FIRST EDITION of this rare and  important contribution to the natural history of the Indian subcontinent, including ninety plates of birds. General Hardwicke spent nearly forty years of service in India, and these illustrations are largely engraved from drawings made on the spot and chiefly from living specimens. Both English and native artists were employed and were under Hardwicke's immediate supervision. The prospectus to the work stated that the edition was to be limited to 250 copies, but the list of subscribers accounts for only 101, forty of whom were directors of the East India Company.