350 



PST BiuDS OF be:ngal 



Bharat, 126-165 ; alti- 

 tude of flight-ascent 

 139-40 ; coloration 

 162 ; compared with 

 European Sky-Lark 

 137 ; dust-bath 142 ; 

 flight 138-39 ; habi- 

 tat 129 ; nidification 

 151-52 ; resorts 140- 

 41 ; roosting 141 ; 

 Sanskrit name 128 ; 

 sings under fear and 

 excitement 140 ; soar- 

 ing compared with 

 birds of prey 140 ; 

 sociability varies with 

 season 141 ; song 



137-39 

 Bhimraj, 222-39, 271 ; 

 albinism 237-38 ; at- 

 tacking a dog 227-28 ; 

 attractive character 

 and plumage 223 ; 

 captivity 232-35 j care- 

 less about territorial 

 rights 228 ; colora- 

 tion 235-39 ; differ- 



ence between birds 

 from Northern and 

 Southern India 235- 

 36 ; dislike for 

 Wood-pecker 226 ; 

 division into species, 

 of the genus diss- 

 emnrus 224-25 ; food 

 230; food in captivi- 

 ty 234, 235 ; flight 

 229 ; habitat 225-26; 

 idea of fun 227 ;■ 

 Indians adept in 

 bird-keeping 222-23 ; 

 manner of preying 

 228-29 ; mimicry 



231, 233 ; nidifica- 

 tion 231-32 ; not 

 unsociable 228 ; pre- 

 datory nature 226-27; 

 resorts 226 ; song 

 230-31 ; tail 229-30 ; 

 tameness 233 ; unfit 

 for mixed aviary 

 232 

 Bingham, Major, 227 

 Blackbird, Ceylon, 212 



