PREFACE 



The present issue completes the series of five volumes of 

 which Deet' of All La?iils ; Wild Oxeii^ Sheep ^ a?2cl Goats 

 of All Lands ; Gj'eat and Small Game of Africa ; and Great 

 a?id Small Game of India ^ Burma ^ and Tibet ^ have previously 

 appeared. The two first of these are descriptions of particular 

 groups of Ruminant Game Animals, and are thus of the same 

 nature as the Book of Antelopes by Messrs. Sclater and Thomas. 

 The other two, together with the present volume, describe the 

 Game Mammals of particular countries, and include practically 

 all the species likely to be encountered by Sportsmen, with the 

 exception of a few found on the islands of the Eastern Archi- 

 pelago, Siam, and Annam. 



The treatment of the subject is somewhat difierent in the 

 three volumes dealing with Game Animals from the point of 

 view of Geographical Distribution, from that adopted in the 

 two devoted to their Systematic Relationships. Moreover, 

 certain revisions in regard to specific determinations rendered 

 necessary by the increase in our knowledge of the subject. 



