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one with a black throat, Dr. Jerdon's 

 names are misleading and, in my opinion, 

 require revision. I have similarly revised 

 some of the names used by Messrs. Hume 

 and Marshall. 



In order that a change of name may 

 cause as little trouble and inconvenience 

 as possible to the sportsman who is 

 accustomed to the older names, I append 

 a table in which are shown in parallel 

 columns the name used in this volume, 

 the corresponding name used by Dr. 

 Jerdon, and similarly the corresponding 

 name employed by Messrs. Hume and 

 Marshall, with a reference to the volume 

 and page where these names may be found. 

 This table will also serve as a systematic 

 index. A blank shows that the bird 

 concerned is not included in the work 

 of Dr. Jerdon or of Messrs. Hume and 

 Marshall, as the case may be. 



I have not burdened my work with any 

 synonymy, but I have applied to each 

 bird the systematic name it bears in the 

 " Catalogue of the Birds in the British 

 Museum" (vols. xxii., xxiii.), except in a 

 few instances where my reasons for differ- 

 ing from the author of the " Catalogue " 

 are given at length. Such instances are 

 very few. 



