PREFACE. 



system of Taxidermy which he created, and in which 

 he gave me personal instruction. 



I have much pleasure in recording my obligations to 

 Edmund Waterton, Esq., who kindly permitted access 

 to the old family records, which he is now arranging 

 for publication. Also to Dr. P. L. Sclater, Secretary of 

 the Zoological Society, for the assistance which he 

 rendered in identifying several of the birds ; and to 

 J. Britten, Esq., of the British Museum, for the great 

 pains which he took in ascertaining the names of some 

 of the Guianan trees, without which names the work 

 woidd have been imperfect. 



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