viii INDIAN PIGEONS AND DOVES 
references to the Ibis, the Zoological Proceedings, etc., have nearly all 
been omitted. On the other hand, as far as possible, full references have 
been given to Stray Feathers, the Asiatic Society’s Records, the Bombay 
Natural History Society’s Journal, and other Indian publications. 
My thanks are especially due to Mr. Ogilvie-Grant and the Staff 
of the Bird Section of the British Museum, for the use of the Bird- 
room and access to the skins therein, as well as for the constant 
courtesy shown me and help rendered, without which this book could 
never have been written. 
Finally, an apology is due to my readers for the egoism in the 
whole programme, but it is difficult to avoid this when writing upon 
a family of birds about which so little has as yet been recorded 
from a Sportsman’s point of view. 
E.C.S. B. 
