MONOGRAPn 
OF THE 
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HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 4.$, PICCADILLY, W. 29 
Zoology A tes (and Mammalia) : 
680 A COMPLETE SET 
THE GRAND NATURAL HISTORY WORKS 
OP 
JOHN GOULD, F.R s , f.z s , 
as completed by 
RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., 
illustrated with nearly 3100 large and highly finished plates from Nature, acouraitsly 
AND MOST BEADTIEDLLY COLOURED BY HAND, 45 vols. impl. foHo, handsomely lotmd in 
Levant morocco super-extra, g. e. {each work in a distinctive colour) ; A VERY CHOICE 
SET, the whole enclosed in a magnificent carved wooden bookcase {see note), 
Price £700. 
Contents : 
A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains ; 80 large plates 1832 
The Birds of Europe, 449 magnificent plates, containing mostly two or more figures of 
Birds (male and female] IN their full natural size, 5 vols. 1837 
The Birds of Australia, complete ivith the Supplement, 681 plates, depicting the 
Birds in life-like attitudes, perched on the Trees and Shrubs in which they congregate, 8 vols. 
1848-69 
The Odontophorin-e, or Partridges of America, 32 plates iS50 
The Rhamphastid,e, or Family of Toucans, second and enlarged edition, ^oith all the 
plates redrawn, 51 plates 18S4 
The Troohilid^, or Humming-Birds, complete with the Supplement, 418 plates, 
6 vols. 1849-87 
The Mammals of Australia, 130 plates, 3 vols. 1863 
The Birds of Great Britain, 367 plates, 5 vols. 1873 
The Troqonid.®, or Family of Trogons, 47 plates 1875 
The Birds of Asia, .530 plates, 7 vols. 1850-83 
The Birds of New Guinea, and adjacent Papuan Islands (completed by DR. 
BOWDLER SHARPE) ; 320 plates, 5 vols. 1875-88 
Monograph of the Paradiseidss, or Birds of Paradise, and PtilonorhynchidjE, or 
Bower-Birds, by RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D. (Mr. Gould’s collaborator 
and friend), 80 plates, 2 vols. 1891-8 
U^D, F.R.S. &c. 
A complete and unusually fine set of these monumental works. The case containing it 
measures 6 feet by 4, and probably cost its late owner not less than £100. ; it is elegantly 
carved, and well seasoned, having been made about forty years ago ; the top has been specially 
constructed to accommodate the volumes of Audubon as well [g. v. ante], and can be tilted to any 
angle.^ The volumes in their bindings of green, red, yellow, and blue are displayed to striking 
effect in this handsome case, and the present affords an exceptional opportunity of securing one 
of the finest adornments to any ornithological library or public institution at a reasonable figure. 
* The works of Mr. Gould constitute a new epoch, in the history of Ornithology, from tlie 
■boldness of the plan od which they were executed ; the uumher of New Species added to science, and of doubtful 
species cleared away from previous obscurity; the unadorned fidelity of the Descriptions; and the exquisite 
accuracy of the Plates, in which the utmost adherence to nature is united with that felicitous effect which 
stamps the artist, and proves that oraob and truthfulness mav meet together. Again, Mr. Gould’s worhs 
form in themselves an Ornithological Museum ; pictorial we grant, but of such a character as to obviate 
the necessity of a collection of mounted speciineus obtained at no trifling cost, and preserved, even where room 
can be afforded for them, not withoutthe greatest trouble.'— T^e Times. 
A 11 T II. 
CONTENTS. 
Melanopitta cucullata, 
mafoorana, 
uova’-guincu’. 
sordida. 
Erythrojiitta mbrimiclFi. 
Eiythroiiitta cairuleitorques. 
tielubdusis. 
Iridipitta baudii. 
Gigantipitta cterulea. 
Phccnicocichla ussiieri. 
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