BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



Just published, with 17 Plates, price 15s. 



THE REPORT OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE ; 



held at Newcastle in 1838. 



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AZARA'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



In 8vo, price 10s. 6d., illustrated by a Map of Paraguay and Buenos Ay res, 



the First Volume of the 



NATURAL HISTORY of the QUADRUPEDS of PARAGUAY 

 and the RIVER LA PLATA. Translated from the Spanish of DON 

 FELIX DE AZARA, with a Memoir of the Author, a Physical Sketch of the 

 Country, and numerous Notes. 



By W. PERCEVAL HUNTER, Esq., F.G.S., Z.S., &c, Member of the 



Geological Society of France. 



" Azara's Memoirs are invaluable. His descriptions are not only accurate but 

 masterly." — Swainson. 



" Don Felix de Azara a ecrit deux excellent ouvrages sur l'histoire naturelle du 

 Paraguay." — Cuvier. 



" Ed ivi in parte inospita e remota 

 Da nessun mai non conosciuta e vista 

 La lor razza resto perfino ignota 

 Alle richerche del naturalista 

 E in ogni sol del perspicace Azara 

 Natura nome e qualita ne impara." 



Gli Animali Parlanti. 

 " Don Felix Azara accurantissimo ed instancabile naturalista nel soggione di 

 25 anni ch' egli ha fatto nelT America meridionale, per via d' assidue richerche ha 

 arrichita di nuove interessanti scoperte la storia naturale ; e di quella specialmente 

 di diversi specie di quadrupedi finora afFato sconosciusti." — G. B. Casti. 



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SHELLS, MINERALS, AND GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



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