ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Purple Honey sucker challenging (p. 131) . 



Vulture from a lintel in the great Temple at Philae (p. 21) 

 A Kite drying itself after heavy rain (p. 20) 

 Kites on the Hugli (p. 9) . . . . . To face p. 20 



Common Myna (p. 22) Black-headed Mynas on a Silk- 

 cotton-tree (p. 34) .. . . . . . . 34 



Indian Crows and Corbies (pp. 58 and 62) . . 60 



Crow-pheasants courting and calling (p. 78) Red-winged 



crested Cuckoo (p. 80) 80 



Common Bengal Bulbuls (p. 87) Red- whiskered Bulbuls 



(p. 87) ... . 88 



Blue-throated Barbet and Nest (p. 112) Section of a Nest 



of the Blue-throated Barbet (p. 113) . ... 112 



Male Honeysucker (p. 128) Black-headed Oriole (p. 185) 



Female Dayal (p. 116) ..... 128 



Common King-crows (p. 148) . . . . . . 148 



Fish dropped by a Kingfisher (p. 161) Pied Kingfishers 



(P- 163) ... 162 



Colony of Night-herons at Sunset (p. 171) Cattle-egrets 



resting (p. 170) 170 



In an Indian Garden . 198 



Young Parrots for sale (p. 221) Rose-ringed Paroquet 



(p. 219) . . . . ... . . 220 



Adjutants by day (p. 232) Adjutants at roost (p. 230) . 232 



