

TO 



THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 FRANCIS LORD SEAFORTH, F.R.S. F.L.S. 



GOVERNOR OF BARBADOES, 

 AND TO 



JAMES BRODIE, ESQ., F.R.S. F.L.S. 



M. P. FOR FORRES IN NORTH BRITAIN, 



/ beg leave to dedicate these pages. To Jiis Lordship's 

 boimti/ I oxte tlie greatest part of 7111/ Collection of 

 British Birds; and to the favour of Mr. Brodie I 

 am indebted for procuring me such an advantage, as 

 -well as for his own personal assistance and zeal in 

 furnishing such subjects of Natural Histojy as his 

 opportunities admit of ; 



Who am 



their most grateful humble Servant, 



JAMES SOWERBY. 



Mead Place, Lambeth, 

 Feb. 1, 1806. 



