PREFACE. 
AN 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 Birds 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 AVilliam Danieli, Esq. I am indebted for the drawings of the Quadrupeds, 
and Mr. William Taylor has, with great assiduity, afforded the aid of his skill in 
the Engravings. The greatest proportion of the Birds lias been drawn on stone 
by Mr. Auguste Pelletier, 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 
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