iv Prefuce. 
In describing the dissections which form part of the 
course, the writer has constantly referred to the more detailed 
descriptions of allied types as given in Huxley and Martin’s 
Practical Biology, Marshall and MHurst’s Practical Zo- 
ology, and Parker’s Zootomy, and he has generally followed 
the nomenclature adopted in these admirable works. In the 
general zoological portion of the manual the more import- 
ant works consulted have been, Sedgwick’s edition of Claus’ 
Text-book of Zoology, Hatchett Jackson’s edition of Rol- 
leston’s Forms of Animal Life, Huxley’s Anatomy of 
Invertebrated Animals, and the volumes by Day, Bou- 
lenger, Oates and Blanford! in the series of the Fauna 
of British India, also Jerdon’s Birds of India and Oates’ 
Birds of British Burma. Information of a practical 
nature has also been taken from Clifford’s Notes on Forest 
Zoology, and from what has been given verbally to the 
writer by Indian Forest Officers. In the chapters on Ento- 
mology constant reference has been made to the papers 
which have appeared in the periodical Indian Museum 
Notes, and to the masterly publications of the United States 
Entomological Department. Amongst numerous other 
sources of information special mention may be made of 
Packard’s Guide to the Study of Insects, Comstock’s Intro- 
duction to Entomology, Thompson’s report on Insects de- 
structive to Woods and Forests, and papers by numerous 
writers which have appeared in the Indian Forester. 
Acknowledgment is also due to Messrs. Fernandez, 
Bagshawe, and Gamble for the interest they have taken in 
the Zoology teaching, and for the cordial help they have 
afforded in connection with the arrangements necessary for 
the organisation of practical work in class. 
CALCUTTA : E. C. C. 
The 26th May 1893. 
1 The first volame of Hampson’s work in the same scries was received after the 
chapter upon the Lepidoptera had been written. 
