Glimpses of Indian Birds
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Excerpt from Glimpses of Indian BirdsMost of these hypotheses were advanced by field naturalists, but they have Since been elaborated by cabinet zoologists and have become a creed. Now, Huxley remarked with truth, Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. With equal truth he asserted, Authorities,' disciples,' and schools are the curse of science and do more to interfere with the work of the scientific spirit than all its enemies. In England zoology is at present in the hands of schools and authorities of the kind to which Huxley objected.
Chapters (52)
- GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BIRDS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I BIRDS IN A GROVE
- II THE MAGPIE-ROBIN
- III THE INDIAN SNAKE-BIRD
- IV MINIVETS
- V THE POWER OF ANIMALS TO EXPRESS THOUGHT
- VI PIED WOODPECKERS
- VII A JHIL OUT OF SEASON
- VIII BIRDS IN WHITE
- IX THE PIED CRESTED CUCKOO
- X VULTURES
- XI THE INDIAN ROBIN
- XII THE SHIKRA
- XIII A FINCH OF ROSEATE HUE
- XIV BIRDS ON THE LAWN
- XV THE GREY HORNBILL
- XVI THE FLAMINGO
- XVII SUMMER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS
- XVIII A BIRD OF MANY ALIASES
- XIX PADDY BIRDS AT BEDTIME
- XX MERLINS
- XXI THE COMMON WRYNECK
- XXII GREEN PIGEONS
- XXIII BULBULS’ NESTS—I
- BULBULS’ NESTS—II
- XXIV NIGHTINGALES IN INDIA
- XXV THE WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW
- XXVI WINTER VISITORS TO THE PUNJAB PLAINS
- XXVII A KINGFISHER AND A TERN
- XXVIII THE RED TURTLE DOVE
- XXIX BIRDS IN THE MILLET FIELDS
- XXX HOOPOES AT THE NESTING SEASON
- XXXI THE LARGEST BIRD IN INDIA
- XXXII THE SWALLOW-PLOVER
- XXXIII THE BIRDS OF A MADRAS GARDEN
- XXXIV SUNBIRDS
- XXXV THE BANK MYNA
- XXXVI THE JACKDAW
- XXXVII FIGHTING IN NATURE
- XXXVIII BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
- XXXIX VOICES OF THE NIGHT
- INDEX
- 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.
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