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INDEX 



Porcupines (continued] 



structive in gardens in 

 many parts of India, 

 313 

 Pseudogyps bengalensis, the Indian 



white-backed Vulture, 238 

 Pteromys inomatus, the large red 



Flying-squirrel, 305 

 Pteropus medius, the common Flying- 

 fox, 290 



RAN A TIGRINA, the Indian Bull-frog, 

 359 



Rats the common Indian, the Black- 

 rat of Europe, Mus rattus, 

 306 ; ordinarily inhabit 

 gardens, 306 ; invade houses 

 during the rainy season, 

 306 ; more mischievous in 

 houses than Brown-rats are, 



307 ; boldness of, 307 



,, the Brown-, Mus decumanus, 



308 ; regarded with un- 

 foundedly excessive prejudice, 

 308 ; habits of some Indian 

 ones, 309 



the Indian Mole-, Nesocia ben- 

 galensis t 312 ; very trouble- 

 some in gardens, 312 ; 

 periodical fluctuations in the 

 numbers of, 312 



Redstart the Indian, Ruticilla rufi- 

 ventris, 260 ; appears in Calcutta 

 during winter, 260 ; haunts clumps 

 of bamboos, 260 ; notes of, 260 ; 

 strange habit of vibrating the tail, 

 260 

 Rhacophorus tnaculatus, the Chunam 



Tree-frog, 369 

 Rhipidura albicollis, the white-throated 



Fantail, 121 



Robins the Magpie, Copsychussaularis, 

 116 ; likeness in ways to 

 the common British Robin, 

 116 ; autumnal songs of, 

 harbingers of the onset of 

 cool weather, 117 ; do not 

 enter houses, 117 ; pugna- 

 city of, 118; nesting of, 

 118 ; distinct areas in 

 gardens claimed by different 

 pairs of, 118 ; alarm notes 



of, and behaviour coincident 

 with them, 119 ; family 

 parties of, 120 



Robins the brown - backed Indian, 

 Thamnobia cambaiensis, 

 117 ; boldness in entering 

 houses, 117 



Roller the Indian, Coracias indica, 

 146 ; rare in Calcutta, 146 ; treated 

 as intruders by the crows there, 146 ; 

 are emblems of Shiv on account of 

 the colour of their throats, 146 

 Ruby-throat the common, Calliope 

 camtschatkensis, 260 ; occasionally 

 visits gardens in Calcutta during 

 winter, 260 



Ruticilla rufiventris, the Indian Red- 

 start, 260 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS, the white- 

 collared Kingfisher, 164 

 Sciuropterus fimbriatus, the smaller 



Kashmir Flying- squirrel, 305 

 Sciurus indicus, the large Indian 



Squirrel, 306 



,, palmarum, the Palm, 300 

 Scops bakkamwna, the collared Scops- 

 owl, 209 



,, giu, the Scops-owl, 208 

 Semnopithecus entellus, the Langiir, or 

 Hanuman - monkey, 

 263 



,, schistaceus, the Hima- 



layan Langiir, 264 



Shikra Astur badius, 246 ; an un- 

 interesting hawk in captivity, 250 

 Shrews the brown Musk, Crocidura 



murina, 286 



,, the grey Musk, Crocidura 

 ccerulescens, 284 ; luminous 

 aspect of, in the dusk, 284 ; 

 behaviour of, in rooms, 285 ; 

 offensive odour of, 285 ; 

 behaviour of dogs when 

 hunting them, 286 

 ,, the Indian pigmy, Crocidura 

 perrotteti, 286 ; inhabits 

 gardens in Calcutta, 286 

 Shrikes the black - headed, Lanius 

 nigriceps, 184 ; abundant 

 in the Sundarbans during 

 winter, 184 



