ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The King-Crow Frontispiece 



Spotted Dove 6 



Pied Wagtail 14 



The Rose-Ringed Parakeet 18 



The Indian Corby 60 



Pied Kingfisher 66 



Brahminy Myna 82 



Bee-Eater 82 



Myna 84 



Sparrow-Hawk 84 



Rose-Coloured Starling 86 



Common Kingfisher 102 



White-Breasted Kingfisher 104 



Pitta 108 



Roller-Bird or "Blue Jay" 112 



Hoopoe 140 



Indian House Crow 168 



The Pariah Kite 182 



Brahminy Kite 190 



The Babbler (one of the Seven Sisters) . . . 204 



The Large-Crested Cuckoo {Coccystes Glandarius) . 214 

 Plaintive Cuckoo {Cucomantis Passerinus) . . .216 

 The Koel, or Black Cuckoo (Female) . .218 



