BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA; 



OR, 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE 



OF THE 



FAUNA AND FLORA OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL 

 AMERICA. 



Edited by F. D. GODMAN and 0. SALYIN, FF.E.S. 



Under this title is being published a series of quarto volumes upon the Fauna and 

 Flora of tlie whole of Mexico, from the valleys of the Kio Graude and Gila on the 

 north, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Eica, British Honduras, 

 and the Colombian state of Panama as far south as the Isthmus of Darien. The 

 work is being issued in Zoological, Botanical, and Arcii.eological parts. Those 

 relating to Zoology contain portions of several subjects. When the work is closed 

 each subject will be complete in itself, and the wliole will form a series of volumes 

 of various thicknesses, according to the extent of each subject. The Botanical 

 portion is now complete. Each Zoological part contains 'Jl) pages of letterpress, 

 and an average of 6 plates, most of which are lithographs colom-ed by hand. Each 

 Botanical part also contains 96 pages of letterpress, and an average of 6 plates, 

 a few of which are coloured. As it is proposed to include all the materials that 

 may come to hand during the progress of the work, it is not possible to give an 

 exact estimate of its extent. The work is published by subscription, and subscribers 

 ■will be at liberty to take the whole work, or the Zoology, Botany, or Arcileology 

 separately. The different subjects of the Zoology will not be sold separately ; and 

 subscribers, on commencing their subscription, must give an undertaking to continue 

 it until the work is finished. 



THE BOTANY, by W. B. Hemsley, is now complete in 5 volumes, 



balf-bound. £17 17s. 



ARCHAEOLOGY. By A. P. Maudslay. Pp. 1-48, pis. i.-xlviii. £4 4s. 



SCLATER (P. L.) and SALVIN (0.). NOMENCLATOR 

 AVIUM NEOTROPICALIUM. 



Boards^ price l-^s. 

 In two Volumes, roy. 8vo. Price of the Two Volumes, £3 3s. 



ARGENTINE ORNITHOLOGY: 



A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic. 



By p. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 



With NOTES ON THEIR HABITS, 



By W. H. HUDSON, C.M.Z.S. (late of Buenos Ayres). 



Two Eoyal 8vo Volumes, each containing 10 hand-coloured Plates drawn by 



Mr. J. Gr. Keulemans. 



Only 200 copies issued to Subscribers, and each copy is numbered and signed by 



the Authors. 

 "Dr. ScLATER and Mr. Hudson have combined their forces to produce one of 

 the best books ever written on South-American Ornithology. Each is a master of 

 liis own portion of the subject, for no one is better acquainted with Neotropical 

 Ornithology than Dr. Sclater, and Mr. Hudson has been known for many years 

 as one of the best living observers of the habits of birds in the field. The scheme 

 of the book, therefore, leaves nothing to be desii-ed, and the whole of the "get up," 

 as regards paper, print, and illustrations, renders it as good as it is possible to be, 

 and reflects the greatest credit on the publisher." — Nature. 



R. H. PORTER, 18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London, W. 



