xiv CONTENTS 



XXI. The Common Wryneck . 



XXII. Green Pigeons 



XXIII. BuLBULs' Nests 



XXIV. Nightingales in India . 



XXV. The Wire-tailed Swallow 



XXVI. Winter Visitors to the Punjab 



Plains 



XXVII. A Kingfisher and a Tern 



XXVIII. The Red Turtle Dove . 



XXIX. Birds in the Millet Fields . 



XXX. Hoopoes at the Nesting Season 



XXXI, The Largest Bird in India . 



XXXII. The Swallow-Plover 



XXXIII. The Birds of a Madras Garden 



XXXIV. SUNBIRDS 



XXXV. The Bank Myna . 



XXXVI. The Jackdaw 



XXXVII. Fighting in Nature 



XXXVIII. Birds and Butterflies 



XXXIX. Voices of the Night 



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