INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
The Zoological Museum of the East- India Company consists 
of specimens in all departments of the Science, from the Company's 
Oriental possessions, contributed by public servants who have been 
attached as Naturalists to Missions and Deputations on behalf of 
the Indian Government, or by gentlemen of the civil and military 
services as presents to the Honourable Court of Directors. 
Collections and Contributions in the particular branch of Orni- 
thology, have been received in the Museum in the following 
chronological order : — 
1802. JEudelin de Jonville. — A series of Drawings of Birds from 
Ceylon. 
1808. Francis {Buchanan) Hamilton^ M.D. — Drawings of Birds 
from Continental India. 
John Fleming, Fsq. — Drawings of Birds. 
1812. Richard Farry, Fsq. — Drawings of Birds from Sumatra. 
The King of Tanjore. — Drawings of Birds from Southern 
India. Presented by John Torin, Esq. 
1813. Son. Thomas S. Faffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java. — 
Specimens of preserved Birds from Java : Horsfield's 
Collection. 
1817. Son. Thomas S. Faffles. — Preserved Birds from Java : Hors- 
field's Collection. 
Francis {Buchanan) Hamilton, M.D. — Drawings of Birds. 
1819. Francis {Buchanan) Hamilton, M.D. — Drawings of Birds. 
Thomas Horsfleld, M.D. — A large Collection of preserved 
Birds from Java, with Drawings. 
