura, 182 Pratincole, 204-10 Protective mimicry, 10, 239, 243 Pseudogyps bengalensis, 6, 60, 235 Purple-rumped sunbird, 212, 218-24 Purple sunbird, 218-24

Q Quail, common, 159

R Radiatum, Glaucidium, 247 Raj Hans, 97 Rat bird, 65 Raven, 165, 231, 232, 234 Ray Lankester, Sir E., 129 Recurvirostra avocetta, 44 Redstart, 211 —, Indian, 4, 161, 162, 217 Red turtle-dove, 104, 172-7 Red-vented bulbul, 156, 163, 212 Red-wattled lapwing, 128, 252 Regulus Aesalon, 116, 117, 164 Rhipidura albifrontata, 4, 214 Ring dove, 174 Robin, black-backed, 63 —, brown-backed, 8, 63 —, Indian, 61-68, 162, 212, 214 Robinson, Phil, 55, 162, 174 Rock-horned owl, 248 Roller, 19, 119, 182, 185, 216 Rook, 25, 166, 211, 231, 232 Rose-finch, 74-9 Roseate hue, finch of, 74-79 Roseus, Pastor, 158, 181 Rosy starling, 158, 181 Rudis ceryle, 168 Rufa, Dendrocitta, 236 Rufipennis, Centropus, 6 Rufiventris, Ruticilla, 4, 161 Rufulus, Anthus, 6 Ruticilla rufiventris, 4, 161

S Sand martin, 211 Saras crane, 38, 197-203 Sarcidiornis melanotus, 40 Sarcogrammus indicus, 128, 252 “Saturday Review,” 94 Saularis, Copsychus, 7, 9-13 “School of the Woods,” 194 Scops giu, 247 Scops owl, 247 Seena, Sterna, 167 Selection, Natural, 53, 173, 174, 236, 240, 243 Selous, Mr. Edmund, 25, 78 Sena, Ilerda, 241 “Seven sisters,” 252 Sexual dimorphism, 172 Shah bulbul, 216 Shama, 11 Sharpii, Grus, 197 Shikra, 69-73, 164 Shoveller, 161 Sinensis, Centropus, 82, 248 Siphia parva, 5 Skylark, 116 Snake, brown tree, 144 Snake-bird, 14-8 Snipe, common, 161 —, jack, 161 Sparrow, 82, 211 Sparrow, yellow-throated, 105, 157, 216 Sparrow-hawk, 69, 70, 163, 164 “Species, The Making of,” 43 Sphenocercus, 130 Splendens, Corvus, 165, 225, 231 Spoonbill, 44 Spot-billed duck, 40, 63 Spotted dove, 120, 212 — owlet, 212, 246 Sprosser, 146 Squirrel, little striped, 72 Stanley, Bishop, 96, 97, 124, 232, 233 Starling, 159, 182, 211 —, rose-coloured, 19, 158, 181 —, rosy, 19, 158, 181 Steppe eagle, 163 Sterna melanogaster, 40, 206 — seena, 107 Stilt, 44 Stone chat, 211 Strix flammea, 248 Stuart Baker, 50, 91 Sturnopastor, contra, 85 Sunbird, 3, 19, 99, 212, 218-24 —, Loten’s, 212, 218-24 —, purple, 218-24 —, purple-rumped, 212, 218-24 Suratensis, Turtur, 120 Sutorius, Orthotomus, 7 Swala ladu, 151 Swallow, barn, 151 —, common, 150, 151, 205 —, wire-tailed, 149-56 Swallow-plover, 204-10 Swift, 153 —, palm, 213, 215 Swynnerton, Mr. C. F. M., 243, 244 Sykes’s warbler, 217

T Tachornis batassiensis, 215 Tailor-bird, 7, 212 Tawny eagle, 163, 164 Taylor, Mr. Alfred, 28 Teal, 161 —, cotton, 39 —, whistling, 40 Tephrodornis pondicerianus, 214 Tern, 45, 167-71, 204-10 —, black-bellied, 49, 206 Terpsiphone paradisi, 45, 102, 215 Thamnobia, 61 — cambaiensis, 8, 63, 162 — fulicata, 63, 214 Thayer, Mr. A., 97, 188 Thereiceryx zeylonicus, 8 Thompson, Mr. R., 120 Thought, power of animals to express, 25-30 —, transmission of, 26 Thrush, 211 —, missel, 211 Tickell, 247 Tickelli, Cyornis, 5 Tilyer, 158 Tinnunculus alaudarius, 164 Tiphia, Ægithina, 213 Titmice, 211 Tomtit, 211 Torquatus, Palaeornis, 181, 215 Torquilla, Iynx, 121 Tranquebarica, Œnopopilia, 104, 173 Tree-snake, brown, 144 Treron, 130 Trigonata, Hipsas, 144 Tristis, Acridotheres, 113 —, Phylloscopus, 7 Turtle-dove, 174 —, red, 104, 172, 177 Turtur suratensis, 120 Turumti, 117-20, 164 Tuti, 76

U Upupa indica, 83, 185-96

V Varius, Hierococcyx, 51, 80, 100, 249 Verner, Col. Willoughby, 94 Virachola isocrates, 241 Viridis, Merops, 6, 98, 241 Visitors, winter, to the Punjab Plains, 157-66 Vittatus, Lanius, 213 Voices of the Night, 246-53 Vulture, 55-60 —, black, 60, 235 —, domestic, 55 —, king, 60 —, Pondicherry, 60 —, scavenger, 55, 60 —, white-backed, 60, 235

W Wagtail, 85 —, grey, 28, 162, 167 —, grey-headed, 217 —, pied, 162, 213, 214 —, water, 211 —, white, 162 Wallace, 20, 129 Wallaceian theory, 127, 173 Warbler, 7 —, Sykes’s, 217 —, willow, 7 Water-wagtail, 211 Watt, James, 139 Westell, Mr., 233 White, Gilbert, 149, 150, 151 —, Birds in, 42-7 — ibis, 44 — wagtail, 162 — backed vulture, 60, 235 — breasted kingfisher, 212 — browed bulbul, 212 — eared bulbul, 163 — headed babbler, 212 — throated munia, 216 “Wild Life in a Southern County,” 211 Willow-warbler, 7 Winter visitors to the Punjab Plains, 157-66 Wire-tailed swallow, 149-56 Woodpecker, golden-backed, 8, 212 —, pied, 31-6 Wood-pigeon, 211 Wood-shrike, 214 Wren, 211 Wryneck, 121-25

Y Yellow-fronted pied woodpecker, 31-6 Yellow-hammer, 179 Yellow-throated sparrow, 105, 157, 216 Yerbury, Colonel, 240

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