Title
The common birds of Bombay
Author
Edward Hamilton Aitken
Year
1900
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Bombay, Thacker
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CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION.
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CHAPTER I.—Introductory
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FIRST ORDER—Raptores
: or Birds of Prey.
Family, Vulturidæ.
CHAPTER II.—The Vultures
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Family, Falconidce.
CHAPTER III.—The Kites, Buzzards, and Harriers
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15
CHAPTER IV.—The Hawks, Falcons, and Eagles
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Family, Strigidæ.
CHAPTER V.—The Owls
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29
SECOND ORDER—Insessores
: or Perching Birds
Tribe, Fissirostres.
CHAPTER VI.—The Swallows and Swfts
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CHAPTER VII.—The Nightjars, Bee-Eaters, and Kingfishers
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Tribe, Scansores.
CHAPTER VIII.—The Parrots
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CHAPTER IX.—The Cuckoos
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CHAPTER X.—The Woodepecker and the Coppersmith.
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Tribe, Tenuirostres.
CHAPTER XI.—The Sunbrids and the Hoopoe
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Tribe, Dentirostres.
CHAPTER XII.—The Shrikes
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CHAPTER XIII.—The Flycatchers
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CHAPTER XI V.—The Rock Thrush and the Babblers.
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CHAPTER XV.—The Bulbuls
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CHAPTER XVI.—The Orioles
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CHAPTER XVII.—The Robins and Chats
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CHAPTER XVIII.—The Warblers
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CHAPTER XIX.—The Wagtails, Pipits, and Tits
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Tribe , Conirostres.
CHAPTER XX.—The Crows
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CHAPTER XXI.—The Mynas
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CHAPTER XXII.—The Weaver Bird
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CHAPTER XXIII.—The Amadavts and Munias
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CHAPTER XXIV.—The Sparrows, Buntings, and Larks
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THIRD ORDER.— Gemitores: or Moaners
CHAPTER XXV.—The Pigeons and Doves
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FOURTH ORDER.—Rasores: or Scrapers.
CHAPTER XXVI.—Poultry and Game Birds
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FIFTH ORDER.—Grallatores: Stalkers.
Tribe, Pressirostres.
CHAPTER XXVII.—The Plovers
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Tribe, Longirostres.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—The Snipes and Snippets
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Tribe, Latitores.
CHAPTER XXIX.—The Waterhens, The Coot, and Jacanas
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Tribe, Cultirostres.
CHAPTER XXX.—The Herons
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SIXTH ORDER.—Natatores: or Swimmers.
CHAPTER XXXI.—The Ducks, Cormorants and Grebes
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CHAPTER XXXII.–The Gulls and Terns
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