Birds of the Plains

About this eBook

Author

Dewar, Douglas, 1875-1957

Credits

Produced by Marcia Brooks, Stephen Hutcheson and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Birds -- India

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46394

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46394

Release Date

July 24, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BIRDS OF THE PLAINS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — BIRDS OF THE PLAINS
5. 5.BRITISH BIRDS IN THE PLAINS OF INDIA
6. 6.THE BIRD IN BLUE
7. 7.SPARROWS IN THE NURSERY
8. 8.THE CARE OF YOUNG BIRDS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE NEST
9. 9.THE ADJUTANT BIRD
10. 10.THE SARUS
11. 11.THE STABILITY OF SPECIES
12. 12.THE AMADAVAT
13. 13.THE NUTMEG BIRD
14. 14.THE DID-HE-DO-IT
15. 15.COBBLER OR TAILOR?
16. 16.A CROW IN COLOURS
17. 17.UP-TO-DATE SPECIES MAKING
18. 18.HONEYSUCKERS
19. 19.A HEWER OF WOOD
20. 20.A FEATHERED SPRINTER
21. 21.A BIRD OF CHARACTER
22. 22.SWIFTS
23. 23.BIRDS AS AUTOMATA
24. 24.PLAYING CUCKOO
25. 25.THE KOEL
26. 26.THE COMMON DOVE OF INDIA
27. 27.DOVES IN A VERANDAH
28. 28.THE GOLDEN ORIOLE
29. 29.THE BARN OWL
30. 30.A TREE-TOP TRAGEDY
31. 31.TWO LITTLE BIRDS
32. 32.THE PARADISE FLYCATCHER
33. 33.BUTCHER BIRDS
34. 34.DUCKS
35. 35.A DETHRONED MONARCH
36. 36.BIRDS IN THE RAIN
37. 37.THE WEAVER BIRD
38. 38.GREEN PARROTS
39. 39.THE ROOSTING OF THE SPARROWS
40. 40.THE GAY DECEIVER
41. 41.THE EMERALD MEROPS
42. 42.DO ANIMALS THINK?
43. 43.A COUPLE OF NEGLECTED CRAFTSMEN
44. 44.BIRDS IN THEIR NESTS
45. 45.BULBULS
46. 46.THE INDIAN CORBY
47. 47.APPENDIX
48. 48.GLOSSARY
49. 49.INDEX — BY THE SAME AUTHOR — THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE — BOMBAY DUCKS — INDIAN BOOKS
50. 50.Transcriber’s Notes

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