X PREFACE. 



by Mr. Gates in the third volume,, and a list of the works 

 referred to in the synonymy will be added at the same time. 

 The author will defer to the same opportunity any general 

 remarks which he may find necessary. 



With the present volume half o the proposed work on the 

 Vertebrate Fauna of British India is completed, three and a 

 half volumes having now appeared out of seven. Of the 

 remaining volumes, one on Reptilia and Batrachia, by Mr. G. 

 A. Boulenger, is ready for the press, and will be the next 

 for publication, and it is hoped that a second volume of Birds 

 and perhaps the remaining half-volume of Mammals will 

 also be published in the course of 1890. 



W. T. BLANFORD. 



December, 1889. 



