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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 * Edinburgh 

 Philosophical Journal ' having attracted little attention, he aban- 

 doned the idea, and determined to confine himseK 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 

 ' Encyclopaedia of Agriculture and Gardening.' On reconsidermg 

 the subject, however, the publishers determined to combine this 

 intended work with their projected ' Cabinet Cyclopaedia,' and 

 eleven volumes of the ' 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,' ' A Treatise on the Natural History and 

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

 Amphibia, and Heptiles,' 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 avaU 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 

 ' Naturalist's Cabinet' ; extensive contributions to the volume of 



