A MANUAL 



OF THE 



GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 

 part L-Zan& 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE Game Birds of India which frequent 

 the land, as distinguished from those 

 which swim or wade, are eighty-eight in 

 number, and are referable to five sections 

 or orders, containing the following number 

 of species : 



Sand-Grouse . . 8 species. 

 Hemipodes . . 5 ,, 



Gallinaceous Birds . 68 

 Megapodes . . i 

 Bustards 6 ,, 



The characters which separate these 

 ve sections one from the other are very 



