Vlll INTRODUCTION. 



lected during Dr. Andrew Smith's expedition into 

 the interior of South Africa, and described by that 

 zoologist in the Report of the South African Associa- 

 tion, his te Catalogue of the South African Museum," 

 or figured in his " Illustrations of the Zoology of 

 South Africa." 



The Imperial Museum of St. Peter sburgh ; 



The Imperial Museum of Moscow ; 



M. Brandt's Collection, and 



M. Parrey's Collection, as having been determined by 

 Russian naturalists, and authenticating the species 

 described by Pallas, Brandt, Eversmann and others. 



M. Audubon's Collection, as the types of the species 

 figured in his large work on the " Birds of America." 



Mr. Cuming's Collection, as the individuals described by 

 Mr. Frazer in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society," and by Mr. G. R. Gray in the " Annals 

 of Natural History." 



Mr. Gould's Collection, as the originals of the species de- 

 scribed by that author in the " Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society," and figured in the " Birds of 

 Australia." 



Baron Laugier's Collection, as the types of species in his 

 and Temminck's " Planches Coloriees." 



Colonel Montague's Collection, as the types of species 

 described by that author in the " Ornithological 

 Dictionary " and other works. 



Mr. RendaVs Collection, as the types of species described 

 by Mr. Swainson in his " Birds of Western Africa." 



M. Verreaux* Collection, as being the types of species 

 described by Dr. A. Smith in his " Zoology of 

 South Africa." 



JOHN EDWARD GKAY. 

 British Museum, 



12th February 1844. 



