TO
THE RIGHT HONOUR A B L E
THE EARL OF DERBY,
PRESIDENT,
AKD
THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN
FORMING
THE COUNCIL OF
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
FAVOURED by your kind permission, it is with feelings o f mingled
gratitude and pleasure, natural to one so long connected with the Society over which you
preside, that I dedicate to you this Work on “ T h e B i r d s o f E u r o p e / ’ and I have the
honour to subscribe myself,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and obliged Servant,
JOHN GOULD.
