Vol. I. Ready March Invaluable and Indispensable 



A Manual of the Birds 

 of Australia 



By GREGORY M. MATHEWS, f.r.se,. m.r aou. 



Author of "The Birds of Australia" 



And TOM IREDALE 



Members of the British Ornithologists' Union and Corresponding Fellows of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Crown 4to. Art Canvas, Gilt top. £3 3s. per Vol. 



Vol. I. Orders Causerii to Columbae (ready March). 

 Vol. II. Anates to Menurae. Vols. III. and IV. Passeres. 



Volume I. contains about 300 pages of printed text and is 

 illustrated with 



10 Colour and 36 Monochrome Plates. 



The succeeding volumes will be substantially the same size 

 and as fully illustrated. 



In the work the authors give the results of many years' study 

 of the avifauna in a condensed form, with the technical items 

 fully explained by means of illustrations. The plan is original 

 and the treatment complete. 



The plates have all been prepared from the drawings of 



Lilian Medland. 



The beautiful coloured plates include hitherto unfigured 

 Australian species, while the drawings are amongst the finest that 

 have yet appeared in a handbook and are accurate to the minutest 

 detail. 



For the convenience of Subscribers each volume can be 

 ordered separately, and information will be sent to Subscribers 

 as further volumes appear. 



Publishers : H. F. & G. WITHERBY, 326 High Holborn, London. 



Full Prospectus and Specimen Plate can be 

 had from principal Australian Booksellers. 



