Douglas Dewar

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

BY DOUGLAS DEWAR

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: BELL & COCKBURN MCMXIII

WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH

I DEDICATE
THIS BOOK TO

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

A HUNTER OF BIG GAME AND A NATURALIST
WHO, HAVING BROUGHT COMMON-SENSE TO BEAR
ON THE PROBLEMS OF NATURAL HISTORY
DECLINES TO BE DICTATED TO BY THOSE WHO
HAVE CONSTITUTED THEMSELVES
ZOOLOGICAL AUTHORITIES