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34. THE DODO AND ITS KINDRED; or, the History, Affinities, and 



Osteology of the DODO, SOLITAIRE, and other extinct birds of the 

 Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon. By H. E. STRICKLAND, 

 Esq., M.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S. ; and A. G. MELVILLE, M.D., M.R.C.S. 

 One vol. royal quarto, with eighteen plates and numerous wood illustra- 

 tions. Price 21s, 

 " The labour expended on this book, and the beautiful manner in which it is got up, 



render it a work of great interest to the naturalist It is a model of how such 



subjects should be treated. We know of few more elaborate and careful pieces of com- 

 parative anatomy than is given of the head and foot by Dr. Melville. The dissection is 

 accompanied by lithographic plates, creditable alike to the artist and the printer." 

 Athenaeum. 



35. A CENTURY OF ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS, the Plates selected 



from the Botanical Magazine. The descriptions re-written by Sir 

 WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Gardens 

 of Kew ; with Introduction and instructions for their culture by JOHN 

 CHARLES LYONS, Esq. One hundred plates, royal quarto. Price 

 Five Guineas, coloured. 

 " In the exquisite illustrations to this splendid volume, full justice has been rendered 



to the oddly formed and often brilliantly coloured flowers of this curious and interesting 



tribe of plants." Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review. 



36. CONCHOLOGIA SYSTEMATICA; or, Complete System of Con- 

 chology. 300 plates of upwards of 1,500 figures of Shells. By 

 LOVELL REEVE, F.L.S. Two vols. 4to, cloth. Price IQl. coloured; 

 Ql. plain. 



" The text is both interesting and instructive ; many of the plates have appeared be- 

 fore in Mr. Sowerby's works; but from the great expense of collecting them, and the 

 miscellaneous manner of their publication, many persons will no doubt gladly avail 

 themselves of this select and classified portion, which also contains many original 

 figures." Athenceum. 



' 37. ELEMENTS OF CONCHOLOGY; or, Introduction to the Natural 

 History of Shells and their molluscous inhabitants. By LOVELL REEVE, 

 F.L.S. Parts 1 to 10. Royal 8vo, cloth. Price 3$. Qd. Coloured 

 plates. 



38. ICONES PLANTARUM ; or, Figures, with brief descriptive characters 



and remarks, of new and rare Plants. By Sir W. J. HOOKER. Vol. 5, 

 8vo, cloth. Price II. Us. d. Plain plates. 



39. FLORA ANTARCTICA; or, Botany of the Antarctic Voyage. By 



JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, M.D., R.N., F.R.S., &c. Two vols. royal 

 4to, 200 plates. Price 10/. 15,?. coloured; 11. iOs. plain. 



40. CRYPTOGAMIA ANTARCTICA; or, Cryptogamic Botany of the 

 Antarctic Voyage. By JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, F.R.S., &c. 

 Royal 4to. Price 4/. 4*. coloured; 21. 17*. plain. 



41. THE BRITISH DESMIDIE^; or, Fresh-Water Algse. By JOHN" 



RALFS, M.R.C.S. Price 36s. coloured plates. 



