A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OP EUROPE (iucluding all the Species 

 inhabiting the Western Palajarctic liegion). By H. E. Dresskr, 

 Royal 4to. 8 vols. Half-morocco, gilt tops. 50 guineas. 



It contains nearlj' 5000 pages of letterpress, and more than 600 hand-coloured 

 Plates by Joseph Wolf, J. G. Keulemans, and E. Neale, and forms seven thick and 

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 are issued. The vpork is out of print, the stones being erased and tlie type distributed. 



Prof. Newton, writing in the Enci/elopcedia Britannica (" Ornitliology "), refers to this fine work 

 as follows: — "Is unquestionably the most complete work of its kind, both for fulness of informa- 

 tion and beauty of illustration. ... As a whole, European ornithologists are all but unanimously 

 grateful to Mr. Dresser for the way in which he performed the enormous labour he had under- 

 taken." 



Price £5 5s. With 34 beautiful coloured Plates. Imp. 4to. 



A MONOGRAPH OF THE MEROPID^, or Family of the Bee- 

 eaters. By H. E. Deesser. 



This work contains Illustrations, accompanied by as complete Letterpress as 

 possible, of all known species of this beautiful Family of Birds. The Author 

 jiossesses a nearly complete collection of the birds belonging to this group ; and, 

 having access to the best collections both in this country and on the continent, he 

 believes that he lias been able to make the work one which will be of use to the 

 scientific worker and also, from the beauty of the Illustrations, find favour with the 

 general public. 



All the species have been drawn, life-size, on stone, by Mr. J. G. Keulemans, with 

 liis cliaracteristic beauty of rendering and accuracy of coloration. 



The Edition consists of Two Hundred and Fifty Copies. 



BRITISH PYRALIDES, including the PTEROPHORID^. 



By John Henry Leech, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., tfec. Crown 8vo ; 

 18 hand-coloured Plates, with over 200 figures and in many cases 

 (where deemed necessary) of both sexes. Price, cloth, IGs. ; 

 half-morocco, 19s. 



Medium Svo, Three Vols., cloth, price ,£3 3s. 



NESTS AND EGGS OF INDIAN BIRDS. By Allan 0. Hume, 

 C.B. Second Edition, Edited and Revised by E. W. Gates. 



Portraits of A. 0. Hume, T. C. Jerdon, Colonel Tickell, Erian Hodgson, 

 W. T. Blanfoud, R. G. Waudlaw Ramsay, Col. H. II. Godwin-Austen, E. Blyth, 

 Arthur, Ninth Marquis of Tweeddale, W. E. Brooks, R. Bowdler Sharpe, and 

 W. R. Davison. 



"We must all admire the genius and industry of Mr. Hume in getting together 

 this enormous mass of valuable information from every part of tlie Indian Empire, 

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