INDEX 



359 



liabitat 244-46 ; idea 

 of territory 254 ; 

 ideal aviary bird 

 258 ; Indian cages 

 259 ; Indian pre- 

 judice against caging 

 it 241; Is Motacilla 

 inaderaspatensis a 

 sub-species ? 243-44 ? 

 love-song and song 

 contests 246, 250 ; 

 nidification 255-58 ; 

 queer nesting sites 

 25^57 ; quest for 

 food 254 ; resem- 

 blance with the 

 Dhayal 241 ; resorts 

 246-48 ; restricted 

 application of the 

 term to a particular 

 species 240 ; restrict- 

 •ed range in Bengal 

 242 ; song 241, 243 ; 

 super-abundance of 

 •energy 253 ; uncom- 

 panionable with other 

 Khanjans 260 j un- 



like Its European con- 

 gener does not use 

 the nests of other 

 birds 257 



Kher-piddah,49-55 5 app- 

 earance 50 ; captivity 

 53-54 ; coloration in 

 summer 54, in winter 

 55 ; habitat 52 ; mi- 

 gration 51 ; nesting 

 time 52 5 nidification 

 52-53 ; resorts 50 ; 

 song 49, 53, 55 ; 

 tail-play 50 



Koel, 284-322 ; and its 

 allies 284-322 ; bene- 

 ficial bird 309- 10 ; 

 call 306-07 ; captivi- 

 ty 314-16; colora- 

 tion 318-19 J colora- 

 tion connected with 

 parasitism 302 ; cunn- 

 ing 293 ; does young 

 koel eject foster- 

 brothers ? 298-300 ; 

 disliked b)^ English 

 residents 285 ; female 



