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Book Notices and Reviews. 
Fifty extra iiununibcrcd copies will be printed for those 
who desire any pai'ticuhir vohuncs and these may be subscribed 
foi' separately. 
Every phite will be hand-coloured by experts. 
The greatest possible care will be taken that each plate is 
a faitliful representation of the species depicted. 
Letterpress: The text will be as perfect and complete as 
possible. The autlior is consulting every published source of inform- 
i'.tion, and has also the assistance of the best known Australian 
field-ornithologists, and the aid of Dr. Ernest Hartert, curator of the 
Hon. Walter Rothschild's Museum. 
Paper : The paper for the 23lates and letterpress iias been 
s])eeially made for this work and is of fine and lasting quality. 
Volume I. Emus, (Quails, Pigeons, Rails, Grebes, etc. 
About 70 species and plates. In five parts at £2 2s. per part. 
Other volumes will be, so far as can be seen, as follows: — 
Volume II. J'etrels, Shearwaters, Albati-osses, Terns, Gulls. 
In five parts at £2 2s. per part. 
Volume in. Plovers, Waders, Bustards, Herons, etc. In 
fiv(^ ))arts, at £2 2s. per part. 
Volume IV. .Swans, Geese, Ducks, Cormorants, Gannets, 
Pelicans, etc. In three parts, at £2 2s. ])er part. 
Volume V. Hariiers, Hawks, Eagles, Owls, etc. In three 
parts, at £2 2s. per part. 
Volume VI. Parrots. In five parts, at £2 2s. per part. 
Volume VII. Rollers, Kingfishers, Xightjars, Swifts, Cuckoos, 
etc. In three parts, at £2 2s. per part. 
Volume VIII. to end. Will contain the Passei'ine bii'ds, 
which as at present known, number some 450 species. These, 
being small birds, some plates will contain two or three figures. 
The volumes will be arranged in groups of families as conveniently 
rts ])ossil)le, and the parts will be made as unifoi'm as possible. 
To the above we may add that all the known species of 
Australian Birds are to be depicted in colour, and that the speci- 
men coloured plate accomjianying the i)rospectus, figures the Yellow- 
mantled Parrakeet and is perfect in every respect, as also appears 
t;) 1>e every other detail of this sumptuous work (he 
name of the publishers being sufficient warranty foi- this. 
Wo cordially j'ecommcnd il to our readers. 
The Home of the Spoonbill, the Stork and some Herons. Hy 
Bentloy Beefham, E./.S., London. Witherby &, Co., '■'>2'.) Hig)' 
Holborn. 5s. net. 
A coi^y of this intei'esting l)ook has come to haiiJ jusi as 
we are going to press, and it must sulRce in this issue to I'cmark 
that the Ijook is fascinating, not merely for the •■>_' tastefulK' 
mounted photographs fi'nm life it contains, \nit even more sn, fVdiu 
the fact, that the text also is entirely wi-itli'ii up from life". 
We cordially i^ecommciid it to <>ui rc.idci's. 
