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A dvertisements. 
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. 
JOHN C. NIMMO 
B egs to announce that he has purchased the entire remaining stock of the late 
Henry Seebohm’s “ History of British Birds,” with Coloured Illustrations of 
their Eggs, in Four Volumes, published at Six Guineas net; also his beautifully 
illustrated work on Plovers, Sandpipers, and Snipes, published at Five Guineas net. 
All interested in these Standard Works will find particulars below. 
As the numbers are small, early application to Booksellers, either in town or 
country, is recommended. 
Two Important Ornithological Works by HENRY SEEBOHM. 
THE STANDARD WORK ON BRITISH BIRDS. 
In Four Volumes, Royal 8vo, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Sixty- 
eight Coloured Plates, price £0 0s., now £5 5s. net. 
A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 
To which is added the Author’s Notes on their Classification and Geographical 
Distribution ; also Sixty-eight Coloured Plates of their Eggs. 
By HENBY SEEBOHM, 
Author of “ Siberia in Eiirope," “ Siberia in Asia,” Ac., Ac. 
SOME PRESS NOTICES. 
“ Mr. Seebohm's work will be known to most of our readers already. Oology, it is true, as Mr. Seebuliin 
tells us in bis prospectus, has been much neglected of late years— at all events, the scientitic aspect of it : 
and Hewitson's works being . . . out of date, it was quite time that another British Oology should 
take its place. ... As his friends are well aware, no one is more competent, . . . from his unrivalleil 
personal experiences in almost every part of the western palaarcfic region ." — Tke Ibis. 
“The illustrations are as nearly perfect as the most careful colour-printing can produce, rivalling— and 
it is no slight praise — the admirable egg-pictures of Hewitson, some of which might almost have been 
executed by hand ; and the book is written in an easy, pleasant style, redolent of the Held rather than of 
the study. What n;ore can we desire? Mr. Seebohnt's pictures of their eggs can hardly be surpassed." — 
Salurday Retiieiv. 
“The text contains not only a description of each egg and its varieties, but also a very full account of 
the life-history of each bird. ... If we may conceive the works of Yarrell and Hewitson rollol into 
one, with corrections, emendations, and important additions, and with woodcuts as well as coloured plates, 
such a work is Mr. Seebohm's."— .^ooiogisf. 
“ We unhesitatingly express our opinion that since the time of Macgillivray no such original book as 
Mr. Seebohm's has been published on British ornithology ; we think that the ligures of the eggs are by far 
the best that have yet been given." — Suture. 
In One Volume, 4to, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Twenty-one 
Plates of Birds. Coloured by Hand, price £5 5s., now £2 12s. 0d. net. 
ONLY FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED. 
The Geographical Distribution of the Charadriidse ; 
Or, the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies. 
By HENEY SEEBOHM, 
Author of “ in Kuropey'^ Siberia in Asia,” “X Uisiorn of lintish Hirds, 
toith Coloiu’cd Illustrations of their KggSy” <fc. 
“This is u haadsonie volume of more than 500 paj;es, and is illustrated by t\veiity-<uie robmifd plates, 
drawn in Mr. Keuleman’s best style. The book is piMfuscdy illustrated by woodcuts, sliuwin^' the specille 
(diaracters of the dinereiit species, and these will be invaluable to the student of these dillloult birds. In 
no work bus ever been so remarkably treated in this respect, ami it will he the book of reference for 
the Vharadriidn; for many years to come. The ‘ Keys to the Species ' are also excellent, am! Mr. Seebohm 
deserves every credit for having fiiven us such a complete arrangement of some of the most tiresome <»f all 
birds which it falls to the lot of the ornitholoKist to deteimine. Kvery naturalist who works out liis facts 
as completely as the aiithor has ibme is permitted to account for them by any theory which seems to him 
good; and Mr. beebohm’s arguments as to the origin of the soccies and their distribution aie not only 
exam))les of clever writing, but are plausible enough if once llio absolute certainty of the ahunutriido 
having been driven from tlu* Polar Hnsin by successive glacial cjiochs is conceded. Hesitles the woodcuts 
of heads, tails, &c., and other specific chaiscttus, the present vo ume is crowded with woodcut illuHtnitions 
by Mr. John Millais, Mr. Loflge, and Mr. Ibdiling, most extremely well done.*’— AVi/art. 
JOHN C. NIMMO, 14, King William Street, Strand, London. 
