INDEX 



419 



Parrots (continued) 



dued by a Honeysucker, 

 132 ; eat the eggs of other 

 birds, 259 ; natural food of, 

 the juices of flowers and 

 fruits, 222 



,, the eastern blossom-headed 

 Paroquet, Palceornis rosa, 

 220 ; occasionally visits 

 gardens in Calcutta, 220 

 ,, the large Indian Paroquet, 

 Palceornis nepalensis, and 

 the western blossom -headed 

 Paroquet, Palceornis cyano- 

 cephalus, 221 ; constantly 

 for sale in Calcutta, 221 

 ,, the rose-ringed Paroquet, or 

 common green Parrot, 

 Palceornis torquatus, 215 ; 

 noisy and mischievous habits 

 of, 215 ; hatred of, very 

 soon acquired, 216 ; very 

 destructive in fields and' 

 gardens, 217 ; great beauty 

 of, 218 ; ready to mob 

 strange birds, 220 

 Passer do?nesticus, the House-sparrow, 



191 



Pelargopsis amauroptera, the brown- 

 winged Kingfisher, 164 

 ,, gurial, the brown-headed 

 stork-billed Kingfisher, 

 162 

 Pericrocotus speciosus, the scarlet 



Mini vet, 184 



Periophtfialmi, Mudskippers, 375 

 Phalacrocorax javanicus, the little 



Cormorant, 175 



Phyllornis cuurifr&ns, the gold-fronted, 

 Chloropsis, or CJiloropsis aurifrons, 

 93 



Phylloscopus affinis, TickelPs Willow- 

 warbler, 260 



Pigeons the snow, Columba leuconota, 

 103 ; power of adaptation 

 to life at low levels, 103 

 ,, the bronze - winged Dove, 

 Chalcophaps indica, 102 ; 

 common in well -wooded 

 gardens, 102 ; wonderful 

 beauty of, 102 ; extreme 

 pugnacity of, 103 



Pigeons the Bengal green, or Hariyal, 

 Crocopus phcenicopterus, 

 100 ; invisibility of, in 

 leafy trees, 101 



,, the orange-breasted green, 



or small Hariyal, Osmo- 



treron bicincta, 101 



,, the Kokila green, Spheno- 



cercus sphenurus, 101 ; 



beauty of the notes of, 1 04 



,, the purple Wood-, AUocomus 



puniceus, 103 



,, the spotted Dove, Turtur 

 suratensis, 95 ; distri- 

 bution of it and the little 

 brown Dove in Upper 

 India, 96 ; pugnacity of 

 this species and of pigeons 

 generally, 97 ; ferocity of, 

 whilst nesting, 98 ; habits 

 of, in fighting, 98 ; nests 

 of, 98 ; towering of, 99 ; 

 suspiciousness of, 100 

 ,, the little brown Dove, Turtur 

 cambayensis, 96 ; cry of, 

 compared with that of the 

 spotted Dove, 96 

 ,, the Indian Ring-dove, Turtur 



risorius, 96 



Pipits the Indian Tree-pipit, Anthus 

 maculatus, 198 ; peculiar 

 habit of swaying from side 

 to side before taking flight, 

 199 



,, the Indian Tit-lark, Anthus 



rufulus, 199 ; nesting of, 200 



Pitta brachyura, the Indian Pitta, 255; 



ways of a caged one, 256 ; rare in 



gardens in Calcutta, 255 



Platanista gangetica, the Gangetic 



Dolphin, 314 

 Ploceus baya, the Baya or Weaver-bird, 



179 

 Plotus melanogaster, the Indian Darter 



or Snake-bird, 175 



Porcupines the Bengal, Hystrix ben- 

 galensis, 313; rare in 

 gardens about Calcutta, 

 313 ; behaviour of one 

 in captivity, 318 

 ,, the Indian, Hystrix leu- 

 cura, 313 ; very de- 



