320 



INDEX. 



Bakar, ancient fortress at, 55 



Baker (Sir Samuel) on deposition of 

 carcases of large animals, 312 



Band of Goulab Singli, 244 



Bandycoot or hog-rat in houses, 20 



Bangau-palm, 27 



Baramala, 170 



Baramula, no pabns observed at, 251 ; 

 prince arrives at, 252 



Bara-singa, name of Cashmere deer, 

 186, 193 



Bater, the Amaranthus cnientus, 65 



Bats, colony of, at Poonah, 15 ; flesh 

 eaten by half-caste Portuguese, 15 



Batteah, a name of the impeyan phea- 

 sant, 90 



Batu, red patches of, 109 



Bawaoheh, name of markhore in Tihet, 

 213 



Bazgo, 268 



Bear (black), feeding on fruit of service- 

 tree, 111 ; variety of, 159 ; ravages 

 of, 166 ; its favourite haunts, 241 ; 

 climbs the tallest trees, 303 



Bear (isabella or brown), 183, 238 ; its 

 habits, 239 ; varies in colour, 240 ; 

 cub .feeding on wild carrots, etc., 

 299 ; a male killed, 302 



Bear, a large one killed, 178 ; one 

 wounded, 179 ; descent of a wounded 

 one, 211 ; feeding on shoots of rhu- 

 barb, 227 ; sight of bears not acute, 

 227 ; shot, 236 ; prefers vegetable to 

 animal food, 239 ; fat of, 300 



Bears (brown and black) attack each 

 other when they meet, 209 



Bearded vulture carrying off a monal, 

 112 ; at Ladakh, 275 



Becalmed near the Line, 9 



Bee-eater (green), variety in plumage, 

 13 ; manner of roosting, 61, 134, 153; 

 (common), 198 



Bee-hives at Naira, 87 



Beetles at night, 18 



Beloochee warriors, 36 



Beloochistan, mountains of, 34 



Bhyri falcons, sold at Poonah, 18 



Birds, sizes and appearance of different 

 species affected by climate, etc., 112 ; 

 migrations of, 128, 129 ; arrivals of, 

 at Peshawur in cold weather, 317 



Bittern at Peshawur, 317 



Blackbird (hill), 115 



Blackbreast, sand-grouse, 119 



Bleachedfaces of Europeans, how caused, 



311 

 Boatmen of Indus, their life, 55 

 Boats on Indiis, 48 

 Bombay, arrival at, 9 

 Bone, 134 

 Bonito, numbers of this fish near the 



Line, 6 

 Booby (brown), off African coast, 6 

 Booinchil, name of WaUich's pheasant, 



91 

 BijrajCround lakes, 275 

 SraehypiemMs awantius, 120 

 Bracken (British), plentiful near Chor 



mountain, 88 

 Brahminy kite on Indus, 48 

 Brambles (stone), perhaps Rubm saxa- 



tilis, 301 

 Brar, silk collecting, 198 

 Brick-tea, 269 

 Buchee, 264 

 Buddhist piUars, 261 

 Budytes vkidis, 13 ; citreola, 58 

 Bulbul at Poonah, 13 ; (white-eared), 



38 ; (hooded), 74 ; (red-vented), 135, 



201 ; (yellow-vented), 135, 201 ; note 



of, 173 

 Bullfinch (orange-coloured), 113, 161 ; 



(red-headed) 113 

 Bullock killed by tiger, 21 

 Bultul Pass, 259 

 Biinber Pass, 208 

 Bunda or Rhesus monkey, 108 

 Buutetur or wood-partridge, 110 

 Bunting (gray-capped), 142, 164 ; 



(brown-headed), 156 ; (black-throat- 

 ed), 164 

 Burrel, horns of, 277 

 Burrelhay, a leopard, 107 

 Bush-quaU, 85 

 Bussol viUagCj 123 

 Bustard (black-headed), 24 ; (houbara), 



51 ; bustards at Peshawur, 317 

 Buzzard (moor), 152 



Oaccaibis ahvkm, 70 



Cairns, 155 ; in Ladakh the abodes 



of spirits,- according to Tartars, 



278 

 Calliope pecioralis, 215 

 Callocitta sinensis, 85 ; flamrostns, 



169 

 Caltha palustris, 175 

 Camels work Persian wheels, 47 



