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The principal references made are to the following 

 works : — 



Cat. B. M ' Catalogue of Birds in the British 



Museum.' 



Jerdon, B. I Jerdon's ' Birds of India.' 



Hume, Cat Hume's 'Catalogue of Indian Birds.' 



Str. Feath ' Stray Feathers.' 



Jour. B. N. H. S. . . . • Journal of the Bombay Natural 



History Society.' 



Fauna B. I • Fauna of British India, Birds.' 



Alpheraky, Geese . . . Alph^raky's ' Geese of Europe and 



Asia.^ 



B. of Bom ' Birds of Bombay.' 



B. of Cey • Birds of Ceylon.' 



Hume & Mar. Game-B. . Hume and Marshall's ' Game-Birds 



of India and Ceylon.' 



Gates, Game-B Oates's ' Game-Birds of British 



India and its Dependencies.' 



Valuable notes have also been obtained from the pages of 

 * The Asian ' and the ' Indian Field.' 



E. C. S. B. 



