INDEX 



303 



Magpie, Indian, 287 

 ,, robin, 290-3. 

 Mayfly, 120. 

 Monkey, 128. 

 Myna, 21, 25, 84, 98, 103, 167-70, 



241, 250, 287, 296. 

 Myna, Brahminy, 246. 



„ hill, 94. 



Nests, 7, 21, 28, 43, 57, 87, 107, 

 114, 143, 156, 159, 160, 187, 193, 

 226, 239, 247, 257, 280. 



Nightingale, 290. 



,, Persian, 290. 



Osprey, loi, 191, 269, 270. 

 Owl, 197, 223, 256. 



,, fishing, loi. 

 Owlet, spotted, 253-9, 286. 



Paddy-bird, 12, 84, iii, 235-41. 

 Paddy-bird's nest, 239. 

 Paroquet, rose-headed, 23. 



„ rose-ringed, 18. 



Parrot, 34, 113. 



,, green, 17-23, 65, 84, 287. 

 Peacock, 6, 127-32, 2S7. 

 Peewits, 286. 

 Persian nightingale, 290. 

 Pharaoh's chicken, 277. 

 Pied kingfisher, 65, 106 

 Pied wagtail, 293. 

 Pigeon, 20, 36, 151, 163. 

 Pond heron, 235. 



Protective colouration, 9, 30, 43, 58. 

 Puffin, 115. 



Redstart, 237. 

 Ringdove, 7. 

 Robin magpie, 290-3. 

 Roller, 83, 105, 111-18. 



Roller, broad-billed, 118. 



,, Burmese, 118. 



,, European, 118. 

 Roller's nest, 114. 

 Rook, 285. 



Rose-headed paroquet, 23. 

 Rose-ringed paroquet, 18. 



Sandpiper, 26, 139. 



Sarus crane, 84. 



Scraper, 163. 



Sea swallow, 270. 



Shama, 290, 292. 



Snipe, 26, 139. 



Sparrow, 25, 60, 71-9, 86, 95, 144, 



171,247. 

 Spotted dove, 7. 

 Spotted owlet, 99, 253-9, 286. 

 Squirrel, 93-9. 

 Starling, 285. 

 Stork, 84. 

 Swallow, 36, 103. 

 Swift, 12, 36, 103, 175, 266. 



Tailor-bird, 25-31, 288, 171. 

 Tailor-bird's nest, 28. 

 Termites, 119-26. 

 Tern, 270. 



,, gull-bird, 271. 



,, Caspian, 271. 

 Tree pie, 5. 



Vulture, 170, 278-82. 



Vulture's nest, 280. 



Vulture, white scavenger, 277. 



Wagtail, 13, 14, 59. 



,, pied, 293. 

 Warbler, 188. 

 Wasps, 209-16. 

 White ant, 119-26. 



