. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . SIR, H E Succefs my former Volume met withfrom the Credit you gave it by your largeContributions and Patronage, would vindi-cate my Addrefs to You in This, eitherfrom a Motive of Gratitude to You, or ofInterefl: to itfelf But this Volume hath no room to com-memorate Your Favours to its elder Brother, whilfl: itftands indebted to You in fo great a Sum. YourInquiries, Sir, in Natural Hiftory have been of greatAdvantage to my Defigns in painting and defcribing theSubjedt of them; an

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. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . SIR, H E Succefs my former Volume met withfrom the Credit you gave it by your largeContributions and Patronage, would vindi-cate my Addrefs to You in This, eitherfrom a Motive of Gratitude to You, or ofInterefl: to itfelf But this Volume hath no room to com-memorate Your Favours to its elder Brother, whilfl: itftands indebted to You in fo great a Sum. YourInquiries, Sir, in Natural Hiftory have been of greatAdvantage to my Defigns in painting and defcribing theSubjedt of them; and tis to be hoped there is a more pub-lick one ftill to come; that our Gentry, by the Exampleof Sir RoBEBT Abdy, will not content themfelves witha Pkafure they enjoy in a lefs degree than their Dogs,that of purfuing and killing the Game; but that bytheir Obfervations upon the Polity, Manners, or extraor-dinary Qualities belonging to thefe Creatures, they willexert a Knowledge above that of their Game-Keepers. Tis DEDICATION. Tis certain, brute Animals were placed amongft us Ends than juft to kill an

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