Sanskrit-Pali-Prakrit Index" with Scientific Names, English and French Equivalents by André Couture and Elfrun Linke The following Index was compiled using two earlier reference lists, those of Mrs. E. Linke (1997) and Prof. Dr. André Couture (1998). The present. revision includes the Pali [P] and Präkrit [Pkt] names as well as those Sanskrit [Skt] terms mentioned by K. N. Dave. In addition to the English names used by Dave, which are usually the same as those found in the well-known guides of Salim Ali (other colloquial names are placed in parentheses), we thought it useful to include those changes in nomenclature which appear in the authoritative guide to the birds of India and related countries, recently published by R. Grimmett, C. Inskipp, and T. Inskipp. The differences in the Scientific and English names occuring in this book are the result of the revision of the taxonomy of the birds of the world published by Sibley and Monroe (1990). To facilitate the consultation of this guide, we chose to place the new names in brackets. The French names, that follow the English names [Fr., if unclear], are drawn from the authoritative reference published by the Commission internatio- nale des noms français des oiseaux in 1993. Words preceded by an asterisk (*) were not found in any dictionary. This Index is intended to facilitate the use of Dave's book. It does not indicate, except in a few cases, the status of these identifications which range from being practically certain to being no more than hypothetical. Ali, S. The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay. '1941; Twelfth Revised and Enlarged Centenary Edition, Oxford University Press, 1996. Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux, Noms français des oiseaux du monde avec les équivalents latins et anglais. Sainte-Foy (Québec). Éditions MultiMondes; Bayonne (France), Éditions Chabaud, 1993. Couture. A. "Birds in Sanskrit Literature de K. N. Dave: un index sanskrit-latin-anglais- français", Bulletin d'études indiennes, n° 16 (1998), p. 179-229. Grimmett, R., Inskipp. C.. and Inskipp, T. A Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Princeton (N.J.). Princeton University Press, 1999. Inskipp. T., Lindsey, N., Duckworth, W., An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region, Oriental Bird Club, Sandy, 1996. Kapadia, H.R., "The Jaina Records about Birds", Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 43 (1962), p. 59-107: 45 (1964), p. 105-141. Linke. E. "Birds in Sanskrit Literature: Sanskrit-English Index". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. LXXVIII (1997), p. 121-141. Sibley, C. G., Monroe. B. L. Jr. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, 1990. a agni-kantha, Mirafra javanica [M. cantillans], Singing Bushlark, Alouette de Java, 110 anga-hetuka (P), Phaenicophaeus tristis. [Large] Green-billed Malkoha, Malkoha triste; "the two Sirkeer Cuckoos, the Punjab Sirkeer and the Bengal Sirkeer Cuckoo" (ref. unclear, the only known Sirkeer is Phaenicophacus leschenaultii,
