Part 20

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

X Xantholæma hæmatocephala, 74

Y Yellowhammer, 33 Yellow Ribbon Army, 218

Z Zosterops palpebrosa, 137-42, 176

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