CONTENTS 



I. Of Indian Birds in General 

 II. Respectable Cuckoos . 



III. The Brown Rock-Chat . 



IV. The Scavenger-in-Waiting . 

 V. Indian Wagtails .... 



VI. The Teesa 



VII. Falconry in India 

 VIII. Hawks in Miniature 

 IX. The Roosting of the Bee-Eaters 

 X. Owls 



XI. A Bundle of Iniquity . 



XII. The Interpretation of the Actions of 



Animals 



XIII. At the Sign of the Farash . 



XIV. The Coot 



XV. The Beautiful Porphyrio 



XVI. The Cobra . . . . 

 XVII. The Mungoose .... 



XVIII. The Swan 



XIX, Kites of the Sea 



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