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General Habits of their respective Families and Genera, with 

 occasional representations of the Heads, Feet and Wings 

 engraved on separate plates." 



Part I. includes coloured plates of Blue Jay {Garrulus 

 cristatus), Canada Grouse {Tetrao canadensis), Yellow-tailed 

 Gnat-Catcher {Setophaga ruticilla), Roseate Spoonbill {Platalea 

 ajaya) and black plate of heads and feet of members of the 

 Tetraonince and Pterocinoe (Sand Grouse). Four pages of 

 text unnumbered but bearing a signature " A " accompany 

 these deahng with " Order I. Accipitres- Linnaeus." Full 

 diagnoses are given of the Order, Tribe, Family and Genera, 

 but no list of species. 



Part II. has four coloured plates : Broadwinged Buzzard 

 {Buteo pennsylvanicus) , Lapland Long - Spur Bunting 

 {Plectrophanes lapponicus), Carohna Parrot {Arara carolinensis) 

 and Virginian Ortyx {Ortyx virginiana). There are again 

 four pages of text, but nothing more erratic has ever been 

 seen. The first page bears the signature " N " and deals with 

 " Order V. Gallinse. Tribe IV. Tetraonidse. " The second 

 page bear's the signature " Y " with " Order II. Passeres. 

 Tribe I. Corvidse " ; the third page follows on, bub the 

 fourth page is concerned with " Order VII. Grallae. 

 Tribe II. Ardeidse," and has the signature " Q." 



Part III. has four coloured plates : White-headed Sea Eagle 

 {Haliaetus lecocephalus). Madeira Swift {Cypsehis unicolor), 

 American Kinglet {Regulus americanus) and Great Northern 

 Diver {Colymbus glacialis). 



All the plates ha-ve upon them " Engraved by W. H. Lizars, 

 Edinburgh," but no artist's name, being from Brown's own 

 drawings, but the painting of the Madeira Swift is " Drawn by 

 Sir W. Jardine, Bart." 



The text in this part is a complete sheet signature " E " 

 deahng with " Order 11. Passeres. Tribe IV. FringiUidse. 

 Family IV. to VII. Fringillinse to Pyrrhuhnae." 



Part IV. has four coloured plates : Cooper's Sparrow- 

 Hawk {Accipiter cooperi), Rose- breasted Grosbeak (Guiraca 

 ludoviciana), Zenaida Dove {Zenaida amabilis), and Bewick's 

 Swan {Cygnus bewickii). 



