VI PREFACE. 



several figures from the Catalogues of the National Collection 

 prepared by Mr. Boulenger and from the Guide to the 

 Reptile Gallery have been inserted in the present work. One 

 cut lias also, by permission of the Zoological Society, been 

 taken from its 'Proceedings/ 



The Fishes, Reptiles, and Batrachiaus of the f Fauna of 

 British India ' have now appeared, with one volume of Birds 

 and half a volume of Mammals, leaving two volumes of Birds 

 and half a volume of Mammals still in hand. 



W. T. BLANFORD. 



July, 1890. 



