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parts dirty-white ; legs light-brown. I marked again during 

 winter, in the Valley of Peshawur, the white-rumped martin, 

 so closely allied, if not identical with, the bird of Europe, 

 but did not obtain a specimen. Snipes are common in March, 

 and quails in October. 



Here the narrative of my travels must cease. The loss of 

 the greater part of the notes referring to the subsequent 

 portion of my sojourn in Peshawur, and second expedition to 

 Cashmere, and my return to England in 1854, has brought 

 about this abrupt termination. I fain hope, however, that 

 what have been here recorded may be the means of arousing 

 some youthful minds to an appreciation for the works of 

 Nature, or mayhap create an ardour in the pursuit of such 

 knowledge. If these ends are attained, I shall feel so far 

 rewarded for aU the difilculties I have had to combat with in 

 the compiling of the notes and determination of many of the 

 natural objects ; and this, in conclusion, leads me to expect 

 from my readers some consideration for any defects in diction 

 or scientific accuracy, considering that the delay in publishing 

 the contents of this volume has been altogether brought 

 about by the constant change of place, that left me few 

 opportunities of consulting libraries or museums, and made 

 me more than ever grateful to many distinguished masters of 

 science for substantial aid, and to none more than to my 

 friend Sir William Jardine, Bart., who has revised the proof- 

 sheets and corrected the nomenclature ; also to Adam White, 

 Esq., who in my absence has given material assistance towards 

 the completion of the work. 



New Beunswick, North America, 

 April 1867. 



