PREFACE. 



V 



Admiralty, Captain Sir James Ross, R.N., Lieutenant 

 Alexander Smith, R.N. 



Skeletons and skulls from India, China, and Borneo, 

 presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., General T. Hard- 

 wicke, Walter Elliott, Esq., Gibson Rowe, Esq., Jacob 

 Bell, Esq., the East India Company, Major Honey wood, 

 John Reeves, Esq., J. Russell Reeves, Esq., Col. Sykes, 

 H. Lacon, Esq., A. Charlton, Esq., S. Sotheby, Esq., 

 T. Ingall, Esq., R. Ewing, Esq., H. Falconer, M.D. 



Skulls and skeletons from Australia, New Zealand, &c, 

 presented by the Earl of Derby, Dr. Frederick Knox, 

 Capt. Stokes, R.N., Capt. P. P. King, R.N., Capt. W. 

 Chambers, R.N., J. B. Jukes, Esq., Allan Cunningham, 

 Esq., Capt. George Grey, Sir John Richardson, M.D. 

 and C. D. Fortnum, Esq. 



Specimens have also been purchased from the Leyden 

 Museum of the animals found in the Dutch Colonial 

 possessions, as Java, Amboina, &c. 



From the Stockholm Museum, of the animals collected by 

 Dr. Wahlberg at the Cape of Good Hope. 



From Mr. Gould and Mr. Bridges, of the specimens col- 

 lected by them during their visits to Australia, Chili, and 

 Bolivia. 



From Dr. Moller and Professor Eschricht and the Copen- 

 hagen Museum, of Seals and Cetacea from Greenland. 



The collection has been made primarily with the view 

 of illustrating the characters of the orders, genera, and 

 species of the specimens of the recent vertebrated animals 

 contained in the British Museum collection, and with this 



