INDEX 



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Lizards (continued) 



of, to arboreal life, 322; 

 habits of, 322 ; occasionally 

 attacked by crows, etc. , 323 

 ,, Mabuia carinata, 323; ex- 

 cessive brittleness of, 324 

 ,, the Wall -gecko, or House- 

 gecko, Hemidactylus 

 gleadovii, 319 ; feet of, 

 320 ; chamseleonic changes 

 of colour in, 320 ; its mode 

 of stalking insects, 320; 

 readily tamed, 321 ; eggs 

 of, 322 



,, the "Water, or Goh, Varanus 

 salvator, 32-4; visits gardens 

 containing ponds, 324 ; 

 diet of, 324 ; swimming 

 powers of, 324 ; habits in 

 captivity, 325 ; native 

 belief in the poisonous 

 properties of the tongue 

 of, 325 



Loriculus vernalis, the Indian Loriquet, 

 221 



Lutra vulgaris, the common Otter, 282 



Lycodon aulicus, 333 



MABUIA CARINATA, 323 



Macacus rhesus, the Bengal Monkey, or 



Bandar, 263 



Magpies the Indian Tree-pie, Dendro- 

 citta rufa, 187 ; notes of, 



187 ; family parties of, 



188 ; methodical habits of, 

 188 ; objects of suspicion 

 to other birds, 189; attend 

 drinking - bouts in silk- 

 cotton trees, 190 ; very 

 untamable, 190 



,, Himalayan blue Urocissa 

 flamrostris and U. oc- 

 cipitalis, 190 ; very readily 

 tamed, 190 



Merlin the red-headed, or Taramti, 



dSsalon chicquera, 250 ; a charming 



pet but difficult to keep in captivity, 



250 



Merops philippinus, the blue -tailed 



Bee-eater, 145 



,, viridis, the common Indian 

 Bee-eater, 141 



Metopidius indicus, the bronze-winged 



Jacana, 174 



Mice the common House-, Mus mus- 

 culus, 310 ; abundance of, in 

 Calcutta, 310 ; more mis- 

 chievous in houses than rats, 

 310 ; best methods of killing, 

 311 

 ,, the common Indian Field-, Mus 



buduga, 311 

 Milvus govinda, the common or Pariah 



Kite, 11 

 Minivet the scarlet, Pericrocotus 



speciosus, 184 



Molpastes bengalensis, the Bengal red- 

 vented Bulbul, 91 



Monkeys the Bengal, or common 

 Bandar, Macacus rhesus, 

 264; repulsive appearance 

 and habits of, 265 ; 

 abundance of, in Banaras 

 and Mathura, 265 

 f i the Hoolock, or white- 

 browed Gibbon, Hylobates 

 hoolock, 265; common in 

 captivity in Calcutta, 265 

 ,, the Langur or Haniiman, 

 Semnopithecus entellus, 

 263 ; the only monkeys 

 occurring in the country 

 around Calcutta, 263 ; 

 troops of, occasionally visit 

 the Botanic Garden at 

 Shibpur, 263 ; warning 

 given by, of the presence 

 of a tiger in the garden, 

 263 ; wonderful agility 

 of, 263 ; excessive abund- 

 ance of, in the town of 

 Ahmedabad, 264 



,, the Himalayan Langur, 

 Semnopithecus schistaceus^ 

 264; abundance of, in 

 Simla and other hill- 

 stations, 264 

 Motacilla borealis, the grey-headed 



Wagtail, 197 

 ,, citreola, the yellow -faced 



Wagtail, 198 



,, citreoloides, Hodgson's 

 yellow-headed Wagtail, 

 198 



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