A considerable portion of this book has 

 already appeared in print. r 



Chapters I and II made their rUhut in The 

 Morning Post (Delhi). Chapter III made its 

 bow in a slightly different form in The Madras 

 Mail. Certain incidents in the remaining 

 chapters are reproduced almost verbatim from 

 an article which appeared in Longman' s 

 Magazine. 



It is owing to the kindness of the editors 

 of the above-named publications that these 

 chapters on the Indian crow have assumed 

 book form. 



