Ornithology.       Sclater    and    Salvin's    Exotic 
OENITHOLOGY,  complete  in  13  parts,  impl.  4to.  each  21*  1866-68 
the  same,  large  paper,  royal  olio,  each  £2.  2s                             lS66-6i 
Under  this  title  has  been  completed  a  series  of  100  COLOURED  LITHOGRAPHIC 
ILLUSTRATIONS  of  NEW,  or  hitherto  UNFIGURED  BIRDS,  to  form  a  SUPPLEMEN1 
to  Buffon's  Planches  Euluminees,  Paris,  1770-86  ;  to  Temminck's  Planches  Coloriees,  5  vols 
Paris,   1838;  and  to  Des  Murs,  Iconographie  Ornithologique,  Paris,  1845-49. 
Although  it  was  originally  intended  by  the  Authors  that  the  subjects  for  illustration  in  thi 
work  should  be  selected  from  the  many  new  and  remarkable  ornithic  forms  which  the  exertion* 
of  modern  collectors  have  recently  brought  to  light  in  nearly  every  part  of  the  world's  surface 
particularly  within  the  tropics,  it  was  found,  as  the  work  progressed,  that  it  would  be  more  con 
venient  in  this  first  series  to  restrict  it  to  the  illustration  of  the  birds  of  the  neotropical  region 
i.e.  America  south  of  the  United  States. 
This  series  then  contains  illustrations  of  American  birds  only,  a  few  of  them  being  taker 
from  the  interesting  and  peculiar  forms  inhabiting  the  West  India  islands  ;  a  greater  numbei 
represent  birds  of  Central  America,  a  district  personally  explored  by  one  of  the  Authors ;  th( 
remainder  are  figures  of  species  belonging  to  South  America  proper. 
The  species  illustrated  are  104  in  number,  belonging  to  51  genera.  To  the  final  illustratioi 
in  each  genus  is  appended,  in  almost  every  case,  a  systematic  list  of  all  the  other  Americar 
members  of  the  same  genus  known  to  the  Authors,  and  the  geographical  distribution,  compilec 
from  even'  available  authentic  source,  has  been  added  to  each  species  mentioned  in  the  work. 
The  majority  of  the  specimens  from  which  the  drawings  have  been  taken  are  to  be  found  ii 
the  private  collections  of  the  authors,  but  the  Museums  of  Berlin,  Paris  and  Neuchatel  and  ir 
England  the  British  Museum,  the  Norfolk  and  Norwich  Museum  and  the  Derby  Museum 
Liverpool  have  all  kindly  lent  specimens  (many  of  them  types)  for  illustration,  and  thus  addec 
materially  to  the  value  of  the  drawings  in  a  scientific  point  of  view. 
Fifteen  copies  have  been  printed  on  LARGE  PAPER,  royal  folio,  to  match  the  Large  Pape 
issues  of  Temminck  and  Des  Mars.     The  subscription  price  of  these  copies,  is,  each  part,  £2.  2* 
Des     Murs      Iconographie      Ornithologique 
Nouveau  Becueil  general  cle  planches  peintes  d'Oiseaux,  pour  servir  d 
suite  et  cle  COMPLEMENT  aux  planches  Enluminees  cle  BUEFON  et  arc 
planches  coloriees  cle  TEMMINCK  et  LAUGrlER  do  Chartrouse,  ave 
texte,  figures  par  PBEVOT  et  0  TJDAKD,  complete  in  1  vol.  impl.  4to 
72  superbly  coloured  plates,  £6.  6s;  or  hf  bd.  morocco,  gilt  top,  £7.  7s 
Paris,   1845-41 
the  same,  LAEGE  PAPER,  roy.  folio,  £10.  10*  1845-4! 
This  beautiful  work,  now  out  of    print,  and  very  scarce,  forms  a  "  Complement'" 
Buffon's  Planches  Enluminees  and  Temminck  and  Laugier's  Planches  Coloriees.     The  plates 
from  the  pencil  of  M.  Oudard  are  beautifully  executed.     The  new  work,  "  Exotic  Ornithology 
by  Messrs.  Sclater  and  Salvin,  now  complete,  forms  a  suite  to  the  "  Iconographie."    Those  wh 
possess  the  works  of  Buffon  or  Temminck,  and  all  subscribers  to  the  "  Exotic  Ornithology 
should  also  have  this  fine  work  of  Des  Murs. 
Sir  W.  Jardine's  Contributions  to  Ornithology 
from  the  commencement  in  the  year  1848  to  1852,  all  published,  (containing 
papers  on  new  or  hitherto  undescribed  Birds,  by  G-ordox,  Gould,  Katji 
Strickland,  and  other  eminent  naturalists),  2  vols.  8vo.,  1  vol.  text,  ivood 
cuts,  and  1  vol.  containing  94  plates,  most  ofiohich  are  beautifully  coloured 
half  red  morocco,  uncut,  very  rare,  £5.  os       London  and  Edinburgh,  1848-5^ 
the  same,  for  the  year  1852, 20  highly  coloured  plates,  hf.  bd.  21s  Edin.  185; 
This  important  work  describes  many  New  Birds,  and  is  therefore  indispensable  in  an; 
Ornithological  Library. 
Bonaparte  (Prince  C.  L.)  Conspectus  Generun 
AVIUM,  cum  Indice  per  Einsch,  3  vols,  in  1,  roy.  8vo.   Vol.  1.  pp.  543 
II.  pp.  232  (all  published)  Index,  pp.  12,  hf.  calf  gilt,  £2.  2s  1850-6." 
A  most  indispensable  text  book  for  all  Ornithologists. 
The  Ibis :  A  Magazine  of  General  Ornithology 
edited  by  Sclater,  8vo. 
Vol.  5, 13  coloured  plates,  sd.  £1.  4,?  186< 
Vol.  6,  10  coloured  plates,  sd.  £1.  4s  186 
These  two   volumes  are  very  rare  and  often  wanted  to  make  up  sets  of  this  importan 
periodical.     Vol.  VT.  includes  the  General  Index,  185iM864. 
London,  January,  1872.  Bernard  Quaritch. 
