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INDEX 



Snake-bite (continued ) 



escape of venom in certain cases of 



colubrine bites, 343 

 Sparrows the House, Passer domesticus, 



191 ; Indian Sparrows more richly 

 coloured than British ones, 191 ; 

 extreme audacity of, 192; pertinacity 

 of, in insisting on nesting in rooms, 



192 ; exasperating ingratitude of, 

 194 ; appear to suffer from destruc- 

 tive epidemics, 195 



Sphenocercus sphenurus, the Kokila green 



Pigeon, 104 



Spilornis cheela, the crested Serpent- 

 eagle, 245 

 Sporceginthus amandava, the Indian 



red Munia, 258 



Squirrels the Palm, Sciurus pal- 

 marum, 300 ; abound in 

 gardens, 300 ; trouble- 

 some when they enter 

 houses, 301 ; mischief 

 done by, in gardens, 301 ; 

 periodic fluctuations in 

 the numbers of, 301 ; 

 movements of, 302 ; rarely 

 taken by dogs, 303 ; 

 seldom venture far from 

 trees, 303 ; very readily 

 tamed, 304 



,, Flying, Sciuropterus fimbri- 



atus and Pteromys in- 

 ornatus, 305 ; common 

 on the Simla hill, 305 ; 

 behaviour of, 305 



,, the large Indian, Sciurus 



indicus, 306 ; often for 



sale in the bazaars of 



Calcutta, 306 ' 



Stictospiza formosa, the green Munia, 



258 

 Storks Adjutants, Leptoptilus dubius, 



and L. javanicus, 227 and 236 

 Strix flammed, the Barn-owl, 211 

 Sturnia malabarita, the grey-headed 

 Myna, Temenuchus malabaricus of 

 Jerdon, 34 

 Stumopastor contra, the pied Myna, or 



mud Myna, 32 



Sunbirds, or Honeysuckers, Arach- 

 nechthra asiatica and A. zeylonica, 

 136 and 128 



Swifts the common Indian, Cypselm 

 affinis, 251 ; nesting in 

 colonies in verandahs, 251 

 ,, the Palm, Tachornis batas- 

 siensis, 251 ; habits of, 252 



TACHORNIS BATASSIENSIS, the Palm- 

 swift, 251 



Tailor- bird, Orthotomus sutorius, 136 ; 

 notes of, 136 ; boldness of, 138 ; way 

 of bathing of, 138; nest of, 139; 

 death of leaves employed in the 

 nests of, 140 

 Temenuchus pagodarum, the black - 



headed Myna, 34 

 Terpsiphone parodist, the Indian 



Paradise-Flycatcher, 122 

 Thamnobia cambaiensis, the brown - 



backed Indian Robin, 117 

 Thrushes the orange-headed Ground-, 

 Geocichla citrina, 254 ; 

 occasional visitor of 

 gardens in Calcutta dur- 

 ing winter, 254 ; decora- 

 tive colouring of, 254 ; 

 breaks the shells of snails 

 as Song-thrushes do, 254 

 ,, the small-billed Mountain, 

 Oreocincla dauma, 255 ; 

 rare in Calcutta, 255 ; 

 adaptation in colouring 

 of it and of Geocichla 

 citrina to their normal 

 environments, 255 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, the Kestrel, 



247 



Toad the common Indian, Bufo 

 mclanostictus, 365 ; chamseleonic 

 changes in colour of, 365 ; acrid 

 secretion of cutaneous tubercles of, 

 366 ; effects of this on dogs, 366 ; 

 call of, 367 ; attracted by the emer- 

 gence of white-ants, 367 

 Tortoises Water, Trionyx, 329; in- 

 fested by flukes, 330 ; hardness of 

 the shells of eggs of, 330 ; tormented 

 by crows, 49 ; sacred ones in the 

 Jamna, 265 

 Tropidonotus piscator the Pond-snake, 



336 



,, stolatus, the Grass-snake, 

 334 



