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Dresser (H. E.). A History of the Birds of Europe; including all the 

 species inhabiting the Western Palaeafctic Region, with 633 

 beautifully executed band-coloured plates by Joseph Wolf, J. (j. 

 Keulemans and E. Neale, also the SUPPLEMENT, with 89 additional 

 coloured p/a<es, together 9 vols, roy. 4to., orig. pts. £60 net. 



. : ■ 1871—96 



TKe stock of, ttis great aildiovaluaMe, a» well as most beautiful, work k' now nearly exKaiisted. 



^Do., Siipplement only, with 89 additional coloured, plates, in 



9 pts., roy, 4to (only a few copies for sale). £9 98. net. 1895-96 

 A Companion Work to the "Birds of Europe." 



Dresser (H.., E.). Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the 

 species inhabiting the Western Peilaearctic Area, 2 vols, complete 

 in 24 orig, parts, 4to. with 106 coloured plates of figs., J£l2 12$. net. 



—^ Do., the 24 parts, bound in 2 vols, 4to, new half morocco, 



gilt lops, £14 net. , 1910 



Tbis work forms a necessary complement to the Birds of Europe, and is uniform )n siie with 

 It. TTi 106 coloured plates contain accurate figures of nearly 2,000 eggs. The Plates hive all 

 been executed by 'he three-colour photographic process direct from the eggs without tbe interven- 

 tion of an artist, thereby securing the utmost exactness in reproduction of markings, etc. In 

 addition to the coloured figures of eggs a large Dumber of illiutratipos' of the oetts and eggs In 

 silu are given in the text. n^; ■ P ■ ' ■ • • ' ' 



Mr/ Dresser had the practical assistance m the preparation of the work of the Rev. F. C. R. 

 jourdain, the late Prof. Newton, and Howard Saunders, Mr. A, H. Evans, Mr. S. A. Butuilio, 

 and Mr, F. W. Waterhouse. .. - : 



The author's collection of eggs, as well as his library, have lately been' deposited in .t)ie Mu>eum 

 of Manchester University, and these volumes are of especial interest as forming a record of so 

 valuable a collection. 



Dresser (H. E.). A Manual of Palaearctic Birds, in 2 parts, roy. 

 8vo, special thin paper edition adapted for travellers and field 

 naturalists, 308, /Je/. 1902—3 



-—^-rDo,, ordinary thick paper edition, 2 pts., roy. 8vo^ 258. ne/. 



This work, especially adapted to meet the requirements of field naturalists and travellers, is 

 published in two parts, which may be bound in one volume if preferred; it contains nearly 

 1 000 pages of letter press, and two plates by the late Mr. Joseph Wolf. It treats of the 

 birds fouM throughout Europe and Asia tiorth of the Himalayas, including Corea and Japan: 

 together more than 1,200 species and subspecies, of each of which the English and scientific 

 names are given, with a careful selection of the principal references, th* vernacular names in 

 different languages, a concise description of fhe different stages of plumage, the distribution and 

 habits, as well as a description of the nest and eggs if known. 



Dresser (H. E.). A Monograph of the Meropid*, or Family of 

 Bee-eaters, with 34 finely band-coloured plates, imp. 4to, in parts 

 (pub. ;^5 5s. neO, £4 10«. 1884r-6 



Dresser (H. E.). A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or Family of 

 the Rollers, with '27 finely hand-coloured plates, imp. 4to. cloth 

 (pub. £5 net). £4 10s. 1893 



The above two beautiful tnono^riifihs of striking and interesting groups of birds should be in every 



ornithological library. , 



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