F Falcon, 6, 54 Fauna of British India, 158 Feminine selection, 160 Finn, Mr. Frank, 75, 232 Firefly, 188, 189 Flycatcher, paradise, 13, 81, 150-162 Flycatcher, white-browed fantailed, 146, 158 Fowl’s egg, 113, 114 Fox, 54 _Francolinus pondicerianus_, 90 _Fulica atra_, 5
G Gadwall, 8, 171 _Galerita cristata_, 7 _Gallinago coelestis_, 8 _Gallinago gallinula_, 8 Godwin, Earl, 169 Goose, grey-lag, 8 Grackle, 98 Grahame, 92 Green parrot, 88, 190-196, 197 Grey partridge, 90-93 Grouse, 93 Grouse, red, 1 Guinea-fowl, 93
H _Halcyon smyrnensis_, 4 _Harper’s Magazine_, 213 Harrier, hen, 6 Harrier, marsh, 6 Hawk-cuckoo, 117 Hawkes, Mr. S. M., 172 Hawk, sparrow-, 6 Headley, Mr. F. W., 54 Heron, 6 Herrick, Mr. F. H., 225, 226, 227 Hewer of wood, 84 _Hieraëtus fasciatus_, 175 _Hierococcyx varius_, 117 Hill-myna, 98 Home Life of Birds, 225 Homer, 57 _Homo sapiens_, 140 Honeysucker, 78-83, 166 Hoopoe, 14, 84, 182 Hornbill, 166 House martin, 110 Hudson, Mr. W. H., 107, 108 Hume, 18, 74, 129, 137, 189, 193 Humming-bird, 78 Hutton, Captain, 192
I Instinct, 27, 107, 109, 121 — maternal, 110 — parasitic, 120, 121 — parental, 27, 104 Isolation, 232
J Jackdaw, 4, 5 Jay, blue, 10-15, 84 Jerdon, 38, 69, 70, 74, 137, 140, 164, 175, 183, 188, 210 Jesse, 222 Jungle crow, 235-239
K Kearton, Mr. R., 105, 106 Kestrel, 6, 175 King-crow, 12, 40, 138, 139, 203-207 Kingfisher, 3, 144 Kingfisher, white-breasted, 4, 86 Kipling, Lockwood, 31, 91 Kite, 12, 106, 144-149, 166, 175, 177 Koel, 111-115
L Lal munia, 46 _Lanius lahtora_, 165 _Lanius vittatus_, 163, 165 Lapwing, 166 Lapwing, red-wattled, 56-61 Lapwing, yellow-wattled, 57 Larder, shrike’s, 163-165 Lark, crested, 7 Legge, 74 _Leptoptilus dubius_, 29 _Leptoptilus javanicus_, 34 Lilford, Lord, 143 _Lobivanellus goensis_, 56 Lockwood Kipling, 31, 91
M Magpie, 68-72 Magpie-robin, 84 Mallard, 8 Malvolio, 31 Martin, 100, 110 Merlin, 6 Merops, emerald, 208-212 _Merops philippinus_, 212 _Merops viridis_, 208-212 Milk, pigeon’s, 131 Minah, brahminy, 166 Minivet, 161 _Molpastes_, 229-234 _Molpastes hæmorrhous_, 231 _Molpastes indicus_, 231 _Molpastes intermedius_, 231 Monarch, dethroned, 173-177 _Motacilla maderaspatensis_, 26 Munia, red, 45-51 Munia, spotted, 52-55 Myna, 1, 40, 84, 86, 94-98, 181, 197