Vlll INTRODUCTION. 



A, MacLeay, Esq., 

 Capt. Marryatt, 



M. Petit, "^ 



W. Raddon, Esq., and 



Br. Stanger, as illustrative of the species found in Southern ^ 



and Western Africa, and described by Dr. A. Smith, 

 Dr. Burchell, and others \ and a small collection pre- 

 sented by myself, as illustrative of those found in the 

 Island of Madagascar, and chiefly described by the 

 French authors. 



Sir John Barroiv, Bart., 



Capt. Sir Edward Belcher (from Borneo), 



Major Bevan, 



J. Boivring, Esq. (Hong Kong), 



Sir James Brooke. 



W. Elliott, Esq. (Madras), 



Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. (Nepaul), 

 Thomas Horsjield, M.D., 



The Hon. East India Company, 



Sir R. H, Inglis, Bart., 



Mrs. Kennaway, 



Capt. Livesay, 



J. Lindsay, Esq., 



Dr. Packman (Tenasserim), 



J. Reeves, Esq, (China), 



Rev. Gerard E. Smith, 



Capt. Stafford, t' 



CoU Stoddart (Ceylon), and 



