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parts of Orissa. In the years 1875 and 1876, I had opportuni- 

 ties for collecting and observing in these areas. 



Eaipur. — Mr. Blanford traversed a portion of this area, and 

 many of his specimens are now in the museum. From several 

 of Mr. Hume's papers, published in Stray Feathers and else- 

 where, I have gleaned references to species found in Raipur. * 

 Towards the middle of 1877 I made a speedy traverse of a 

 part of Raipur, but only collected a very few birds. 



Nowagarh and Karial. — These two Native States, which 

 are subordinate to Raipur, were visited by me in 1876-77, when 

 I made a collection and kept a list of birds seen. 



Kalahandi. — This State, which is subordinate to Sambalpur, 

 was visited by me on the same occasion as the above, and collec- 

 tions and notes were made. 



Gumsub and North Circars. — Jerdon's Birds of India fur- 

 nishes the sole material for these two areas. 



Jaipur. — This State, which is subordinate to Vizagapatam, 

 was visited by me early in the year 1877. I spent a few weeks 

 there and collected, &c, as above. 



Bustar. — This State, which is subordinate to Sironcha in the 

 Central Provinces, was visited by Dr. Jerdon shortly before the 

 mutiny. The results of his observations are alluded to in the 

 pages of the Birds of India. A brief visit in 1877 enabled me 

 to collect and observe a few species there. 



Godaveri Valley. - Mr. Blanford's notes, above referred to, 

 contain the only information available on the birds of this area. 



[Raipur, Phuljhur, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boad. — Mr. 

 F. R. Blewitt collected for me vigorously in these local- 

 ities for several years, chiefly in the first and third, and 

 sent me thence many thousand specimens. Unfortunately a 

 large proportion of these were indifferent, and were not pre- 



* Mr. Hume has also promised to note the occurrence of any Sambalpur and Raipur 

 species collected or received by him which I have not included. [I have done this very 

 imperfectly. I have only attempted to deal with Raipur, Sambalpur, Sonepur and 

 Boad, and Lave only made entries, where I actually now have specimens, in my mu- 

 seum, and recorded in my catalogue. Unfortunately by no means all my specimens are 

 yet catalogued. It would take a month to complete this paper, even up to the speci- 

 mens I actually have in the museum, and there are numbers of species of which I have 

 had specimens from various parts of this region, no longer represented from these in the 

 museum. I have added some 30 odd species, and a couple of hundred or so references, 

 but I could have more than doubled these numbers had I dealt with the whole region, 

 and doubled these again, had I gone not merely by specimens, but by notes made by 

 myself and others. I say this because I would guard against this being supposed to be 

 at all an exhaustive list, or concluding that because a species is not entered it does not 

 occur ; all Mr. Ball intends it for is as a basis from which something more complete may 

 start, and as such, considering how little has as yet been written on this tract, every 

 ornithologist will, I am sure, receive it with deep gratitude. It is these first starts that 

 entail so much labour ; it is comparatively easy later, to correct and complete. 

 I must add that I doubt the correctness of some of the reported occurrences, e. g., of 

 Rhopodytes viridirostris in Midnapur ; Dicceum concolur, in Belaspur, &c— A. O. H.] 



