11 i'RLF^CE. 



Il is hoped that, since the Ueatmeut ut' many topics 

 ill this book has been brief, the reader will be induced to 

 refer to the standard authorities in original. 



Cliapter II has been reproduced by the courtesy of the 

 lUastraltd Tlines of India, in which it first appeared. 



The author records his grateful thanks to the authori- 

 ties of the Karachi Zoo by whom he was enabled to take 

 certain [)hotographs of the various Ducks in full dress. 



The new trinomial .system of nomenclature, which 

 is as yet perhaps unfamiliar to sportsmen in India generally 

 and is needlessly technical for the [jurposes of this book, 

 has not been used. 



