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inet, called the "Imperial Brazilian Museum." The proof number 

 received is executed in a superior style, and consists of one sheet 

 folio, and a single plate with colored engravings, contained in a loose 

 envelope. It describes two beautiful species of Humming-bird. 



For the benefit of American naturalists and amateurs, we extract 

 the following from the notice contained upon the envelope. 



The Editor, Dr. Schreibers, assisted by the collectors, discov- 

 erers and curators, of the Imperial Brazilian Museum, proposes to 

 publish the undescribed zoological objects collected in Brazil, in un- 

 bound numbers, of the form and manner of execution of the proof 

 number issued ; the descriptions to be according to the nature of the 

 objects, in German and Latin, and illustrated by colored and uncol- 

 ored engravings and lithographs. 



In order to diminish the expense to the cultivators of particular 

 departments of zoology, the numbers which contain the objects of 

 each principal division of the animal kingdom, (Mammalia, A ves. Am- 

 phibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, after the system of Linnaeus) will 

 be sold by themselves ; and if they amount to a sufficient number to 

 constitute a moderate sized volume, they will be bound up as an in- 

 dependent work, and furnished with an appropriate title page. 



For the purpose of securing the greater precision and uniformity 

 in the execution of the whole work, the editor has been induced to 

 undertake, and to conduct upon his own responsibility, the edition, 

 both the printing and the engravings ; but in consequence of the ex- 

 pense of the enterprise, he finds himself compelled to demand it of 

 the publishers, both domestic and foreign, that they interest them- 

 selves in the undertakings and from them he waits for orders. 



The whole impression of each particular number, confined to one 

 hundred and fifty copies, shall, as it is printed, be delivered to the 

 book-trade, who may engage in it, for the amount of expenses incur- 

 red by the publisher, which will not amount to more than one hun- 

 dred and twenty, or one hundred and fifty, at the highest, to two hun- 

 dred florins, (C M. Augsb. Curst.) provided each number shall 

 contain only one or two sheets of text, and the same number of 

 plates : the book-trade affiixing their own price to the same, and in- 

 curring the risk of the sale. 



The rapidity with which the numbers will appear, must depend 

 upon the patronage of the book-trade. The materials now on hand 

 will allow of the publication of one or two numbers in each depart- 

 ment of Zoology, the present year. — Vienna, Sept. 1832. [C.U.S. 



