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work, and augmented it bj his observa- 

 tions. To Edward Hanmer, Esquire, of 

 Stockgrove, to John Hawkins, Esquire, of 

 Bognor Park, and to Mr. Henry Jen7ier, 

 of Berkeley, nephew to the philanthropic 

 physician of the same name, he is also much 

 indebted ; but above all to that able and 

 veteran naturalist the Reverend Hugh 

 Davies, of Beaumaris, to whose labors the 

 fourth volume owes, almost exclusively, its 

 vast augmentation. 



It is unnecessary for the Editor to add 

 his praise to the well-earned reputation of 

 the author of the British Zoology ; but it 

 must surprise the reader (who considers 

 the small attention which had been paid 

 to the science of Natural History at the 

 time Mr. Pennant wrote), to perceive how 

 few additions are made to the catalogue of 

 Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes, and how 

 few corrections have been necessary. The 

 succeeding classes, unfortunately, had not ^ 

 obtained an equal share of his attention; 

 and it must be confessed that the Divi- 

 sions of Crustacea, of Worms (properly 



