Vol. I. Now Ready Invaluable and Indispensable 
A Manual of the Birds 
of Australia 
By GREGORY M. MATHEWS, f.r.s.e., m.r.a.o.u. 
Author of “The Birds of Australia” 
And TOM IREDALE 
Members of the British Ornithologists’ Union and Corresponding Fellows of 
the American Ornithologists’ Union. 
Crown 4to. Art Canvas, Gilt top. £3 3s. per Vol. 
Vol. I. Orders Casuarii to Columbae ; 
Vol. II. Orders Anates to Menurae; Vols. III. and IV. 
Order Passeres. 
d Volume I. contains about 309 pages of printed text, and 
is illustrated with 
10 Colour and 36 Monochrome Plates. 
CL The succeeding volumes will be substantially the same 
size and as fully illustrated. 
d In the work the authors give the results of many years* 
study of the avifauna in a condensed form, with the technical 
items fully explained by means of illustrations. The plan is 
original and the treatment complete. 
d The plates have all been prepared from the drawings 
of Lilian Medland. 
d The beautiful coloured plates include hitherto unfigured 
Australian species, while the drawings are amongst the finest 
that have yet appeared in a handbook and are accurate to 
the minutest detail. 
d For the convenience of Subscribers each volume can be 
ordered separately, and information will be sent to Subscribers 
as further volumes appear. 
Publishers : 
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