TO 
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 
VICTORIA, 
QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 
THIS WORK, 
ON THE 
BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, 
IS, WITH HER ROYAL PERMISSION, 
DEDICATED 
BY HER MAJESTY'S 
MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL 
SUBJECT AND SERVANT, 
JOHN GOULD. 
