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Mathews' The Birds of Australia. 

 10 volumes in wrappers, 1910-23. 

 $360.00. 



A fine copy of Wilson's and Bona- 

 part's Ornithology, 1808-1883. $150.00. 



The Genera Insectorura, P. Wyt- 

 sanan, editor, 1902-21. $625.00. 



The seven-volume edition of Audu- 

 bon's Birds of America, 1840-44, 

 brought $390.00. 



Howard Jones' Illustrations of the 

 Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio, 

 brought $425.00, though this copy was 

 two plates short. 



Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1843- 

 85. 33 volumes. $120.00. 



Among the more important items in 

 this sale secured by the editor, were 

 the following: 



Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the 

 State of Virginia, 1832. 



"Autograph Facsimile" — The History 

 of the Art of Writing, with 203 full 

 page plates, some in colors, from the 

 earliest known date to the close of the 

 19th century. Four folio volumes. 

 This item was extensively reviewed 

 by Mr. Childs at the time he procured 

 this rare work, in his publication, 

 "The Warbler." This is a very un- 

 usual item. 



The Monograph of the Cranes, by 

 F. E. Blaauw, London, 1897, with 22 

 colored plates. This is number nine 

 of the limited edition of 170 copies of 

 this rare work. 



The Trees of North America, New 

 York, 1908. 



DeWitt Clinton's Letters on the 

 Natural History and Internal Re- 

 sources of the State of New York, 1822. 



American Ornithological Biblio- 

 graphy, by Elliott Coues. 4 volumes. 



The Natural History of British 

 Shells, 1800-1804. E. Donavan. 



Eggs of the Birds of Europe, includ- 

 ing all of the Species Inhabiting the 

 Western Paleartic Area, with more 



than a hundred colored plates, H. E. 

 Dresser, 1905-10. 2 volumes. 



The Ferns of North America. 2 vol- 

 umes, 81 colored plates, 1879-1880. 



A Monograph of the Petrels, Fred- 

 eric d' C. Goodman. 2 volumes, 110 

 full paged colored plates, 1907-1910. 



Illustrations of the West American 

 Oaks; 37 plates. E. L. Green and 

 Albert Kellog. 



The Fish of North America that 

 are Captured on Hook and Line, with 

 80 colored plates. W. E. Harris, 1898. 



P. B. Hough's, "The American 

 Woods," illustrated by 375 actual cross 

 sectional specimens of the woods 

 mounted in the work. 13 volumes 



Oologia Universalis Paleartica, 1906- 

 1913. Parts 1 to 78, inclusive. The 

 i'irst copy of this work ever offered 

 for sale at auction. 



The Butterflies of the West Coast 

 of the United States; Ed T. Cresson, 

 1906. 



A Natural History of Nest and Eggs 

 of the British Birds, 1870-1. F. O. 

 Morris. 3 volumes, 78 colored plates. 



The Geographical Distribution of the 

 F'amily Charadriidae, Henry Seebohm. 

 54 colored plates, 1890. 



Colored figures of the Eggs of Brit- 

 ish Birds with Descriptive Notes; 

 Henry Seebohm. 59 colored plates, 

 1896. 



The Dodo and Its Kindred, Strict- 

 land and Melville 1848. 



Besides the foregoing we secured a 

 considerable number of books of lesser 

 importance. 



The total number of items listed at 

 this sale was 801, and the total 

 number of volumes sold was 3397, and 

 in addition there were thousands of 

 pamphlets, separates and magazines. 

 The aggregate of the sale amounted to 

 approximately $20,600.00. 



Thus a curtain is rung down on the 

 lifetime efforts of Mr. Childs to build 

 up a great library. It is put up for 



