GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BIRDS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I BIRDS IN A GROVE

II THE MAGPIE-ROBIN

III THE INDIAN SNAKE-BIRD

IV MINIVETS

V THE POWER OF ANIMALS TO EXPRESS THOUGHT

VI PIED WOODPECKERS

VII A JHIL OUT OF SEASON

VIII BIRDS IN WHITE

IX THE PIED CRESTED CUCKOO

X VULTURES

XI THE INDIAN ROBIN

XII THE SHIKRA

XIII A FINCH OF ROSEATE HUE

XIV BIRDS ON THE LAWN

XV THE GREY HORNBILL

XVI THE FLAMINGO

XVII SUMMER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS

XVIII A BIRD OF MANY ALIASES

XIX PADDY BIRDS AT BEDTIME

XX MERLINS

XXI THE COMMON WRYNECK

XXII GREEN PIGEONS

XXIII BULBULS’ NESTS—I

BULBULS’ NESTS—II

XXIV NIGHTINGALES IN INDIA

XXV THE WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW

XXVI WINTER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS

XXVII A KINGFISHER AND A TERN

XXVIII THE RED TURTLE DOVE

XXIX BIRDS IN THE MILLET FIELDS

XXX HOOPOES AT THE NESTING SEASON

XXXI THE LARGEST BIRD IN INDIA

XXXII THE SWALLOW-PLOVER

XXXIII THE BIRDS OF A MADRAS GARDEN

XXXIV SUNBIRDS

XXXV THE BANK MYNA

XXXVI THE JACKDAW

XXXVII FIGHTING IN NATURE

XXXVIII BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES

XXXIX VOICES OF THE NIGHT

INDEX

Transcriber’s Notes