6 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



I cannot omit to notice here Colonel 

 le Messurier's useful little volume on 

 " The Game, Shore, and Water Birds of 

 India," and Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker's 

 series of most interesting articles on the 

 " Ducks of India " now appearing in the 

 Journal of the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. These articles, written by such 

 a practical naturalist and sportsman as 

 Mr. Baker, are most valuable, and they 

 have been of great use to me. I may 

 also mention that Mr. F. Finn is dealing 

 with the Indian Ducks in the '' Asian " 

 newspaper. 



I now append a table, similar to the 

 one in the first part of this Manual, in 

 which are shown in parallel columns the 

 names used by me in this volume for the 

 Water Birds, the corresponding names 

 used by Dr. Jerdon, and similarly the 

 corresponding names used by Messrs. 

 Hume and Marshall, with a reference to 

 the volume and page where these names 

 may be found.* 



* In order that it may not be overlooked, 

 I wish to draw my readers attention to a new 

 Pheasant described in the Appendix at the end 

 of this volume. 



