PREFACE. 



The following Plates are selected from the series of Drawings made by Mr. Edward 

 Lear from the living animals in the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby's Menagerie 

 at Knowsley Hall, forming part of the large collections of Zoological Drawings in his 

 Lordship's library. They have been lithographed with great care by Mr. J. W. Moore, 

 and coloured by Mr. Bayfield. 



Their chief value consists in their being accurate representations of living specimens. 



J. E. GRAY. 



BRITISH MUSEUM, 

 August 1, 1846. 



