NOW READY. VOLUME 1. 



(Containing the PaBserea.) 



A Pra ctical Handbook 

 of British Birds 



Edited by H. F. WITHERBY, M.B.E., M.B.O.U.. FXS.. F.R.aS. 



CONTRIBUTORS- 



E. HARTERT. ph.d.. m.b.o.u.. f.z.s. ANNIE C. JACKSON, h.m.b.o.u. 



Rev. F. C. R. JOURDAIN, m.a.. m.b.o.u. C. OLDHAM. fje.s.. m3.o.u. 



Nc F. TiCE HURST, o.b.e., Mji., f.r.cj., m.b.o.u. 



Specially arranged for quick reference. Distinguishing 



characters simplifying identification, full description of all plumages. 



Breeding habits (nest, eggs, season, incubation, etc.). Food. 

 Distribution and Migration. 



VOLUME I. — Strongly bound in Buckram. Gilt 



Top. 550 Pages. 140 Illustrations. 408. 



Thin Paper Edition, bound in Rexine. Useful 



for Field Naturalists and Travellers. 48s. 6d. 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



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SCIENCE PROGRESS: "Here, for the first time, we find complete 

 accounts o( British birds in all their various plumages from nestlinii to 

 •dult — an enormous undertaking." 



FIELD : " What is at once apparent on turning over the pages is the novel 

 plan of figuring in colour* the immature plumages of well-known British species." 



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