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\^April 24, 1879 



J?alf t)|> Auction. 



NEW GUINEA BIRD SKINS, INSECTS, &c. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, 



at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on FRIDAY, 

 April 25. at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, the valuable Collection 

 of Bird Skins collected in and sent home from New Guinea by Mr. 

 Gjidie, when in search of plants, for Mr. B. S. Williams, of Victoria 

 and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, N., amongst which will be 

 found many new and rare specimens, all in the finest possible preserva- 

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 Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths, in paper, from Madaga':car, several 

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I.—" The Royal Family of Egypt." By Roland L. N. Michell. 



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8. — " Bums's Unpublished Common-place Bookl" By WiUiam Jack,' 

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