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(dern.) Livr. (Titres, tables, &c). Paris, 1882. 

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Contin. Zoologist (3), vol. 7, pp. 18-24; 61-68; 103-114; 205-213; 



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Bulletin of tbe Nuttall Ornithological Club. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Mass., 



1883. (8vo.) 

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and Pb. L. Sclater. 4 series, vol. 7. Loudon, J. Van Voorst, 1883. 



(Svo.) 

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of Winfred A. Stearns by Elliot Coues. Part II. Boston, Lee & 



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This part concludes the great work commenced by Mr. Gould in 



1850 and is from the pen of Mr. R. B. Sharpe. 

 Oates (Eugene W.). A Handbook to the Birds of British Burmah, 



including those found in the adjoining state of Karennee. Vol. II 



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Pflege und Dressur, etc. In freier Uebertragung des Werkes von La 



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the collection of the British Museum. Cichloniorphae : Part V [Pari- 



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trustees, 1S83. (Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, Vol. 



8. (8vo. xiii, 386 pp., 9 pi.) 



