B Babbler, 181 Babbler, common, 127 Babbler, striated bush-, 127 Barnes, 74 Baya, 183-189, 219, 221 Bee-eater, blue-tailed, 212 Bee-eater, little green, 208-212 Bingham, Major C.T., 210 Biology, dogmatism of, 129 Blackbird, 1, 107 Blackwell, Mr., 110 Blanford, 203 “Blue Jay,” 10-15, 84 Blyth, 30 Bonelli’s eagle, 175 Bottle bird, 185 _Brachypternus aurantius_, 86 Brain-fever bird, 117 Bulbul, 1, 166, 229-234 Bulbul, black, 229 Bulbul, green, 229 Bulbul, red-vented, 229-234 Bulbul, red-whiskered, 228-234 Bulbul, white-browed, 229 Burroughs, Mr. John, 213 Butcher bird, 163-167 Butler, Colonel, 211 Buzzard, 6 Buzzard, white-eyed, 176
C _Caccabis chucar_, 89 _Centropus phasianus_, 207 _Cercomela fusca_, 130 Chaffinch, 1 _Chambers’s Journal_, 30 Character, bird of, 94-98 Chick, 113 Chicken, 113, 116 Chukor, 89, 90 Cobbler, 62 Colouration, protective, 59, 128 _Columba intermedia_, 6 _Columba livia_, 6 Coot, 14 _Coracias indica_, 12, 54 Corby, Indian, 235-239 _Corvus_, 112, 142, 145, 147, 176, 237 _Corvus corax_, 4 _Corvus lawrencii_, 4 _Corvus macrorhynchus_, 235, 236, 238 _Corvus splendens_, 5, 111, 176, 235 _Coturnix communis_, 7 Cowper, 92 Craftsmen, a couple of neglected, 219-223 Cranes, 35-37 Crow, 5, 24-26, 30, 40, 68, 95, 106, 111-115, 118-123, 142, 144, 145-149, 175, 176, 179, 180, 184, 190, 191, 197, 213, 214, 235-239 Cuckoo, 9, 24, 107, 108, 117, 118, 120 Cuckoo, drongo-, 202-207 Cuckoo, playing, 111-116, 133 Cullen, Rev. C. D., 165 Cunningham, Colonel, 31, 32, 118, 164, 184, 190 _Cypselus affinis_, 101 _Cypselus batassiensis_, 101
D Darwin, Charles, 158, 160 Darwinian theory, 23, 129 Davison, 74, 203 Deceiver, gay, 202-207 _Dendrocita rufa_, 68 _Dicrurus_, 203 Did-he-do-it, 56-61 Difficulties of bird photography, 225 Dimorphism, sexual, 80, 81, 128, 156 Dog, 215, 216 Dogmatism of biology, 129 Don Quixote, 31 Dove, 12, 124-129 Dove, little brown, 124-134 Dove, red turtle, 128, 129 Dove, ring-, 124-129 Dove, spotted, 124-129 Dragon-fly, 181 Drongo,139 Drongo-cuckoo, 202-207 Duck, 8, 168, 169
E Eagle, 54, 173-177 Eagle, Bonelli’s, 175, 177 Eagle, golden, 175 Eagle, tawny, 176, 177 Edible birds’ nests, 102 “Eha,” 29, 48, 57, 131, 220, 230 _Endynamis honorata_, 111, 117