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Dresser (H, E.). A History of the Birds of Europe, including all th^ 

 species inhabiting the Western Palae£U"c,tic Region, with 633 

 beautifully executed handrcoloured plates by Joseph Wolf, J. G. 

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

 coloured phfes, together 9 yoh, i6y: 4tb.,fing, pts. &60 net. 



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Tbfc (tbcV of tbie gfetx and iavaliuble, ki well ai inoit beaoiilul, Work is now Oiearly cxbantlnL 



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



9 pts., roy, 4to (only a few copies for sale). £9 98. ne<, 18(95-96 



A Companion Work to the "Birds of Europe." ' 



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

 species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Area, 2 vols, complete 

 in 24 orig. parts, 4to. with 106 coloured plates of figs., £12 129. net. 



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



gill tops, £14 net. 1910 



This work forms a necessajcy. complenjent to the Birds of Europe, and is uniform in size with 

 it. Tb 106 coloured plates contain a«urale figures of nearly 2,000 eggs. The Plates have all 

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

 tion of an artist, thereby securing the utmost exactness in reproduction of marlilngs, <tc. In 

 addition to the coloured figures of >. :. l:i.:c uumber of illuitratioQs of lh» nests and eggs in 

 .i((o are given in the text. 



■ n Dresser had the practical assistance in the preparation of the work of the Rev. F. C. R. 

 i.n, the late Prof. Ntwtoil, and Howard Saunders, Mr. A. H, Evans., Mr. S. A. BotarliD, 

 .,i,a Mr. F. W. Walerhouse. ' 



The author's collection of eggs, as well »s his library, have lately been deposited in the Museum 

 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. ne/. 1902 — 3 



Do., ordinary thick paper edition, 2 pts., roy. 8vo, 258. net. 



This work, especially adapted to meet the re<^uirement8 of field naturalists and travellers, is 

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

 1,000 pages of • letter press, ind tvro plates by the late Mr. Joseph Wolf. It treats of the 

 birds found throughout Europe and Asia north of the Himalayas, including Cprea 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, the vcrnactdar names in 

 different languages, a concise! description of the different stages of plumage, the distribution aad 

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



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

 Bee-caters, With 34 finely hand-coloured plates, imp. 4tO, in parts 

 (pub. .^5 5s. ne/.). JE4 10s. , 1884—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 neO- £4 lOs. ^ .'893 



The above two bemiliful monographs of striking and interesting groups of Tjirds should be in every 



oroitbological library. . 



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