iv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
1820. Sir Thomas S. Baffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marl- 
borough. — A Collection of Birds from Sumatra. 
1821. Sir T. S. Eaffles. — Drawings of Birds from Sumatra. 
1823. George Finlayson, Esq^., Surgeon and Naturalist to the Mis- 
sion of John Crawford, JEsq., to Siam and Sue, the Capital 
of Cochin-China. — A Collection of preserved Birds, made 
during the Mission. 
1824. Lieut. -General Thomas Hardwic'ke. — A Collection of Birds. 
1827. Captain J. D. Herlert. — Specimens of Himalayan Birds, 
collected during his Geological Survey of the Himalayan 
Mountains. 
1829. Madras Government. — A Collection of Birds, made by the 
Company's Naturalist at Fort St. George. 
1831. Colonel W. H. Sgkes. — A large Collection of Birds, made 
during the Statistical Survey of the Dukhun. 
1832. Nathaniel Wallich, illZ).— Preserved Birds from Nepal. 
1833. John Reeves, Esq. — A Collection of preserved Birds from 
China, with specimens of Edible Birds'-nests. 
1837. John McClelland, Esq., Memler of the Deputation to Assam 
for the purpose of investigating the Culture of the Tea Flant. 
— Specimens of Birds, with Drawings and Descriptions. 
1840. John William Heifer, M.D.—A Collection of Birds from the 
Coast of Tenasserim. 
Major F. Boileau Pemherton. — Specimens of Birds, collected 
duriug his Mission to Bootan in 1837-38. 
1841. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. — A Collection of preserved 
Birds. 
John McClelland, Esq. — Specimens of Birds. 
1842. J. T. Bearson, Esq. — Specimens of Birds. 
The Bengal Government. — A Collection of Birds made by 
AV. Griffith, Esq., during the Expedition to Afghanistan. 
1843. John McClelland, Esq.— A Collection of Birds. 
The Bengal Government. — Birds collected by W. Griffith, 
Esq., during the Expedition to Afghanistan. Second 
Dispatch. 
Hugh Falconer, M.B. — A Collection of Birds from X. India. 
William Griffith, Esq. — Specimens of Birds. 
The Bombay Government. — The Collection of Birds made 
during the Mission of Sir W. C. Harris to Abyssinia. 
