Horsfield’s nightjar is abundant in the _sal_ forests of the Pilibhit district.
A _Accipiter nisus_, 70, 164 _Acridotheres ginginianus_, 53, 113, 225-30 — _tristis_, 113, 225-30, 241 Adam, Mr. R. M., 222 Adams, 77 Adjutant, 86 _Aegithina tiphia_, 213 Aesalon chicquera, 117-20 — _regulus_, 116, 117, 164 Aitken, Mr. James, 154, 155 _Alaudarius, Tinnunculus_, 164 _Alba, Herodias_, 38 —, _Motacilla_, 162 _Albifrontata, Rhipidura_, 4, 214 Albinos, 42 _Anas boscas_, 64 — _poecilorhyncha_, 40, 64 _Anastomus oscitans_, 45 _Anthus rufulus_, 6 _Antigone, Grus_, 38, 197-203 _Aquila bifasciata_, 164 — _vindhiana_, 163 _Arachnechthra asiatica_, 3, 99, 218-224 — _lotenia_, 218 — _zeylonica_, 218 _Ardea cinerea_, 38 _Ardeola grayii_, 85, 106-15 _Argya caudata_, 65 — _malcomi_, 51 _Asiatica, Arachnechthra_, 3, 99, 218-24 _Asiaticus, Caprimulgus_, 253 _Astur badius_, 70, 164 _Ater, Dicrurus_, 8, 41, 227, 236 _Athene brama_, 246 _Aurantius, Brachypternus_, 8 _Auriceps, Dendrocopus_, 33 Avocet, 44 _Avocetta, Recurvirostra_, 44
B Babbler, grey, 51 — jungle, 51 — white-headed, 212 _Badius, Astur_, 70 _Bajra_, 178 Baker, Stuart, 50, 91 Bamboo sparrow, 77 Banjo-bill, 44 Bank myna, 53, 113, 182, 225-30, 235 Banta, Mr., 242, 243 Barbet, green, 8, 19 Barn owl, 248 — swallow, 151 Barred-headed goose, 160 _Batassiensis, Tachornis_, 215 Batesian mimicry, 239 _Baya, Ploceus_, 180 Bay-backed shrike, 213 Bee-eater, 6, 19, 98, 213, 215, 244 — blue-tailed, 98, 156 — little green, 98, 156 _Belenois mesentina_, 241 _Bengalensis, Bubo_, 248 —, _Pseudogyps_, 6, 60 Bingham, Col. C. T., 240 Biology, peculiar position of, 238 Birds and Butterflies, 238-45 “Birds of Calcutta,” 224 “Birds of the Plains,” 222 _Birostris, Lophoceros_, 86-90 Black-bellied tern, 40, 216 Blackbird, 211 —, Brewer, 242 Black bulbul, 49 Blackcap, 211 Black-headed bunting, 179 Black-winged kite, 165 Blanford, Dr., 66, 223 “Blue jay,” 119, 182, 216 Blyth, 77, 123 “Bombay Ducks,” 55 Bonner, 57 Bourdillon, Mr. T. F., 17 _Brachypternus aurantius_, 8 _Brachyura, Pitta_, 19 Brahmany duck, 161 — kite, 212 — myna, 212, 217 Brain-fever bird, 51, 80, 249 _Brarna, Athene_, 246 _Brassicae, Pieris_, 241 Brewer blackbird, 242 Brown fish owl, 175 Brown-fronted pied woodpecker, 33 Brown tree snake, 144 Bryden, Mr. A. H., 236 _Bubo bengalensis_, 248 _Bubulcus coromandus_, 45 _Buchanani, Emberiza_, 179 Bulbul, 146, 147 — (nightingale), 146 — basta, 147 — black, 49 — bostha, 147 — kola, 49 —, red-vented, 163, 212 —, red-whiskered, 4, 130-44 Bulbuls’ nests, 130-44 Bulbul, white-browed, 212 — white-eared, 163 Bunting, 178-81 — black-headed, 179, 180 Bunting, grey-necked, 178, 180 — red-headed, 179, 180 Bush chat, 182 Bush-lark, 212 Butcher-bird, 182, 213 _Butreron_, 130 Butterflies, Birds and, 238-45 Buzzard, long-legged, 163