NOW READY. VOLUME 1 



(Containing the PoMaeres.) 



A Practical Handbook 

 of British Birds 



Edited by H. F. WITHERBY, M.B.E., M.B.O.U., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. 



CONTRIBUTORS- 



E. HARTERT, ph.d.. m.b.o.u., f.z.s. ANNIE C. JACKSON, h.m.b.o.u. 



Rev. F. C. R. JOURDAIN. m.a.. m.b.o.u. C. OLDHAM. r.z.s.. m.b.o.u. 



N. F. TICEHURST, o.b.e., m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Specially arranged for quick reference. Distinguishing 



characters simplifying identiEcation, full description of all plumages. 



Breeding habits (nest, eggs, season, incubation, etc.). Food. 

 Distribution and Migration. 



VOLUME I. — Strongly bound in Buckram. Git 



Top. 550 Pages. 140 Illustrations. 408. 



Thin Paper Edition, bound in Rexine. Useful 



for Field Naturalists and Travellers. 488. 6d. 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



IBIS : " W* (eel iur« that the work, when completed, mrill pfove oi the 

 gTMteit value to all working omitboloBiits." 



A UK : " We shall look forward with interett to the luoccedine parti of thi« 

 iraporlant work, which ihould easily become the authoritative book of reference 

 Upon Britiah avifauna.'* 



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 accouoti of Britiih birds in all their rartout plumage* from nestling to 

 •dult — an enormoaa undcrtakins." 



FIELD : " What is at once apparent on turning over the pajes is the novel 

 plan of figuring in colours the Immature plumiges of well-known British specie*.' 



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 Datuialisl.' 



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 OB the bird* ol any one country." 



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