PEEFACE TO FIEST EDITION. 



{For Private Circulation only.) 

 To SIR WILLIAM MEEEWETHEE, C.B., K.C.S.L 



COMMISSIONER IN SIND. 



Dear Sir William, 



The accompanying Notes (commenced in 1861) on the Eastern 

 Narra have been so often referred to by brother officers that, after an 

 interval of thirteen years, I have been induced to complete and print 

 them, not only to satisfy inquiry, but to remove, if possible, the difficulty 

 that exists in tracing Birds to their proper names. 



The plan adopted is, it is hoped, both simple and concise. The Index 

 shows the Birds in Classes, and these again are divided into Families on 

 pages 1, 6, and 19, with references to the intermediate sheets on which 

 the different species are detailed. 



Errors and omissions must occur, and if at the close of the shooting- 

 season those receiving copies will return them to me, I shall hope to 

 complete my first intention of presenting them with others fully illus- 

 trated in exchange for their suggestions, corrections, and illustrations. 



These may be " Dry Leaves " from an " Unhappy Valley," but they tell 

 of the advantages that Sind offers to the sportsman in the abundance of 

 its small game. 



A. LE MESSUEIER. 



KuERACHEE, November, 1874. 



