TO 
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
ROWLAND, VISCOUNT HILL, 
OF HAWKSTONE, 
LORD LIEUTENANT AND CUSTOS ROTULORUM, COUNTY OF SALOP, 
THIS WORK 
THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN 
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Is = Dedicated, 
- BY THE AUTHOR, 
IN 
TESTIMONY. OF HIS SINCERE RESPECT AND REGARD 
AND IN 
COMMEMORATION OF 
AN UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP OF MORE THAN 
FORTY YEARS. 
