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the world, tliroxigh all the European capitals, and through 

 India and China, back to America. 



Last year^ on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, the 

 American Museum made public recognition of his services 

 by the publication of a brief biographical sketch with several 

 portraits, and at the same time presenting to him an address 

 signed by the whole of the Museum staff, and recording 

 their "grateful appreciation of his services as an expert 

 adviser of the Museum in its early days" (Amer. Mus. 

 Journ. xv. 1915, pp. 133-141), while the Liunean Society 

 of New York in the previous year held a dinner in his 

 honour and presented him with their medal. 



Elliot will be chiefly remembered for his series of 

 magnificent illustrated monographs on vai'ious groups of 

 birds, rivalling those of Gould in their fine plates, chiefly 

 from the brush of Wolf and Keulemans, though his earlier 

 works were mainly illustrated from his own drawings. The 

 following is a list of some of his most important ornitho- 

 logical publications : — 



A Monograph of the Pittidte or Family of the Ant-Thnishes. 



31 pis. col, with descriptive letterpress. New York, 1863. 



Folio: 2nd ed. 51 pis. col. Loudon, 1893-5. Folio. 

 A Monograph of the Tetraoninre, or Family of the Grouse. 27 pis. 



col. with descriptive letterpress. New York, 1865. Folio. 

 The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North 



America. 2 vols. 72 pis. col. New York, 1869. Folio. 

 A Monograph of the Phasiauidse, or Family of Pheasants. 2 vols. 



48 pis. col. New Y'ork, 1872. Folio. 

 A Monograph of the Paradiseidse, or Birds of Paradise. 37 pis. col. 



with descriptive letterpress. Loudon, 1873. Folio. 

 A Monograph of the Bucerotidse, or Family of the Hornbills. 



59 pis. col. with descriptive letterpress. London, 1876-1882. 



Imp. 4to. 

 A Classification and Synopsis of the Trochilidse. Pp. xii+277. 



Washington (Smithsouiau Contributions to Knowledge), 1879. 



4to. 

 North American Shore-Birds. Pp. xvi+268. New I'ork and 



London, 1895. 8vo. 

 The Gallinaceous Game-Birds of North America. Pp. 220, 46 pis. 



London, 1897. 8vo. 

 The "Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions. 



Pp. xxii+316. New York, 1898. 4to. 



