TO
P ROF E S SOR T EMMINCK,
OF LEYDEN,
IN TESTIMONY OF THE HIGHEST ESTEEM FOR HIS VALUED AND EXTENSIVE LABOURS
IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL SCIENCE,
THIS MONOGRAPH
OF
TH E RAMPHASTIDiE
IS DEDICAT ED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE UTMOST RESPECT,
BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,
JOHN GOULD.