9. Museum of the Canterbury Natural History Society. 



10. Museum of the Manchester Natural History Society. 



11. Museum of the Earl of Derby, Knowsley. 



12. Museum of Hugh Strickland, Esq., Oxford. 



13. Museum of the Zoological Society. 



And the duplicates of the Osteological specimens were sent 



1. To the Museum of the College of Surgeons. 



2. To the Museum of the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar. 



Unfortunately, many of the specimens had been in the 

 country several years, and from want of having been opened 

 and examined, were not in a very good condition; but Mr. 

 Hodgson has returned to the same country, and is continuing 

 his exertions and his series of drawings. 



The collections of drawings consist of a very extensive 

 series of figures of the greater part of the species, taken from 

 living or recently dead specimens, and executed with great 

 fidelity by native artists in Mr. Hodgson's employ ; a selec- 

 tion from them was to have been engraved, under the title of 

 " Illustrations of the Zoology of Nepal,'' but from unforeseen 

 circumstances, the publication of the work was obliged to be 

 suspended, but it is to be hoped only for a limited period, 

 and the new materials which Mr. Hodgson is now accu- 

 mulating, will, when it does appear, render it more interesting 

 and valuable to the scientific public. 



Great care has been taken by Mr. G. R. Gray to compare 

 the specimens of Birds received from Mr. Hodgson with 

 specimens received from other habitats in the British Mu- 

 seum collection, and with the descriptions in the publica- 



