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INDEX. 



Coradas affimis, 136 ; imdica, its habits, 

 22 



Coral tree, 63 



Cormorant (bro-wn-neoked), 53 ; (white- 

 beUied), 53 ; (leaser), 122 



Corvas splemdem, 12; cuhnmatus, 12, 

 142; corax, 56; iiftetowas, not distinct 

 from C corax, 142 . 



Cottvrnw coromandelica, 24, 106 



CotyU siiisoccata, 154, 285 



Courier (coromandel), habits of, 40 



Crab in rivers of Punjaub, 132 



Cranes appear on Indus, 46 ; at Pesha- 

 wur, 317 



Creeper (Goulparah), 104; (Hima- 

 layan), 111 



Crickets, noise of, 166 



Crocodile-pond, visit to, 41-45 



Crocodiles of Mugger-peer, 42-45 



Crocodiles pahtstris, 42-45 



Crovr (Indian) at Poonah, 12 ; (Mala- 

 bar), a cuckoo, 22 ; (Indian carrion), 

 142 



Crows of New Brunswick and Maine 

 decreased during American war, 26 



Cuckoo, 68; (black), 17; (European), 

 17, 169; (lark-heeled), habits and 

 food, 22 ; (black and white crested), 

 198 



Cuculus canorus, at Poonah, 17, 68, 

 169 ; Mmalaymms, 68 



Curlew at Kurrachee, 40 ; (red-billed), 

 293 



Currants (wild) 263 



CiKrsorms isabellinus, 40 



Custonee or musk-deer, 95 



Cyaneciila suecica, 58 



Cypress at Deinna, 161 



Cypseius affimis, or allied swift, its nest, 

 etc., 11, 39 



Dandelion at Vernag, 203; searched 

 for, 126 



Danger of travelling through defiles of 

 Ladakh before or after rain, 290 



Darwin, writings of, cause of their at- 

 tractiveness, 4; on oan-ion-vultures, 

 quoted, 75 



Deer (barWng), 67; its haunts and 

 habits, 70, 71; (Bennett's), 148; 

 near Peshawur, 317 ; (Cashmere), 

 186 ; description and habits, 188 ; 

 (Eld's), 190 ; (Tibet ravine), 281 



Deei^-shooting, 191, 192 



Deer-sheep, 143 

 Deinna fort, 161 

 Dend/rodtta rufa, 86 ; sinensis, 86 ; 



vagabunda, 136 

 Deodar, 167 ; cedars of great size, 226 

 " Devils," whirlwinds of sand so called, 



34 

 Dews great on plains of Scinde, 35 

 Dheer hay, a leopard, 107 

 Dhoons, or great valleys near plains, 



92 

 Dial-birds, the nightingales of English 



residents, 24 

 Dicrwrus macrocercus, 25 

 Discomforts of Europeans in the East, 



18 

 Dipper (European), on Cashmere moim- 



tains, 116 ; on the Lidur, 195 ; 



killed on the Buchee, 264 ; (brown), 



219 

 Distances, diflicnlty of judging, on moun- 

 tains, 194, 276 

 Dog, (^native), 165 ; (vrild), 189 ; pur- 

 suit of a pack, 215 ; attachment to 



man, 309 ; Himalayan wild dog easily 



tamed, 310 

 Dog-skin (inflated), used in crossing 



rivers, 53 

 Dogs preferable to beaters in partridge 



and pheasant shooting, 69 

 Dotterel (Indian ring), 61 ; mfous- 



breasted) 283 

 Dove (Senegal) 22 ; (Suiat), 51 

 Dras river, 259, 261 ; fort of, 260 

 Drongo shrike robbing hoopoe, 196 

 DucMnpara, 185 ; mountains of, 186 ; 



forests, 299 ; valley of, 304 

 Duck (spotted-billed), 54 ; (castaneous), 



249 ; (Brahminy), 275 ; its flesh, 



281 

 Ducks at Sehwan, 54 

 Dugshai Mil-station, 61, 72 

 Dul lake. Cashmere, 246 

 Drun, or red marmot, 258 

 Dumba, broad-tailed sheep, 272 

 Dungaree, 20 

 Dust about Kui'rachee, 83 ; cloud of, 



preceding storm, 311 

 Dust-clouds, 72 



EaOLB, 112, 171 ; (tawny), at Poonah, 

 14, 15 ; (serpent), its food, 38 ; 

 (whiteheaded),of Asia, 49; (spotted), 

 74, 133 



