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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