PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. XXV 



niiel d'Ornithomalogie'' of M. Temminck, the '^Ornithological 

 Fragments" of M. Wagler^the '^Description of Reptiles" by 

 the late Merreni;, and the dissertation on the same subject by 

 M. Fitzinger, were principally useful to me for theVertebrated 

 animals. The '^'^Histoire des Animaux sans Vertebres" of M. 

 de Lamarck; and the ^' Malacologie" of M. de Blainville, were 

 also of great use to me for the Mollusca. To these I have 

 added the new views and facts contained in the numerous and 

 learned writings of Messrs GeofTroy Saint-Hilaire, father and 

 son, Savigny, Temminck, Lichtenstein, Kuhl, Wilson, Hors- 

 iield, Vigors, Swainson, Gray, Ord, Say, Harlan, Charles Bo- 

 naparte, Lamouroux, Mitchell, Lesueur, and many other able 

 and studious men, whose names will be carefully mentioned, 

 wherever I speak of the subjects they have described. 



The fine collection of engravings which have appeared 

 wathin the last twelve years, have allowed me to indicate a 

 greater number of species, nor have I failed to make ample use 

 of the opportunity. I must particularly acknowledge what I 

 owe on this score, to the ^"^Histoire desMammiferes" of MM. 

 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Frederick Cuvier, the "Planches 

 Coloriees" of Messrs Temminck and Laugier, the '^ Galerie des 

 Oiseaux" of M. Vieillot, the new edition of the " Oiseaux d'Al- 

 lemagne" of M. Nauman, the Birds of the United States of 

 Messrs Wilson, Ord, and Charles Bonaparte(l), the great 

 works of M. Spix and of the prince Maximilian de Wied on 

 the animals of Brazil, and to those of M. Ferussac on the Mol- 

 lusca. The plates and zoological descriptions of the travels of 

 Messrs Freycinet and Duperrey, given in the first by Messrs 

 Quoy and Gaymard, and in the second by Messrs Lesson and 

 Garnot, present, also, many new objects. The same should 

 be said of the animals of Java, by M. Horsfield. Though on a 

 smaller scale, new figures of rare species are to be found in the 

 " Memoiresdu Museum," in the '<^ Annalesdes Sciences Natu- 

 relles," in the different dictionaries of the natural sciences, in 

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(1) The work of M. Audubon upon the Birds of North America, which sur- 

 passes all others in magnificence, was unknown to me till after the whole of that 

 part which treats of birds was printed. 

 Vol. I (4.) 



