Vlll PREFACE. 



Fauna. I return my kind thanks also to Richard Q. Couch, 

 Esq., for the benefit I have derived from his ' Cornish Fauna/ 

 and for other pubHcations he kindly sent to me. For aid 

 given me by the loan of books, by furnishing me with 

 specimens, and in various other ways, I have been much 

 indebted to Mr. Ralfs, of Penzance; to Mr. Tudor, of 

 Bootle ; to Mr. Bean, of Scarborough ; to Mr. Tumanowicz, 

 of Hastings; to Mr, Wigliam, of Norwich; to Dr. E. Th. 

 Greville, of Edinburgh ; to Dr. Scouler, of Dublin ; to Mr. 

 W. Gourlie, Mr. W. Keddie, and Mr. E. Gray, of Glasgow ; 

 as also to ^Major Alexander Martin, of Ardrossan ; and to 

 all of them I now return my grateful thanks. 



With still higher pleasure I acknowledge my obligations 

 to many scientific ladies. Mrs. Griffiths, ever ready to in- 

 struct and oblige, favoured me with many specimens, Avhen 

 I had the pleasure of visiting her at Torquay. Many spe- 

 cimens I received from Miss Cutler, of Budleigh Salterton ; 

 Mrs. Gulson, of Exmouth; and Miss S. Beever, of Coniston. 

 Many thanks are due to Mrs. Spode, of Armitage Park, for 

 a tasteful drawing of a beautiful Zetland Zoophyte, lieiepora 



