PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
BRITISH BIRDS IN THE PLAINS OF INDIA
THE BIRD IN BLUE
SPARROWS IN THE NURSERY
THE CARE OF YOUNG BIRDS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE NEST
THE ADJUTANT BIRD
THE SARUS
THE STABILITY OF SPECIES
THE AMADAVAT
THE NUTMEG BIRD
THE DID-HE-DO-IT
COBBLER OR TAILOR?
A CROW IN COLOURS
UP-TO-DATE SPECIES MAKING
HONEYSUCKERS
A HEWER OF WOOD
A FEATHERED SPRINTER
A BIRD OF CHARACTER
SWIFTS
BIRDS AS AUTOMATA
PLAYING CUCKOO
THE KOEL
THE COMMON DOVE OF INDIA
DOVES IN A VERANDAH
THE GOLDEN ORIOLE
THE BARN OWL
A TREE-TOP TRAGEDY
TWO LITTLE BIRDS
THE PARADISE FLYCATCHER
BUTCHER BIRDS
DUCKS
A DETHRONED MONARCH
BIRDS IN THE RAIN
THE WEAVER BIRD
GREEN PARROTS
THE ROOSTING OF THE SPARROWS
THE GAY DECEIVER
THE EMERALD MEROPS
DO ANIMALS THINK?
A COUPLE OF NEGLECTED CRAFTSMEN
BIRDS IN THEIR NESTS
BULBULS
THE INDIAN CORBY
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes
THE GREY PELICAN. (PELECANUS PHILIPPENSIS) (A bird of the Plains)
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S. WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIVING BIRDS BY CAPTAIN F. D. S. FAYRER, I.M.S.
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMIX
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH
