Index 



finches, 15,31, 32; its varia- 

 tions, 65 ; African, 241 



Capercailzie, hybrid with black- 

 cock, 13; with pheasant, 18 



*Caracara, 85-91 ; blushing, 

 220 ; teasing eagle, 221 



Carancho, see Caracara 



Carolina duck, 8, 11 ; affection 

 for its mate, 26 



Cassowary, as a fighter, 152 



Cat, and mongoose, 242 ; in 

 India, 264 ; in London, 274 



Cattle, Indian, their charac- 

 teristics, 263 



Cheer pheasant, 179 



Chough, introduction into Lon- 

 don suggested, 273 



Chuck-wilPs-widow, 170 



Cockatiel, waterproof plumage 

 of, 44 



Cockatoo, great black, 221, 222 



Condor, experimented with by 

 Darwin, 51 



Coot, its company liked by other 

 birds, 203, 216 



Coppersmith-barbet, 74 



Cormorant, small Indian, habits 

 of, 141, 145 ; fresh-water birds 

 in India, 185 



Corncrake, complete moult of, 

 80 



*Cotton-teal, moult of, 79 ; ic 

 India, 183 



Cranes, claws of, 153 ; as pests 

 in India, 182; Manchurian, 

 192 



Crocodile, Herodotus' account, 

 255,256 



Crows, jungle, 34, 84 ; white- 

 eyed, 84 ; not attacked by 

 hawks, 85 



Crows, Indian house, 34, 69, 88, 

 165 ; sociable over food, 

 202 



Crow-pheasant, 67, 68, 154- 



157 

 Cuckoo, common, 33, 40 ; black 

 Indian, 33-36 ; hawk, 36, 37, 

 58, 67 ; pied crested, 38 ; 

 plaintive, 39 ; *fork-tailed, 57 ; 

 ground, 58,67, 154 



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DABCHICK, Indian, its habits, 

 206-216; in London, 126, 

 127 



Darter, 141, 145, 185 



Darwin, on sexual selection, 

 1, 7 ; experiment with con- 

 dor, 51 ; on mimicry, 61 ; 

 vampire-bat identified by, 

 260 



Dhyal, 98, 106, 205 



Dinomys, 251, 252 



Divers, absent from Indian 

 seas, 184 



Dogs, pariah, 246, 265 



Donkeys, ill-treated in India, 

 264 



Doves, hybrid, 21, 22, 96; in 

 London, 124, 125 ; as pets in 

 Zanzibar, 241 



Drone-fly, 253 



*Drongo,common,or king-crow, 

 56, 57 ; *racket - tailed or 

 bhimraj, 115, 116 



Ducks, common, their mating, 

 2 ; courtship, 10 ; hybrid with 

 pintail, 20; mandarin, court- 

 ship, 8 ; habits, 24-26 ; oc- 

 currence in India, 183 



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