Chapter 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