Colonel C. T. Bingham, Mr. W. E. Brooks, Colonel E. A. 

 Butler, Mr. J. R. Cripps, Mr. J. Davidson, Mr. Scrope Doig, 

 Mr. S. B. Fairbank, Mr. J. Gammie, Mr. J. Inglis, Colonel 

 Vincent Legge, Colonel C. H. T. Marshall, and his brother 

 Colonel G-. F. L. Marshall, Mr. L. Mandelli, Mr. G. R. Reid 

 Dr. J. Scully, Mr. G. W. Yidal, and Mr. H. Wenden. 



The " Hume Collection," presented by Mr. Hume to the 

 British Nation, contains in nearly every instance the series 

 of specimens to which the memoirs of the above-named band 

 of workers refer, besides those magnificent collections made 

 by Mr. Hume himself in N. W. India, Sind, the islands of the 

 Bay of Bengal and in Manipur; as well as the results of 

 Mr. W. Davison's fifteen years' travels in various parts of the 

 Indian Peninsula, the Burmese Provinces, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



I am pleased to have been able to complete this Index, 

 as I am certain that a good deal of valuable information has 

 been overlooked by the writers of the " Catalogue of Birds " 

 as well as in other standard works on Asiatic Ornithology, 

 owing to the difficulty hitherto experienced in tracing every 

 reference. I trust that this difficulty will be found to exist no 

 longer. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, to whose encouragement this Index is 

 in great part due, has helped me with his advice throughout 

 its preparation; and I have to acknowledge his great kindness 

 on this, as on all other occasions. 



CHARLES CHUBB. 



November 22nd, 1899. 



