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To the Council of the Zoological Society of London I am 

 indebted for the generous loan of the whole of the valuable 

 manuscript notes of Mr. Brian Hodgson, now deposited in 

 their Library. 



Among the many friends who have rendered me assistance 

 I may specially mention Lieut. H. E. Barnes, Mr. W. T. 

 Blanford, Colonel E. A. Butler, the Marquess Doria, Colonel 

 H. H. Godwin-Austen, Mr. E. Hargitt, Major R. G. 

 Wardlaw Eamsay, Count Salvador^ Mr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. H. 

 Seebohm, Captain G. E. Shelley, and Canon Tristram. 



The portraits which are issued with this volume are 

 those of the late Marquess of Tweeddale, Mr. W. E. Brooks, 

 Mr. Bowdler Sharpe, and Mr. W. Davison. 



EUGENE W. GATES. 



London, 21st August, 1890. 



