INDEX. 



Abromis, a genua of Himalayan warb- 

 lers, 169 



Acacia at Knrraohee, 35 



Accentor strophiatus, 284 



Accipiter virgatus trained for qiiail- 

 himting, 21 



Aconite, flowers of, 109 



Acridotheres pagodwrum, 99 ; tristis, 

 the mina, 24 



Actitis hypoleucus, 49 



Adder, 221 



Adjutant, 100 ; one of the scavengers 

 of the East, 307 



Afredees, danger from, 315, 316 



Agate, where found, 28 



Ajda, a snake which hunts frogs, 221 



Akmda areensis, 261 ; triiorhyncha, 

 98 



Albatross, first appearance of, 6 ; greed 

 of and capture of, 7 ; wing-hones 

 used for pipe-stalks, and purses made 

 from skin of feet, 7 ; tameness of, re- 

 garded hy sailors as indicating ap- 

 proaching storm, 7 



AUedo bengalemsis, 21 ; on Indus, 48 



Ale of Ladakh, 266 



Aliwal, exaggerated account of battle, 

 60 



Alligator (Indian) 52, 53 



Altitude, effects of, on bodily frame, 

 273 



Amarantfms cruentus, 65 



Ammoperdisc lonha/mi, 140, 317 ; heyi, 

 140 



Amritser, shawls made at, 174 



ATMS clypeata, 54 ; pcecilorhyncha, 54 ; 

 qaergmdula, 54 ; rutUa, 275 



Anser aUrifrons, .50, 120 ; indicus, 

 50 



Ant "(great black), 27 ; gathering sup- 

 plies, 38 ; (white), food of many birds, 



. 153 



Antelope, rare at Poonah, 14 ; herds of, 

 59 ; swiftness of black buck, 59 



Anthus agilis, 134 



Antilope bezoartica, 14, 59 



Antlers, gnawed, 189 



Apples (wild) eaten by long-tailed jay 

 and other birds, 86 



Aqwila fulvescens at Poonah, 14 



Arabel Falls, 206 



AraxhriRchtTwa asiatka, 17 



Arboricola torqueola, 110 



Arctomys tiheiamus, 258, 289 



Ardea a/rgala, or adjutant, 100, 307 ; 

 cinerea, 53 



Ardeola leneoptera, 129 



Argali at Nobra, 277 



Argus pheasant, 216 



Armies followed by flocks of vultures, 

 26 



Arrat Nag, sacred spring, 200 



Arvicola, species of, 152 



Asafostida plant at Sonamurg, 267 ; 

 carried to market, 301 



Asmus hemiomis, 275 



Asparagus racemosus, 206 



Athene brama, 56 ; brodiei, 101 ; citcu- 

 loides, 101 



Atsibul, pleasure-garden of Mogul em- 

 perors, 201 



Attidw, ant of the family, 27 



Attock, crossing the Indus at, 313 



Audubon, zest of his writings, cause of, 

 4 



■ Avalanches, 228 ; party of hunters over- 

 whelmed by, 229 ; colonies destroyed 

 by, 265 



Babbleb (pale-eared and striated), 38 ; 



(white-bellied), notes of, 57; (striated), 



133 

 Bageree, a kind of grain, 27 

 Baggage carried by women, 268 



