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INDEX 



Neo- Darwinian School, 124, 128 

 Nest, sanitation of, 224 

 Nests, birds in their, 224-228 

 Nests, edible birds', 102 

 Newman, Mr. T. H., 75 

 Nutmeg bird, 52-55 



Gates, 158 



QLnopopelia tranquebarica, 128 



Oriole, black-headed, 135 



Oriole, Indian, 13, 134-139 



Oriolus kundoo, 135 



Oriolus melanocephalus ', 135 



OrthotomuS) 222 



Orthotomus sutorius, 62-67, 219 



Otocompsa^ 229-34 



Otocompsa emerta, 23 1 



Otocompsafuscicaudatct) 23 1 



Owl, barn, 3, 140-144 



Owl, screech, 144 



Owl, white, 141, 142 



Owlet, spotted, 94, 142 



Paddy bird, 115, 116 



Palaornis nepalensis, 194 



Palaornis torquatus, 194 



Palm swift, 101 



Paradise flycatcher, 13, 81, 150- 



162 



Parakeet, I 



Parental instinct, 27, 104 

 Paroquet, Alexandrine, 194 

 Paroquet, rose-ringed, 194 

 Parrot, 95, 184 

 Parrot catching, 194 

 Parrot, green, 88,166, 190-196, 197 

 Parrot, West African, 195 

 Partridge, grey, 90-93, 166 

 Passer domesticus^ 2, 75, 76 

 Peacock, 42-44 

 Peafowl, 93 



Pearson, Professor, 42, 44 

 Peregrine falcon, 6 

 Pericrocotus peregrinus, 1 6 1 



Pheasant, 92, 144 



Photography, difficulties of bird, 



225 



Pica rustica, 68 

 Pie, tree, 68-72 

 Pigeon, 6, 133, 134, 184 

 Pintail, 8 



Pinto, Mr. G. A., 63, 64, 66, 158 

 Pipit, 7 



Playing cuckoo, m-ii6 

 Ploceus bay a, 183, 219 

 Plover, Kentish, 9 

 Plover, ringed, 9 

 Pochard, white-eyed, 171 

 Prinia inornaia, 219 

 Prinia socialis, 2.2.2. 

 Protective colouration, 59, 93, 128 



Quail, 7, 93 



Rain, birds in the, 178-182 



Raven, 3, 4 



Red munia, 46-51, 52-54 



Redshank, 9 



Reid, 74, 222 



Rhipidura albifrontata, 146, 158 



Robin, Indian, 128 



Robin redbreast, I, 107 



Rock chat, brown, 130 



Roller, 12 



Rook, 4, 5 



Salvadori, 74 

 Sandpiper, 9 

 Sanyal, Babu, 38, 39 

 Sarciophorus malabaricus, 57 

 Sarcogrammus indicus, 56 

 Sarus, 35-39 



Selection, feminine, 160, 161 

 Selection, natural, 23, 24, 42, 105, 



109, 129, 202-207, 232, 234 

 Selection, sexual, 42, 160, 161, 205- 



207 

 "Seven sisters," i 



