INDEX. 



329 



Pilgam, 193, 194 



Pilgrims from Ajmeer, 168 ; to Umer- 

 natli, 253 ; women of, 254 



Pine-marten's skins sold at Pesliawui, 

 317 



Pintail-duck, 58 



PintaU-grouse, 119 



Pimts longi/olia, 64 



Pipit, 134 ; (Himalayan), 67 ; (moun- 

 tain), 243 



Plaoh pheasant, 90, 91 ; habits of. 111 



Plantago major, growing in India, 242 



Plantain-groTes at Mahe in the Sey- 

 chelles, 8 



Pleasure-garden at Atsibul, 201 



Ploceus iaya, its nest, 25 



Plover (long-legged), 153 



Plumage of birds in desert countries, 

 colour of, 40 



Pochard (red-headed), 58, 171 



Poliomis teesa, 18 



Pomegranate in blossom, 102 



Pony of Yarknnd, 266 



Poogah, sulphur and borax mines, 281 



Poonah, arrival at, 9; familiar birds 

 about it, 11 



Poonadnr, a favourite resort in the hot 

 months, 14 



Porcupine (Indian), 45, 137 



Porpoise of Indus, 36 ; off Madeira, 5 



Pouches on groin of Tibetan antelope, 

 279 



Poppy (red), 219 



Powder (red), on neck and breast 

 feathers of bearded vulture, 79 



Prang-la, a lofty peak, 283 



Prangos patmlana of Moororoft, 257 



Praying boxes, Ladakh, 266 



Priests in Ladakh, 266 



Primrose (slate-coloured), 162 



Primroses, 88 ; flowering on margin of 

 snow, 95; on banks of Dras river, 

 259' 



Primula elliptica, 260 ; purpurea and 

 dbtusifolia, 88 



Procapra picticauda, 281 



PterocUs alchata, 119 ; wrmarms, 119, 

 317; eoMstus, 119,317 



Pteropus edwardsii, fox-bat on banyan- 

 tree at Poonah, 15 



Pucrasia maerolopha, 90 



Pugnacity of goats and sheep, 210 



PuUa, or tamarind-fish, 55 



Puteala, Eajah of, 82 



!, 135; hcemor- 

 rlwus, the bulbul, 13, 201 ; lewx>Us, 

 135 ; leucogenys, 173, 201 



Pyrrhocorax alpimis, 265 



Pyrrhula eryth/rocephala, 113; awran- 

 tia, 113, 161 



Pyrrhulamda grisea, 156 



QuADEUMANA of Himalaya, 108 

 QuaU (rain), 24; (black-beUied), 106; 



at Peshawur, 318 

 Quails, sudden disappearance of, ac- 

 counted for, 122; their dispersion 

 after harvest, 310 

 Queenstowu (Cove of Cork), 5 

 Quoir-monal, or snow-partridge, 298 



Eaghbbes, with the offerings of passers- 

 by, 155 

 Eail (water), 154 

 Earn, coming of, 28 ; in Cashmere, 217 ; 



effect of, on baked soil, 310 

 Bainless district of Ladakh, 260 

 Rainy season of lower ranges, 63 

 Bamanthera village, 131 

 " Rambler," quoted on curiosity after 



works of nature, 3 

 Eam-hun, or wild dog of Cashmere, 215 

 Eamoo, or goat-antelope, 220 

 Rat (tailless), 280 

 Rattray (Capt.), sketches Cashmere 



scenery, 245 

 Raven, 129 ; on Indus, 56 ; not distinct 



from European, 142 ; of Ladakh, 



variety of common species, 260 

 Eavine, or Bennett's deer, 148 

 Eavines of Jubba district, peculiarities 



of, 149 

 Rawul Pindee, 124, 126 

 Redbreast (little), 140 

 Bed-deer, a variable species, 187 

 Redstart (black Indian), at Poonah, 13 ; 



(sooty), 115 ; (chestunt-belliedorGul- 



denstadt's),115, 271 ; (white-capped), 



115, 263 

 Jtheum, three species of the genus, 



257 ; R. moorcrofti, 260 

 BMpidwa fuscmentris, 21 ; aWofron- 



tata,, 37 

 Rhododendrons, 65 ; scarlet species 



(B. Tia/rbatu/m) in fidl blossom, 87 

 Ehubarb (wild), first food of brown 



bear in spring, 197 

 Bhimbeer (Prince), visit to, at Sopur, 250 



