JV. THACKER ^ CO., LONDON, 



In Imperial i6mo. Uniform with " Riding," " Riding for Ladies," " Hindu 



Mythology." Rs. lo. (i2J. 6d.) 



A NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 



BURMAH AND CEYLON. 

 By R. a. STERNDALE, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &c., 



AUTHOR OF "SEONEE," " THE DENIZENS OF THE JUNGLE," "THE AFGHAN KNIFE," ETC. 



WITH 170 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS. 



The geographical limits 

 of the present work have 

 been extended to all terri- 

 tories likely to be reached 

 by the sportsman from 

 India. It is copiously illus- 

 trated, not only by the 

 author himself, but by care- 

 ful selections made by him 

 from the works of well- 

 known artists. 



* * It is the very model of what a popular natural history should be. " — Knowledge. 



*' An amusing work with good illustrations." — Nature. 



*' Full of accurate observation, brightly told." — Saturday Review. 



"The results of a close and sympathetic observation." — Athenceiim. 



*• It has the brevity which is the soul of wit, and a delicacy of allusion which 

 charms the literary critic." — Academy, 



"The notices of each animal are, as a rule, short, though on some of the 

 larger mammals — the lion, tiger, pard, boar, &c. — ample and interesting details 

 are given, including occasional anecdotes of adventure. The book will, no 

 doubt, be specially useful to the sportsman, and, indeed, has been extended so 

 as to include all territories likely to be reached by the sportsman from India. 

 Those who desire to obtain some general information, popularly conveyed, on 

 the subject with which the book deals, will, we believe, find it useful." — The 

 Times, 



" Has contrived to hit a happy mean between the stiff scientific treatise and 

 the bosh of what may be called anecdotal zoology." — The Daily News. 



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