Chapter M

Macpherson, Mr. J., 66
_Macrorhynchus, Corvus_, 192, 236
_Macrurus, Caprimulgus_, 253
Madras garden, the birds of a, 211-7
_Maderaspatensis, Motacilla_, 162, 214
Magpie-robin, 7, 9-13, 216
_Mahrattensis, Liopicus_, 31-6
_Maina, golabi_, 158
“Making of Species, The,” 42, 240
_Malcomi, Argya_, 51
Mallard, 64
Marshall, Col., 66
—, Mr. G. A. K., 242
Martin, house, 154
—, sand, 211
Mason, Mr. C. W., 228, 240, 241
Mate, cuckoo’s, 121
_Maura, Pratincola_, 182
_Melanicterus, Melophus_, 180
_Melanitis ismene_, 241
_Melanocephala, Emberiza_, 180
_Melanocephala, Ibis_, 44
_Melanocephalus, Oriolus_, 4
_Melanogaster, Plotus_, 14-18
—, _Sterna_, 40, 206
_Melanotus, Sarcidornis_, 40
_Melophus melanicterus_, 180
Merlin, 116-20, 163, 164
—, red-headed, 117-20, 164
_Merops philippinus_, 98
— _viridis_, 6, 98, 215, 241
_Mesentina, Belenois_, 241
Michelet, 59
_Micropterus, Cuculus_, 251
Millet fields, Birds in the, 178-84
Mimicry, 52, 243
—, Batesian, 239
—, Mullerian, 239
—, protective, 10, 239
Minivet, 19-24
Missel-thrush, 211
_Moda nulingadu_, 125
_Molpastes_, 147
— _intermedius_, 163
— _leucotis_, 147, 163
_Monedula, Corvus_, 166, 231
Morgan, Mr. R. W., 222
_Motacilla alba_, 162
— _maderaspatensis_, 162, 214
— _melanope_, 162
Mullerian mimicry, 239
Munia, white-throated, 216
Mutation, 46, 64, 174, 225
Myna, bank, 53, 113, 182, 225-30
—, brahmany, 212, 217
—, common, 67, 84, 113, 182, 183, 212, 225-30
—, grey-headed, 217
—, pied, 85, 182

N
Natural Selection, 53, 173, 174, 236, 240, 243
“Nature,” 242
_Neophron ginginianus_, 60
“Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds,” 90
_Nettopus coromandelianus_, 39
Newton, Sir Isaac, 139
Nightingales in India, 145-9
Nightingale, Persian, 146, 147
Nightjar, 252, 253
—, common Indian, 253
—, Horsfield’s, 253
_Nisus Accipiter_, 70
_Nulingadu, Moda_, 125
Nuptial display, 187
_Nycticorax griseus_, 109, 252

O
Oates, 148, 231
_Oenopopelia tranquebarica_, 104, 173
Open-bill, 45
Orange minivet, 21
Oriole, 4, 103, 157, 217
_Oriolus kundoo_, 103
— _melanocephalus_, 4
_Orthotomus sutorius_, 7
_Oscitans, Anastomus_, 45
_Osmosteros_, 130
_Otocompsa_, 147
—, _emeria_, 4, 131-44
_Otogyps calvus_, 60, 235
Owl, barn, 248
—, brown fish, 175
—, rock-horned, 248
—, scops, 247
Owlet, jungle, 247
—, spotted, 212, 246
Oyler, Mr. Philip, 188, 189

P
Paddy bird, 85, 106-15, 212
_Palaeornis cyanocephalus_, 7
— _torquatus_, 181, 215
Pallas’s fishing eagle, 40
Palm swift, 213, 215
_Pammon, Papilio_, 241
_Papilio demoleus_, 241
— _pammon_, 241
Paradise flycatcher, 45, 46, 102, 157
_Paradisi, Terpsiphone_, 45, 102, 215
Parakeet, 7, 19, 181, 213
Parrot, green, 181, 215
_Parva, Siphia_, 5
_Passer domesticus_, 82, 178, 241
_Pastor roseus_, 158, 189
Peafowl, 19
Peregrine falcon, 164, 165
_Pericrocotus flammeus_, 21
— _peregrinus_, 21
Persian nightingale, 146, 147
_Phasianidæ_, 172
Pheasant, 19
_Philippinus, Merops_, 98
_Philomela, Daulias_, 146
Phil Robinson, 55
_Phoenicopterus minor_, 92
—, _roseus_, 91-7
—, _Crocopus_, 127
_Phylloscopus tristis_, 7
Pied crested cuckoo, 48-54
— kingfisher, 168
— myna, 85, 182
— wagtail, 162, 3, 213, 214
Pigeon, green, 19, 126-30
—, Bengal, 127
Pigeon, southern, 127
Pintail duck, 161
Piping crow, 232
Pipit, 6
Pitta, 19, 216
_Pitta brachyura_, 19
_Platalea leucorodia_, 44
_Ploceus baya_, 180
_Plotus melanogaster_, 14-8
Pochard, 161
_Poecilorhyncha, Anas_, 40, 64
Polar regions, birds of, 42
Pond heron, 106
_Pondicerianus, Tephridornis_, 214
Porphyrio, 19
Poulton, Professor, 129, 240, 242, 243
_Pratincola maura_, 182
Pratincole, 204-10
Protective mimicry, 10, 239, 243
_Pseudogyps bengalensis_, 6, 60, 235
Purple-rumped sunbird, 212, 218-24
Purple sunbird, 218-24

