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A MANUAL 



OF THE 



GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 

 Ipart I.— XanD mvt^s. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Game Birds of India which frequent 

 the land, as distinguished from those 

 which swim or wade, are eighty-eight in 

 number, and are referable to five sections 

 or orders, containing the following number 

 of species : — 



Sand-Grouse . . 8 species. 

 Hemipodes • • 5 „ 



Gallinaceous Birds . 68 ,, 

 Megapodes . i m 



Bustards . . 6 „ 



The characters which separate these 

 five sections one from the other are very 



