LONDON, DECEMBER 1857. 



CATALOGUE OF BOOKS 

 PUBLISHED BY MR. VAN VOORST. 



ZOOLOGY, 

 MAMMALIA. 



History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. 



By THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., P.L.S., Professor of Zoology in 

 King's College, London. Illustrated by nearly 200 Engravings, 

 comprising portraits of the animals, and vignette tail-pieces. 

 8vo. New Edition in preparation. 



Natural History of the Sperm Whale, and a Sketch 



of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. By THOMAS BEALE. 



Post 8vo, 12s. cloth. 



This is the only work on a subject of much national import- 

 ance, and the only account of Whaling as practised in the 

 South Seas. 



History and Description of the Skeleton of a New Sperm 



Whale, lately set up in the Australian Museum. By WILLIAM 

 S. WALL, Curator ; together with some account of a New Genus 

 of Sperm Whales called Euphysetes. 8vo, with Two Plates, 5s. 



BIRDS. 

 History of British Birds. By WILLIAM YARRELL, 



V.P.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. This work contains a history and a pic- 

 ture portrait, engraved expressly for this work, of each species of 

 the Birds found in Britain. Three volumes, containing 550 Illus- 

 trations. Third Edition, demy 8vo, >4 14s. Qd. 



Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with 



Descriptions of their Nests and Nidification. By WILLIAM C. 

 HEWITSON. Third Edition, 2 vols. 8vo, 4 Ifl&t^The figures 

 and descriptions of the Eggs in tlu's edition are from different 

 specimens to those figured in the previous editions. 



Systematic Catalogue of the Eggs of British Birds, 



arranged with a View to supersede the use of Labels for Eggs. 

 By the Eev. S. C. MALAN, M.A., M.A.S. On writing-paper, 

 8vo, 8s. Qd. 



Game Birds and Wild Fowl; their Friends and their 



Foes. By A. E. KNOX, M.A., F.L.S. In post 8vo, with Four 

 Illustrations by Wolf, 9s. 



JOHN VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



