Now ready, pries £\2: 12«., in one volume, bound in half. morocco, 



containing 50 coloured plates. 



The first Series of 



ZOOLOGICAL SKETCHES 



By JOSEPH WOLF. 



MADE FOR 



THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 

 FROM ANIMALS IN THEIR VIVARIUM. 



EDITED, WITH NOTES, 



By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D.. F.R.S., 



SECRETAEY TO THE SOCIETY. 



The series of Drawings, of which a selection of Fifty is given in the present 

 Volume, was undertaken with the object of preserving a faithful record of 

 the living characters of the most rare and interesting Animals in the Viva- 

 rium of the Zoological Society of London. 



The present extent of the Society's Collection, and the prospects of in- 

 crease, derived from the energetic support which it continues to receive 

 from so many sources, afford unequalled means of making these Zoological 

 Portraits both various and instructive. In selecting the subjects, particular 

 regard is jjaid to those species which exhibit aptitude for acclimatization, 

 cither as objects of economic value, or simply as additions to the Exotic 

 Animals which are now so frequently seen in the parks and on the orna- 

 mental waters of Europe. 



The Drawings have been executed in "Water Colours, after most careful 

 study, by Mr. "Wolf, who may be fairly said to stand alone in minute 

 knowledge of the habits and forms of Mammalia as well as of Birds ; and 

 the Lithographic copies, partly printed in colour and then finished by hand, 

 are in such exact fac-simile as to be scarcely distinguishable from the ori- 

 ginals. The Letterpress, prepared by the Editor, embraces all particulars 

 of interest relating to the general history, habits, distribution, and use of 

 the Animals illustrated in the Plates. 



A second series of the same work is now being issued, and will shortly 

 be completed. Six double parts, price 425. each, of the new series are 

 now ready. 



London : Geaves aitd Co., Pall Mall. 



Price 6d., Sewed, 



A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS 



of the 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Twenty-first Edition, corrected according to the present Arrange- 

 ment of the Gardens, 



By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., 



SECEETARY TO THE SOCIETY. 



London: Bradbury and Evaxs, 11, Bouverie Street; and at the Society's 

 Gardens in the Kegent's Park. 



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