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with the identification of specimens, and, wliere this cannot he done in 

 Bangkok, to see that they are forwarded to others who have a greater 

 knowledge of the suLject. 



It is beHeved that enougli material is already in hand to issne 

 the lists relating to the Mammals, Biixls and Reptiles, and these will 

 no doubt be the first to ap|)ear. The lists published by Capt. S. 

 Flower in 19U<.> in the Proceedings of the Zoolor/iral Societij upon the 

 Mammals and Reptiles are both very valuable, Juit a considerable 

 amount of information has been gained since then, and the identitv of 

 certain species at that time obscure, has been now cleared up. 



Witli regard to the Birds, if we except such standard works as 

 Gates' Birds of Briiisli Bnr,na, 1883, and Oates' and Blanford's 

 volumes on Birds, in the Fauna oj Briiiah India, 1889-1898. no pub- 

 lication in any wav pretending to be complete has yet been issued. 

 Both the works just mentione<l naturally include a great number of 

 tiie species inliabiting Siani, but in the majority of cases no record has 

 been made of their having been found here. Of local lists, tiie most 

 comprehensive is that published by Messrs. Robinson and KIoss in 

 1911, on Birds from the Northern portion <f the Malai/ I'e/iinsulH 

 ( mainly obtained in the Muang of Trang ). while Count (Tyldenstoipe, 

 again, as recently as 1912-13 made a short expedition to this country, 

 and i»ublished last year a list of tlie birds he obtained. 



As regards the Fishes and Insects of this country, practically 

 notliing has been published, so far as we are aware, tliougli several 

 collections of Butterfiies have been made — notably one by Mi'. E. -I . 

 Godfrey. It is hoped that u li^-t of the si)ecies comprised in this 

 collection will i)e i:;sued before long. 



In Connection with the Fii'ra. a very extensive subject, the 

 most prominent woi'ker is I)r. A. F. (t. Kerr, who has published some 

 j)a|)ers in the Jinunul ot' the Siorn Sorii'ti/. as well as in one or two 

 l^ritish scieiitifn- journals. Much valuable woik is also being done by 

 the oificer.s ot the Forest Department, who have for some time past 

 been making systematic collections of the ])lants ot Siam. aiui for- 

 warding them to Krw ( the Hotanical headquarters of Gr^at Britain), 

 where thf-v are being investigated, and the results publi>hed h\m tim? 

 to time. 



We include t^lsewhern in this nuudjer a Catalosue of the svorks 



