PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
DOVES
THE OCCUPATIONS OF ANIMALS
GREEN PARROTS
THE TAILOR-BIRD
TAILS
THE KING CROW
CONCERNING CATS
A LITTLE NURSERY AND ITS. OCCUPANTS
THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT
COCK ROBIN’S MURDERER
THE NATURALIST IN A RAILWAY. TRAIN
THE CLOWNS OF THE FOREST
MASTER IMPUDENCE
KINGFISHERS
THE BLUE JAY
THE SWARMING OF THE. WHITE ANTS
THE PHARISEE OF THE JUNGLE
FLYING FOXES
THE HOOPOE
UNNATURAL HISTORY: ANCIENT. AND MODERN
THE GOLDEN-BACKED WOODPECKER
THE COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO
THE BATHING OF BIRDS
BRAIN v. MUSCLE IN NATURE
THE KITE
THE BRAHMINY KITE
A CURIOUS TRAIT IN ANIMAL. CHARACTER
THE SEVEN SISTERS
THE LIFE OF A SOLITARY WASP
INDIAN CUCKOOS
THE CROW-PHEASANT
A STUDY IN ANIMAL CHARACTER
PADDY-BIRDS AND EGRETS
ALEXANDER THE COPPERSMITH
THE SPOTTED OWLET
THE SHAPES OF BIRDS
WINGED FISHERFOLK
THE UGLIEST BIRD IN THE WORLD
NOISY BIRDS
INDIAN SONG-BIRDS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
RIFLE & ROMANCE IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE
