Stork, 171, 184 --black-necked (_Xenorhynchus asiaticus_), 176, 186, 193 --white-necked (_Dissura episcopus_), 113, 124, 135, 142 Sunbird, purple (_Arachnechthra asiatica_), 3, 6, 8, 20, 24, 36, 43, 44, 65, 68, 89, 106, 108, 123, 156, 157, 170, 172, 182, 185, 191 Swallow, 172, 182, 184 --Indian cliff (_Hirundo fluvicola_), 17, 22, 44, 68, 89, 133, 140, 197 --wire-tailed (_Hirundo smithii_), 54, 68, 89, 108, 124, 125, 142 Swift (_Cypselus indicus_), 54, 68, 89, 108, 123, 142, 182, 184 Tailor-bird (_Orthotomus sutorius_), 5, 59, 65, 72, 82, 89, 108, 124, 169, 182 Teal, 3, 64, 143, 171, 183 --cotton (_Nettopus coromandelianus_), 121, 135, 148 --garganey or blue-winged (_Querquedula circia_), 139, 159, 171 --whistling (_Dendocygna javanica_), 185 Tern, 57, 68, 142, 184 --black-bellied (_Sterna melanogaster_), 57 --river, (_Sterna seena_), 57 Thrush, blue rock (_Petrophila cyanus_), 192 --Himalayan whistling (_Myophoneus temmincki_), 193 --small-billed mountain (_Oreocincla dauma_), 192 Tit, green-backed (_Parus monticola_), 192 Vulture, 21, 159, 183 --Pondicherry or black (_Otogyps calvus_), 26, 44, 68, 88 --scavenger (_Neophron ginginianus_), 56, 68, 89 --white-backed (_Pseudogyps bengalensis_), 9, 68, 186, 193 Wagtail, 156, 157, 167, 172, 173, 182, 183, 184 --grey (_Motacilla melanope_), 158 --masked (_Motacilla personata_), 158 --pied (_Motacilla maderaspatensis_), 59, 65, 74, 89 --white (_Motacilla alba_), 158 --white-faced (_Motacilla leucopsis_), 158 Warbler, 139, 156, 181, 185, 191 --ashy wren (_Prinia socialis_), 124, 132, 142 --flycatcher (_Cryptolopha xanthoschista_), 192 --Indian wren (_Prinia inornata_), 48, 68, 108, 124, 131, 142 --reed (_Acrocephalus stentoreus_), 184 Water-hen, white-breasted (_Gallinula phoenicura_), 98, 124, 133, 146 Weaver-bird or baya (_Ploceus baya_), 114, 127, 142, 163, 176 Whimbrel, 184 White-eye (_Zosterops palpebrosa_), 5, 65, 71, 89, 108, 123, 180, 182, 185 Widgeon. _See_ Duck Woodpecker, golden-backed (_Brachypternus aurantius_), 5, 53, 68, 89, 106, 108, 121, 182 --pied (_Liopicus mahrattensis_), 28, 44, 53, 68, 89, 182 Wood-shrike (_Tephrodornis pondicerianus_), 7, 32, 51, 65, 68, 89, 170, 182, 185 Wryneck, 182 ANIMALS OF NO IMPORTANCE BY DOUGLAS DEWAR PRESS OPINIONS _Nature_.--"We may commend the book as an excellent example of 'Nature teaching.'" _Literary World_.--"Mr. Dewar makes us laugh while he teaches us.... These twenty essays are in all ways delightful." _Saturday Review_.--"A number of excellent books on Natural History ... proceed from Anglo-Indian authors; and certainly this ... is worthy of its predecessors." _Academy_.--"A chatty anecdote book ... showing a sense of humour and kindly insight ... many amusing stories." _Indian Daily News_.--"Brightly and cleverly written ... pleasant and amusing reading." _Morning Post_ (Delhi).--"A treasure-trove of literary art."