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INDEX 



Motacilla leucopsis, the white- faced 

 Wagtail, or Dhobin, 195 

 ,, melanope, the grey Wagtail, 



195 



Mud-skippers, Periophthalmi, 375 

 Mugil corsula, the Mullet, 372 

 Mungoose the common Indian, Her- 

 pestes mungo, 278 ; very common in 

 gardens, 278 ; very destructive of 

 birds, 278 ; astonishing alertness and 

 activity of, 278 ; have a relative im- 

 munity from the toxic action of snake 

 venoms, 279 ; questions regarding 

 the nature and origin of this im- 

 munity, 279 ; curiously snake-like 

 look of, 280 ; behaviour whilst hunt- 

 ing, 281 

 Munias the green, Stictospizaformosa, 



258 



,, the Indian red, Sporceginthus 

 amandava 258 ; habits of, 

 in captivity, 259 



,, the spotted, Urolonchapunctu- 

 lata, 257 ; common in 

 gardens, 257 ; plumage and 

 nesting of, 257 



Mus buduga, the common Indian Field- 

 mouse, 311 



,, decumanus, the brown Rat, 308 

 ,, musculuSy the common House- 

 mouse, 310 



,, rattus, the common Indian Rat or 

 black Rat, 306 



NAIA BUNGARUS, the Hamadryad, 350 

 tripudians, the Cobra, 339 



Neophron ginginianus, the smaller 

 white Scavenger- vulture, 242 



Nesocia bengalensis, the Indian Mole- 

 rat, 312 



Nycticorax griseus, the Night-heron, 

 170 



OREOCINCLA DAUMA, the small-billed 

 Mountain-thrush, 255 



Orioles the black-headed, Oriolus 

 melanocephalus, 185; beauty 

 of the plumage of, 185 ; 

 astonishing variety in their 

 notes, 185 ; flight of, 186 ; 

 solitary birds often ill- 

 tempered, 187 ; very easily 



tamed, but do not usually 



survive captivity long, 187 



Oriole the maroon, Oriolus traillii, 



187 ; does well as a cage- 



bird, 187 



Orthotomus sutorius, the Tailor-bird, 



136 



Osmotreron bicincta, the orange -breasted 

 green Pigeon, or small Hariyal, 100 

 Otocompsa emeria, the Bengal red- 

 whiskered Bulbul, 87 

 Otogypscalvus, the Pondicherry vulture, 



242 



Otters the common, Lutra vulgaris, 



282 ; abundance of, in the lower Gan- 



getic delta, 282 ; occasionally occur 



within the limits of Calcutta, 282 ; 



used by fishermen in the rivers of the 



delta, 282 ; inordinate appetite of, 283 



Owls the Barn-owl, Strix Jtammea, 



211 ; prejudice of the natives 



against, 212 



,, the Fishing-owl, Ketupa zeylon- 

 cnsis, 214 ; occasionally occurs 

 in gardens, 214 



,, the Scops, Scops giu, 208 ; 

 apparently commoner in 

 gardens in Calcutta than S. 

 bakkamoena, the collared 

 Scops, 209 



,, the spotted owlet, Athene 

 brama, 203 ; not purely noc- 

 turnal, 205 ; habits in calling, 

 205 ; enters houses, 207 



PAL&ORNIS CYANOCEPHALUS, the 

 western blossom-headed 

 Paroquet, 221 

 ,, nepalensis, the large Indian 



Paroquet, 221 



rosa, the eastern blossom- 

 headed Paroquet, 220 

 ,, torquatus, the rose-ringed 



Paroquet, 215 



Paradoxurus niger, the Indian Palm- 

 civet, 277 



Parrots the Indian Loriquet, Lori- 

 culus vernalis, 221 ; con- 

 stantly for sale in the 

 bazaars of Calcutta, 221; 

 stupid and ill-tempered as 

 cage-birds, 221 ; one sub- 



