The engravings have been executed throughout by MESSRS. BRANSTON and WRIGHT. Determined on securing the accuracy of the representations, they have in every instance compared the proofs with the animals, and have made corrections where necessary until the resemblance has been rendered perfect. In one case alone has a deviation from the original been indulged in: the tail of the ocelot has been figured of the length usual in the species, instead of the truncated state in which it exists in the specimen; the markings of the animal are, however, as noticed in its article, accurately represented. The literary department has been superintended by E. T. BENNETT, Esq. F.L.S., an active member of the Zoological Society, who has arranged for the press the whole of the materials collected from various and authentic sources. To JOHN BAYLEY, Esq. F.R. and A.S. M.R.I.A. &c. he is indebted for several suggestions in addition to the information contained in that gentleman’s valuable work, “The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London.” To MR. ALFRED COPS, the present KEEPER OF THE LIONS, whose meritorious exertions for the increase and improvement of the Menagerie have been already adverted to, he has also to tender his thanks and those of his coadjutors for the facilities constantly afforded to them in the most ready and obliging manner, and for much valuable information relative to the history and habits of the animals. But especially are his best thanks due for numerous suggestions and much valuable assistance to his friend N. A. VIGORS, Esq. A.M. F.R. and L.S., the zealous and talented SECRETARY of the ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. To that distinguished zoologist, whose extensive and intimate acquaintance with the animal kingdom at large, and particularly with its feathered tribes, is universally acknowledged, and to other leading Members of the Society to which he devotes his talents and his time, a work like the present appeared not ill adapted to advance the good cause in which they are engaged, the diffusion of knowledge. Under their auspices it was commenced, by their countenance it has been fostered, and it is with the sanction of their approval that it is now submitted to the public eye. LONDON, Nov. 1828. [Illustration] THE BENGAL LION. _FELIS LEO._ LINN.--Var. BENGALENSIS.