J.D.S. 



TO HIS GRACE 



HENEY PELHAM-FIENNES-PELHAM CLINTON, KG., P.C, 



DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, 



LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, 



A NOBLEMAN UNIVERSALLY BELOVED 



FOR HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORTH, 



THE 



"NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC I'ERNS" 



IS WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED 

 BY HIS grace's MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT 



THE AUTHOE. 



