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NED Ey Xe: 
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LIST OF BIRDS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BREED IN INDIA, SHOWING 
DURATION OF BREEDING SEASON. 
Tuts list only contains those birds of which the eges have been 
taken : of course, many more birds do breed here, and further research 
would greatly extend the list. 
Column I gives the number as in Jerdon’s hand-book of the 
Birds of India. Where no number is given in this column, it indicates 
a species added to the list of birds of India, since Jerdon’s book was 
published. 
Column II gives the English name of each bird. In most cases 
the name as given by Jerdon is adhered to. In some cases where it 
seemed advisable the alterations introduced by Mr. Hume in his more 
recent works have been adopted; and ina few cases alterations have 
been made which further knowledge has rendered desirable. 
Column III gives the scientific name for each bird. In this 
column many deviations from the names as given by Jerdon, both 
generic and specific, will be found; but the revisions shown in Mr. 
Gray’s hand-list have not been adopted in their entirety as they quite 
revolutionise the nomenclature heretofore in use, and with which we have 
become through Jerdon’s book familiar ; and though possibly Mr. Gray’s 
list may be more szientifically correct, it is inexpedient to adopt it in 
this book which is written chiefly for beginners in this country, in 
whose hands Jerdon is the only text-book; for the disadvantage of a 
wholesale change, especially on merely arbitrary points, is obvious. 
Where it has been absolutely necessary for accuracy, I have entered the 
new names ; and in case of a difference, the number (in Jerdon), which is 
quoted in Column I, will determine the bird referred to. 
