PREFACE 



Mr. A. O. Hume and Colonel Marshall's The 

 Game Birds of India. 



In writing the chapters upon " Rifles and Guns," 

 etc., and that upon "Preparatory Taxidermy," the 

 Author is indebted for valuable assistance to Mr. 

 Henry Holland (Messrs. Holland and Holland, 

 Ltd.) and Mr. G. Butt, of 49, Wigmore Street, 

 respectively. 



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