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of the Persian Gulf Telegraph, I am also under obligation, especially 

 for information connected with the nidification of certain species, 

 obtained by his organizing, at various periods, expeditions in search of 

 breeding grounds in the Persian Gulf; for specimens of the rarer 

 species, especially of GMeroptera, I have to tender my best thanks to Mr. 

 J. Strachan, due to whose interest in Zoology generally, and in the 

 Kurrachee Museum, this work has been dedicated to him. In birds 

 my sole referee was Mr. A. 0. Hume, c. b., whose valuable assistance, 

 also his liberal presentation of a large collection of bird skins, helped 

 me much wilh the distribution table. I have also to acknowledge 

 my indebtedness to Lieut. Henry E. Barnes for a valuable collection of 

 Central Indian Mammals and Birds which have been of special value in 

 fixing their distribution in that part of India ; also to the several 

 members of the Managing Committee of the Kurrachee Museum for 

 assistance given in several ways. 



Finally I have to crave the indulgence of those authors — already 

 referred to in the Preface — and others, for the privilege I have taken of 

 so largely adding from their valuable works to the existing knowledge 

 of the fauna of Bind. My sole object in publishing this work is, as I 

 have already said, to place on record what is already known of the 

 fauna of Rind, also to occasion a greater interest in the rich mines of 

 the treasures of science to be found in the Province, and thus bring to 

 the surface the many valuable gems it contains. 



J. A, M. 



