Excitation functions have been measured for 200,199,197,196 Tl and 195,194 Au produced by α-particle-induced reactions on 197 Au in the incident energy range 34-50 MeV. The excitation functions of these nuclei and those of 198 Tl, 197 Hg, 198,196 Au, reported earlier, are analysed in terms of direct, pre-equilibrium and evaporation emissions. The two most commonly used models of pre-equilibrium reactions, the exciton and the hybrid models, have both been used and compared. The choice of the initial exciton number, the role of the pre-equilibrium cluster and multiple nucleon emissions have been investigated. The direct emission of clusters are found to significantly affect the excitation functions of 197 Hg and Au isotopes.