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Foregate Street, Worcester, erected 1835." Published 

 1835, Worcester. 



A means by which those who desire to know the particulars 

 of the condition of this Society can acquire information of 

 them. 



Seify, P. J"., F.R.S.E., &c. The Natural History of the 

 Pigeon Family (Columbidae), with Illustrations from the 

 Drawings of Mr. Lear. With a Memoir and Portrait of 

 Pliny. Small 8vo. It is the Fifth volume on Birds of Sir 

 W. ^Jardine's "Naturalist's Library." Edinburgh and 

 London, 1834. 6s. 



This volume, containing the principal species of this inter- 

 esting family, certainly reflects no discredit on the well-known 

 author of the highly appreciated British Ornithology. The 

 descriptions of the three species found in Britain are es- 

 pecially interesting. The plates are by no means inferior 

 to those in the preceding volumes. The vignette {a pair of 

 ring pigeons) is very — we may say exquisitely — beautiful, 

 and, in our opinion, worth all the plates put together; although 

 these are by no means destitute of merit. — S.D. W. August, 

 13. 1835. 



Perrott, Mrs. C. L. E., Honorary Corresponding Member of 

 the Worcestershire Natural History Society : A Selection 

 of British Birds frequenting Worcestershire and the ad- 

 joining Counties. Illustrated by Drawings from Nature ; 

 with Observations on their Habits ; the Drawings by the 

 Authoress of the " Observations, " and engraved by 

 Robert Havell. The work is dedicated, by permission, to 

 Her Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg. 

 Elephant folio. In two-monthly Parts ; each to contain 

 5 plates and 5 pages of letterpress. Price, with the plates 

 uncoloured, 14s. ; with them coloured, \l. Is. : to be 

 completed in two volumes, the extent of which is not spe- 

 cified. 



In Part I. the male of the fowl of the Hamburgh breed, 

 the wood-pigeon, the raven, the whinchat, and the blue tit, 

 are depicted, and descriptive matter to all but the last of 

 these is supplied. Six pages of letterpress are included in 

 this part ; one of them contains the " preface," whence we 

 quote that, " under the influence of the [Worcestershire 

 Natural History] Society, a general interest in the different 

 branches of natural history pervaded the whole county : all 

 were equally desirous of offering their quota to the general 

 store, and, with improved health, I resumed my pen, anxious 



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