NEW BOOK BY J. G. MILLAIS. 



BRITISH DIVING DUCKS 



By J. G. MILLAIS, F.Z.S. 



Author of 'The Natural History of British Surface- Feeding Ducks,' &c. 



With numerous Coloured Plates from Mr. A. Thorbum's drawinss ; also from 

 drawings by Mr. Millais, Mr. O. Murray Dixon and Mr. H. Gronvold. 



Two Volumes, Imperial 4to (151 in. by 12inJ, Twelve Guineas net. 



*^* Vol. I. is now ready for delivery to Sobscriben. 



The Edition is ratricled to 450 copies, 420 being for iale in England and 

 America. Orders are only taken for complete sets, price TWELVE GUINEAS 

 net, payable in two instalments, viz. : SIX GUINEAS on delivery of Vol. I., 

 and SIX GUINEAS on delivery of Vol. II., Vol. I. being now ready and 

 Vol. II. in the Jiutumn. 



" The book is a most instructive one. and supplies many valuable details connected with the 

 change oi plumage in wildfowl which have not hitherto been brought to the notice of naturalists." 

 —Field. 



" Not only a beautiful book but a very useful one on a most fascinating subject. It is so full of 

 well-arranged information and so lavishly illustrated with both beautiful and useful plates that the 

 many who are keenly interested in the subject will either speedily acquire the work or greatly covet 

 its possession. .... Mr. Millais's book remains as a fine expression of ornithological art and 

 observation." — Brilish Birds. 



" This noble monograph is altogether splendidly produced. Paper and type are entirely 



admirable The illustrations have a considerable range — eggs and plumage, for example, 



are especially studied — and are beautifully reproduced." — iVestminster Gazelle. 



Longmans, Green & Co., 39, Paternoster Row, London, £.C. 



THE EMU. 



Journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. 



Illustrated with Half-tone and Coloured Plates. 



'Published in Quarterly 'Parts 4s. each. Annual Subscription ISs. 



Messrs. Witherby & Co. have been appointed English 

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