THE 



BIRDS OF INDIA 



BEING 



A MAIWAi: IISI^IY 



OF ALL 



THE BIRDS KNOWN TO INHABIT CONTINENTAL INDIA: 



Descrijotio'iis of the Species, Genera, Families, Tribes, and Orders, and a 

 Brief Notice of such Families as are not found in India, 



MAKING IT A 



SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR INDIA, 



BY ■ 



T. C. JERDON, 



SURGEON MAJOR, MADRAS ARMY, 

 AutlioT of " Illustrations of Indian Ornithology." 



VOL. I. 



;'>i'a'C'V^' 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY THE MILITARY ORPHAN PRESS. 

 6, BANKSHALL STREET. 



1862. / ^ 



MAR 2 '^' 10.Q4 



