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AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA. By JOHN J. AUDUBON. 350 Figures of Birds, all 

 life-size, in one vol., elephant folio. With descriptive text; 8 vols. bound in 4. Together, 5 

 vols., all bound uniform in heavy half Russia binding. New York, 1857. Reduced from 

 $250.00 to $165.00. This grand work is now out of print and never can be produced again. 



This magnificent work is in one elephant folio volume, measuring three feet five inches long by two feet three inches 

 wide ; c 

 motion, 



the birds ; a great variety of charming landscape: 



eight volumes bound in four royal octavo volumes, giving the habits of the birds, anecdotes relating to them, by the great 

 ornithologist who made this science the study of his long and useful life, with full descriptive text of all the birds, delinea- 

 tions of American scenery, plants, trees, &c. ; also an account of many very exciting narratives of personal adventures, hair- 

 breadth escapes, being the experience of Mr. Audubon himself while in pursuit of the birds, and it is, without exception, 

 one of the most fascinating, valuable, entertaining, and remarkable works published. This set is bound in heavy Russia 

 half binding, library style, and offered for sale at the above low price, a very great bargain and a rare opportunity. If 

 ordered from a distance, will be carefully packed in a case made expressly. The present offers a rare chance to lovers of 

 works of art to procure, at a small price, one of the most costly and valuable works ever issued. 



WILSON'S AMERICAN ORNITHOLO- 

 GY ; or, Natural History of the Bin's of the 

 United States. New and enlarged edition. 3 

 vols. 8vo. With portrait of Wilson, and 103 

 plates, exhibiting nearly 400 figures of birds, 

 accurately engraved and beautifully printed in 

 colors. New edition. London, 1877. 



Reduced from $25.00 to $12.50. 



This is by far the best edition of the American Ornithol- 

 ogy, both on account of the beautiful plates, and the inter- 

 esting notes of the editor ; and every ornithologist should, if 

 possible, procure this edition. 



FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS 



(History of the). By Jonathan Couch, F.L.S. 

 Illustrated with 256 carefully colored plates. 

 4 vols. Roval 8vo. Cloth. London, 1877. 



Reduced from $42.00 to $23.00. 



The author, who is well known as one of the first practi- 

 cal authorities on British fishes, has for fifty years been 

 observing, noting, and drawing with his own pencil, the 

 various fish which live in British waters, avast labor, in 

 which he has been assisted by scientific friends living in 

 various portions of the United kingdom. The drawings are 

 beautifully colored to life, and some of the portraits (espec- 

 ially of the dog-fish) are really marvellous, rendering the 

 recognition of a fish a work of the greatest ease. 



SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS. With de- 

 scriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits, &c., &c. 

 By H. G. and H. B. Adams. Illustrated with 

 30 beautiful full page colored plates. Contain- 

 ing hundreds of iigures of birds and their eggs, 

 well colored to nature. Small 4to, gilt edges. 

 London, 1874. Reduced from $12.00 to $5.00. 



The present work is an effort to produce a book which 

 shall give a concise yet sufficiently full description of the 

 smaller British birds ; not a scientific work, but one essen- 

 tially popular in its character, rendered attractive by lifelike 

 portraits of the birds, drawn and colored as closely to nature 

 as the eye and the hand of the artist can make them. 



BRITISH GRASSES (Natural History of). 



Bj' E. J. Lowe, Esq. Illustrated with 74 finely 



colored plates. 8vo. Cloth. 1874. 



Reduced from $10.00 to $6.00. 



This is a work not only valuable to the botanical student 

 for its pictorial accuracy, but of use also to the landed pro- 

 prietor and the farmer, pointing out to them those grasses 

 which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching 

 them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, 

 and explaining their qualities and the several uses to which 

 they are applied in many branches of manufacture and in- 

 dustry. 



BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 



(Natural History of). By E. J. Lowe, Esq. 

 Illustrated with 479 finely colored plates. 8 vols. 

 Royal 8vo. Cloth. London, 1872. 



Reduced from $60.00 to $32.00. 



A book which should contain ample means of studying 

 and identifying the Exotic species, accessible to persons of 

 moderate means, has hitherto been a desideratum. This 

 want the present work promises most hopefully to fill. It is 

 admirably "got up;" the plates are carefully and prettily exe- 

 cuted ; there is a neat illustrative woodcut at the head of 

 each description, and the letterpress is full and practical, 

 without being deficient in scientific accuracy. It is really 

 the cheapest work for its excellence we have ever seen, and 

 should be ' in the hands of every gardener and every private 

 person who cultivates these charming objects." 



NEW AND RARE FERNS (Natural His- 

 tory of). Containing Species and Varieties not 

 included in other works. By E. J. Lowe. Illus- 

 trated with 72 colored plates" and numerous wood- 

 cuts. 8vo. Cloth. London. 1871. 



Reduced from $10.00 to $6.00. 



So many new ones have been introduced, that it has been 

 deemed necessary to publish a separate volume. This work 

 will be found to contain colored plates or woodcut illustra- 

 tions of one hundred and fifty -one new species. 



