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Dre«ser (H. £.)• A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the 

 species inhalsiting the Western Palaearctic Region, uJi</i 633 

 beautifully executed hand-coloured! plates bif Joseph Wolf, J. G. 

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

 coloured plates, together 9 vols, roy, 4to., orig. pts. £G0 net. 



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The stock of this great kttd jtayaluaUe, a« well at moit ;beahti{nl, work it now nevly exhaurtpd. 



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



9 pts., roy, 4to (only a few copies for sale). £9 9$. net, 1 895-96 ' 

 A Companion Work to THE "Birds of Europe." 



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

 species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Area, 2 vols, complete 

 in 24 orig. parts, 4to. with 106 coloured plates of figs., £12 128. net. 



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



gilt tops, £14 net. ^9\0 : 



This work forms a aecettary complcmeat to, the Birds of Europe, and is uniform in siie with 

 it. Th 106 coloured plates contain accurate figures of nearly 2,000 eggSi The Plates have all 

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

 tioil of an artist, thereby securing the utmost exactness In reproduction of markings, etc In 

 addition to the coloured figures, of eggs a. large namber of illuttralions of the nests and eggt in 

 , slla are given in the text. , ", ' >■''.':,' ■' •: 



Mr. Dresser had the practical attittan(;e in the preparaticiD of the ' work of tW Rev. F. C. R. 

 Jourdain, the late-Prof. Newton, and Hiiward Saunde'rt, Mr. 'A. H, Evans, Mr. S! A. Bntudin, 

 and Mr. F. W. Waterhousc. ' 



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

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

 valuablea collection. - " 



Dresser (H. E.)- A Manual of Palaearctic Bii^ds, in 2 parts, roy. 

 8v,o, special thin paper edition adapted for. trave:llers and field 

 naturalists, 308. net. 1902-^3 



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



This work, especially adapted "to meet the /equirements 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 found throughout Europe and Asia north 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, witb a careful selection of the principal references, the vernacular names in 

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

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



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

 Bee-eaters, u)i/A 34 finely hand-coloured plates, imp. 4to, in parts 

 (pub. jC^ 5s. net.), £4 lOs. 1884—6 



Dresser (Hi E.). A Monograph of the CoraciidcE, or Family of 

 the Rollers, ioith 27 finely, hand-coloured pldteSi imp. 4to. cloth 

 (pub. £S net). £4 lOs. ; 1893 



"['.:■'. above two beautiful monographs of strikiug and interesting groups of birds should be in every 



ornitliological library. 



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