INDEX 



Turtur cambay ens-is, the little brown 

 Dove, 96 



,, risorius, the Indian Ring- 

 dove, 96 



, , mratensis, the spotted Dove, 95 



UPUPA INDICA, the Indian Hoopoe, 



147 

 Uroloncha punctulata, the spotted 



Munia, 257 



VARANUS SALVATOR, the Water- 

 lizard, 324 



Venom Indian mode of collecting 

 that of snakes, 349 ; average dis- 

 charge and lethal power of that of 

 Cobras, 350 ; ready method of 

 demonstrating essential differences 

 between colubrine and viperine 

 toxins, 358 



Viper a russellii, the Daboia, 355 

 Viverra zibetha, the large Indian Civet, 



274 

 Viverricula malaccensis, the small 



Indian Civet, 277 



Vulpes bengalensis, the Indian Fox, 271 

 Vultures the Indian white-backed, 

 Pseudogyps bengalensis, 

 238; superb flight of, 

 238 ; other good features 

 of, 239; excessive bold- 

 ness whilst feeding, 240 ; 

 often have difficulty in 

 rising from the ground, 



241 ; fondness for basking 

 in the sunshine, 241 ; 

 nesting habits of, 241 ; 



,, the Pondicherry, Otogyps 

 calvus, 242 ; disgusting 

 aspect and foul odour of, 

 242 



, , the smaller white Scavenger, 

 Neophron ginginianus, 



242 ; absent from the 

 lower Gangetic delta, 242 



WAGTAILS the white - faced, or 

 Dhobin, Motadlla leu- 

 copsis, 195 ; along with 

 M. melanope, one of 

 the earliest harbingers 

 of winter, 195 



Wagtails the grey Motadlla 

 melanope, 195 ; ex- 

 ceeding elegance of 

 form and movements 

 of, 196 ; tameness of, 

 196 ; almost always 

 go in pairs, 196 



,, the grey-headed Mota- 

 dlla borealis, 197 ; 

 extreme abundance of, 

 in Calcutta formerly, 

 197 ; reasons for their 

 desertion of the place, 

 197 



,, the yellow-faced, Mota- 



dlla dtreola, 198 

 ,, Hodgson's yellow- 



headed, Motadlla 

 dtreoloides, 198 



Water - hen the white - breasted, 

 Amaurornis phcenicurus, 173; nest- 

 ing of, 173 



Weaver-bird Ploceus bay a, 179 

 Wigeon Mareca penelope, one spend- 

 ing many successive winters in the 

 Zoological Garden at Alipur, 178 

 Wild-ducks occasional appearance of 

 in ponds in gardens in Calcutta, 177 

 Willow-warbler Tickell's, Phyllos- 



copus affinis, 260 



Wood-peckers the golden - backed 

 Brachypternus aur- 

 antius, 223; call 

 of, 223 ; visiting 

 flowers of silk- 

 cotton trees, 225 

 ,, the fulvous-breasted 



pied, Dendrocopus 

 macii, 225 ; 

 common in the 

 Botanic Garden at 

 Shibpur, 225 



,, the western Hima- 



layan v'ied,Dendro- 

 copus himalayensis, 

 226 ; nest of, 226 



XANTHOL&MA H^MATOCEPHALA, the 

 Coppersmith Barbet, 105 



ZAMENIS MUCOSUS, the Dhamin, or 

 Rat-snake, 336 



