FOREWORD 



One of the crying needs of aviculture 

 has been a pioneer, up-to-date and com- 

 prehensive volume on the wonderful bird- 

 fauna of India, written not merely for 

 the field naturalist but also for the lover 

 of pets, with a sympathetic insight into 

 the difficulties of a keeper of birds. The 

 present readable and reliable work suppli- 

 es this want. 



Mr. Law needs no introduction to 

 the Zoological public. Himself a fine 

 naturalist and a keen observer, he has 

 the happy faculty of presenting to his 

 readers a vivid picture of the events that 

 he records from time to time in the 

 various natural history journals. As the 

 editor of the Naturelandy it has been 

 my privilege to be in special touch with 

 his ornithological studies. All the birds 

 dealt with in this volume have lived in 



