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very meagre, and as far as possible only those species have 

 been added of whose occurrence the facts have been well 

 ascertained from the works of standard authors. In com- 

 piling the distribution table, many of the most celebrated 

 standard Zoological works have been consulted, and accurate 

 information has been culled from all. The names of Blyth, 

 Jerdon, Hume, Marshall, Blanford, Gould, Sharpe, and Oates, 

 are among the many from whom these pages have been 

 enriched, and to whom these remarks apply. I must not 

 however omit to mention here the sterling service of Natural- 

 ist-collectors, who have aided much in making the book 

 full of more recent information in regard to the breeding of 

 species, and their habits and occurrence in the stations they 

 are placed in. Among many are Mr. Mahon Daly, of the 

 Shevaroy Hills ; Mr. P. W. Mackinnon of Mussoorie ; Mr. 

 Charles Wilkinson of Darjeeling ; Mr. W. Beckwith in the 

 Sikkim Terai ; Mr. A. G. Cardew of Ootacamund ; Mr. H. 

 Parker and Mr. F. B. Armstrong of Ceylon ; Mr. J. A. Cave 

 Browne of Rangomati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts ; Mr. 

 ElHson of Rangoon ; and Mr. C. Wyeth of Tavoy. 



The illustrations in the work have been taken chiefly from 

 my " Vertebrate Zoology of Sind." A few of the later wood- 

 cuts are from other sources, with certain necessary alterations 

 and additions to meet their scientific descriptions. These 

 last, together with the coloured plates. Including the heads of 

 Grouse taken from Mr. Hume's works, were executed under 

 the supervision of the Education Society's Press. 



James A. Murray. 

 Ripon Road, Byculla, Bombay^ 

 6th December 1889. 



