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by . Bowman, Esq., of Wrexham, both equally 

 enthusiastic in their admiration of the works of 

 nature. 



To these friends and contributors, I must add a 

 nearer neighbour, Mr. Richard Routledge Wingate, 

 whose unceasing attentions I have reason to value 

 for his having in several cases greatly assisted me 

 in the last edition, to discriminate by a comparative 

 view the difference between the doubtful genera, 

 species and varieties of birds. This he was enabled 

 to do from the long experience he attained in the 

 pursuit of collecting their eggs and their nests, 

 and also from his having in every doubtful case, 

 dissected his subjects before he gave the appear- 

 ance of the living birds to their preserved skins. 

 Among all these contributors and well-wishers I 

 have to acknowledge the obligations due, in edition 

 after edition, to my friend Mr. Edward Walker, the 

 printer of the whole, for his uncommon attention 

 and assiduity in correcting the press, surveying 

 the literary complexion of the text, and watching 

 his compositors lest a single word might escape 

 their notice and be wrong. 



