CONTENTS 



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I. BIRDS IN A GROVE .... 3 



II. THE MAGPIE-ROBIN g 



III. THE INDIAN SNAKE-BIRD . 14 



IV. MINIVETS 19 



V. THE POWER OF ANIMALS TO EXPRESS 



THOUGHT 25 



VI. PIED WOODPECKERS .... 31 



VII. A JHIL OUT OF SEASON .... 37 



VIII. BIRDS IN WHITE . . , . . .42 



IX. THE PIED CRESTED CUCKOO . . .48 



X. VULTURES . v . . . . 55 



XL THE INDIAN ROBIN . . . . 61 



XII. THE SHIKRA . ... . .69 



XIII. A FINCH OF ROSEATE HUE ... 74 



XIV. BIRDS ON THE LAWN . . . .80 

 XV. THE GREY HORNBILL . ... 86 



XVI. THE FLAMINGO . . . -9* 



XVII. SUMMER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS 98 



XVIII. A BIRD OF MANY ALIASES . . . 106 



XIX. PADDY BIRDS AT BEDTIME . . . in 



XX. MERLINS 116 



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