Game, Shore and Water Birds of India: with Additional References to their Allied Species in Other Parts of the World

Abstract

THE first edition of this work was a modest little volume, printed for private circulation only, on the birds of Sind. This appeared so far back as 1874. Four years later, with some additions, it was issued to the public. Hume and Marshall's epoch-making work on the game birds of India appearing at the same time made a third edition imperative. This in due time appeared, and large additions were made thereto, taken, with acknowledgments, from this formidable rival. Meeting with a well merited success, a fourth edition has now been issued, which differs from the earlier volumes in that it “includes references to all species in other parts of the world that are allied to the Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India.” Game, Shore and Water Birds of India: with Additional References to their Allied Species in Other Parts of the World. By Colonel A. Le Messurier Fourth edition. Pp. xvi + 323. (London: Thacker and Co., 1904.)