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MCTIONAKY OF BIRDS 



BY 



ALFKED NEWTON, M.A., F.RS. 



Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the University 

 of Cambridge 



Assisted by Hans Gadow, F.R.S. ; with contributions from Richard 

 Lydekker, B.A., F.R.S. ; Charles S. Roy, M.A., F.R.S. ; and Robert 

 W. Shufeldt, M.D. 



Specimen Illustration. 



The appearance of a general work on birds by an ornithologist of the 

 long experience of Professor Newton may well be regarded as marking an 

 epoch in the science of which it treats. It is the best book of its kind which 

 has yet appeared." Natural Science. 



' ' Will probably be the most useful and accurate compendium of the sub- 

 ject in any language." Nature Notes. 



Containing 340 Illustrations and a Map. 



PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. 

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