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these birds are adorned during their breeding season only. Hence the wholesale 

 destruction of these birds by the professional Shikaris and bird-catchers at the 

 breeding season, can only end in the total extinction of these birds. As far as 

 this wholesale destruction has yet extended, the birds within those areas are prac- 

 tically extinct. 



The close season for these birds is specified in the list opposite the name of the 

 species in the column headed " Breeding season." 



D. — A List of the Game Mammalia which breed in the Central Provinces and of 

 mammals the flesh of which is largely eaten by certain castes and tribes. 



