III. GOULD. A Monograph of the Trogonide, or Family of 
Trogons (with Copious Descriptions). J//ustvated with 27 plates, 
COLORED BY HAND. Lonpon, published by the Author, 1875 
Second and enlarged edition, dedicated to the Duke of Argyll. Published un- 
bound at £12 12s.—2. e., $63—wuich does not include the U.S. duty of twenty-five 
per cent. ; 
Mr. Gould has illustrated this work in the most beautiful manner, giving examples 
of the male and female of each species of the natural size, each bird being exhibited 
in the full display of its gorgeous coloring, Anent this second edition Mr. Gould 
Wrote : 
“The same reasons which induced the author to publish a new edition of the 
Monograph of the Ramphastidz also rendered another edition of this Monograph 
desirable ; accordingly the present one has been prepared, comprising all the New 
Species, and information acquired respecting this family of birds during the last 
twenty-five years.” 
“ The Trogons may dispute the palm of beauty with the Humming Birds. Their 
plumage in certain parts shines with metallic brilliancy, and exhibits all the colors of 
the rainbow.’’—GRIFFITH’s Edition of CuvigER. 
IV. GOULD. A Monograph of the Trochilide, or Humming WY 
Birds (with Copious Descriptions). //ustrated with 360 plates, 
COLORED BY HAND and comprising about 1,000 representations of 
those charming birds. 5 vols. 
Published at £78 16s., unbound—~. ¢., nearly $395. Rev. H. W. Beecher’s copy 
sold a few years ago in New York for over $600. 
This is undoubtedly the most universally attractive of all Mr. Gould’s publications. 
He himself thus speaks of it: ‘‘ Having from an early period devoted myself to the 
study of these beautiful birds, and acquired a most valuable and extensive collection 
of a group peculiar to America and its adjacent islands, I determined upon publish- 
ing a monograph of a family unequalled for the gorgeous and ever-changing bril- 
liancy of their hues, the variety of their form, the singularity of their habits, and the 
extent of their territorial distribution.” 
“Altogether we consider this publication to be Mr. Gould’s magnum opus ; and 
we strongly recommend all who can afford the cost to possess themselves of the 
work.”’—C. R. W. (in Fraser's Magazine). 
“As winged gems of unsurpassed.glory do Humming Birds claim our admiration. 
On them the great Creator has bestowed the gift of rare and wondrous beauty, cloth- 
ing them in colors that can only be rivalled by emeralds and rubies, topazes and 
sapphires.” —Fraser’s Magazine. 
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V. GOULD. Supplement to a Monograph of the Trochilide, 
or Family of Humming Birds. By JOHN GOULD, F.R.S. 
COMPLETED AFTER THE AUTHOR’S Deatu by R. BOWDLER 
SHARPE, F. L. S., Erc., ZooLoGicaL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH 
Museum. Jlustrated with 59 plates COLORED BY HAND. 
Lonvon, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1887 
Published at £15 15s., unbound, in 5 parts as issued—z. e., $78.75—exclusive of 25 
per cent. U. S. duty. i 
Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, the erudite editor of this volume, states in his preface :— 
“Tt fell to my lot, on Mr. Gould's death, to complete the present work, together 
with the others left unfinished at the time of his decease. The plates for this ‘Sup- 
plement’ were nearly all drawn during the lifetime of Mr. Gould; to these I have 
added certain others as representing species well worthy of illustration, the speci- 
mens having been lent to me by Mr. Osbert Salvin. It will be noticed that a large 
number of species are included in the present ‘Supplement’ without the accompany- 
ing plates. Whether it was the intention of Mr. Gould to have enumerated these in 
the work, I know not; but as he originally meant to complete the ‘Supplement’ in 
four parts, I fancy that he would only have figured the most striking or the species 
described since the completion of the ‘Monograph.’ I have, however, endeavored 
to conclude in this supplementary volume descriptions of all the species of Trochil- 
idze discovered since 1861, when the ‘Monograph’ was finished; and this course 
will, I trust, commend itself to ornithologists. My thanks are due to Messrs. Soth- 
eran for allowing me thus to render the work as complete as possible, notwithstand- 
ing the pecuniary loss involved by such a proceeding. It is scarcely necessary for 
me to record here my obligations to Mr. Elliot’s admirable ‘ Synopsis of the Hum- 
ming Birds,’ as the pages of this book reveal how much I have been indebted to his 
volume; and to Mr. Salvin I owe the deepest acknowledgment for his advice in 
planning the present work, and for having supervised the proofs of each Part. 
; ““R, BOWDLER SHARPE. 
“British Museum (Natural History), 
*“South Kensington, 
“ March, 1887.” 
VI. GOULD. The Birds of Asia (with Copious Descriptions). | 
DEDICATED TO THE HONORABLE East [NDIA Company. Jd/us- 
trated with 530 plates, COLORED BY HAND. 7 vols. 
Lonpon, published by the Author, 1850-83 
This was completed under the superintendence of Mr. Bowdler Sharpe, of the 
British Museum. Published unbound at £120—. e., $600—which does not include the 
