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MR. GOULD'S WORKS, continued. 



PARTRIDGES OF AMERICA. 



@omp rising 32 (Coloured ^latss, ioith copious 



ONE VOLUME IMPERIAL FOLIO. 



Newly bound in Half Morocco extra, gilt edges, 10. 10s. 

 or in Whole Morocco extra, gilt edges, 12. 12s. 



" This (ays Mr. Gould), the result of twenty years' investigation of the subject, is perhaps 

 the most perfect as well as the most important of the Author's Ornithological Monographs." 



He further says : " The interest which attaches to this Work is ihreefold. First, it displays, 

 even to the mo-t unpractised eye, the broad distinction which subsists between the Partridges of 

 America and those of Europe ; secondly, the species are all remarkable for the elegance of their 

 forms and for the chaste beauty of their colouring ; and thirdly, at no distant date thtse Birds will 

 be regarded in America, as our Partridges in Europe are, as game, and perhaps preserved by law 

 their flesh being as delicate for the table as that of our ordinary bird, from which, however, they 

 differ considerably in the structure of the beak, and in general habits and economy." 



ASIATIC BIRDS: 



(HAND-COLOURED AFTER NATURE) 



SELECTED FROM 



OF THE LATE 



JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Etc.; 



WITH THEIR FULL DESCRIPTIONS. 

 Imperial Folio. Half Morocco super extra, gilt edges. 



The above handsome work will be found to convey a very good idea of the great extent and 

 vaiiety of Asiatic Ornithology, as it includes examples both of the larger and more splendid, and 

 of the smaller and homelier, Asiatic birds. It also puts some of the most beautiful specimens of 

 MR. GOULD'S artistic skill within the reach of the general public, which, now that nearly all his 

 works are out of print, is otherwise almost impossible ; while it forms one of the handsomest gift- 

 books to be imagined. 



