INDEX 



415 



Hemidactylus gleadovii, the common 



House-gecko, 319 



Herodias alba, the large Egret, 172 

 Herons the Pond, or Paddy-bird, 

 Ardeola grayi, 165; pro- 

 tective colouring and tame- 

 ness of, 166 ; roosting- 

 habits of, 167 ; movements 

 of, on land, 169 

 ,, the little green, Butorides 



javanica, 170 

 ,, the Indian Reef, Lepterodius 



asha, 170 

 , , the night, Nycticorax griseus, 



170 ; colony of, in the Zoo- 

 logical Garden at Alipnr, 



171 ; use of the cry of, 

 172 



Herpestes mungo the common Indian 



Mungoose, 278 



Hierococcyx varius, the common Hawk- 

 cuckoo or Brain-fever-bird, 71 

 Honeysuckers the purple, Arach- 

 nechthra asiatiea, 

 136 



,, the purple -rumped, 



A rachnechthra 

 zeylonica, 128 ; as 

 cross -fertilisers of 

 flowers, 129 ; pug- 

 nacity of, 131 ; 

 nests of, 133 

 Hoolock the white-browed Gibbon. 



Hylobates hoolock, 265 

 Hoopoe the Indian, Upupa indica, 

 146 ; neither abundant nor a per- 

 manent resident in Calcutta, 147 ; 

 call of, and behaviour whilst calling, 

 147 



Hydrophasianus chirurgus, the Water- 

 pheasant, or Pheasant- tailed Jacana, 

 175 

 Hylobates hoolock, the Hoolock, or 



white-browed Gibbon, 265 

 Hypothymis azurea, the black -naped 



blue Flycatcher, 124 

 Hystrix bengalensis, the Bengal Porcu- 

 pine, 313 



,, leucura, the Indian Porcupine, 

 313 



IORA the common, sEgithina tiphia, 



125 ; nest of, 126 ; sexual calls and 

 displays of the male, 126 



JACANAS the bronze- winged, Meto- 

 pidius indicus, 174 ; rare 

 in gardens, 174 ; nest in 

 ponds in the Botanic 

 Garden at Shibpur, 174; 

 rarely come to land, 175 ; 

 enormous feet of, 175 

 ,, the Pheasant - tailed, or 

 Water-pheasant, Hydro- 

 phasianus chirurgus, 175; 

 very rare in Calcutta, 

 175 ; extraordinary ap- 

 pearance and cries of, 

 175 



Jackals the common, Canis aureus, 

 267 ; concerts of, 267 ; formerly 

 very abundant in Calcutta, 268 ; 

 objection to solitary ones frequenting 

 houses, 269 ; boldness of, when un- 

 molested, 270 ; seeking out cool 

 places during hot weather, 271 



KESTREL, the, Tinnunculus alaudarius, 

 247 



Ketupa zeylonensis, the Fishing-owl 

 214 



King-crows the black Drongo, Dicru- 

 rus ater, 148 ; notes of, 

 148 ; way of flying of, 

 149; slow flight of, 

 very noisy, 149 ; very 

 aggressive save for a 

 time in autumn, 150 ; 

 animosity of, to Bee- 

 eaters, 151 ; attend 

 grazing cattle, 151 ; 

 cause great mortality 

 in insects, 151 ; way of 

 bathing, 152 ; nesting- 

 season of, in Calcutta, 

 152 ; structure of nests 

 of, 153 ; great admira- 

 tion of, for their nests, 

 154 



,, the white-bellied, Dicru- 



rus ccerulescens, 154 ; 

 peculiar plover-like cry 

 of, 155 



King- fishers the brown-headed Stork- 



