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and the dislike of the bird to companions of different 

 kinds at the season of incubation. It is Llandudno 

 or St Orm's Head. " The western extremity is a 

 vast precipice, the haunt of various sea fowl in the 

 time of breeding. The gulls possess the lower part, 

 above them the razor-bills and guillemots have their 

 quarters ; over them croak the cormorants ; and he- 

 rons occupy the higher regions." There are also many 

 curious records of the Welsh, which will be read with 

 much interest. Fifty-three plates illustrate both vo- 

 lumes, and a supplement often was added to the last, 

 etched by Moses Griffiths. 



It was about this time that the second edition of the 

 history of Quadrupeds, alluded to at page 1 1, ap- 

 peared in two volumes quarto. This had been pre- 

 viously published as a Synopsis, with about thirty 

 plates. These are now increased to fifty-two, and 

 it received the additions which a better knowledge 

 of the subject suggested. The work was originally 

 intended as a reference to the Natural History and 

 plates of Buffon, which are troublesome to consult, 

 from their want of arrangement. In the same man- 

 ner, he wrote out and published a systematic cata- 

 logue of the birds, which we regret that he did not 

 also extend. 



In the year following, the Journey from Chester 

 to London appeared, written, he tells us, " from 

 journals made at different times in my way to town. 

 I frequently made a considerable stay at several 

 places, to give to this boot all the fulness and accu- 



