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HIS HIGHNESS 
CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE, 
PRINCE OF CANINO AND MUSIGNANO, 
THIS 
MONOGRAPH OF THE ODONTOPHORINT, 
OR 
THE PARTRIDGES OF AMERICA, 
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AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF RESPECT 
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FOR HIS EMINENT AND VARIED TALENTS AS A NATURALIST, 
AND AS A TESTIMONY OF 
THE HIGH PERSONAL REGARD 
ENTERTAINED FOR HIM 
AFTER MANY YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP, 
BY 
THE AUTHOR. 
