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ADAMS (H. G. and H. C. ) Smaller British Birds, with descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits, 
etc., illustrated by 16 finely-coloured illustrations of birds and their eggs, royal 8vo., cloth extra A 
gilt edges. 1873, 12s. 6d. 
ADAMS (H. C. ) Birds of Prey, an Anecdotal and Descriptive Account of the Rapacious Birds of 
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ANDERSSON (C. J. ) Notes on the Birds of Damara Land, and the adjacent countries of South- 
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life, map, 8vo., cloth, Van Voorst, 1872, 9s. 
ATKINSON (Rev. J. C.) British Birds’ Eggs and Nests popularly described, with numerous 
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ATKINSON (John, of Leeds) Compendium of Ornithology of Great Britain, and on the Anatomy 
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AUDEBERT et VIEILLOT, Histoire Naturelie des Oiseaux Dores (Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, j 
Jacamars, Promerops, Grimperaux, et Oiseaux de Paradis), with coloured plates, highly finished 
in gold, with the inscriptions in gold, 2 vols., royal folio, large paper, half russia, uncut, Paris, 
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AUDUBON (J. J.) Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Terri¬ 
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1856 - 61 , £36. 
AUDUBON (J. J.) Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Birds of the United States of 
America, woodcuts, 5 vols., impl. 8vo., cloth uncut, Edinburgh, 1831-49,^5. 
BAEDEKER (F. W. J.) Die Eier d. europ. Vogel, with 80 coloured plates, folio, Iserlohn, 1863, 
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BAIRD (Prof. S. F.), BREWER (T. M.), and RIDGWAY (R.) A History of North American 
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BENEDEN (P. J, van) et HESSE (C. ) Recherches sur les Bdellodes ou Hirudinees et les Trema- 
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BETTONI (E.) Stona naturelie degli Uccelli, che nidificano in Lombardia, 72 fasciculi in 2 vols., 
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young and the nest, with plates of eggs, half red morocco, Milano, 1865-68, £fo. 
T^v% 1 nv , Anecdotes of Birds > with figures on wood by Bewick, 181110., half bound calf 1809, 5!. j 
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