INDIA 



303 



Change of breeding quarters 



owing to unsuitableness, 



50 

 C'hitVchaff, 49, 61, 80, 139, 140, 



221, 224, 244 

 Girl Bunting, 28, 140 

 Clark. -, \V. Eagle, Studies in 



Bird Miiirntinn, 24 

 Cleanliness of nest, 180 

 Cliff-breeding species, 63 

 Climatic changes, alteration of 



routine, due to, 284 



changes, food dependent on, 



283 



conditions, influence of, 20 

 Communities, 202 



birds after breeding-season 



remain in, 265-67 

 Competition, female, for males, 



13 



Complexity of strife, 84-85 

 Conflicts between males during 



the mating period, 74, 86 



- between males during the 



nesting period, 87 



- for areas, 10, 11, 13, 62 



- of Ruff, 54 

 sexual, 10 



Congenital disposition, 135 

 Contests between males for 



possession of females, 80 

 Coot, 61 



Corn-Bunting, 28 

 Corncrake, 39 

 Crow, Carrion, 226, 227 

 Crow, Hooded, 202 

 Cuckoo, 52, 82, 144, 296 



restricted breeding area, 52 

 Curlew, 119, 138, 140, 250, 262, 



263, 265, 273 



DAN<;ER warnings, 269 

 Darwin, C., Descent of Man, 35 



on the arrival of males be- 



fore females, 35 



ritory, 6 



Development, sexual, 6 

 Disposition, congenital, 135 



functioning of, 74 



inherited, 5 



- to defend the territory, 

 73-118 



to mate, 27 



to remain in a particular 



place in a particular en- 

 vironment, 6 



to secure a territory, 6, 20-72 

 Distribution, adjustment of, 



275 



Dove, Turtle, 126, 232 

 Dunlin, 250 



EMOTIONAL behaviour, 53, 82, 

 114 



manifestation, 90, 263 



response, 26 

 Enemies, 282 

 Energy, waste of, 219 

 Environment, 6 



and food, 56 



changes of, 283 



external, conditions in, 279, 



282 



Equipment, hereditary, 6 

 Evolution of breeding stations 



or territory, 15, 19 



of the territory, 176 



of the voice, 163 

 Existence, struggle for, 294 

 Experience, acquired, 300 

 Experiments, removal of nests 



for, 181, 185, 190, 213, 214 

 Exposure, its effect on nestlings 



180 



External environment, con- 

 ditions in, 279, 282 



FALCON, 48, 71 



Feeding grounds, neutral, 125 

 in communities, 70 



