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The auUior trusts that tlio many imperfections, Honie 

 of them, perluips, unavoidable, of tlie present publication, 

 •will be rectified lu^reafter ; and he begs tliat these will 

 be freely pointed out to him, by the many observers now 

 in India, with a view to tlieir rectification in a Supplement, 

 or, it may be, in a future edition. He trusts, if his 

 present leisure for scientific pursuits be continued, to be 

 able to add greatly to our knowledge of the geograi>hic 

 distribution of the birds, and of the natural history, gener- 

 ally, of these provinces. On sufficient materials being 

 available, lie will, at once, issue a Supplement. 



The 2nd volume is in the Press, and will bo published 

 as soon as possible. 



