PREFACE

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

CONTENTS

PART I

A. HINDUSTANI NAMES OF COMMON BIRDS

B. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO STRUCTURAL PECULIARITIES

C. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO COLOUR

D. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO HABITS

PART II Descriptive List of the Common Birds of the Plains of India

INDEX TO DESCRIPTIVE LIST

Transcriber's Notes

BEING A KEY TO THE COMMON
BIRDS OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR

A COMPANION VOLUME TO
THE BIRD VOLUMES OF “THE
FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA” &
JERDON’S “BIRDS OF INDIA”

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXX

2nd Edition (Revised)

The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, England. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.