SHELLS, BIRDS' EGGS, INSECTS, BOOKS, and CABINETS. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, at his Great Rooms, :5S, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, July 18th, at Half-past Twelve 

 precise!;, a very select Collection of Shells, including many rarities ; two 

 Cabinets of British Lepidoptera in very line condition ; Birds' Eggs ; L. Reeve's 

 ' Conchologia lconica,' 13 volumes, anil other works on Natural History : several 

 well-made Mahogany and Walnut-wood Cabinets, the property of the late 

 Mr. Stuart, of Bampton, Oxon, and sold by order of the Executor. 



On view after Two o'clock the day prior, and morning of Sale, and 

 Catalogues had. 



BIRDS' EGGS, GLASS CASES OF BIRDS, AND SKINS. 



MR. J. C STEVENS will Sell by Auction, at his Great Rooms, -'ts, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, on Wednesday. July 19th, at Half-past Twelve 

 precisely, the Natural-History Collection formed by the late — Ckichton, Esq., 

 consisting of a Choice Collection of Birds' Eggs, Bird Skins, several Handsome 

 Cases of Birds, mounted bj Ward, &c. 



On view after Two o'clock the day prior, and morning of Sale, and 

 Catalogues had. 



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