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AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA. % John J. AuonnoN. 350 Fidurcs of Birds, all 

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WILSON'S AMERICAN ORNITHOLO- 

 GY ; or, Natiii-al History of the llir 's of the 

 I'liited St.ites. Xew and cnlariccd eilitioii. '.i 

 vols. Svo. With portrait of Wilson, and lo;i 

 plates, cxliiliitiiij; nearly 400 lij^iirL's of liirds, 

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FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS 



(llistnry of tlu-). liy .luiiathaii Ctiucli, F.L.8. 

 lllii'<trato(| wiili 2.">(i* caivl'ullv folin'iMl plates. 

 4 vols. U(»val Svo. Cloth. llon.ii.n, IS77. 



litMluml Innu >'-i-J.(M) to .52:J.OO. 



Tho imtlinr, wlio i*: woll known as one of tho first praoti- 

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 observing, nii'inK, 'oul <lr:iwiiiir wirli his own pL'iu'il, the 

 VJiriuns ti.-h whicli live in lli'ili--h wiitcrs, — ji v:i<t liilmr, in 

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SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS. With do- 

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 Ity II. (i. and II. IS. Adams, llliislraled with 

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 as tho eye aud the baud of thu artist cau uiaku tUem. 



BRITISH GRASSES (Xatnral History of). 

 l!y K. ,1. I.owe, I'-sij. liliistial'd with 74 finely 

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 them the varied soils and positions upon wliiidi tliev thrive, 

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 they are applied in many branches of manufacture aud in- 

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BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 



(Xatunil History of). Ity K. .1. I.owe. llsq. 

 llliistrateil with 47i) liiiely colored plates. 8 vols. 

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NEW AND RARE FERNS (Xatnral His- 

 tory of). Containing Species and Varieties not 

 iiieliided ill otliiM' works. liy I'.. .1. I.owe. IIUis- 

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 tious of one huudred aad Ufty-une new species. 



