TO 



JAMES E. DUXATTf HI. D. 



MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK ; OF THT, 



ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH ; CORRESPONDINa 



MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA, &.C. &C. 



THIS ATTEISIPT 



rO ILLUSTRATE THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA, 



IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED 



BY HIS MUCH OBLIGED FRIEND 



THE AUTHOR. 



