Chapter I: Part I

BIRDS OF THE HIMALAYAS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
THE HABITAT OF HIMALAYAN BIRDS . . . . . . 13
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS . 29
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS . 105
TITS AT WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
THE PEKIN-ROBIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
BLACK BULBULS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
A WARBLER OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . 145
THE SPOTTED FORKTAIL . . . . . . . . . . . 151
THE NEST OF THE GREY-WINGED OUZEL . . . . . 158
THE BLACK-AND-YELLOW GROSBEAK . . . . . . . 164
THE GREAT HIMALAYAN BARBET . . . . . . . . 174