THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA. By P. H. Gossb, Author of « The Canadian 

 Naturalist," &c., assisted by Richard Hill, Esq. of Spanish Town, and 

 other Residents. Post 8 vo. 10s. 



" The result is a very attractive and original volume, valuable to the naturalist 

 for its information, and acceptable to the general reader for its lifelike descriptions 

 of the habits of the birds and the landscapes in which they are found, as well as 

 for incidental glimpses of colonial manners and character." 



Spectator^ May 15, 1847. 



" With this extract we must close our notice of Mr. Gosse's exceedingly interest- 

 ing volume ; feeling assured that its own intrinsic merits will warmly recommend 

 it to the favour of readers of every class." — Westminster Review^ No. 93. 



" A man must have a healthy mind who can write in this enjoying and enjoy- 

 able way : a more delightful book than Mr. Gosse's we have seldom met with ; it 

 quite glows with tropical beauty and life." — Christian Remembrancer^ July, 1847. 



" A more pleasing, a more useful, a more valuable addition to the science of 

 ornithology than this work we have not seen for many years," 



Gentleman''s Magazine^ August, 1847- 



" Such are some of the characteristics of the region to which Mr. Gosse intro- 

 duces his readers. * * * It is full of interest to the ornithologist, and we are 

 glad that the biography of some of its feathered tribes has fallen into the hands of 

 so able an observer as the author of the volume before us. We anticipate that 

 his graphic and pleasing descriptions will render the habits of the Birds of 

 Jamaica famihar to many English readers, and will be highly valued by all field 

 naturalists." — Eclectic Review, October, 1847. 



" Mr. Gosse's work would seem from its subject to require the aid of engrav- 

 ings." — English Churchman, Sept. 2, 1847. 



The Natural History of the Birds of Jamaica having been favourably received, 

 the author proposes to publish a series of illustrations of such of the species de- 

 scribed as have not been figured in any Ornithological work hitherto published. 



The number of species proposed to be illustrated amounts to about sixty, a 

 considerable number of which are new to science. 



The work will not exceed fifteen Monthly numbers, at 2s. Qd. each, coloured ; 

 or 2s. plain. Each number to contain four plates. 



JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



