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PREFACE. 
in the following pages, distributed nearly equally 
through the classes of Mammalia, Reptiles, and 
Fishes. The notices of Birds will be found but 
slight, a volume having been already devoted to the 
Author’s researches on this beautiful and interesting 
class of animals. 
The Author begs to express his tbanks to the 
officers in the zoological and botanical departments 
of the British Museum, for much valuable assistance, 
kindly and courteously rendered ; and to all the 
friends both in England and Jamaica, to whom he 
has been indebted for suggestions or information. 
De Beauvoir Square, London, 
September, 1851. 
