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23. A. L. s., 1 p. 4to. New York, July 8th, 1840. To B. B. 



Thatcher, Boston. Refers to the "Birds of America." 



' ' Our list of Subscribers Jias indeed increased so rapidly that our present 

 edition is noiv maJcing %ip to one thousand copies. We have not yet, how- 

 ever, a quantity of numbers sufficient on hand to supply the demand, and 

 even at this moment have not a complete set on hand," etc. 



24. AUDUBON (MRS. JOHN J.). A. L. s., 2 pp. (signed 

 ^J^ "Lucy" Audubon). Boston, March 13, 1833. To Robert Treat 



Paine. 



"As an unobtrusive token of our friendship, I hope you will accept 

 from me the little Spar Box, a memorial of a place where my earliest 

 years zvere passed." 



25. AUDUBON MAGAZINE (THE). Published in the in- 

 terests of the Audubon Society for the Protection of Birds. Illiis- 

 Irated. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. New York [1887-18881 



All published. 



26. AUDUBON (MARIA R.). Audubon and his Journals. 

 With Zoological and other Notes by Elliott Cones. Illustrated. 

 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. New York, 1897 



First Edition. 



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27. AUK (THE). A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology pub- 

 lished by the American Ornithologists' Union. With colored plates 

 and woodcuts. New Series, Vols. 1-20 inclusive. 20 vols. 8vo, half 

 morocco (l)indings of different shades of brown). Boston, 1884-1893 



"The Auk" is the eontinuation of the "Nuttall Ornithological Qub," 

 published in 8 vols., 1876-1883, which see in the present catalogue. 



28. BAIRD (S. F.). Review of x\meriean Birds in the Museum 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I. North and Middle America. 

 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut. Washington, 1872 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 



p 29. BAIRD, BREWER, and RIDGWAY. A History of 



.North American Birds. Land Birds. Illustrated with 64 colored 



plates {nutueroHs specimens of each) and ')9.3 woodcuts. 3 vols., 



royal 8vo, cloth (uppei- margins water-stained). Boston, 1874 



Autograph presentation copy from S. P. Baird, with inscriptions in all 



volumes, also autograph of R. Ridgway in one volume. 



^.^ 30. The Water Birds of North America. Profusely illus- 



^'y'trated ivilh woodcuts, some i)i color. 2 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth, gilt 

 tops, uncut. Boston, 1884 



First Edition. Presentation copy from A. Agassiz and J. D. Whitney. 

 Fine copy. 



31. BAIRD, CASSIN, and LAWRENCE. The Birds of North 

 .;. America. Wilh an Atlas of 100 colored plaf(s. 2 vols. 4to, cloth 



(worn). Philadelphia, 1860 



32. BAIRD (S. F.) and COOPER (J. G.). The Land Birds 

 of California. Profusely illustrated with entire figures of Birds 



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