August, 1 88 1. 



GEORGE BELL vV SONS' 



LIST OK WORKS 



BOTANY & NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



THIS uniforn. series of Works on the various branches of Natural History 

 has attained a high reputation, both for the ow pr.ees at which 

 they are publisi,ed and the general excellence with which they are l-roduced 

 They form collectively a Standard Set of Works on the ddFerent suljects which 

 the/ illustrate, and deserve the attention of all who study this branch of science 

 for their faithful illustrations and accuracy of description; the pla es being 

 carefully executed by accomplished artists, and the authorship entrusted to wnters 

 of acknowledged merit. Indeed no higher testimony can be borne to thmr 

 value than the fact that the late Prince Consort (himself an able ^tuJc"* f 

 Natural History) so highly esteemed those which were published during his life- 

 time that he purchased copies of them for presentation to public iiistitutious. 



New Edition, with Additions. 

 Dbdicatkd by Pebmission to Hee Mmst GiLuious Majesty the Qiebs. 



A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



IJv tlu i;. V V. (). MoKKis. li.A,, M. lulur of the Ashmolean Society. Illus- 

 trated with oGo coloured Engiuyings. Six Volumes, super-royal 8vo., 

 £6 6s. 

 In this work the author has amassed information from every reliable source, aad 

 in addition to necessary scientific details, he has interspersed throughout his pa^es 

 ^vast fund of anecdotes, illustrative of the marvellous mstmcts am! peculiar habits 

 Of the feathered inhabitants of our land, .md has '!»".« "'?t nf British Birds ' 

 entertaining and instructive, and in the widest sense a History of British Birds. 



New Editinii, Enlarccd. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF 



BRITISH BIRDS. Bv the Kkv. ¥. O. Mokhis. B. A. lHu^tiutcd with 

 •>:;:! ,Hluiind I'hitcs. In Three Volumes, super-royal 8vo., iJ Js. 

 Designed a. a supplement to the 'History of British Birds,' 'f ^^ik g^f |J« 

 fullest information 'respecting the localities '"|<i.,'^o"«'7»'-'''i'° ° J [''^^/^'''ieter- 

 number and peculiarities of their eggs, and aU the instruction requ site for deter 

 mimng to what species they belong. Each egg is figured and minutely de»cril>e<l, 

 and a number of nests are accurately drawn from specimms. 



