viii CONTENTS 



XX. River Terns . 

 XXI. Green Bulbuls 

 XXII. Cormorants 



XXIII. A Melodious Drongo 



XXIV. The Indian Pitta . 

 XXV. The Indian White-eye 



XXVI. Goosey, Goosey Gander . 

 XXVII. Geese in India 

 XXVIII. A Swadeshi Bird . 

 XXIX. The Indian Redstart 

 XXX. The Night Heron 

 XXXI. The Cement of Bird Masons 

 XXXII. Indian Fly-Catchers 



XXXIII. Insect Hunters 



XXXIV. The Rosy Starling . 

 XXXV. The Pied Starling . 



XXXVI. A Bird of the Open Plain 

 XXXVII. Birds in the Cotton Tree 

 XXXVIII. Ugly Ducklings 

 XXXIX. Babbler Brotherhoods . 

 XL. The Mad Babbler . 

 XLI. The Yellow-eyed Babbler 

 XLII. The Indian Sand-Martin 

 XLIII. The Education of Young Birds 

 XLIV. Birds at Sunset 



Index 



