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THE 



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VIFAUNA OF BRITISH/ ;M 



AND ITS DEPENDENCIES! 



A SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT, 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE KNOWN 



SPECIES OF BIRDS INHABITING BRITISH INDIA, 



OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS, NIDIFICATION, &c., 



TABLES OF THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL 



DISTRIBUTION IN PERSIA, BELOOCHISTAN, 



AFGHANISTAN, SIND, PUNJAB, N. W. PROVINCES, 



AND THE PENINSULA OF INDIA GENERALLY, 



WITH 



WOODCUTS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



J1MES A. MURRAY, 



CURATOR, KURRACHEE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ; AUTHOR OF 



" A HAND-BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY, BOTANY, AND ZOOLOGY OF SIND;" 



"THE PLANTS AND DRUGS OF SIND;" "KURRACHEE TO KANDAHAR," 



" THE VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY OF SIND ; " 



"THE REPTILES OF SIND," &C. 



i. IP.A.:R/I? i, 





LONDON : RICHARDSON & Co., 13 PALL MALL. 

 BOMBAY : EDUCATION SOCIETY'S PRESS, BVCULLA. 



1887. 



