HIS  HI GHN E S S   
 CHARLES  LUCIEN  BONAPARTE, 
 PRINCE  OF  CANINO  AND  MUSIGNANO, 
 THIS 
 MONOGRAPH  OF  THE  ODONTOPHORINT1, 
 THE  PARTRIDGES  OF  AMERICA,  
 Js  BeWcateli, 
 AS  A  SLIGHT  TOKEN  OF  RESPECT  
 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. 
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