Mr. DRESSER'S PUBLICATIONS. 



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-John Wheldan ,& Co. hold the- entire stock of the>e workt. 

 Special terms quoted to the trade. 



Dresser (H- £•)• ' A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the 

 species inhabiting , the ■ Western Pcdaearcric Region, with (>3'i 

 beautifully executed hand -coloured plates by Joseph IVolf, J. G. 

 Keulemans and E. Neale, also the SUPPLEMENT, u»7/2 89 additional 

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



. : ■■.-',- ,:■■.:■■-:■• ■■ .. : -1871—96 



The stoick, of this great and inyalusUe, ?i well as most beautiful, workvis now nfevly ekhaurted. 



— — ■ — Do., Supplement only, with 89 additional coloured plates, in 

 9 pts., roy, 4to (only a few copies for sale). £9 9s, 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 PalaearCtic Area, 2 vols, complete 

 in 24 orig. parts, 4to.u>(f/» 106 coloured platei of figs., £12 12a. net 



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



gilt tops, £14 net. 1910 



This work forms a necessary complement to the Birds of Europe, and i& uniform in size with • 

 it. Th 106 coloured plates contain accurate 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 ulmost cjtactness in reproduction of markingt, etq. In 

 addition to the coloured figuries of eggs a I •' i iiniber of illustrations of the n^ts Mid. eggs in 

 sllu arc given in the text. •' . 



Mr. Dresser had the practical assistance iq the preparation tsi the work of the Rev. F. C. R. 

 Jourdain, the late Prof. Newton, and Howard Saunders^ Mr. A. H. Evans, Mr. S. A. fiuturlin, 

 ■and Mr. K. W. Waterhouse. ' ', -; 



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

 of Manchester University, and these Volumes are of especial interert ,as fprming 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, 30s. net. 1902 — 3 



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



i his 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 tbe late Mr. Joseph Wolf. It treats of the , 

 birds found throughout Europe and Asia north of the Himalayas, including Gorea and Japati: 

 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 vernscular names in 

 different languages, a concise description of the diflferenl 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 Meropidae, or Family of 

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

 (pub. i:5 5^.. ne(,). £4 lOs. 1884—6^ 



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



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



(pub. £5 net): £4 1 OS. 1893 



the above two beautiful monographs of striking and uiieit&i.ag groups of birds should be in everv 

 t. ■' ; ' ornithological library. 



ondon: JOHN WHELDON & Co;, 3 fi, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 



