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New Edition, with Additions. 

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 A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A., Member of the Ashmolean Society. Illus- 

 trated with 365 coloured Engravings. Six Volumes, super-royal 8vo. 61. 6s. 

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

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 and instructive, and in the widest sense a ' History of British Birds. 5 



New Edition, Enlarged. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND 



EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. 



Illustrated with 233 coloured Plates. In Three Volumes, super-royal 8vo. 3/. 3^. 

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 are accurately drawn from specimens. 



A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By C. R. Bree, M.D. 



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