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CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORNITHOLOGY. By Siu William 

 Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. 

 The "Contributions" are devoted to the various departments of Orni- 

 \ thology. They are published at intervals in Parts, and form an annual Volume, 

 \ illustrated by numerous coloured and uncoloured Plates, Woodcuts, &c. 



> The Series for 1848, containing ten Plates, price 9s. 



\ The Series for 1849, containing twenty-four Plates, price 21s. 



\ The Series for 1850, containing twenty-one Plates, Vignettes, and 



\ Woodcuts, price 2 Is. 



\ The Series for 1851, containing fourteen Plates, price 18s. 



I THE DODO AND ITS KINDRED ; or, the History, Affinities, 

 \ and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and other extinct 



birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon. By 

 H. E. Strickland, Esq., M.A., E.R.G.S., E.G.S., President of ; 

 the Ashmolean Society, and A. G. Melville, M.D., M.R.C.S. 

 Royal quarto, with eighteen plates and numerous wood-illus- 

 trations. Price 21s. 



" The labour expended on this book, and the beautiful manner in ^yhich it is 

 got up, render it a work of great interest to the naturalist. * * It is a model 

 of how such subjects should be treated. We know of few more elaborate and 

 careful pieces of comparative anatomy than is given of the head and foot by 

 Dr. MelviUe. The dissection is accompanied by lithographic plates, creditable alike 

 I to the Artist and the Printer." — Athenmm. 



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\ POPULAR BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY ; comprising a fanuliar 



\ and technical description of the Birds of the British Isles. 



By P. H. Gosse, Author of 'The Ocean,' 'The Birds of 

 Jamaica,' &c. In twelve chapters, each being the Ornitholo- 

 gical lesson for the month. In one vol. royal 16mo, with 

 twenty plates of figures. Price 10s. ^d. coloured. 



" To render the subject of ornithology clear, and its study attractive, has been the 

 great aim of the autlior of this boautifid little volume. ... It is embellished by 

 upwards of 70 figures of British birds beautifully ciAoxwcHi."— Morning Herald. 



" This was a book much wanted, and will prove a boon of no common value, 

 containing, as it does, the names, descriptions, and habits of all the British bii'ds. 

 It is handsomely got up." — 3Hrror. 



