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and to Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe for his kind revision of the proof 

 sheets of the ornithological lists, as well as for his willing aid 



in the determination of the birds I obtained. 



It was Mr. H. W. Bates, the Author of the ' JS'aturalist on 

 the Amazons/ who in my boyhood first inspired me with a desire 

 to visit the tropics ; and he, in later years, has ever with ready 

 cheerfulness aided my inexperience - by sound and friendly 

 advice. 



Lastly but chiefly, I must acknowledge a heavy debt of 

 gratitude to my friend Alexander Comyns, LL.B., of the 

 Middle Temple, for more acts of kindness, as my constant 

 correspondent and counsellor during my absence, than can be 

 ever sufficiently acknowledged or repaid. 



I cannot close without addinf? one word of recosfnition of 

 the companion of my travels, whose constant encouragement 

 and valued aid lighten all my labours. 



HeXRY 0. TOEBES. 



EuBisLAw Den, .Aberdeen, 



January 30, 1885. 



