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A HISTORY OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS, 



INCLUDING THE CETACEA. 

 BY THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. 



Professor of Zoology in King's College, London. 



The letter-press of this volume contains an account of the habits, utility in food, 

 manufactures, agriculture, or domestic economy, and the noxious qualities of such as 

 are in any way injurious to man, of each species, of this the highest class in the 

 animal kingdom ; and an attempt has been made to define the characters of many of 

 the species with more accuracy than had been done by previous authors. The illus- 

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 torial tail-pieces and anatomical diagrams, illustrative of the text, amounting, in all, to 

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BY WILLIAM YARRELL, F L.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. 



The History contains descriptions of species, their synonymes, generic and 

 specific characters, geographical range, habits, food, nidification, sometimes with nests, 

 eggs, and other interesting particulars. The illustrations include one representation 

 of each species, and frequently of both male and female : the distinctive difference be- 

 tween the young and adult bird is sometimes given in a third figure, and, occasionally, 

 the variation from summer to winter plumage is shown. Other illustrations, comprising 

 modes of capture, anatomical distinctions, or the most interesting features of internal 

 or external structure, are introduced the more fully to illustrate the descriptions. In the 

 1st vol., price 28s., 105 species are figured and described. The second vol., price 35s., 

 contains 109 species. The third vol. now in course of publication will complete the work. 

 Published in parts, each alternate month, price 2s. 6d. A limited number is also 

 printed on royal 8vo. price 5s. each part, and fifty only on imperial 8vo. The latter size 

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH REPTILES. 



BY THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. 



Professor of Zoology in King's College, London. 



The Reptiles of this country, although few in number, are not devoid of consider- 

 able interest ; their habits are popularly much misunderstood, and several innocent and 

 useful species are shunned and destroyed, from a mistaken notion that they are directly 

 or indirectly noxious to man. The elucidation of their habits, the distinctive descrip- 

 tion of the species, their geographical distribution, and the history of the transformation 

 of all the amphibious forms, are amongst the subjects discussed. In addition to a figure 

 of each species, and of some of the most important varieties, the illustrations comprise 

 many of structure, development, and transformation. In one vol. demy 8vo. with more 

 than 40 illustrations, price. 8s. 6d. Royal 8vo. 17s. Imperial 8vo. 25s. 6rf. 



A HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES. 

 BY WILLIAM YARRELL, F.L.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. &c. 



This work, which contains a complete history of the Ichthyology of Great Bntain, 

 including many species never before noticed, is illustrated with figures of the Fishes, 

 mostly taken from the objects themselves, and numerous vignettes, drawn and en- 

 graved by the most eminent artists. 



In two vols. demy 8vo., illustrated by nearly 400 beautiful wood-cuts, price 2/. 8.s. 

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