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THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 3 vols.-THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. 7 vols.-together, 10 vols., impl. 8vo., with 655 COLOURED plates; uniformly bound in morocco, gilt edges New York, 1856-59 47 10 0 377 AUK (The). A QUARTERLY JOURNAL of ORNITHOLOGY, published for the AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. NEW SERIES. Vols. I—XVI, large 8vo., with COLOURED plates and woodcuts; half morocco, gilt tops; A FINE Boston and New York, 1884-99 10 0 0 The First Series is entitled "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club," 8 vols., 1876-83.

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378 AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE. Report of the 7th meeting, held at Sydney, 1898. Edited by A. LIVERSIDGE. 8vo., 1161 pp., with numerous maps and plates; cloth Sydney, 1898

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379 AUTOGRAPHS OF CELEBRATED NATURALISTS. A Collection of over 100 Autograph Letters of Celebrated Naturalists and Botanists. Neatly mounted on thick cartridge paper in a folio volume, crimson morocco extra, gilt edges; from the library of H. B. Fielding d. 12 0 0

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A most interesting series, mostly written by men of considerable eminence in the
scientific world. It includes letters by the following: G. W. Arnott, Sir J. Banks,
W. Buckland, W. T. Bree, Bentham, Boott, F. Bauer, Babington, M. J. Berkeley,
Coulter, Allan Cunningham, De Candolle, David Don, De Caisne, Delesert, Endlicher,
Engelmann, J. Forbes, Asa Gray, Dr. J. E. Gray, Göeppert, Greville, W. W. Harvey,
W. J. Hooker, Henslow, Humboldt, Herbert, Jacquin, Rymer Jones, Ledebour, London,
J. Latham, W. E. Leach, Lindley, Martius, Nees v. Esenbeck, Richard Owen, Roscoe,
Ramon de la Sagra, J. F. Stephens, Swainson, Sir J. E. Smith, G. B. Sowerby, Hans
Sloane, Dawson Turner, Torrey, Wallich, Woodville, J. O. Westwood, H. C. Watson,
W. Wilson, etc.

380 BABINGTON (C.) and A. Bloxam. Ornithology and Botany of Charnwood
Forest, Leicestershire. 2 pts., 4to., with a COLOURED plate; sd.

Nottingham, 1842

Extracted from "The History of Charnwood Forest" by T. R. Potter. 881 BAKER (J. G.) and J. Nowell. A Supplement to Baines' Flora of Yorkshire. 8vo., bds.

1854 382 BAIRD (S. F.), J. CASSIN, G. N. LAWRENCE, and others. Exploration and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. BIRDS. Bound in 3 vols., 4to., with 38 finely COLOURED plates; half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA.

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86 BALFOUR (F. M.). A Treatise on Comparative Embryology. 8vo., with about 700 illustrations; cloth

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87 BALY (J. S.). Catalogue of Hispida in the British Museum.
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88 [BANKS (G.)]. The Plymouth and Devonport Flora. Pts. 1-8, 8vo.,
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89 BARNES (H. Edwin). Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency.
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90 BARRETT (C. G.).

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A descriptive account of the families, genera and species indigenous to Great
Britain and Ireland, their preparatory states, habits, and localities.

4392 BARTLETT (E.). A Monograph of the WEAVER-BIRDS, Ploceida, and
Arboreal and Terrestrial FINCHES, Fringillida. Pts. 1-5, 4to., with
19 plain, and 12 finely COLOURED plates; as issued
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CRUSTACEA. 2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations; cloth

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4397 BATEMAN (J.). THE ORCHIDACEÆ OF MEXICO AND GUATE-
MALA. Atlas folio, with 40 magnificent plates, beautifully COLOURED;
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SHANK; half blue morocco; RARE

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Only 125 copies of this grand work were produced. The Sunderland copy sold for £77. MONOGRAPH of the ODONTOGLOSSUM. Parts I–IV (of 6), with 20 COLOURED plates; as issued, in portfolio (pub. £4. 4s) 4399 BATES (H. W.). The NATURALIST on the RIVER AMAZONS. cr. 8vo., with many plates; cloth (repaired); SCARCE the same. 2 vols., cr. 8vo., cloth

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1838 This beautiful work is divided into two sections: Fructification and Genera, each of which gives minute details of the structure of these rare and exquisite exotics. 4405 BEAGLE VOYAGE. THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, under the command of Capt. FITZROY, 1832-36. Edited by C. DARWIN. 3 vols., roy. 4to. (as described below), half morocco 1838-42 17 10

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FOSSIL MAMMALIA, by R. Owen. With 32 plates

