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226. JARDINE (SIR WILLIAM). Contributions to Ornithol- 

 4j ogy, 1848-52. Illustrated with numerous fine colored plates. 2 



vols. 8vo, half red raoroeco, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. 



Jardine 's * ' Contributions ' ' is one of the rarest works in the whole 

 range of Ornithological literature. Many English Birds are here figured 

 and described for the first time. The 94 beautiful plates are in a separate 

 volume. 



227. JEFFERIES (RICHARD). The Gamekeeper at Home, 

 1878 ; The Amateur i»oacher. First Edition, 1879 ; A Wild Life in a 

 Southern Country-. First Edition. 1879; Round about a Great 



I Estate. First Edition, 1880; The Life of the Fields. First Edi- 

 tion, 1884. 5 vols. 12mo, four vols, in half green morocco, and 

 one in cloth. London, v. d. 



With the Heckscher bookplates in some of the volumes. 



228. Bits of Oak, Bark and Meadow ; The Pageant of Sum- 



'' mer; Hours of Spring and Wild Flowers; Nature and Eternity. 



4 vols. 18mo, parchment wrappers, uncut. Portland : Mosher, v. d. 

 Limited Editions on Japan paper. Bookplates of Henry W. Poor. 



229. JENNINGS (JAMES). Ornithologia ; or, The Birds. A 

 Poem, in two parts, with an Introduction to their Natural History, 



', and copious Notes. 12mo, original boards, paper label, uncut. 



London, 1829 

 The sub -title is rather misleading, as almost the entire volume consists 

 of Ornithological Notes, the poetical portion being merely themes to em- 

 bellish. The first portion relates to British and European Birds; the sec- 

 ond portion, to Foreign Birds. 



230. JERDON (T. C). lUustrations of Indian Ornithology. 

 Illustrated with 50 colored plates. 4to, original cloth (worn), gilt 



t edges. Madras, 1847 



FiEST Edition. Very scarce. Name of Eliza S. Reynolds on title. 

 Contains 47 distinct species of Birds, the majority of them being repre- 

 sented here for the first time. 



231. JERDON (T. C). The Birds of India. Being a Natural 

 History of all the Birds known to inhabit Continental India : with 



.f^' Descriptions of the Species, General J^amilies, Tribes and Orders, 

 ,^/ and a Brief Notice of such families as are not found in India, 

 making it a Manual of Ornithology specially adapted for India. 

 3 vols. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops. 



Cherrapoonje (ind Calcutta, 1870; 1863; 1864 

 Very scarce. A former Indian owner has added some manuscript notes 

 and additions. Volume 1 is apparently Second Edition, Vols. 2 and 3, 

 the First Edition. 



232. JESSE (EDWARD). Gleanings in Natural History, with 

 local recollections. To which are added, Maxims and Hints for an 

 Angler. 3 vols. 12mo, green calf (rubbed). London, 1832 



233. Scenes and Tales of Country Life, with Recollections 



of Natural History. Illustrated with woodcuts. 12mo, cloth, un- 

 cut. London, 1844 



First Edition. With bookplates of Edward Hamilton and J. G. Heck- 

 scher. 



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