Pet Birds of Bengal
PET BIRDS OF BENGAL
(SONG BIRDS)
PET BIRDS OF BENGAL
Vol. I
BY
SATYA CHURN LAW, M.A., B.L.
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London;
Member of the British Ornithologists' Union
WITH A FOREWORD BY
Dr. GRAHAM RENSHAW, m.d., f.r.s.e.
Editor "Natureland"; Formerly Editor
"The Avicultural Magazine"
With Illustrations by N. Kushari.
CALCUTTA AND SIMLA
THACKER, SPINK & CO.
1923
Printed by Mr. Nalin Chandra Paul, b. a.
at the Calcutta Oriental Press, 107, Mechuabazar St., Calcutta
| Page | ||
| Foreword | v | |
| Preface | vii | |
| The Shama | 1 | |
| The Dhayal (Magpie-Robin) | 19 | |
| The Piddah (Common Pied Bush-chat) | 35 | |
| Other Piddahs and their kindred | 48 | |
| Kher-Piddah (Indian Bush-chat) | 49 | |
| Kāli Shāmā (Indian Robin) | 56 | |
| Husaini-Piddah (Indian Blue-throat) | 67 | |
| Common Ruby-throat | 73 | |
| The Gulab Chasm (Yellow-eyed Babbler) | 77 | |
| The Harewa (Gold-fronted Chloropsis) | 92 | |
| The Fatik-jal (Iora) | 110 | |
| The Bharat and its kindred (Lark) | 127 | |
| The Dāmā (Orange-headed Ground Thrush) | 166 | |
| The Kasturā (Ouzel and Whistling Thrush) | 187 | |
| The Bhimrāj (Racket-tailed Drongo) | 222 | |
| The Khanjan (Wagtail) | 240 | |
| The Tuti (Scarlet Rose-Finch) | 265 | |
| The Koel and its allies | 284 | |
| Appendix | 323 | |
| Additional Aviary Notes | 325 | |
| Glossary | 341 | |
| Scientific Nomenclature | 343 | |
| Index | 349 | |
| MAP | ||
| Bengal, past and present | Frontispiece | |
| PLATES | ||
| Facing Page | ||
| Shama, male and female | 1 | |
| Shama | 9 | |
| Dhayal, male and female | 20 | |
| Iora | 119 | |
| Bush-Larks | 129 | |
| Shama and nest | 325 | |
| Shama feeding young Shama nestling |
330 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS | ||
| Page | ||
| Magpie-Robin | 34 | |
| Pied Bush-chat | 38 | |
| Pied Bush-chat feeding young | 43 | |
| Indian Bush-chat | 49 | |
| Indian Bush-chat | 51 | |
| Brown-backed Indian Robin, male and female | 56 | |
| Brown-backed Indian Robin with insect | 60 | |
| Indian Blue-throat | 67 | |
| Indian Blue-throat and nest | 69 | |
| Common Ruby-throat, male | 73 | |
| Common Ruby-throat, female | 75 | |
| Indian Yellow-eyed Babbler | 80 | |
| Indian Yellow-eyed Babbler, feeding | 82 | |
| Indian Yellow-eyed Babbler, male and female | 84 | |
| Gold-fronted Chloropsis, catching spider | 96 | |
| Gold-fronted Chloropsis, hanging head downwards | 98 | |
| Orange-bellied Chloropsis | 108 | |
| Iora | 112 | |
| Iora, family party | 116 | |
| Indian Sky-Lark (mock-combat) | 135 | |
| Indian Sky Lark | 141 | |
| Bengal Bush-Lark | 143 | |
| Singing Bush-Lark | 144 | |
| Crested Lark | 147 | |
| Bush-Lark and nest | 150 | |
| Crested Lark | 164 | |
| Orange-headed Ground Thrush | 166 | |
| Orange-headed Ground Thrush, courting | 180 | |
| Himalayan Whistling Thrush | 193 | |
| Grey-winged Blackbird | 208 | |
| Grey-winged Blackbird | 210 | |
| Grey-winged Blackbird, female and nest | 213 | |
| Racket-tailed Drongo in flight | 229 | |
| Racket-tailed Drongo | 236 | |
| Large Pied Wagtail on housetop | 247 | |
| Large Pied Wagtail on ground | 252 | |
| Hodgson's Rose-Finch | 273 | |
| Koel | 284 | |
| Hawk-Cuckoo | 291 | |
| Indian Cuckoo | 291 | |
| Pied Crested Cuckoo | 291 | |
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