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MAMMALIA, by G. R. Waterhouse. With 32 COLOURED, and 3 plain, plates
BIRDS, by G. Gould and G. R. Gray. With 50 COLOURED plates
FISH, by L. Jenyns. With 29 plates

1838-39

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4406 BEALE (L. S.). How to work with the Microscope. Fifth Edition. 8vo., pp. xvi, 518, and 100 plates comprising more than 600 figures, some printed in COLOURS; cloth 1880 4407 BEDDARD (F. E.). Contributions to the Anatomy of the Anthropoid Apes. Roy. 4to., 42 pp., with 9 plates; sd. (pub. 15s)

Zoological Society, 1893 4408 BEDDOME (R. H.). FERNS OF SOUTHERN INDIA, being Descriptions and Plates of the Ferns of the Madras Presidency. SECOND EDITION. Roy. 4to., with 271 plates; boards, uncut Madras, 1873 FERNS OF BRITISH INDIA. 23 parts, forming 1 vol., roy. 4to., with 345 plates; as issued; SCARCE

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4410 BELL (T.). A HISTORY of BRITISH QUADRUPEDS, including the Cetacea.
8vo., pp. xviii and 526, with nearly 200 woodcuts; calf
the same. Roy. 8vo., LARGE PAPER; cloth

ib., 1870

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4413 BENNETT (Alfred W.). The Flora of the Alps. 2 vols., cr. 120 COLOURED plates; cloth

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A description of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to Switzerland; and of the Alpine species of the adjacent mountain districts of France, Italy, and Austria, including the Pyrenees. 4114 BENTHAM (George). HANDBOOK of the BRITISH FLORA. Cr. 8vo.,

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1865

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4416 Flora Hongkongensis: a Description of the Flowering Plants
and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong. Svo., with map; cloth 1861
4417 BENTLEY (R.) and H. TRIMEN. MEDICINAL PLANTS, being
Descriptions with original figures of the principal Plants employed
in Medicine. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., with 306 beautiful COLOURED plates
(pub. £11. 11s); a fine copy in calf gilt
1418 BERKELEY (M. J.). Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. 8vo., with 127
woodcuts; cloth
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1418*. Outlines of British Fungology; containing Characters of above
a Thousand Species of Fungi. 8vo., with 24 COLOURED plates; cloth 1860
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Handbook of British Mosses. 8vo., with 24 COLOURED plates;
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1420 BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA; or, CONTRIBUTIONS to the KNOWLEDGE of the FAUNA and FLORA of MEXICO and CENTRAL AMERICA. Edited by F. DUCANE GODMAN and OSBERT SALVIN. ZOOLOGY. Pts. 1-152, roy. 4to. (as described below), with about 900 plates containing thousands of figures, the majority of which are COLOURED; in pts., equal to new

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Issued to subscribers at £159. 12s net. So far as I can ascertain the above is the only second-hand copy in the market. By its purchase a saving of £34. 12s will be effected. The original owner's subscription may be transferred to the purchaser. The price of each subsequent part will be 21s.

CONTENTS.

SUBJECTS COMPLETED.

MAMMALIA. By E. R. Alston. Pages xx, 220, plates 22.
ARACHNIDA ACARIDEA. By Otto Stoll. Pages xxi, 55, plates 21.
COLEOPTERA. Vol. I, pt. 1. ADEPHAGA. By H. W. Bates.
plates 13.

Vol. I, pt. 2. ADEPHAGA, etc. By D. Sharp.

plates 19.

Pages x, 316,

Pages xvi, 824,

Vol. II, pt. 2. PECTINICORNIA and LAMELLICORNIA. By H. W.
Bates. Pages xii, 432, plates 24.

Vol. III, pt. 1.

and G. C. Champion.

SERRICORNIA. By C. O. Waterhouse, G. H. Horn,
Pages xvi, 690, plates 27.

Vol. III, pt. 2. MALACODERMATA. By H. S. Gorham. Pages xii,
372, plates 13.

Vol. IV, pt. 1. HETEROMERA. By G. C. Champion. Pages xxxiv,
572, plates 23.

Vol. IV, pt. 2. HETEROMERA, continued. By G. C. Champion.
Pages x, 494, plates 21.

Vol. V. LONGICORNIA. By H. W. Bates. BRUCHIDES. By D.
Sharp. Pages xii, 526, plates 26.

Vol. VI, pt. 1. PHYTOPHAGA. By M. Jacoby. Pages xx, 626,
iv, 374 (Supplement), plates 43.

BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA, continued :

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Vol. VI, pt. 2. PHYTOPHAGA, Continued. By J. S. Baly and G. C.
Champion. Pages x, 249, plates 13.

Vol. VII. EROTYLIDE, etc. By H. S. Gorham. Pages xii, 276,
plates 13.

