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have been published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, 

 Bengal Sporting Magazine, the Calcutta Journal of Na- 

 tural History, the Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 

 the India Review, and in several home periodicals. They 

 are distinguished by deep research and great acumen, and 

 are very full in details of structure. M'Clelland pub- 

 lished an interesting paper on the Birds of Assam, in the 

 Proc. Zool. Society, 1839, from which much information 

 is gained on the habits and geographic distribution of the 

 Birds of that Province. Burgess has given an account of 

 the habits and nidification of many of the Birds of 

 Western India (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1854-55) ; and Dr. 

 Adams (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1859-60), has published two 

 Lists, one of the Birds of Cashmere, and the other of the 

 N. W. Provinces and Bombay, both containing some most 

 instructive details on the habits of the birds mentioned, 

 and from which I have made many extracts. 



Captain, now Lieutenant-Colonel, Tytler has given in 

 the Annals of Nat. History two highly interesting articles 

 on the Faunas of Barrackpore and Dacca. Kelaart and 

 Layard have written extensively on the Ornithology of 

 Ceylon. Hutton has in various papers given some interest- 

 ing notes on the habits of several birds and their nidifica- 

 tion ; and Tickell ( Journ. As. Soc, 1848.), and Theobald 

 (J. A. S. 1854), have also contributed to our knowledge 

 of the Ornithology of India. The notes of the Revd. 

 Mr. Phillips on the habits of some of the birds of the N. W. 

 Provinces (P. Z. S. 1857), and Pearson's notes on the Birds 

 of Bengal (J. A. S.), also deserve notice. Numerous other 

 observers have communicated their experiences to Mr. Blyth 

 and myself. In 1839, and subsequent years, I published 

 (Madras Journ. Literature and Science, 1839-44) a Cata- 

 logue of the birds of Southern India, with two Supplements, 



