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 In the uncertainty that existed as to whether arrangements could be matured for the publication of this little in India, I did not venture to solicit communications from any of the numerous collectors for and contributors to my Museum, though many of these are far better qualified to amuse and interest the Ornithological public than myself. Now that the work has been fairly started, I hope that all brother Ornithologists in India will aid me to make the work somewhat worthy of the Science of which we are common votaries. Singlehanded, and with almost my whole time devoted to the performance of public duties, it is certain that even were I far better qualified for the task than I can pretend to be, no satisfactory results could be hoped for,—it is on the co-operation of Indian Ornithologists generally, that success must be dependant, and that co-operation I now most earnestly solicit. . 1st November, 1872.