ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACING PACK 



THE GREY PELICAN (Pelecanus philippensis), A BIRD OF 



THE PLAINS Frontispiece 



THE WHITE-BREASTED KINGFISHER (Halcyon smyrnensis) 4 

 THE REDSHANK (Totanus caldidris\ ONE OF THE BRITISH 



BIRDS FOUND IN INDIA 8 



THE INDIAN ROLLER, OR "BLUE JAY" (Coracias indicd] 12 



THE INDIAN ADJUTANT (Leptoptilus dubius) ... 28 



) >-> ' 34 



LOTEN'S SUNBIRD (Arachnechthra lotenia} .... 78 



(Note the long curved bill, adapted to insertion in flowers. ) 



THE YELLOW SUNBIRD (Arachnechthra zeylonicd) . . 80 



NEST OF LOTEN'S SUNBIRD 82 



(Notice that it is built in a spider's web.) 



LOTEN'S SUNBIRD (HEN) ABOUT TO ENTER NEST . . 90 



THE INDIAN SPOTTED OWLET (Athene drama) . . 94 

 THE INDIAN PADDY BIRD (Ardeola grayii) . . .114 



THE COMMON KINGFISHER (Alcedo ispida\ ONE OF THE 



BRITISH BIRDS FOUND IN INDIA . . . . 144 



THE INDIAN KITE (Milvus govindd) 148 



THE GREY-NECKED CROW (Corvus splendens) ... 190 



THE BENGAL RED-WHISKERED KuLEVL(Otocompsaemeria) 230 



