AN ORNITHOLOGIST'S TRAVELS. 



56 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIFE 

 AND SCENERY. 



THREE VOYAGES 

 OF A NATURALIST 



BEINQ AN ACCOUNT OF 



MANY LITTLE-KNOWN ISLANDS IN THREE OCEANS 

 VISITED BY THE "VALHALLA," R.Y.S. 



BY 



M. J. NICOLL 



M.B.O.U. 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 



THE RT. HOH. THE EARL OF CRAWFORD, K.T., F.R.S. 



DEMY Sto. CIiOTH QILT. 73. 6d. NET. 



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appearance of Moseley's ' Naturalist the impressions of vast watery 



on the Challenger ' have we come places, weird islands surrounded by 



across a volume so varied in its con- a halo of birds, rocky shores, and 



tents, so full of curious facts about stately scenery. The book is 



the animals and plants of remote lavishly illustrated, and to the 



countries and desert islands." ^ naturalist must be of quite unusual 



interest on account of the many 



Country Life says : The book new species described." 

 is an important contribution to 

 Natural History; but it is more 



than that, namely, a well-written Birmingham Post says : 



account of travel in a yacht, and " He has been able to visit a score 



will be just as welcome on the of ornithologists' paradises, and he 



drawing-room tableas on a reference- has proved himself not unworthy 



shelf of a library." of his opportunities." 



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