EDITOR'S PHKFACE 



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It is deeply regretted tliat tlie Author of this volume, 

 Mr. G. J. Arrow, died before the vohinie could he published. 

 The manuscript of the work was first sent to me loi' }>ublicatioii 

 in 1943, but war and post-war conditions made it im})ossible 

 to print and publisli the volume earlier. Fortunately 

 Mr. Arrow was able, before his death, to revise his manuscript 

 and go through the type while it was in galley-proof. It is 

 therefore hoped that few errors or raisprmts have ere])t iji : 

 but should there be any, I must bear the responsibility for 

 them. 



Zoologists the world (jver will leaiii with great appreciation 

 that the Government of India liave undertaken to contiiuie the 

 ISeries. The grant of full autonomy to India and the separation 

 of the Dominion of Pakistan have, however, rendered necessary 

 a change hi the title of the Sei'ies, and in future this will be 

 " The Fauna of India " and each Monograph will include an 

 account of the faunas of India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma, 

 and, if possible, Malaya. The Governmeiit of India have 

 further decided that from now on all future volumes must be 

 printed and published in Ijidia. The ])resent volume thus 

 concludes a long stage hi the i)rcduction of this valuable series 

 of Monographs : the first volume, that on the Mammalia, by 

 W. T. Blanford, was printed by Messrs. Taylor & Francis, 

 Ltd. in the year 1888, and since then 81 volumes have been 

 issued. With the publication of this volume the long 

 association of Messrs. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. with the 

 " Fauna of British India " comes to an end, and I therefore 

 take this opportunity of expressmg to them the very great 





