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 io IV. THACKER *■ CO., LONDON.

I'nunh Edition. Super royal Biro., cloth gill, 338 pages, 141. net. Rs. is-4-

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, CLE, F.7-S, F.G.S.

Willi 180 natural sire Illustrations from actual specimens.

A Vad* Mccum for the Sportunsn, embndnn all the Birds at aH

likely to be md with In a Shooting Exainic*.

A Won-. — " Colonel I* Messurier writes as a field naturalist for field naturalists and sportsmen without any groat pretensions to scientific knowledge, but Iher: is no doubt that all naturalists will gain useful hints from this little volume, which is profusely illustrated with woodcuts giving the characteristic features of most ol the speeies."

Kamolcilgr.— " Compact in form, excellent in method and arrangement, and as far as we have been able to test it, rigidly accurate in details, Colonel Le Messurier's book should become the vadi mtcum of every sportsman and naturalist whom duty or pleasure may compel to visit India."

Madras Timts.—" Neatly and handily bound, well printed and clearly illustrated, the book undoubtedly fills a void in the literature of the day. The work is well arranged, and will probnbly fully answer the requirements of even 1