SITUATION WANTED, 



As Keeper of a public or private Museum ; Assistant to a professional naturalist, or 

 pxploring party ; or an appointment to any situation requiring a practical knowledge of, 

 and a strong predilection for, whatever pertains to Natural History. 



The advertiser is a middle-aged man ; has long been accustomed to shoot, collect, pre- 

 pare, set up, and classify, specimens of Quadrupeds, I'irds, Shells, Insects, Zoophytes, and 

 Marine Algfo, and is a practical and tasteful Taxidermist ; and would render himself 

 generally useful to whoever employed him. It has been his practice to observe the habits 

 of animals, recording, and sometimes publishing the same, and the appeai'ance of anything 

 unusual in the Natui'al History of the district where he resides. 



Can furnish unexceptionable references as to liis qualifications, moral character, and 

 sober and active habits. Apply to J. E., care of the Editor of The Natuualist. 



A BOOK Foii EVERY SPORTSMAN & COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. 



Now ready, in royal 4to., elegantly bound in half morocco, gilt edges, price £2 5s. 



BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



By BEVERLEY E. MORRIS, Esq., A.B., M.D., T.C.D., 



MEM. WERN. CLUB. 



This magnificent Work, illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates, contains Familiar and 

 Scientific Descriptions of the following subjects : 



Pheasant 

 Cape caillie 

 Black Grouse 

 Red Grouse 

 Ptarmigan 

 Partridge 



Eed-legged Partridge 

 Barbary Partridge 

 Virginian Partridge 

 Quail 



Andalusian Quails 

 Great Bustard 

 Little l?ustnrd 

 Kuffed Bustard 

 Great Plover 

 Golden Plover 

 Gray Plover 

 Dotterel 



Eider Buck 

 Steller's Western Duck 

 King Duck 

 Velvet Scoter 

 Ooinmon Scoter 

 Surf Scoter 

 Eed-crested Whistling 



Duck 

 Pochard 

 Paget's Pochard 

 Ferruginous Ducks 

 Scaup Duck 

 U'ufted Duck 

 Long-tailed Duck 

 Harlequin Duck 

 Golden Eye 

 Buffel-headed Duck 



Ring Dotterel Canada Goose 



Kentish Plover Hooper 



Little Ringed Plover Bewick's Swan 



Woodcock Mute or Tame Swan 



Great Snipe Polish Swan 



Common Snipe Ruddy Sheldrake 



Jack Snipe Common Sheldrake 



Brown Snipe Shoveller 



Sabine's Snipe Gadvvall 



Grey-Lag Goose Pintail Duck 



Bean Goose Bimaculated Duck 



Park Footed Goose Mallard 



White-fronted Goose Garganey Teal 



Berniclo Goose Summer Duck 



Brent Goose Teal 



Red-breasted Goose Widgeon 



Egj-ptian Goose American Widgeon 

 Spur-winged Goose 



The great interest which naturally attaches to our Game Birds and Wild Fowl 

 renders it a matter of surprise that no work has yet appeared, not only devoted exclusively 

 to them, but which should give, in addition to the ordinary information as to their history, 

 habits, and sporting peculiarities, accurately coloured figures of each of them. The object 

 of the present work is to supply this deficiency ; and in doing this, it has been the author's 

 endeavour to avoid, as much as possible, all mere technicalities ; while, at the same time, 

 the most accurate and complete history of each bird is given ; so that the sportsman 

 who never made Natural History his study may find no difficulty in recognising any bird 

 he may meet with in his shooting excursions, whether he confines himself to the limits of 

 the preserves, or seeks the more exciting sport to be met with on om- secluded lakes and 

 sea-shores. 



THE ILLXJSTEATIONS 



Are from Original Drawings, coloured after nature in the most exqiTisite manner. Alto- 

 gether, a more unique and elaborate volume upon the subject of Game Birds 

 and Wild Fowl has never been published. 



LONDON : 

 MESSRS. GROOMBRIDGE, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



C0ULTA8, PEINTEE, YORK. 



