364 



PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



Selous, 135, 278 



Seven Sisters, 83 



Shah-bulbul, 2865 arrival 

 in Bengal 305 ; 

 attacked by crows 

 306 ; beneficial 309- 

 10 ; birds victimised 

 by it 312 ; coloration 

 321 ; disliked by bul- 

 buls 3065 eggs 313 J 

 feeds on ground 305 ; 

 flight 309 ; food in 

 captivity 3175 habitat 

 289-90 J habit of des- 

 troying eggs of hosts 

 296-97 J insectivorous 

 3175 notes 309; 

 partial migrant 290 -, 

 rare as a captive 316 ; 

 resident in Ceylon 

 290 ; resorts 305 ; 

 silent when perching 

 309 J young fed on 

 caterpillars by foster- 

 parents 310 



Shama, 1-18, 19, 20, 22, 

 23, 30, 33. 34, 35, 37, 



45, 53, S7> 64, 77, 83, 

 92, 103, 122,133,140^ 

 174, 186, 222, 233, 

 325-331, 340 } bath 

 15 ; breeding in cap* 

 tivity 1 1- 12; capti- 

 vity 9-16 ; coloration, 

 male 16 17, female 

 17-18, young 18 ; 

 coquetish displays 

 327 ; courtship 327 ; 

 diseases 14 ; fights 

 with Dhayal 332-33; 

 flight 6, 7 ; food 7 -^ 

 food in captivity 12, 



14 ; food of young 

 12-13, 330 ; habitat 

 4-5 ; incubation period 

 12, 331 ; idea of 

 sanitation^! 3 ; Indian 

 way of caging 2-3 j 

 manner of feeding 

 7 ; manner of feeding 

 young 331 ; mating 

 period 8 ; meaning of 

 the name 2 ; mimicry 



15 ; nests in captivity^ 



