TO 
the right honourable 
FRANCIS LORD SEAFORTH, F.R.S. F.L.S. 
governor of barbadoes, 
AND TO 
JAMES BRODIE, ESQ., F. R. S. F.L.S. 
M. P. FOR FORRES IN NORTH BRITAIN, 
1 beg io dedicate these pages. To liis Lordship’s 
bounty 1 owe the greatest part of my Collection of 
British Birds; and to the favour of Mr. Brodie I 
am indebted for procuring me such an advantage, as 
well as for his own personal assistance and zeal in 
f urnishing such subjects of Natural History as his 
opportunities admit of; 
Who am 
their most grateful humble Servant, 
Mead Place, Lambeth, 
Feb. 1, 1806. 
JAMES SOWERBY. 
