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Yol. II. (1844), pp. iv + pp. 233, 60 pi. ; Vol. III. (Simpkin, 
Marshall & Go., 1846), pp, iv + pp. 240, 60 pi. ; Yol. IY. (Ib., 
1847), pp. iv + pp. 215, 60 pi. ; Yol. Y. (Ib., 1848), pp. iv + pp. 
192, 60 pi. ; Vol. YI. (Ib., 1850), pp. iv + pp. 185, 60 pi. ; Yol. 
VII. (Ib., 1850), pp. iv + pp. 206, 72 pi. Total, 432 plates, 
mostly coloured (322 of birds and 110 of eggs). 
This 8vo edition was issued in monthly numbers with fink 
wrappers, commencing March 1841, 1 each containing about 
3 plates of birds and 1 of eggs with descriptive text. 
The following is a transcript of the wrapper title of the part 
issues : 
No. I. March 1841. | Coloured | Illustrations | of | British Birds 
| and their Eggs. | The work consists of | Coloured Figures of the 
Birds that are Indigenous to Great | Britain, or that visit the British 
Isles in the course of their | periodical migrations ; accompanied 
by their eggs. The female | will be introduced, whenever her 
plumage differs materially | from that of the male ; also the male 
birds in the different | states of plumage that result from age oi 
season, as far as | practicable. | By | H. L. Meyer. | London : 
Published for the Author, | and sold by James Fraser, Begent 
Street. | Octavo Edition. Price 3s 6d. | Printed by S. Bentley, 
Bangor House, Shoe Lane. | 
In the Prospectus (printed, on back of wrapper) it is stated 
that “ This Work is an exact representation in Octavo of the 
Quarto publication of Illustrations of British Birds by the same 
Author, which has been in course of publication for some years, 
and is now on the point of completion.” 
Idem. New edit., 7 vols. 8vo. London : (Willis and Sotheram) 
1853-57. Issued in monthly numbers, in buff wrappers. 
Note. — This edition is merely a reissue of the 1842 8vo edition. 
[1848 ?] Game Birds | and | their Localities, | accompanied by | useful 
notes to Sportsmen. | By H. L. Meyer, | Author of “ Illustra- 
tions of British Birds,” | &c., &c., &c. | London : | Ackermann 
and Co., Strand ; and the Author. | — | Price 12s. [n.d.] 
Collation — 1 vol. oblong 4to, wrapper title, 6 hand-coloured 
plates (Grous (sic), Landrail, Woodcock, Snipe, Partridge, 
Pheasant), each with one leaf text, back wrapper with advt. of 
Illustrations of British Birds. Letterpress to each plate, printed 
on one side only, extends from a dozen to eighteen lines, of 
no practical value and containing several curious typographi- 
cal (?) errors. Thus of “ Grous ” it is stated, “ later in the 
Autumn they often congregate in large parks, where they become 
very wild.” (For “ parks ” read packs and for “ where ” when.) 
1 The title-page to Yol. I. is, however, dated 1842. 
