PART II. 



INDEX. 



LIST OF BIRDS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BREED IN INDIA, SHOWING- 

 DURATION OF BREEDING- SEASON. 



THIS list only contains those birds of which the eggs have been 

 taken : of course, many more birds do breed here, and further research 

 would greatly extend the list. 



Column I gives the number as in Jerdon's hand-book of the 

 Birds of India. Where no number is given in this column, it indicates 

 a species added to the list of birds of India, since Jerdon's book was 

 published. 



Column II gives the English name of each bird. In most cases 

 the name as given by Jerdou is adhered to. In some cases where it 

 seemed advisable the alterations introduced by Mr. Hume in his more 

 recent works have been adopted ; and in a few cases alterations have 

 been made which further knowledge has rendered desirable. 



Column III gives the scientific name for each bird. In this 

 column many deviations from the names as given by Jerdon, both 

 generic and specific, will be found ; but the revisions shown in Mr. 

 Gray's hand-list have not been adopted in their entirety as they quite 

 revolutionise the nomenclature heretofore in use, and with which we have 

 become through Jerdon's book familiar ; and though possibly Mr. Gray's 

 list may be more scientifically correct, it is inexpedient to adopt it in 

 this book which is written chiefly for beginners in this country, in 

 whose hands Jerdon 'is the only text-book ; for the disadvantage of a 

 wholesale change, especially on merely arbitrary points, is obvious. 

 Where it has been absolutely necessary for accuracy, I have entered the 

 new names ; and in case of a difference, the number (in Jerdon;, which is 

 quoted in Column I, will determine the bird referred to. 



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