DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF BIRDS 



EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS 



F. STANDS for the Fauna of British Indiay 

 and the number which follows indicates 

 the number of the bird in the Fauna. 

 Thus (F. 63) against a bird indicates 

 that it is the species bearing the number 

 63 in the bird volumes of the Fauna of 

 British India (First Edition). 



J. stands for Jerdon's Birds of India, and 

 the number that follows indicates the 

 number of the bird in Jerdon's work. 



The above two works contain de- 

 scriptions far more detailed than those 

 given in this little book ; the reader may 

 wish in some cases to refer to these 

 volumes to check his identification of 

 a bird. 

 I means the bird described is 6 inches in 

 length, or the size of a sparrow. 

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