INDEX 



411 



CACOMANTIS PASSERINUS, the Indian 



plaintive Cuckoo, 81 

 Calliope camtschatkensis, the common 



Ruby-throat, 260 

 Calotes versicolor, the Blood-sucker, 



322 



Canis aureus, the Jackal, 267 

 Caprimidgus asiaticus, the common 

 Indian Goatsucker, 

 252 

 , , macrurus, Horsfield's 



Goatsucker, 254 



Carnivorous animals, trouble given by 

 wild ones in tropical Zoological 

 Gardens, 272 



Catla buchanani, the Catla, 380 

 Cats the Jungle, Felis chaus, 273 ; 

 seldom approaches nouses, 

 273 



, , the Fishing, Felis viverrina, not 

 uncommon in gardens, 273 ; 

 extremely savage and untam- 

 able, 273; sometimes rear their 

 young in gardens, 273 

 Centropus sinensis, the Crow-pheasant 



or common Coucal, 74 

 Ceryle varia, the Indian pied King- 

 fisher, 163 

 Chalcophaps indica, the bronze-winged 



Dove, 102 



Chloropsis aurifrons, or Phyllornis 

 aurifrons, the gold-fronted Chloropsis 

 or green Bulbul, 93 



Civets the large Indian, Viverra, 

 zibetha, 274 ; rare in 

 gardens, 274 ; curious 

 colouring of, 274 ; instances 

 of occurrence in gardens in 

 Calcutta, 274 



,, the small Indian, Viverricula 

 malaccensis, 277 ; abound 

 in Calcutta, 277 



,, the Indian Palm, Para- 

 doxurus niger, 277 ; often 

 visit gardens and mobbed 

 by crows there, 277 

 Cobras, Naia tripudians, 339 

 Coccystes coromandus, the red- winged 



crested Cuckoo, 80 

 ,, jacobinus, the pied crested 



Cuckoo, 78 

 Colouring, protective adaptation of, 



in Bull-frogs, 359 ; in Chloropsis, 93 ; 

 in Geckos, 320; in green Pigeons, 

 101 ; in Thrushes, 255 ; in Herons, 

 166 

 Copsychus saularis, the Magpie-robin, 



116 



Coracias indica, the Indian Roller, 146 

 Cormorant the little, Phalacrocorax 

 javanicus, 175 ; sometimes appears 

 in gardens, 175 ; occasionally per- 

 manent colonies may be established, 

 176 ; such settlements undesirable 

 features in small gardens, 176 ; great 

 colony of, on an island in the Zoo- 

 logical Garden at Alipur, 176 

 Corvusmacrorhynchus, the Jungle-crow, 

 Gorvus culminatus of Jerdon, 

 60 



,, splendens, the Indian House- 

 crow, 36 

 Crateropus canorus, the Jungle-babbler, 



82 



Crocidura ccerulescens, the grey Musk- 

 shrew, 284 



,, murina, the brown Musk- 

 shrew, 286 



,, perrotteti, the Indian Pigmy- 

 shrew, 286 



Crocodilus palustris, the Swamp-croco- 

 dile, 326 

 , , porosus, the Coast-crocodile, 



326 ; common in the tidal 

 channels of the Sun- 

 darbans, 326 ; difficulties 

 of clearing them out of 

 gardens containing ponds, 



327 ; intelligence of, 328 ; 

 a crocodile in a brougham, 

 329 



Crocopus phcenicopterus, the Bengal 

 green Pigeon, or Hariyal, 100 



Crows the Indian Corbie, or Jungle- 

 crow, Corvus macrorhynchus, 

 60 ; habits of, 60 ; call of, 

 61 ; greeting the sunrise in 

 winter, 61 



,, the Indian House- crow, Cormis 

 splendens, 36 ; energy and 

 mischief of, 37 ; habit of 

 gossiping at sundown, 38 ; 

 bathing at sundown, 39 ; 

 clamour of, at dawn, 40 ; 



