COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



lani Aud, 8vo, cloth. Boston, Rand and Avery, 

 1861. 



Author's Edition. 



BUFFON, COMTE DE. Histoire Naturelle des 

 Oiseaux. With 1008 splendid colored plates. 10 

 vols., royal 4to, original French calf, gilt backs. A 

 Paris, de rimprimerie Royale, 1770- 1786. 



The original Edition of BufFon's famous work known as "Les 

 Planches Enluminees." 



BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY. A History 

 of the Birds of New Zealand. With 34 colored plates 

 by J. G. Keulemans. Folio, half dark green morocco, 

 gilt top, uncut. London, Van Voorst, 1873. 



First Edition. The author in his preface states, "New 

 Zealand is the most interesting Ornithological province in the 

 world. The last remnant of a former Continent, and geologically 

 considered, probably the oldest Country on the face of the globe, 

 it contains at the present day the only living representatives of 

 an extinct race of wonderful Struthious Birds." 



BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY. Manual of 

 the Birds of New Zealand. With 37 plates in tints 

 and numerous woodcuts of Heads. 8vo, cloth. New 

 Zealand. By Authority: George Didsbury, 1882. 



Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Book 

 plate of J. A. Harvie-Browne, the Scotch naturalist, inside cover, 

 and with his presentation inscription, to E.Bidwell,on the title-page. 



BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY. A Historyof the 

 Birds of New Zealand. With 50 beautiful plates of which 

 48 are in colors after drawings by Keulemans. 2 vols., 

 folio, half maroon morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. London, 

 published for the Subscribers by the Author, 1888. 



Second Edition, much enlarged, and containing a figure of 

 every form of Bird peculiar to New Zealand. 



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