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INDEX 



Crows (continiied) 



best means of reducing the 

 number of crows living in a 

 garden, 43 ; crow-catching 

 with bird-lime, 44 ; torment- 

 ing habits of, 45; teasing 

 King-crows, 47 ; mobbing 

 formidable birds or mam- 

 mals, 47 ; trouble caused by, 

 in the Zoological Garden at 

 Alipur, 48 ; tormenting 

 River- tortoises, 49 ; respect 

 of, for Corvusmacrorhynchus, 

 51 ; nesting of, 51 ; intelli- 

 gence showed by, in cases of 

 accidents to nests, 52 ; 

 cuckolded by the Koil, 53 ; 

 do not persecute young Koils 

 after they have left the nest, 

 54 ; faithful and affectionate 

 mates and parents, 54 ; 

 moral code of, 55 ; assemble 

 in crowds on any alarm, etc. , 

 55 ; quarrels of, 56 ; sus- 

 picious nature of, 56 ; diffi- 

 culty of taming, 57 ; variety 

 of notes of, 58 ; discomfort 

 ^ and depression of, during 



wet weather, 59 



Cuckoos the Brain - fever - bird, or 

 common Hawk - cuckoo, 

 Hierococcyx varius, 71 ; 

 oftenest heard in Calcutta 

 during the rainy season, 

 71 ; calls of, 71 ; one of 

 the calls a harbinger of 

 rain, 72 ; beautyand hawk- 

 like aspect pf, 72; often 

 mistaken for" hawks by 

 other birds, 73; attitude 

 and movements of, whilst 

 perching, 73 ; wakefulness 

 of, 73 ; lay in the nests of 

 Babblers, 74 



,, the Crow-pheasant or com- 

 mon Coucal, Centropus 

 sinensis, 74 ; abound in 

 gardens, 74 ; appearance 

 of, 74 ; instance of one 

 being eaten as a pheasant, 

 75 ; nesting of, 75 ; flight 

 of, 76 ; extreme agility of, 



in climbing, 75 ; calls of, 

 76 ; other notes of, 77 ; 

 courting of, 78 



Cuckoos the Indian, Cuculus mi- 

 cropterus, 80 ; abundant 

 in the Botanic Garden at 

 Shibpur during the hot 

 weather, 80 



,, the Indian plaintive, Coco- 

 mantis passer inus, 81 ; 

 occasionally ventures into 

 streets, 81 



,, the Koil, Eudynamis hono- 

 rata, 63 ; behaviour of the 

 sexes in securing the de- 

 position of eggs in crows' 

 nests, 64; utility of the 

 great differences in plum age 

 of the sexes, 65 ; cries of 

 the male, 66 ; cry of the 

 female, 68 ; attracted by 

 particular kinds of fruit, 

 68 ; habits in captivity, 

 69 ; often call during the 

 night, 70 ; curious attitude 

 of, whilst basking, 70 ; 

 flight of, 70 



,, the pied-crested, Coccystes 

 jacobinus, 78 ; likeness of 

 to large Bulbuls, 78 ; call 

 of, 79 ; often mobbed by 

 Babblers, etc., 79 

 ,, the red - winged crested, 

 Coccystes coromandus, 80 ; 

 great beauty of, 80 ; must 

 sometimes lay in Calcutta, 

 80 



Cuckoo-shrike the large, Graucalus 

 macii, 184 ; often present in gardens, 

 184 ; habits of, 184 



Cuculus micropterus, the Indian 

 Cuckoo, Boukotako, or Kaephal- 

 pakka, 80 

 Cyanops asiatica, the blue-throated 



Barbet, 109 



Cynopterus marginatus, the short-nosed 

 Fruit - bat, or small Flying - fox, 

 296 



Cypselus affinis, the common Indian 

 Swift, 251 



DABOIA the, Vipera russellii, 355 



