Index 



Peafowl, hybrid with guinea- 

 fowl, 18; display of, 28; 

 moulting, 78; in India, 178; 

 *Japan, or black-winged, 29, 

 192 ; *green (Burmese and 

 Javanese), 29, 178, 192 



Pekin robin, 99, 107-109, 174, 

 176, 177, 193 



* Penguin, manner of moulting, 



79,80 



Petrels, rare in Indian seas, 

 184 ; storm-, 239 



Pheasant, gold, display, 8, 27, 

 28 ; bred in Japan, 192 ; 

 moulting, yj ; Amherst, dis- 

 play, 8 ; hybrids, 16, 17, 18 ; 

 silver, 18, 192 ; Indian species, 

 179 ; Argus, 46 



Phcenix, 250, 251, 259 



Pig, friendly with baboon, 244 



Pigeons, hybrid, 21, 22 ; com- 

 mon, display of, 23 ; in Lon- 

 don, 123, 124 



*Pigmy goose, 77 



* Piping-crow, 115 

 Pitoitoi, 105 



Quails, 180, 267 



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Rails, 80 



Rakkelhane, 13 



Rattlesnake, 1 1 



Raven, 84, 88, 90, 91 



Redwing, in London, 129 



Rhea, 88 



Robin, 102 ; American, 102, 



103 ; *New Zealand, 105 ; 



Australian, 105, 106; Indian, 



106, 107 ; Pekin, 99, 107-109, 

 174, 176, 177, 193 

 Rogeron, M. G., quoted, 20, 



30, 49 

 *Rook, 88 ; jack-, name of a 



carrion hawk, 89 

 Rosy-billed duck, 82 

 Ruddy sheldrake, 18, 19 

 Ruff, 9, 146 



*Sandgrouse, 180 



Sandpipers, 183, 184,266 



*Screamer, 149, 150 



*Serval, 245-248 



Shama, 99 



Shearwaters, 239, 240 



Sheep, in India, 265 



Sheldrake, ruddy, 18, 19 



*Shikra, mimicked by hawk- 

 cuckoo, 36, 58 



Shrikes, 59, 164 



*Skuas, 62 



Skunk, attacked by caracara, 

 90 



Snake-bird, 141, 145, 185 



Snipe in India, 183, 266 



Sparrow, courtship of, 12, 30 ; 

 in London, 128,272 ; in India, 

 99, 267 ; Java, 92, 147, 190, 

 225 



Spurs, wing-, 148-150; leg-, 

 150, 151 



Spur-winged goose, 148 ; plo- 

 vers, 148 



Squirrels, Indian, 268, 274 ; 

 grey, red, 274 



Starling, 177, 199 ; Andaman, 

 64 ; Indian, 100 



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