Chapter M

Macaulay, 24
_Madar_ plant, 141
Magpie-robin, 8, 253
Martin, Indian Sand-, 237-42
McMaster, 96, 97
_Mellivora indica_, 205
Merlin, 42, 43
_Merops viridis_, 51-5, 254
Michelet, 46, 47, 246, 249, 256, 257
_Milvus govinda_, 21
Mimicry, 11, 183
Minivet, 190
_Motacilla alba_, 31
_— borealis_, 31
_— impersonata_, 31
_— maderaspatensis_, 29
_— melanope_, 31
Muller, 183
Multiplication, checks on, 131
Mungoose, 94-8
Myna, 41, 64, 76, 184, 189, 198, 200, 254
— bank, 190, 210
— Brahminy, 16, 210
— hill, 65

N
_Naia haje_, 91
_— tripudians_, 89, 91
Natural selection, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205
_Naurang_, 133
_Neophron ginginianus_, 5
_— percnopterus_, 22
Nicholson, 90
Night heron, 165-70
_Nuni-budi-gadu_, 164
Nuthatch, chestnut-bellied, 173, 190
_Nycticorax griseus_, 165

O
Oates, 8, 16, 17, 117, 127, 234
_Ochromela nigrirufa_, 181
_Œnopopelia tranquebarica_, 16
Oriole, 172
_Oriolus kundoo_, 172
“Ornament of the Forest,” 118
_Ornithological and other Oddities_, 13
_Orthotomus sutorius_, 7, 16, 176, 253
Ospreys, American, 245, 246
Owen, Miss J. A., 80
Owlet, spotted, 73, 74, 75, 209
Owls, 36-61, 130

P
Paddy bird, 111
_Palæornis torquatus_, 73, 74
Parker, Mr. H., 87
Parrot, green, 73, 74
Partridge, 70
_Pastor roseus_, 192-6, 209
_Pavo cristatus_, 154
_— muticus_, 154
Peacock, 4, 40, 41, 154-9
Perreau, Captain, 251
Pettifoggers, ornithological, 216
_Phalacocorax carbo_, 122, 123
_— fuscicollis_, 123
_— javanicus_, 123
Pharaoh’s chicken, 22
— rat, 98
Pharoe’s mouse, 98
Pheasant, Griff’s, 10
—, monal, 4
Pitta, the Indian, 132, 136
— _brachyura_, 132
Pliny, 94, 143
_Ploceus baya_, 7, 172
Plover, 171
—, spur-winged, 111
Polecat, 256
Porphyrio, the beautiful, 84-8
— _poliocephalus_, 85
— _veterum_, 86
Poulton, Professor, 92
_Prinia inornata_, 7, 172
Priority, rule, 216
Protective colouration, 121, 142
Pugnacity, 142
_Pyctorhis nasalis_, 234
_— sinensis_, 176, 234
_Pyrrhulauda grisea_, 202-7

Q
Quail, 39

R
Rat-bird, 69
Ratel, Indian, 205
Redbreast, 247
Redstart, Indian, 160-4
_Rhamnus_, 139
_Rhipidura albifrontata_, 174
_Rynchope albicollis_, 112
Robin, 46, 47
Robin, Indian, 204
Robinson, Kay, 101
—, Phil, 3, 33, 57, 143
Roller, 33, 75, 171
Rook, 107, 108
Roosting of bee-eaters, 51-5

S
Salvadori, 150
Sand-martin, 237, 254
— —, Indian, 237-42
Sandpiper, common, 111, 114
Sanyal, Babu R. P., 98
_Sath Bhai_, 220, 228, 233
Scavengers, bird, 104, 105
— -in-waiting, 21-7
_Sciurus palmarum_, 62-7, 73
Screech owl, 256
Seagull, 104-9
Selection, natural, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205
Selection, sexual, 157, 158, 163
Selous, Edmund, 71, 195, 196, 209
Selous, F. C., 60
“Seven Sisters,” 15, 117, 220, 233
Sexual dimorphism, 182
— selection, 157, 158, 163
Shama, 8
Shikra, 42, 97, 230, 248, 249
Shrike, 34, 45-50
—, bay-backed, 49, 50
—, Indian grey, 48-50
—, rufous-backed, 48-50
_Siphia hyperythra_, 180
_— parva_, 180
_Sirkeer_ cuckoo, 14
_Sitta castaneiventris_, 173
Skimmer, Indian, 112
Skunk, 204, 205
_Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances_, 10
Songbirds, 7
_Songs of Birds, The_, 58
“Son of the marshes,” 108
Sparrow, 255
— of Scripture, 18
— -hawk, 39, 40, 41, 218
Spectacle bird, 138
_Speculum Mundi_, 103
Spider, common garden, 175
_Spizætus nepalensis_, 42
Squirrel, Indian striped, 62, 67, 73, 212, 228
Stag beetle, 186
Starling, 8, 9
—, pied, 197-201
—, rosy, 192-6, 209
_Sterna bergii_, 113
_— melanogaster_, 112
_— seena_, 112
Sterndale, 95
_Sturnopastor contra_, 197, 201
_— superciliaris_, 199
Stolzman, 158
_Stoparola albicaudata_, 181
_— melanops_, 181
Stork, 166
Struggle for existence, 81
Sunbird, 4, 8, 175
Sunset, birds at, 253-7
_Swadeshi_ bird, 154-9
Swallow, 45, 173
—, wire-tailed, 173
Swamp-hen, 84
Swan, 99-103
Swan, black, 103
—, mute, 99-102
Swift, 45, 173, 184, 190, 254

T
_Taccocua leschenaulti_, 14
Tailor bird, 7, 16, 176
_Tamarix articulata_, 72
_Teesa_, the, 32-6
_Terpsiphone_, 179
Tern, 110-15
—, black-bellied, 112
—, Indian river, 112
—, large crested, 113
—, whiskered, 112
Terry, Captain H., 124
_Thamnobia cambaiensis_, 204
Thayer, Mr., 204
_The Evening Telegraph_, 107
_The Irish Naturalist_, 109
_The Yorkshire Gazette_, 145
_Thir-thira_, 164
Thompson, Mr. Seton, 121
Thrush, 33, 230
—, laughing, 190
Thurston, Mr. Edgar, 85
Tickell, 128
_Tillyer_, 192
_Temenuchus pagodarum_, 16
Tit, 190, 238
Toad, 185, 186
Topsell, 94
_Totanus hypoleucus_, 111
_Tower Menagerie_, 98
Tree-creeper, 190
Tree-pie, Indian, 211, 231
Tristram, Canon, 86
_Turtur cambayensis_, 200

U
Ugly ducklings, 214-19
_Upupa indica_, 76