Naturalist in Hindustan

This volume is a record of Natural History relating to animal life. It is a collection of varied observations and experience made during hours of occasional leisure by the author at a station in the Indian plains. They were gathered at intervals as opportunity offered, and have all been gleaned from one small patch of jungle in the secluded district of Fyzabad?(UP).The observations relate to the ants, spiders and dung-rolling beetles.The?book?contains?the?following?chapters:1. The Manjha2. The Indian Black Ant—General Habits3. The Indian Black Ant—Special Habits4. The Indian Black Ant—Directive Sense5. The Evolution of Instinct6. The Byre-Building Ants—Herding of Cattle7. The Byre-Building Ants—General Habits8. Architectural Spiders and their Cocoons9. Experiments and Observations on Architectural Spiders10. The Dome-Building Spider11. The Operation of the Flail12. The Dung-Burying Beetles13. The Dung-Rolling Beetles—General Habits14. The Dung-Rolling Beetles—Experiments15.?The?South-West?Monsoon.