TO 



SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. 



FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF 



THE LINN^AN SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND MEMBER OF THE 



PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES BOTH IN 



EUROPE AND AMERICA, 



THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES 



ZoolOQicul 3ll\xsitvution^ 



ARE DEDICATED, 



AS A SMALL, BUT SINCERE TRIBUTE TO THE EMINENT TALENTS OF 



THE PHILOSOPHER, 



AND THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES OF 



THE MAN. 



