IMPORTANT 



Works on Natural History 



AUK (The)— A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, published 

 by the American Ornithologists' Union, New Series, Vols. I to 27, with numerous 

 piates (some coloured) and woodcuts, 27 vols large 8vo, newly bound, hf mor, gilt tops, 

 £18, 10s. ' 1884-1910 



BLACKWELL (John, F.L.S.) — HISTORY OF THE SPIDERS OF 

 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, with 29 plates containing about 300 figures 

 (partly coloured), the 2 parts complete in 1 vol, folio, half morocco, £3, 3s. 



Ray Soc, 1861 



BUCKLER (Wm.)— THE LARVAE OF THE BRITISH BUTTER- 

 FLIES AND MOTHS, Edited by H. T. Stainton and Geo. T. Porritt, *ith 164 

 coloured plates, embracing many hundreds of figures, 9 vols 8vo, £9 



Ray Soc, 1886-1901 



DRESSER (H. E.)-HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, including 

 all the Species inhabiting the Western Palcearctic Region, complete with the supplement, 

 with over 700 exquisite illustrations, beautifully drawn and coloured, by Joseph Wolf, 

 J. G. Keulemans, and E. Neale, 9 vols roy 4to, hf green morocco extra, gilt top, very 

 scarce, £57, 10s. 1871-96 



GREVILLE (R. K.)— SCOTTISH CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA; or, Coloured 

 Figures and Descriptions of Cryptogamic Plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi, 

 360 fine coloured plates, 6 vols roy 8vo, hf mor extra, gilt edges, scarce, £4, 10s 1823-62 

 "An almost indispensable supplement to Bowerby'a English Botany." 



GRIEVE (Symington)— THE GREAT AUK, or Garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.) : 

 Its History, Archaeology, and Remains, with map and eight illustrations, 4to, 

 10s. 6d. 1885 



IBIS (The)— A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, edited by Osbert Salvin, Philip 

 Lutley Sclater, Alfred Newton, and Howard Saunders; complete fiom its beginning 

 in 1859 to 1910, with Index, 1859-1904, 3 vols, with numerous beautifully coloured 

 plates after Wolf, Keulemans, and others, in all 56 vols 8vo, hf mor, top edges gilt 

 (fine set), very scarce, £95 1859-1910 



LILFORD (Lord)— COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE 

 BRITISH ISLANDS, 421 beautifully coloured plates by Keulemans and oiher 

 eminent artists, with descriptions, 7 vols roy 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter 

 levant morocco, gilt top, each plate and leaf hinged separately on linen guard, very 

 scarce, £55 1891-7 



MORRIS (F. 0.)-HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, with 358 coloured plates, 

 6 vols, i860 ; also, The Nests and Eggs of British Birds, with 225 coloured plates, 

 3 vols, 1861 ; together, 9 vols roy 8vo, original cloth, gilt, £7 1860-61 



MUIRHEAD (Geo., F.Z.S.) — THE BIRDS OF BERWICKSHIRE, with 

 remarks on their local distribution, migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, 

 proverbs, popular rhymes, and sayings connected with them, illustrated, 2 vols 8vo, 

 £1, 2s. 1889 



SEEBOHM (Henry)-HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, with coloured illustra- 

 tions of their Eggs, Original Edition, with best impressions of the 68 beautifully 

 executed coloured plates, besides woodcuts, with copious and valuable descriptions, 

 &c, 4 vols roy 8vo, half calf, £4, 4s. 1883-5 



SELBY(P.J.)-ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY, Land 



and Water Birds : a magnificent work, being exact and faithful delineations in their 

 full natural size, of all the known species found in Britain, 221 plates containing 383 

 figures, 2 vols atlas folio, with descriptive text, 2 vols 8\o; together, 4 vols, hf mor, 

 gilt top, £8, 8s. - 1833 



JAMES THIN, 54 SOUTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH 



