COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



BECKLEMICHEW, A. Notice sur deux nouvelles 

 especes d'Oiseaux du Bresil. Avec une note sur sa 

 collection dans une lettre au Directeur Fischer. With 

 2 colored plates of the " Picus Erythrogaster" and 

 the "Nectarina Bicolor" of Brazil. 4to, cloth, n. p., 

 1828. 



BEECHEY, F. W. Narrative of a Voyage to the 

 Pacific and Bering's Strait to co-operate with the 

 Polar Expeditions performed in H. M. Ship "Blossom" 

 in the years 1825-6-7-8. Folding Maps. Steel plates 

 by Finden and woodcuts in the text. 2 vols., 8vo, half 

 dark calf. London, Colburn, 183 1. 



First Edition. Contains much information on the Birds and 

 Animals of the Sandwich Islands, California, Hawaii Islands, etc. 



BEECHEY, F. W. The Zoology of Captain Beech- 

 ey's Voyage; compiled from the Collections and Notes 

 made by Captain Beechey during a voyage to the 

 Pacific and Behring's Straits in H. M. Ship " Blossom." 

 Illustrated with 50 finely colored plates by Sowerby. 

 Imp. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, Bohn, 

 1839. 



First Edition. The naturalists who contributed to this work 

 were : N. A. Vigors on the Birds, John Richardson on the Mammals, 

 J. E. Gray on the Mollusca, Richard Owen, and others. 



BELCHER, SIR EDWARD. The Last of the 

 Arctic Voyages; being a narrative of the Expedition in 

 H. M. S. Assistance in search of Sir John Franklin 

 during the years 1852-3-4. With Notes on the Natural 

 History by Sir John Richardson, Professor Owen, etc. 

 Illustrated with charts, woodcuts and 36 colored 

 plates. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Lovell 

 Reeve, 1855. 



First Edition. 



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