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PREFACE. 



THESE papers were published first in the TIMES OF 

 INDIA. They are republished with some additions, 

 at the instigation of friends, in the hope that they 

 may be helpful even beyond the limits of the Bombay 

 Presidency ; for the common birds of Bombay are 

 for the most part identical with the common birds of 

 India. 



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