PREFACE. 



In the prosecution of this Work, the plan originally offered to the Public has 

 been adhered to with every possible degree of solicitude. The design of the under- 

 taking was to exhibit accurate Figures, accompanied by detailed descriptions, of the 

 most interesting Quadrupeds and Bu-ds collected during my residence in Java. It 

 was also stated, in the commencement, that, by the liberal permission of the 

 Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company, I had been enabled to 

 avail myself of the valuable Collections forwarded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 

 from Sumatra. The arrangement which has been made of these Collections under 

 the orders of the Court, in the Company's Museum at the India House, has greatly 

 facilitated the means of introducing into this Work various subjects which had not 

 previously been given to the Public. 



Throughout the continuance of these Zoological Researches, I have unin- 

 terruptedly enjoyed the support of the Artists originally engaged for the illustra- 

 tions. To WilHam Daniell, Esq. I am indebted for the drawings of the Quadrupeds, 

 and Mr. Wilham Taylor has, with great assiduity, afforded the aid of his skiU in 

 the Engravings, The greatest proportion of the Birds has been drawn on stone 

 by Mr. Auguste PeUetier, who has likewise been charged with the superintendence 

 of their colouring. In several of the Birds Mr. John Curtis has afforded his 

 assistance, both in the drawing and engraving : the illustration of the new genera 

 requiring a minuteness of detail, which could not with equal effect be given on stone. 

 Every exertion has been made to preserve the same style of execution in which the 



