PREFACE

CONTENTS

I OF INDIAN BIRDS IN GENERAL

II RESPECTABLE CUCKOOS

III THE BROWN ROCK-CHAT

IV THE SCAVENGER-IN-WAITING

V INDIAN WAGTAILS

VI THE TEESA

VII FALCONRY IN INDIA

VIII HAWKS IN MINIATURE

IX THE ROOSTING OF THE BEE-EATERS

X OWLS

XI A BUNDLE OF INIQUITY

XII THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ACTIONS OF ANIMALS

XIII AT THE SIGN OF THE FARASH

XIV THE COOT

XV THE BEAUTIFUL PORPHYRIO

XVI THE COBRA

XVII THE MUNGOOSE

XVIII THE SWAN

XIX KITES OF THE SEA

XX RIVER TERNS

XXI GREEN BULBULS

XXII CORMORANTS

XXIII A MELODIOUS DRONGO

XXIV THE INDIAN PITTA

XXV THE INDIAN WHITE-EYE

XXVI GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER

XXVII GEESE IN INDIA

XXVIII A SWADESHI BIRD

XXIX THE INDIAN REDSTART

XXX THE NIGHT HERON

XXI THE CEMENT OF BIRD MASONS

XXXII INDIAN FLY-CATCHERS

XXXIII INSECT HUNTERS

XXXIV THE ROSY STARLING

XXXV THE PIED STARLING

XXXVI A BIRD OF THE OPEN PLAIN

XXXVII BIRDS IN THE COTTON TREE

XXXVIII UGLY DUCKLINGS

XXXIX BABBLER BROTHERHOODS

XL THE MAD BABBLER

XLI THE YELLOW-EYED BABBLER

XLII THE INDIAN SAND-MARTIN

XLIII THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG BIRDS

XLIV BIRDS AT SUNSET

GLOSSARY

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

INDIAN NATURAL HISTORY
SKETCHES BY DOUGLAS DEWAR

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

WM. BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH