278. MEARNS (EDGAR A.). A List of the Birds of Hudson 

 O Highlands, with annotations. 8vo, cloth, morocco back, uncut. 



N. p., [1878] 

 Separate from the Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Autograph presen- 

 tation copy from the author to Dr. Coues. 



279. MERRIAM (C. HART). A Review of the Birds of Con- 

 "i necticut. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, 1877 



tation copy from the author to Dr. Coues. 



280. Another copy. 8v(), half red morocco, gilt lop. 



>< 281. MEYER (H. L.). Illustrations of British Birds and their 

 Eggs. Illustrated with 313 large and very heautifidlij colored, 

 ^, plates and additional colored plates of Eggs. 4 vols, folio, half 

 '' calf, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut (bindina' a little worn). 



London, 1835-41 

 The large Original Edition. This is, Avith the exception of Gould's 

 "Birds of Great Britain," the most beautiful of the many books pub- 

 lished on British Birds; it contains accurate figures both of migratory 

 and indigenous species and in most cases both the male and female Birds 

 are represented, accompanied by their Eggs and by curious or rare Nests. 

 It is celebrated for the beauty and accuracy of the coloring. 



282. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs. 



Illustrated with over 400 colored plates. 7 vols. 8vo, half calf 



}^ (worn). London, 1853-57 



283. MICHAUX (F. A.). Travels to the Westward of the 

 Allegany Mountains, in the States of the Ohio, Kentucky, and 

 Tennessee, in the Year 1802. Folding map. 8vo, half calf (rubbed). 



First English Edition. London. 1805 



284. MIDDENDORF (A. TH. v.). Saugethiere, Vogel uud f 

 Amphibien. Illustrated ivith 26 plates, mainly colored. 4to, half^ -^ 



x, sheep. N. p., n. d. ^ 



285. MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE). Game Birds and Shoot- 

 ing Sketches. Numerous illustrations. Square 8vo, crushed olive 

 levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, doublures and flys of green China 

 silk, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1894 



286. The "Wild Fowler in Scotland. With a frontispiece 



by Sir John Millais, 8 photogravure plates, 2 colored plates and 50 

 text illustrations of Birds by the Author. 4to, half vellum, gilt 

 top, uncut. London, 1901 



First Edition. 



' 287. The Natural History of British Surface-feeding Ducks. 



•' With 6 photogravures, 41 colored plates and 25 other illustrations. 

 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1902 



1 One of 600 copies on Large paper. 



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