242. KNOX (A. E.). Game Birds and Wild Fowl : Their Friends 

 and their Foes. LitJiogmpJied plates. 12mo, cloth, uncut. 



First Edition. London, 1850 



243. [LABAT (JEAN BAPTISTE).] Nouveau Voyage aux 

 Isles de I'Amerique. Contenant I'Histoire Naturelle de ces Pays, 

 etc. Illustrated ivith map and numerous engraved plates. 2 vols. 

 4to, old calf (worn). A la Haye, 1724 



A reprint of the First Edition, without variation, except as to form. 

 This is the only 4to edition known to Sabin. 



244. LACY (CAPTAIN). The Modern Shooter: containing 

 practical Insti'uctious and Directions for every Description of 

 Inland and Coast Shooting. With full-page illustrations. 8vo, 

 cloth, uncut. London, 1842 



245. LAISHLEY (RICHARD). A Popular History of British 

 Birds' Eggs. Illustrated with colored plates. Square 16mo, half 

 red morocco, gilt top, uncut. London. 1858 



First Edition. 



246. LATHAM (JOHN). A General History of Birds. With 

 184 colored plates after the Author's original drawings. 10 vols. 

 4to, full calf. Winchester, 1821-24 



Original Edition. Published for subscribers. This work is esteemed 

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247. LAYARD (EDGAR L.). The Birds of South Africa. 

 Frontispiece. 8vo, old half sheep (hinges weak). 



Cape Town, 1867 

 Interleaved copy. The First South African Bird Catalogue. Contains 

 702 descriptions. 



248. LAYARD (EDGAR L.). and SHARPE (R. BOWD- 

 LER). The Birds of South Africa. With 12 colored plates by 

 Keulemans. Royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. 



London, 1875-84 

 New Edition, thoroughly revised and augmented by Sharpe. Contains 

 a list of Essays published in the ' ' Ibis ' ' on South African Birds. With 

 bookplate of G. L. Parker. 



y!^ 249. LEAR (EDWARD). Illustrations of the Family of 

 Psittacida^ or Parrots; tlie greater part of them species hitherto 

 unfigured. With 42 superb colored plates drawn from life and on 

 stone by the Author. Imp. folio, cloth, uncut. 



First Edition. London : E. Lear, 1832 



250. LE MAOUT (EMM.). Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. 

 With 15 finely colored steel engravings, 20 full-page woodcuts and 

 several hundred ivoodcut illustrations. Royal 8vo, half morocco 

 (scraped). Paris: L. Curmer, 185:^ 



251. LEOTAUD (A.). Oiseaux de I'lle de la Trinidad (An- 

 tilles). 8vo, half calf. Port d'Espagne, 1866 



Very Scarce. Published by National Subscription. Contains List of 

 249 species of the Birds of the Island of Trinidad and 7 supplementary 

 lists of the Birds common to Trinidad, America, Jamaica and Cuba. 

 Crest of John H. Gurney, the English Ornithologist on side. 



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