-TO 



Sir MilUam Ibenri^ flower, 



K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., Etc., 



DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), 



I 

 THIS VOLUME IS, 



BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED 



AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATEFUL FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM, AND 



IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SYMPATHY WITH 



ALL WHICH TENDS TO ELEVATE 



THE ARTS OF TAXIDERMY AND MODELLING, AND THE STATUS 



OF MUSEUMS GENERALLY. 



