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THE LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



THIS iTiiiform series of "Works on the various branches of Natural History 

 has ah-eady attained a high reputation, both for the low prices at which 

 they are published and the general excellence with which they are produced. 

 They form collectively a Standard Set of Works on the different subjects which 

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

 for their faithful illustrations and accuracy of description; the plates being 

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

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

 value than the fact that the late Prince Consort (himself an able student of 

 Natural Historj^) so highly esteemed those already published during his lifetime 

 that he pui'chased copies of them for presentation to public institutions. 



Dedicated by Permission to Hee Most Gracious Majesty the Qtjeeit. 



A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Ey the Eev. P. 0. Morris, B.A., Member of the Ashmolean Society. Illus- 

 trated with 365 coloured Engravings. Six Yolumes, super-royal 8vo., 

 £6 6s. 



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

 in addition to necessary scientific details, he has interspersed throughout his pages 

 a vast fund of anecdotes, illustrative of the marvellous instincts and peculiar habits 

 of the feathered inhabitants of our land, and has thus made his work at once 

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



A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF 



BRITISH BIRDS. By the Rev. P. 0. Morris, B.A. lUustrated with 

 233 coloured Plates. In Three Volumes, super-royal 8vo., £3 3s. 



Designed as a supplement to the ' History of British Birds,' this work gives the 

 fullest information respecting the locahties and construction of their nests, the 

 number and peculiarities of their eggs, and aU the instruction requisite for deter- 

 mining to what species they belong. Each egg is figured and minutely described, 

 and a number of nests are accurately drawn from specimens. 



A New and Revised Edition now ready. 



A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



NOT OBSERYED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By C. R. Beee, M.D., 

 P.Z.S. Illustrated with about 250 coloured Plates of Birds and Eggs. 

 In Pive Yolumes, super-royal 8vo., £5 5s. 



This work forms an appropriate supplement to Morris, ITarrell, or any other work on 

 British Birds, and with any of them forms a comprehensive account of the Ornithology 

 of Europe. In addition to the personal ability of the Author for his task, he has had 

 the assistance of many eminent Continental naturalists, among whom are Professors 

 Blasius of Brunswick, Schlegel of Leyden, M. de Selys-Longchamps, and M. Moquin- 

 Tandon. 



'Dr. Bree is favourably known to ornitliologists by numerous contributions to our zoological 

 periodicals, in all of whicb there is found tlie same genial spirit, and the same tone of good 

 feeling, kindliness, and reverence, which pervade the present work. . . . The figures are, for 

 the most part, highly satisfactory, and leave us in M'onder how they could be produced, in 

 combination with the full and copious text, for so small a price.' — Athenaeum, 



