FOR SALE, 



Price One Pound each, 

 A few Eggs of Reguhis superciliosus, collected this summer in Cashmere by 

 W. E. Brooks, Esq., C.E. The eggs were collected by Mr. Brooks himself, and 

 are undoubtedly authenticated. The account of his nesting-expedition will 

 shortly be published. Apply to J. Hancock, Esq., St. Mary s Terrace, New- 

 castle on Tyne. 



A HISTORY 



OF 



THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



INCLUDING ALL THE SPECIES INHABITING THE 



WESTERN PALiEARCTIC REGION. 



BY 



R. B. SHARPE, F.L.S. &c., and H. E. DRESSER, F.Z.S. &c. 



The work will be published in Monthly Parts, price 12s. Qd. (to Subscribers 

 10s. 6f7.) each ; the volume for the year to contain 100 Plates, with full descrip- 

 tion and histoiy of each species. It is especially to be noted that in the present 

 work all the British Birds will be included, details of their economy being par- 

 ticularized which have never before appeared in any English tcork ; and of every 

 species a Plate will be given, to include, as the case may be, one, two, or more 

 figures, accordingly as the differences of plumage require illusti*ation. 



j(f*jif Intending Subscribers are requested to send their names to either of the 

 authors, care of the Zoological Society of London, 11 Hanover Square, 

 London, W, 



Demy 8vo, 80 pp., with numerous illustrations, price 2s. Qd, Part 2, of 



A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 



BY THE LATE 



WILLIAM YAKRELL, V.P.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 FOURTH EDITION. 



REVISED EY 



ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S., 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OP CAMBRIDGE, 

 F.L.S., V.P.Z.S., &C. 



Prospectus on application. 

 JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



