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Title: Birds of the Indian Hills

Author: Douglas Dewar

Release Date: December 6, 2007 [EBook #23755]

Language: English

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BIRDS OF THE INDIAN HILLS

BY DOUGLAS DEWAR

_A COMPANION VOLUME TO THE BIRD VOLUMES OF
"THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA"_

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: BELL & COCKBURN

MCMXV

_All rights reserved_

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

Considerable portions of this book have already appeared as articles
in one or other of the following newspapers or periodicals: _The
Pioneer_, _Madras Mail_, _Englishman_, _Indian Field_, _Bird Notes_.
I am indebted to the editors of the above publications for permission
to republish the portions of the book that have already appeared in
print.

CONTENTS

PART I
BIRDS OF THE HIMALAYAS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
THE HABITAT OF HIMALAYAN BIRDS . . . . . . 13
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS . 29
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS . 105
TITS AT WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
THE PEKIN-ROBIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
BLACK BULBULS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
A WARBLER OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . 145
THE SPOTTED FORKTAIL . . . . . . . . . . . 151
THE NEST OF THE GREY-WINGED OUZEL . . . . . 158
THE BLACK-AND-YELLOW GROSBEAK . . . . . . . 164
THE GREAT HIMALAYAN BARBET . . . . . . . . 174

PART II
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE NILGIRIS . . . . . . . 181

PART III
THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE PALNI HILLS . . . . . . 233

APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

_PART I_
_Birds of the Himalayas_

_INTRODUCTION_

The avifauna of the Himalayas is a large one. It includes birds found
throughout the range, birds confined to the eastern or western
portions, bi