Index 



*Lark, hawked when moulting, 



77 

 Leeches, in mouth of crocodile, 



256 

 Lepidosiren, 249 

 Linnet, sexual selection in, 5 ; 



mated to canary, 32 

 Liothrix, or Pekin robin, 99, 



107-109, 174, 176, 177, 193 



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Macaque monkey, 2S1 

 Macaws, talking, in ; fighting, 



147 ; blushing, 222 

 Magpie, 271, 272 ; *Australian, 



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Magpie-goose, 79; -robin, 64, 



106 ; tanager, 64 



*Mandarin duck, 8, 24-26, 183 



Mannikins, 94, 100 



Milvago, Forster's, 89 



Mimicry, in appearance, 54-69; 

 vocal, 110-116 



*Monaul, 179 



Mongoose, banded, 241-244 ; 

 another species, 245 



Monkey, rhesus, 276-279; '''Jap- 

 anese, 279-282 ; macaque, 281 



*Morepork,mopehawk,mopoke, 

 46, 171, 172 



Moseley, Professor, quoted, 6 



Moult of birds, 77-83 



Muscovy duck, 42, 153, 241 



*Mynah, hill-, 100, 113-114; 

 *house-, 100, 101, 114 



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New Zealand, acclimatisation 

 of birds in, 70, 75, 134 ; *robin, 

 105 



Nighthawk, 45 



Night-jars, 167-172; common, 

 167-169; Indian, 170; Bra- 

 zilian, 170 



*Night-herons, colony of, in 

 Calcutta, 140-144 



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*Orang-utan, 284-287 



*Orioles,mimetic species, 54-56; 

 golden, 65, 66, 251 ; green, 

 65 ; *false or American, 63 



Osprey, 117 ; " Osprey" plumes 

 not from this bird, 117 



Oven-bird, 64 



Owls, bay, 45 : * Pel's fish- and 

 *milky eagle-, 130-132 ;*barn-, 

 45, 133, 134; Ural, scops, 

 135 ; little, Indian little, 136- 

 138 ; *winking, 133 



Paca, 251 



Paddy-bird, 139, 140, 184 



Painted snipe, 183 



Pariah dogs, in Africa, 246 ; in 



India, 265 

 Park animals, suggested, 270- 



275 

 Parrakeets, hybrid, Rosella, 



Pennant's, red-mantled, 21 ; 



ring-, plum-headed, 97 ; 



grass-, 175, 223 

 Parrots, 42, 44 ; flight of, 97 ; 



rock-, 97; talking, no, in; 



grey, 110,241 

 Parson-bird, 112 

 Partridge, common, 80; Indian, 



180 



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