46 rhe Life of Mr. RAY. . 
of Plants \ which Mr. Oldenburgh^ 
in his Letter of December the 21ft, 
1674 (12), tells him was fo well re- 
ceived by the Prehdent and thofe 
prefent, that they returned him their 
Thanks, and dehred him to let them 
have more of the like Favours from 
him. 
During this Year 1674, and Part 
of the next, Mr. Ray took a great 
deal of Pains to prepare Mr. TVil- 
lughby\ Obfervations about Birds for 
the Prefs. 
Thefe Obfervations Mr. Willughby 
had rhapfodically written in Datin.y 
as he did moft of his other Things 5 
and for this Realbn it was firft pub- 
lilhed in that Language, in the lat- 
ter End of the Year 1675. And 
(i2) Stz PMlofopbical Letters, p. 131. 
although 
