INDEX 
Magpie, Indian, 287 
» robin, 290-3. 
Mayfly, 120, 
Monkey, 128. 
Myna, 21, 25, 84, 98, 103, 167-70, 
241, 250, 287, 296. 
Myna, Brahminy, 246. 
»— hill, 94. 
Nests, 7, 21, 28, 43, 57, 87, 107, 
114, 143, 156, 159, 160, 187, 193, 
226, 239, 247, 257, 280, 
Nightingale, 290. 
a Persian, 290. 
Osprey, 101, 191, 269, 270, 
Owl, 197, 223, 256. 
», fishing, 101. 
Owlet, spotted, 253-9, 286. 
Paddy-bird, 12, 84, 111, 235-41. 
Paddy-bird’s nest, 239. 
Paroquet, rose-headed, 23. 
3 rose-ringed, 18, 
Parrot, 34, 113. 
1» green, 17-23, 65, 84, 287. 
Peacock, 6, 127-32, 287. 
Peewits, 286. 
Persian nightingale, 290. 
Pharaoh’s chicken, 277. 
Pied kingfisher, 65, 106 
Pied wagtail, 293. 
Pigeon, 20, 36, 151, 163. 
Pond heron, 235. 
Protective colouration, 9, 30, 43, 58. 
Puffin, 115. 
Redstart, 237. 
Ringdove, 7. 
Robin magpie, 290-3. 
Roller, 83, 105, 111-18. 
393 
Roller, broad-billed, 118. 
»» Burmese, 118, 
», European, 118. 
Roller’s nest, 114. 
Rook, 285. 
Rose-headed paroquet, 23. 
Rose-ringed paroquet, 18, 
Sandpiper, 26, 139. 
Sarus crane, 84. 
Scraper, 163. 
Sea swallow, 270. 
Shama, 290, 292. 
Snipe, 26, 139. 
Sparrow, 255 60, 71-9, 86, 95, 144, 
171, 247. 
Spotted dove, 7. 
Spotted owlet, 99, 253-9, 286. 
Squirrel, 93-9. 
Starling, 285. 
Stork, 84. 
Swallow, 36, 103. 
Swift, 12, 36, 103, 175, 266. 
Tailor-bird, 25-31, 288, 171. 
Tailor-bird’s nest, 28, 
Termites, 119-26. 
Tern, 270, 
»> gull-bird, 271. 
>, Caspian, 271. 
Tree pie, 5. 
Vulture, 170, 278-82. 
Vulture’s nest, 280. 
Vulture, white scavenger, 277. 
Wagtail, 13, 14, 59. 
» — pied, 293. 
Warbler, 188, 
Wasps, 209-16. 
‘White ant, 119-26. 
