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THE 



GAME BIRDS 



BEING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES OF GAME BIRDS, 

 SNIPE, AND DUCK FOUND IN INDIA, 



WITH 



AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR HABITS AND GEOGRAPHICAL 

 DISTRIBUTION. 



BY T. C. JERDON, 



SURGEON MAJOE, MADRAS ARMY, 



AUTHOR OF "ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN ORNITHOLOGY," " THE BIRDS OF INDIA," &C, 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR AT THE MILITARY ORPHAN PRESS, 



6, BANKSHALL STREET. 



1864. 



