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year, before he was summoned to India to join the second expedition to 

 Tunan. Dr. Dobson, of the Eoyal Yictoria Hospital of Netley, has edited 

 the Catalogue of the order Chiroptera, the study of which he has long 

 specially cultivated. In both cases the notes and additions of the editors are 

 inclosed within brackets, and bear their respective initials. One or two 

 notes added by myself are signed ' Editor.' All unsigned notes and citations 

 of references are those of the author of the Catalogues. 



The Catalogue of Birds will be found, under Lord "Walden's able and 

 conscientious treatment, to be a complete list of the Burmese species, 660 in 

 number, as ascertained to date. His editorial notes and additions, which 

 embrace the latest information afforded by his fine collection, are inclosed in 

 brackets, and largely enhance the value of the Catalogue. Blyth's MS., for 

 the species enumerated in it, has been scrupulously adhered to, obvious 

 errors of orthography having alone been corrected, and localities being 

 added where the habitats were doubtful when he wrote. On this last 

 point I quote Lord Walden's own words : 



" The names of the localities added are given on the authority of Mr. 

 "Davison, Mr. Oates, Major Lloyd, Captain Peilden, and Lieutenant Ward- 

 "law Bamsay, whose initials will be found attached. My endeavour has 

 " been to include those localities which, while within the range, are not 

 " specified by Mr. Blyth. All Major Lloyd's and Lieutenant W. Eamsay's 

 "specimens and some of Captain Feilden's have been identified by me. Mr. 

 "Hume is responsible for the accurate identification of those obtained by 

 "Mr. Davison and Mr. Oates, and although that gentleman, in most 

 "cases, adopts the faulty nomenclature of Mr. Gr. E. Gray's Hand List, I 

 " believe I have succeeded in correctly interpreting his meaning." 



A. GBOTE. 

 , London, Augmt 27, 1875. 



List of Mr. Blyth's published papers in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal and other Journals, with the necessary references. 



Curator's Eeports, read at the Society's Monthly Meetings. 



Beport for September, 1841, read by his predecessor, Mr. Piddington, on 

 the occasion of Mr. Blyth's first introduction to the meeting of the 

 6th October, X. 836. 



Beport for October, 1841, X. Pt. 2, 917. 

 „ November, 1841, X. Pt. 2, 936. 



