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PR EFA ¢€ i 
performance; but the reader may judge of 
the extent of our plan, by the following 
heads: the charaéter of the genus hall frft 
be mentioned: then the fpecific name: the 
fynonyms from different authors; and the 
genera in which thofe authors have placed 
the animal. The names fhall be given 
in feveral European languages*; and we 
fhall conclude with a brief, but fufficient 
defcription, adding at the fame time, the 
various ufes, and natural hiftory of each 
individual. | | | 
If this plan fucceeds, in promoting the 
knowlege of nature in this kingdom, we thall 
think ourfelves amply rewarded. Could our 
exhortations avail, we fhould recommend this 
ftudy moft earneftly to every country gentle- 
man. ‘To thofe of an active turn, we might 
fay, that fo pleafing and ufeful an employ- 
ment would relieve the ¢edium arifing from 
* In the ornithology the European namies are prefixed te 
the author referred to in the fynonyms, 
Tialian to Aldrovand, Olina, or Zinanni. 
French Briffon, or de Buffon. 
German Gefner, or Kramer. 
Swedifh ’ the Fauna Suecica. 
Danifh and Norwegian Brunnich, 
Caruiclan Scopoli, 
a fame- 
