THE HON. ADOLPHUS F. 0. LIDDELL, Q.C. 
My dear Neighbour, 
If our accomplished and lamented friend, Mr. Broderip, had been spared to see the 
evidences of the extinct bird of the Mauritius described in the following pages, he 
would probably have taken a more direct share in the present work, and he certainly 
would have felt equal pleasure with myself in inscribing it to you, in whose society we 
so often enjoyed pleasant and instructive discourse in the sylvan walks and tranquil 
shades of Sheen. 
Believe me, 
Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, 
August 1866. 
Very sincerely yours, 
RICHARD OWEN. 
