TO 



W. H. RUDSTON READ, Esq., M.A. 



F.L.S. F.Z.S. & F.E.S., 

 OF FRICKLEY HALL, DONCASTER, 



AN ARDENT LOVER OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



THIS VOLUME 



IS WITH HIS PERMISSION DEDICATES, 



AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR MANY 

 ACTS OF KINDNESS, 



BY HIS OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



