Pet Birds of Bengal

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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL
(SONG BIRDS)

Calcutta Oriental Series No. 10. E. 4

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

CONTENTS
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

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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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