INTRODUCTION. 



The following table shows the number of the species and 

 specimens of Indian and Exotic birds of the families herein- 

 after dealt with, in the Museum : — 



Number of species. 



Number of specimens. 



The number of species of Corvidse and Crateropodidse 

 described by Mr. Oates in the Birds of British India was 

 315 ; to these may be added the following : — 



Garrulus oatesi, Sharpe ; Garrulax waddelli, Ogilvie Grant ; 

 Crateroinis larvatus, Hartert ; Pomatorhinus imherhis, Salva- 

 dori ; Proparus austeni, Ogilvie Gi'ant ; Turdinulns exsul, 

 Sharpe ; Ixulus clarhi, Oates ; Pycnonotus x author rhous, 

 Anderson ; of which the first three species are new. 



The number of species of the above two families of which 

 types exist in the collection is 66, most of these having been 

 described by Blyth ; these types, like most of the compara- 

 tively few remaining specimens belonging to the Asiatic 

 Society's collection, are naturally not in the best of condition, 

 although every care has been taken of them. Most have now 

 been taken out of their paper envelopes and placed in glass- 

 lidded cardboard boxes for further security. 



Wherever possible I have entered an Asiatic Society's speci- 

 men under its original number and lettering — some had been 



