To His EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
BARON CARMICHAEL OF SKIRLING, G.C.LE., K.C.M.G. 
May it please Your Excellency : 
“Birds of Darjeeling” could not have been undertaken 
or persevered with except under Your Excellency’s auspices 
and for your kind help. 
It has given me much gratification to have been permitted 
to dedicate this work to Your Excellency. 
| am, 
Your Excellency’s most obedient and humble servant, 
L. J. MACKINTOSH. 
Darjeeling, 
Clover Cot, 
15th November, 1914. 
