VI PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 
especial to Messrs. Hume and Marshall’s invaluable 
Game Birds of India, Burma, and Ceylon ; Dr. W. T. 
Blanford’s fourth volume on Birds in the Fauna of 
British India series, the nomenclature of which is 
followed in the present book ; and Mr. E. C. S. Baker’s 
series of articles on Indian Ducks and their allies, in the 
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. In 
addition, I have been indebted for pieces of information 
to several friends, whose names mostly appear in the 
course of the work. 
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A pril, 1901. Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
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