RHYNCHOTA HETEROPTERA.

plates 39.

Vol. I. By W. L. Distant. Pages xx, 462,

SUBJECTS IN PROGRESS.

Pages 1-512, plates

AVES. Vol. I. By O. Salvin and F. D. Godman. 1-35, temporary title-page.

Vol. II. By O. Salvin and F. D. Godman.

36-60, temporary title-page.

Vol. III. By O. Salvin and F. D. Godman.

61-62.

REPTILIA. By A. Günther. Pages 1-195, plates 1-59.

Pages 1-598, plates

Pages 1-56, plates

TERRESTRIAL and FLUVIATILE MOLLUSCA. By E. von Martens. Pages 1-472, plates 1-28.

ARACHNIDA ARANEIDEA. Vol. I. By F. O. Pickard Cambridge. Pages
1-304, plates 1-33.

Vol. II. By F. O. Pickard Cambridge. Pages 1.88, plates 1-6.
CHILOPODA. By R. I. Pocock. Pages 1-40, plates 1-3.

COLEOPTERA. Vol. II, pt. 1. PSELAPHIDE, etc. By D. Sharp, A. Mat-
thews, and G. Lewis. Pages 1-560, plates 1-17.

Vol. IV, pt. 3.

plates 1-6.

Vol. IV, pt. 6.
W. F. H. Blandford.
HYMENOPTERA. Vol. I.
porary title-page.

RHYNCHOPHORA. By D. Sharp. Pages 1-168,

RHYNCHOPHORA, continued. By D. Sharp and
Pages 1-224, plates 1-6.

By P. Cameron. Pages 1-474, plates 1-20, tem

Vol. II. By P. Cameron. Pages 1-404, plates 1-14, temporary title-page.

Vol. III. By A. Forel. Pages 1-160, plates 1-4.

LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA. Vol. I. By F. D. Godman and O. Salvin.
Pages 1-487, plates 1-47, temporary title-page.

Vol. II. By F. D. Godman and O. Salvin. Pages 1-460, plates

48-91.

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. Vol. I. By H. Druce. Pages 1-490.
Vol. II. By H. Druce. Pages 1-592, plates 1-101.
RHYNCHOTA HETEROPTERA. Vol. II. By G. C. Champion. Pages 1-304,
plates 1-17.

RHYNCHOTA HOMOPTERA. Vol. I. By W. L. Distant. Pages 1-40, plates
1-5.

Vol. II, pt. 1.
Vol. II, pt. 2.
DIPTERA. Vol. I. By

1.3.

By W. W. Fowler. Pages 1-256, plates 1-16.
By T. D. A. Cockerell. Pages 1-33.

Baron C. R. Osten Sacken. Pages 1-216, plates

Vol. II. By F. M. van der Wulp. Pages 1-416, plates 1-11.
Vol. III. By S. W. Williston. Pages 1-89, plates 1-2.

NEUROPTERA. By A. E. Eaton. Pages 1-16, plate 1.

ORTHOPTERA. By A. de Bormans, A. Pictet, H. de Saussure, and L.
Zehntner. Pages 1-458, plates 1-22.

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CONTENTS. AVES. Vol. I. By O. Salvin and F. D. Godman. porary title-page.

Vol. II. By O. Salvin and F. D. Godman. porary title-page.

Vol. III. By O Salvin and F. D. Godman. COLEOPTERA. Vol. I pt. 2. ADEPHAGA, etc. plates 19.

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Pages 1-598, plates 36-60, tem

Pages 1-56, plates 61-62.
By D. Sharp. Pages xvi, 824,

BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA, continued :

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Vol. VI, pt. 1. PHYTOPHAGA. By M. Jacoby. Pages xx, 626, iv, 374
(Supplement), plates 43.

Vol. VI, pt. 2. PHYTOPHAGA, continued. By J. S. Baly and G. C. Champion.
Pages x, 249, plates 13.

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The volumes on Coleoptera included in the above, deal with Haliplidæ, Dytiscidæ, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilide, Heteroceride, Parnidæ, Georissida, Cyathoceride, Staphylinidæ, Sagrida, Criocerida, Megalopodido, Clythrida, Cryptocephalido, Chlamydidæ, Lamprosomida, Eumolopide, Chrysomelida. Galerucidæ, Donaciidæ, Hispida, and Cassidido. the same. COLEOPTERA. Vol. II, pt. 2. Roy. 4to., with 19 plates containing several hundred COLOURED figures; sd. 1882-87 Describing the Haliplidæ, Dytiscidæ, Gyrinidæ, Hydrophilidæ, Heterocerida, Parnidæ, Georissida, Cyathoceridæ, Staphylinidæ.

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