iv Preface. 



his qualification as " a gentleman of most general erudition and more 

 particularly versed in every brancli of Natural History." His seconder 

 was Pennant, and tlie names of five other Fellows of the Society, less 

 known to ornitliological fame, foUow. 



The reader may be reminded that Tunstall's Museum, inchiding 

 his collection of Birds, which was said to have cost him several 

 thousands of pounds,* formed the basis of the flourishing Museum of 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and, according to Fox's investigations, twelve of 

 the figures of birds in Beown's ' lUustrations of Zoology ' and Jifty 

 of Bewick's well-known engravings were drawn from specimens con- 

 tained in it — many of which, owing to the care taken of them, still 

 exist. 



The present reissue of Tunstall's work has been executed by means 

 of photolithography. For greater convenience it has been reduced in 

 size from the original folio which measures twenty inches by fourteen 



and a half. 



A. N. 

 Magdalene College, Cambridge. 

 June 11. 1879. 



* ,£3000 according to Nichols in one place (Illustr. Lit. Hist. v. p. 514), 



but in another (Lit. Anecd. viii. p. 366) .£5000 ! 



