THE EDITOR 
36s permission, &e&icates 
THIS BOOK TO 
SIR W. H. FLOWER, K.C.B. 
PRESIDENT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 
WHO, IN KINDLY GIVING THIS PERMISSION, WRITES 
THAT HE WAS “ FOR EXACTLY FIFTY YEARS IN PRETTY 
CONSTANT ASSOCIATION WITH HIM,” THE EDITOR’S FATHER, 
“and so had ample opportunities op 
OBSERVING HIS UNTIRING DEVOTION 
TO THE ADVANCEMENT 
OF ZOOLOGY. 
