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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS. 



THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM of the East-India Company consists of 

 specimens in all departments of the science, from the Company's 

 oriental possessions, contributed by public servants who have been 

 attached as Naturalists to Missions and Deputations on behalf of the 

 Indian Government, or by gentlemen of the civil and military services, 

 as presents to the Honourable Court of Directors. 



Collections and Contributions have been received in the Museum 

 in the following order : 



1801. John Corse Scott, Esq. Skulls of the Indian Elephant. 



1802. Eudelin de Jonville. Zoological specimens from Ceylon, chiefly Insects and 



Shells ; with drawings and descriptions, in three volumes folio. 

 1804. William Roxburgh, M.D., F.R.S. Skull of Babirwa alfurus. 



Claud Russell, Esq. Indian Serpents. 

 1808. Francis (Buchanan) Hamilton, M.D. Drawings of Mammalia, Birds, and 



Tortoises. 

 John Fleming, Esq. Drawings of Birds and Tortoises. 



1810. Captain J. Stevens. Head of Bdbirusa alfurus. 



1811. John Griffith, Esq. Specimen of Furcella gigantea (Coast of Sumatra). 



1812. Richard Parry, Esq. Drawings of Mammalia and Birds from Sumatra. 



J. Torin, Esq. The King of Tanjore's Drawings of Mammalia and Birds 

 from Southern India. 



1813. Hon. Thomas S. Raffles, Lieut. -Gov. of Java. Specimens of Mammalia, 



Birds, and Insects from Java. Horsfield's Collection. 



Benjamin Heyne, M.D. Drawings of Indian Birds. 



1817. Hon. T. S. Raffles. Mammalia and Birds from Java. Horsfield's Col- 

 lection. 



Francis (Buchanan) Hamilton, M.D. Drawings of Mammalia and Birds. 



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