PROFESSOR TEMMINCK,

OF LEY BN.

THE PRESENT AS WELL AS THE FORMER EDITION OF THIS

MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDA

Is Dedicated,

AS A TRIBUTE DUE TO HIS LABOURS

IN THE PROMOTION OF NATURAL SCIENCE, AND AS A PROOF OF SINCERE ESTEEM
AFTER A CORDIAL INTERCOURSE OF MANY YEARS,
BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND

JOHN GOULD.