IV ri;i;i'A(i;. 



book 1)} Mv. \{. 1). ].odi;('. The plates liave been ))i(>(ku'ed 

 tVoni pliotdL^raplis ot' tbc actual speciiiieiis in the gallery : it 

 iiuist be Ijoriic in iiiiiul that tliere aie s])ecial difficulties in 

 pbotoyrapliing specimens which cannot be brougbt into chosen 

 conditions of light. Many of the illustrations will be found 

 to furnish a \aluable record of tlu' successful efforts to exhibit 

 birds in their natural surroundings, for which the Bird Gallery 

 of this Museum has long been famous. 



Tiie (niide-book is completed by an appendix <tn the 

 structure of Birds, with illustrations of the feathers and 

 skeleton. 



E. RAY LANKESTER. 



Bkitish MrsKi'M (Natural Hisjukv), 

 Ci'onnvt'U lioail. 



Loudon, IS.W. 



J;imiaiv 14tli, IflOf). 



