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I. Of Indian Birds in General 3

II. Respectable Cuckoos 9

III. The Brown Rock-Chat 16

IV. The Scavenger-in-Waiting 21

V. Indian Wagtails 28

VI. The Teesa 32

VII. Falconry in India 37

VIII. Hawks in Miniature 45

IX. The Roosting of the Bee-Eaters 51

X. Owls 56

XI. A Bundle of Iniquity 62

XII. The Interpretation of the Actions of Animals 68

XIII. At the Sign of the Farash 72

XIV. The Coot 78

XV. The Beautiful Porphyrio 84

XVI. The Cobra 89

XVII. The Mungoose 94

XVIII. The Swan 99

XIX. Kites of the Sea 104

XX. River Terns 110

XXI. Green Bulbuls 116

XXII. Cormorants 121

XXIII. A Melodious Drongo 126

XXIV. The Indian Pitta 132

XXV. The Indian White-eye 137

XXVI. Goosey, Goosey Gander 143

XXVII. Geese in India 149

XXVIII. A Swadeshi Bird 154

XXIX. The Indian Redstart 160

XXX. The Night Heron 165

XXXI. The Cement of Bird Masons 171

XXXII. Indian Fly-Catchers 178

XXXIII. Insect Hunters 184

XXXIV. The Rosy Starling 192

XXXV. The Pied Starling 197

XXXVI. A Bird of the Open Plain 202

XXXVII. Birds in the Cotton Tree 208

XXXVIII. Ugly Ducklings 214

XXXIX. Babbler Brotherhoods 220

XL. The Mad Babbler 227

XLI. The Yellow-eyed Babbler 233

XLII. The Indian Sand-Martin 237

XLIII. The Education of Young Birds 243

XLIV. Birds at Sunset 253

Glossary 261

Index 265

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