
Glimpses of Indian Birds
by Douglas Dewar
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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.
- 46425
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46425
- Release Date
- July 26, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BIRDS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS — GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BIRDS
- 4.I BIRDS IN A GROVE
- 5.II THE MAGPIE-ROBIN
- 6.III THE INDIAN SNAKE-BIRD
- 7.IV MINIVETS
- 8.V THE POWER OF ANIMALS TO EXPRESS THOUGHT
- 9.VI PIED WOODPECKERS
- 10.VII A JHIL OUT OF SEASON
- 11.VIII BIRDS IN WHITE
- 12.IX THE PIED CRESTED CUCKOO
- 13.X VULTURES
- 14.XI THE INDIAN ROBIN
- 15.XII THE SHIKRA
- 16.XIII A FINCH OF ROSEATE HUE
- 17.XIV BIRDS ON THE LAWN
- 18.XV THE GREY HORNBILL
- 19.XVI THE FLAMINGO
- 20.XVII SUMMER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS
- 21.XVIII A BIRD OF MANY ALIASES
- 22.XIX PADDY BIRDS AT BEDTIME
- 23.XX MERLINS
- 24.XXI THE COMMON WRYNECK
- 25.XXII GREEN PIGEONS
- 26.XXIII BULBULS’ NESTS—I
- 27.BULBULS’ NESTS—II
- 28.XXIV NIGHTINGALES IN INDIA
- 29.XXV THE WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW
- 30.XXVI WINTER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS
- 31.XXVII A KINGFISHER AND A TERN
- 32.XXVIII THE RED TURTLE DOVE
- 33.XXIX BIRDS IN THE MILLET FIELDS
- 34.XXX HOOPOES AT THE NESTING SEASON
- 35.XXXI THE LARGEST BIRD IN INDIA
- 36.XXXII THE SWALLOW-PLOVER
- 37.XXXIII THE BIRDS OF A MADRAS GARDEN
- 38.XXXIV SUNBIRDS
- 39.XXXV THE BANK MYNA
- 40.XXXVI THE JACKDAW
- 41.XXXVII FIGHTING IN NATURE
- 42.XXXVIII BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
- 43.XXXIX VOICES OF THE NIGHT
- 44.INDEX — BY THE SAME AUTHOR — BY DOUGLAS DEWAR & FRANK FINN — NEW MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC. — HISTORIES — BELLES LETTRES, ETC. — THE WORKS OF FRANCIS GRIERSON — NOTICE — LIVING MASTERS OF MUSIC. — STARS OF THE STAGE. — A CATALOGUE OF MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC.
- 45.Transcriber’s Notes
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