Q
Quail, common, 159

R
_Radiatum, Glaucidium_, 247
_Raj Hans_, 97
Rat bird, 65
Raven, 165, 231, 232, 234
Ray Lankester, Sir E., 129
_Recurvirostra avocetta_, 44
Redstart, 211
—, Indian, 4, 161, 162, 217
Red turtle-dove, 104, 172-7
Red-vented bulbul, 156, 163, 212
Red-wattled lapwing, 128, 252
_Regulus Aesalon_, 116, 117, 164
_Rhipidura albifrontata_, 4, 214
Ring dove, 174
Robin, black-backed, 63
—, brown-backed, 8, 63
—, Indian, 61-68, 162, 212, 214
Robinson, Phil, 55, 162, 174
Rock-horned owl, 248
Roller, 19, 119, 182, 185, 216
Rook, 25, 166, 211, 231, 232
Rose-finch, 74-9
Roseate hue, finch of, 74-79
_Roseus, Pastor_, 158, 181
Rosy starling, 158, 181
_Rudis ceryle_, 168
_Rufa, Dendrocitta_, 236
_Rufipennis, Centropus_, 6
_Rufiventris, Ruticilla_, 4, 161
_Rufulus, Anthus_, 6
_Ruticilla rufiventris_, 4, 161

S
Sand martin, 211
Saras crane, 38, 197-203
_Sarcidiornis melanotus_, 40
_Sarcogrammus indicus_, 128, 252
“Saturday Review,” 94
_Saularis, Copsychus_, 7, 9-13
“School of the Woods,” 194
_Scops giu_, 247
Scops owl, 247
_Seena, Sterna_, 167
Selection, Natural, 53, 173, 174, 236, 240, 243
Selous, Mr. Edmund, 25, 78
_Sena, Ilerda_, 241
“Seven sisters,” 252
Sexual dimorphism, 172
Shah bulbul, 216
Shama, 11
_Sharpii, Grus_, 197
Shikra, 69-73, 164
Shoveller, 161
_Sinensis, Centropus_, 82, 248
_Siphia parva_, 5
Skylark, 116
Snake, brown tree, 144
Snake-bird, 14-8
Snipe, common, 161
—, jack, 161
Sparrow, 82, 211
Sparrow, yellow-throated, 105, 157, 216
Sparrow-hawk, 69, 70, 163, 164
“Species, The Making of,” 43
Sphenocercus, 130
_Splendens, Corvus_, 165, 225, 231
Spoonbill, 44
Spot-billed duck, 40, 63
Spotted dove, 120, 212
— owlet, 212, 246
Sprosser, 146
Squirrel, little striped, 72
Stanley, Bishop, 96, 97, 124, 232, 233
Starling, 159, 182, 211
—, rose-coloured, 19, 158, 181
—, rosy, 19, 158, 181
Steppe eagle, 163
_Sterna melanogaster_, 40, 206
— _seena_, 107
Stilt, 44
Stone chat, 211
_Strix flammea_, 248
Stuart Baker, 50, 91
_Sturnopastor, contra_, 85
Sunbird, 3, 19, 99, 212, 218-24
—, Loten’s, 212, 218-24
—, purple, 218-24
—, purple-rumped, 212, 218-24
_Suratensis, Turtur_, 120
_Sutorius, Orthotomus_, 7
_Swala ladu_, 151
Swallow, barn, 151
—, common, 150, 151, 205
—, wire-tailed, 149-56
Swallow-plover, 204-10
Swift, 153
—, palm, 213, 215
Swynnerton, Mr. C. F. M., 243, 244
Sykes’s warbler, 217

T
_Tachornis batassiensis_, 215
Tailor-bird, 7, 212
Tawny eagle, 163, 164
Taylor, Mr. Alfred, 28
Teal, 161
—, cotton, 39
—, whistling, 40
_Tephrodornis pondicerianus_, 214
Tern, 45, 167-71, 204-10
—, black-bellied, 49, 206
_Terpsiphone paradisi_, 45, 102, 215
_Thamnobia_, 61
— _cambaiensis_, 8, 63, 162
— _fulicata_, 63, 214
Thayer, Mr. A., 97, 188
_Thereiceryx zeylonicus_, 8
Thompson, Mr. R., 120
Thought, power of animals to express, 25-30
—, transmission of, 26
Thrush, 211
—, missel, 211
Tickell, 247
_Tickelli, Cyornis_, 5
_Tilyer_, 158
_Tinnunculus alaudarius_, 164
_Tiphia, Ægithina_, 213
Titmice, 211
Tomtit, 211
_Torquatus, Palaeornis_, 181, 215
_Torquilla, Iynx_, 121
_Tranquebarica, Œnopopilia_, 104, 173
Tree-snake, brown, 144
_Treron_, 130
_Trigonata, Hipsas_, 144
_Tristis, Acridotheres_, 113
—, _Phylloscopus_, 7
Turtle-dove, 174
—, red, 104, 172, 177
_Turtur suratensis_, 120
_Turumti_, 117-20, 164
_Tuti_, 76

U
_Upupa indica_, 83, 185-96