PREFACE. 



THE object of the present List has been to give a com- 

 plete Catalogue of the species of the family Psittacidae 

 or Parrots, exemplifying by letters a, b, c, &c. the speci- 

 mens contained in the Collection of the British Museum, 

 under the specific name and synonyms to which they 

 belong ; indicating also the locality and the source from 

 whence each specimen has been derived. 



J. E. GEAY. 



March 1st, 1859. 



