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It is therefore proposed to tlcvote a small octavo volume to the description 

 and Illustration of tliis genus of birds, and 1o issue it at a price whieli will render 

 it nitainable by every onp. It will contaln figures of the size of life of every spe- 

 cies, taken from specimens now in the posscssion of Mr. Sclater or kindly entrusted 

 to hini for ihat purpose, togi'ther with a coinplete account of all that is yet known 

 conoerning thcir localities, manners, habits, anil general history. And it is hoped 

 tliat such a sevies of platts of these bcautiful objuuts, acconipanied by the infonii- 

 ation above mentioned, cannot fail to be intcrtsting to all lovers ot science, and to 

 advancc in some measure our knowludge of the vatied prodnrtions of Nature. 



The work will be published at short intervals, in Four "Parts. Each Part, 

 priee 10s. Grf., will contain about Twelvc Coloured Plates and the corvesponding 

 letterpress. The First Part is e.xpected to be ready on the Ist of June. 



The Plates will be drawn and coloured by Oudart, the wcU-known arlist 

 attached to the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN VAN VOOKST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW, 



BY WHOM .SUliSCUlBEHS' NAMES Alii: HEIEIVED. 



