TO 
ALLAN OCT AVI AN HUME, C.B. 
BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE, 
WHO 
FIRST TAUGHT THEM TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN 
ORNITHOLOGY, 
AND TO WHOM THEY ARE INDEBTED 
FOR MANY PLEASANT HOURS SPENT IN ITS PURSUIT, 
THIS BOOK 
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED 
BY 
the authors. 
