Chapter 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