CONTENTS 



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I. Birds in a Grove .... 3 



II. The Magpie-Robin .... 9 



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 55 



XI. 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 91 



XVII. Summer Visitors to the Punjab Plains 98 



XVIII. A Bird of Many Aliases . . . 106 



XIX. Paddy Birds at Bedtime . . . iii 



XX. Merlins 116 



