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return to Liverpool he proposed to publish a Narrative of his 

 Travels, but a short abstract of them given in the f Edinburgh 

 Philosophical Journal ' having attracted little attention, he aban- 

 doned the idea, and determined to confine himself to the publica- 

 tion of his zoological materials. Accordingly having familiarized 

 himself with the then novel art of lithography, he commenced a 

 series of plates, drawn by himself, and issued periodically, under 

 the title of > Zoological Illustrations,' the first series of which, 

 consisting of three vols., were published between the years 1820 

 and 1823. In order more efficiently to superintend this publi- 

 cation, and also another in which he soon afterwards engaged, 

 under the title of ' Exotic Conchology,' he removed to London ; 

 but, in 1825, in pursuance of an engagement long previously 

 formed, he married the daughter of John Parkes, Esq. of War- 

 wick, and took up his residence in that town. In 1826 he lost 

 his father, and soon after entered into engagements with Messrs. 

 Longman for the publication of an ' Encyclopaedia of Zoology/ 

 which was intended to form a companion volume to Loudon's 

 1 Encyclopaedia of Agriculture and Gardening.' On reconsidering 

 the subject, however, the publishers determined to combine this 

 intended work with their projected ' Cabinet Cyclopaedia,' and 

 eleven volumes of the 1 Cabinet Cyclopaedia of Natural History,' 

 from the pen of Mr. Swainson, successively made their appearance 

 between 1834 and 1840, embracing ' A Preliminary Discourse on 

 the Study of Natural History,' ' A Treatise on the Geography and 

 Classification of Animals,' f A Treatise on the Natural History and 

 Classification of Quadrupeds ;' of ' Birds,' 2 vols. ; of ' Fishes, 

 Amphibia, and Reptiles,' 2 vols. ; of ' Shells and Shell-fish,' 2 vols. ; 

 and volumes on ' The Habits and Instincts of Animals,' on 'Animals 

 in Menageries,' on ' Taxidermy, Bibliography, and Biography,' and, 

 in conjunction with Mr. Shuckard, ' On the History and Natural 

 Arrangement of Insects.' Previous to commencing this laborious 

 undertaking, Mr. Swainson had again changed his residence from 

 "Warwick to Tittenhanger Green, in the neighbourhood of St. 

 Albans, where he found himself sufficiently removed from the 

 distractions of a residence in London, and at the same time suffi- 

 ciently near the metropolis, to avail himself frequently of its 

 libraries and collections. Here also he prepared and published a 

 second series of his ' Zoological Illustrations,' consisting, like the 

 first, of three vols. 8vo ; two volumes on ' The Birds of "Western 

 Africa,' and one on ' The Flycatchers,' forming part of Lizars's 

 1 Naturalist's Cabinet' : extensive contributions to the volume of 



