Chapter M

Magpie, 68-72
Magpie-robin, 84
Mallard, 8
Malvolio, 31
Martin, 100, 110
Merlin, 6
Merops, emerald, 208-212
_Merops philippinus_, 212
_Merops viridis_, 208-212
Milk, pigeon’s, 131
Minah, brahminy, 166
Minivet, 161
_Molpastes_, 229-234
_Molpastes hæmorrhous_, 231
_Molpastes indicus_, 231
_Molpastes intermedius_, 231
Monarch, dethroned, 173-177
_Motacilla maderaspatensis_, 26
Munia, red, 45-51
Munia, spotted, 52-55
Myna, 1, 40, 84, 86, 94-98, 181, 197

N
Natural Selection, 23, 24, 42, 105, 109, 129, 202-207, 232, 234
Neo-Darwinian School, 124, 128
Nest, sanitation of, 224
Nests, birds in their, 224-228
Nests, edible birds’, 102
Newman, Mr. T. H., 75
Nutmeg bird, 52-55

O
Oates, 158
_Œnopopelia tranquebarica_, 128
Oriole, black-headed, 135
Oriole, Indian, 13, 134-139
_Oriolus kundoo_, 135
_Oriolus melanocephalus_, 135
_Orthotomus_, 222
_Orthotomus sutorius_, 62-67, 219
_Otocompsa_, 229-34
_Otocompsa emeria_, 231
_Otocompsa fuscicaudata_, 231
Owl, barn, 3, 140-144
Owl, screech, 144
Owl, white, 141, 142
Owlet, spotted, 94, 142

P
Paddy bird, 115, 116
_Palæornis nepalensis_, 194
_Palæornis torquatus_, 194
Palm swift, 101
Paradise flycatcher, 13, 81, 150-162
Parakeet, 1
Parental instinct, 27, 104
Paroquet, Alexandrine, 194
Paroquet, rose-ringed, 194
Parrot, 95, 184
Parrot catching, 194
Parrot, green, 88, 166, 190-196, 197
Parrot, West African, 195
Partridge, grey, 90-93, 166
_Passer domesticus_, 2, 75, 76
Peacock, 42-44
Peafowl, 93
Pearson, Professor, 42, 44
Peregrine falcon, 6
_Pericrocotus peregrinus_, 161
Pheasant, 92, 144
Photography, difficulties of bird, 225
_Pica rustica_, 68
Pie, tree, 68-72
Pigeon, 6, 133, 134, 184
Pintail, 8
Pinto, Mr. G. A., 63, 64, 66, 158
Pipit, 7
Playing cuckoo, 111-116
_Ploceus baya_, 183, 219
Plover, Kentish, 9
Plover, ringed, 9
Pochard, white-eyed, 171
_Prinia inornata_, 219
_Prinia socialis_, 222
Protective colouration, 59, 93, 128

Q
Quail, 7, 93

R
Rain, birds in the, 178-182
Raven, 3, 4
Red munia, 46-51, 52-54
Redshank, 9
Reid, 74, 222
_Rhipidura albifrontata_, 146, 158
Robin, Indian, 128
Robin redbreast, 1, 107
Rock chat, brown, 130
Roller, 12
Rook, 4, 5

S
Salvadori, 74
Sandpiper, 9
Sanyal, Babu, 38, 39
_Sarciophorus malabaricus_, 57
_Sarcogrammus indicus_, 56
Sarus, 35-39
Selection, feminine, 160, 161
Selection, natural, 23, 24, 42, 105, 109, 129, 202-207, 232, 234
Selection, sexual, 42, 160, 161, 205-207
“Seven sisters,” 1
Sexual dimorphism, 80, 81, 128, 156
Sexual selection, 42, 160, 161, 205-207
Shikra, 175
Shrike, 164-167
Shrike, bay-backed, 165
Shrike, Indian grey-backed, 165
Shrike, rufous-backed, 165
Shoveller, 8
Sisters, seven, 1
Skylark, 5
Skylark, Indian, 5
Smell, sense of, in birds, 123
Smith, Mr. Bosworth, 141
Snipe, full, 8
Snipe, Jack, 8
Sparrow, 2, 3, 16-22, 75, 76, 143, 197-201
Sparrow, hedge, 185
Sparrow-hawk, 6, 166, 175, 200
_Spectator_, 168, 169
Spice bird, 52-55
_Sporæginthus amandava_, 46
Spotted-bill duck, 171
Spotted owlet, 94
Sprinter, feathered, 89-94
Stability of species, 40-45
Starling, 88, 106
Stint, 9
Stork, 35, 36
_Strix flammea_, 3, 141
_Strix javanica_, 141
Sunbird, 78-83
_Surniculus lugubris_, 202-207
Swallow, 84, 99, 100
Swift, 84, 99-103

T
Tailor-bird, 62-67, 137, 219
Teal, 8
Terminology, ornithological, 73
_Terpsiphone paradisi_, 81, 156
_Tetrao scoticus_, 1
_Thamnobia cambayensis_, 128, 130
Think, Do animals? 213-218
Thirst of young birds, assuaging of, 225-228
Thorndike, Professor, 214
Thrush, 1, 105, 106
Tit, blue, 1
Tragedy, tree-top, 145-149
Tree creeper, 84
Turkey, 93
Turtle dove, red, 128
_Turtur cambayensis_, 125
_Turtur decaocta_, 74, 75
_Turtur risorius_, 74, 75, 124
_Turtur suratensis_, 124

U
_Uroloncha pundulata_, 52