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TO 



LIEUT.-COLONEL SHELLEY, 



MY COMPANION 



IN MT OENITHOLOGICAL TRIPS 



TO EGYPT, 



IN REMEMBRANCE OF 



MANY HAPPY HOURS SPENT IN 



COLLECTING THE MATERIALS 



FOR THE PRESENT VOLUME, 



©his Sitork is ietUrated 



BY HIS AFFECTIONATE BROTHER, 



f^. E. SHELLEY, 



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