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INDEX 



Fish (continued) 

 ,, the Kohu, Ldbeo rohita, 380 ; 



rod-fishing for, 382 

 Fishing-cat, Felis viverrina, 273 

 Flower-peckers the scarlet-backed, 

 Dicceum cruen- 

 tatum, 127 



,, Tickell's, Dicceum 



erythrorhynchus, 

 127 



Fly-catchers the common black - 

 naped blue, Hypo- 

 thymis azurea, 124 ; 

 beauty of, 124 ; 

 common in gardens 

 during winter, 124 ; 

 shy birds, 125 ; me- 

 thodical in habits, 

 125 



, the Indian Paradise, 



Terpsiphone para- 

 disi, 122; beautiful 

 flight of, 122; not 

 very common in 

 Calcutta, 123; fully 

 plumaged males usu- 

 ally only seen there 

 in spring, 123 ; 

 astonishing changes 

 occurring in the 

 plumage of the 

 males, 123 

 Flying-foxes the common, Pteropus 



medius, 290 



,, the smaller or short- 



nosed Fruit - bat, 

 Cynopterus margin- 

 atus, 29,6 



Flying-squirrels the "large, red, 

 Pteromys inor- 

 natus, 305 



,, the smaller Kash- 



mir, Sciuropterus 

 fimbriatus, 305 ; 

 habits of, 305 



Fox the Indian, Vulpes bengalensis, 

 271; formerly abundant in 

 Calcutta, 272 ; breeding call 

 of, 272 



Frogs, the common Indian Bull-frog, 

 Rana tigrina, 359 ; great size 

 and striking colouring of, 



359 ; changes in colour of, 



359 ; power of immobility, 

 360 ; extreme voracity of, 



360 ; tadpoles of, 360 ; rapid 

 emergence of, after heavy 

 falls of rain, 362 ; concerts 

 of, 363 ; cries of, 363 ; sites 

 in which the ova are 

 deposited, 364 



Frogs the Chunam-frog, Rhacoplwrus 

 maculatus, 369 ; not common 

 in Calcutta, 369 



GECKO the common House, ffemi- 



dactylus gleadovii, 319 

 Geocichla citrina, the orange-headed 



Ground- thrush, 254 

 Goatsuckers llorsfield's, Capri - 

 tnulgus macrurus, 

 254 ; nocturnal din, 

 like hammering on 

 planks, caused by, 

 254 



,, the common Indian, 



or Ice-bird, Capri- 

 mulgus asiaticus, 

 252 ; call of, 253 ; 

 flight of, 253 ; 

 alarm - notes of, 

 254 



Graucalus macii, the large Cuckoo- 

 shrike, 184 



HALCYON SMYRNENSIS, the white- 

 breasted Kingfisher, 159 



Haliaetus leucogaster, the white-bellied 

 Sea-eagle, 244 



Haliaetus leucoryphus, Pallas' Fishing- 

 eagle, 243 



Haliastur indus, the Brahmini Kite, 

 247 



Hamadryad the, Naia bungarus, 350. 



Hanuman the, Semnopithecus entellus, 

 or Langur, 263 



Hare the common Indian, Lepus 

 ruficaudatus, 314 ; troublesome in 

 suburban gardens, 314 ; classed as 

 an "insect," 314 



Hariyals Crocopus phmnicopterus and 

 Osmotreron bicincta, 100 



Hawk-cuckoo the common, Hiero- 

 coccyx varius, or Brain-fever-bird, 71 



