V ; 
TO 
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
ROWLAND, YISCOTINT HILL, 
OF HAWKSTONE, 
LORD LIEUTENANT AND GUSTOS ROTULOEUM, COUNTY OF SALOP, 
THIS WORK 
ON 
THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN 
BY THE AUTHOR, 
IN 
TESTIMONY OF HIS SINCERE RESPECT AND REGARD 
AND IN 
COMMEMORATION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP OF MORE THAN FORTY YEARS. 
