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INTRODUCTION. 



It is with much satisfaction that the Author has brought this 

 work to a conclusion, though so long delayed by various obstacles. 

 Forty-seven distinct species of Birds are represented in the fifty plates. 

 The great majority of them are figured here for the first time, and 

 either improved figures, or different states of plumage, compose the 

 remainder of the drawings. Three of the birds are from the Hima- 

 layas, and one from Ceylon — all the rest inhabit the peninsula of India. 



