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The latter portion, that on birds, was speedily 

 translated into French, by the celebrated Sonnini 

 of Monacour, who added valuable notes, and it 

 appeared as a second part of the French work 

 already described. The former treatise, that on 

 quadrupeds, as mentioned in the note below, has 

 become exceedingly scarce ; but we are happy to 

 state that the desideratum thus occasioned is in the 

 course of being supplied, by a translation into 

 English, with notes, the first part of which has 

 lately appeared.* 



The dedication of this work to his brother, affords 

 Azara an opportunity of speaking feelingly on some 

 of the circumstances of his history. " MY DEAR 



of the work, accordingly, Azara holds that he is not responsi- 

 ble. (Voyage, t. 1, p. 244.) The edition of St. Mery has 

 long been out of print, and the Spanish work is hardly less 

 scarce. " It is impossible to procure a copy out of Spain ; 

 and even in that country it is not often met with." (See Mr. 

 Hunter's preface, p. 10, where the titles of both works are 

 given in full, and are dated 180'2.) There must, however, be 

 some mistake as it regards the second production. Azara, in 

 his French work, concerning which he was corresponding 

 in 1806, and which was published in 1809, decidedly states 

 that it was then in manuscript (T. i. p. 383.) And Walcke- 

 naer adds it has since been published in Spanish. (Ib. 384.) 

 * The Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraguay and 

 the River La Plata, translated from the Spanish of Don Felix 

 d'Azara, with a Memoir of the Author, a Sketch of the Coun- 

 try, and numerous Notes, by W. Perceval Hunter, Esq. 

 F. G. S., Z. S., Memb. Geo. Soc. of France. In 2 vols. Vol. i 

 Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1838. The memoir, 

 we may add, has not yet appeared. 



