PREFACE. 



VII 



with the subject of the volume, and I am myself res- 

 ponsible for all these, except in the cases of Wilkins, 

 Sloane, Oldenburg, and Derham, which are partly or 

 entirely extracted from the ' Penny Cyclopeedia. ' The 

 notes which appear in the original edition of Dr. 

 Derham's Life of Ray, published by Mr. Scott, are signed 

 G. S. 



For the identification of Ray's plants in the 'Itineraries,' 

 for the botanical notes, and the Catalogue of Ray's 

 Works, I am indebted to Mr. Babington of Cambridge ; 

 and Mr. Yarrell has supplied the modern names of the birds 

 and fishes. The identification of species and the notes, 

 by Messrs. Babington and Yarrell, are marked by brackets 

 in the text. Mr. Busk has kindly performed the task of 

 translating the notice, already alluded to, by Cuvier and 

 Du Petit Thouars, from the ' Biographic Universelle.' 

 The drawing of the tomb of Ray, and Black Notley 

 Church, forming the frontispiece of the present volume, 

 is from the pencil of Professor Edward Forbes. 



During the preparation of this work for the press, 

 I have been offered materials which could only have 

 been satisfactorily made use of in preparing an extended 

 and more complete life of Ray. The Rev. W. L. P. 



