A MANUAL 



OF THE 



GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 



part II,-Water mit^s. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The birds which form the subject of this, 

 the second, part of the Game Birds of 

 India, are forty-four in number, and are 

 referable to two sections or orders, con- 

 taining the following number of species : — 



Water Fowl . '37 species. 

 Snipes . . . 7 „ 



It is hardly necessary to point out to 

 the sportsman how these two sections of 

 birds differ from each other, and from 

 all the game birds treated of in the first 

 part of this work ; nevertheless it will 



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