iv PREFACE. 



will be made should any defects have crept in and passed 

 unnoticed. 



An explanation of the abbreviations used and of some of 

 the technical terms has been given at the commencement of 

 the first volume. 



The remaining parts of the ' Fauna of British India/ 

 dealing with other classes of Vertebrata, are well advanced 

 towards completion, and it is hoped that a volume of Birds 

 by Mr. E. W. Gates will be published before the close of 

 the year. 



July, 1889. 



