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ABBOTT, CHARLES CONRAD. The birds about
us. By Charles Conrad Abbott . . . Philadelphia, J. B.
Lippincott Company, 1895. xi, 9-288 pp. illus., 24 pi.
(incl. front.) I9§*="-

ABBOTT, CHARLES CONRAD. The Carolina
Wren; a year of its life. By Charles C. Abbott, M.D.
[1884.] pp. 21-25. 23*''°' (From the American Natural-
ist, Jan., 1884.)

ABBOTT, CHARLES CONRAD. Clear skies and
cloudy. By Charles C. Abbott, M.D. Philadelphia
and London, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1899. 316 pp.
front.; illus. with photographs. 18*^

}cm.

ABBOTT, FRANCES MATILDA. Birds and
flowers about Concord, New Hampshire. By Frances
M. Abbott . . . Concord, N. H., Rumford Printing
Company, 1906. xxi pp., 11., 140 pp., 11. i8*^'

ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF
PHILADELPHIA. Proceedings of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia.
Printed for the Academy, 1859-1903-04. 36 vols.
Dated 1 858-1 903. col. pis. maps and illus. 24*™'

ADAMS, HENRY GARDINER. Hummingbirds,
described and illustrated. By H. G. Adams . . . With
eight coloured plates. London, Groombridge & Sons.
[1856.] 2 pp. I., 144 pp. illus., 8 col. pi. (incl. front.)
l8§""-

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ADAMS, HENRY GARDINER. Nests and eggs of
familiar birds, described and illus. with an account of
the haunts and habits of the feathered architects, and
their times and modes of building. By H. G. Adams.
Illus. with 1 6 col. pi. London, Groombridge & Sons,
1871. 238 pp. front, col. col. pi. 19*™'

ADAMS, HENRY GARDINER. The smaller Brit-
ish birds, with descriptions of their nests, eggs, habits,
etc. By H. G. and H. B. Adams, illustrated with col-
oured plates of birds and eggs. London, Gibbing,
1894. iv, 252 pp. 32 col. pi. front. 27*™'

ADAMSON, CHARLES MURRAY. Another
book of scraps principally relating to natural history,
with 37 lithograph illus. from pen and ink sketches of
wild birds. By Charles Murray Adamson. Adcun
Reid . . . 1882. 56 pp. 36 illus. 12^x28"^'

AGASSIZ, LOUIS. A journey in Brazil. By Prof,
and Mrs. Louis Agassiz. Boston, Ticknor & Fields,
1868. xix, 540 pp. front, illus. 22§'^-

AGASSIZ, LOUIS. Principles of zoology: touching
the structure, development, distribution and natural
arrangement of the races of animals, living and extinct.
With numerous illus. . . . Part I. Comparative physi-
ology. By Louis Agassiz and Augustus A. Gould.
Boston, Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1848. xix, 216 pp.
front, illus. 20°°'

AGASSIZ, LOUIS. Thayer Expedition. Scientific
results of a journey in Brazil. By Louis Agassiz.
Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil. By Ch.
Fred. Hartt, with illus. and maps. Boston, Fields,
Osgood & Co., 1870. xxiii, 620 pp. front, illus. maps.

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ALBERT, FREDERICO. Contribuciones al estudio
de aves Chileans. Por Frederico Albert. Santiago de
Chile, Imprenta Cervantes, 1 898-1 901. pp. 160-580.

ALB IN, ELEAZAR. A natural history of birds.
Illus. with loi copper pis. curiously engraved from the
life. Pub. by the author, Eleaizar Albin, and carefully
colour'd by his daughter and self from the originals,
drawn from the live birds. London, 1731-58. 3 vols,
loi col. pi. 3o|"°-

ALBIN, ELEAZAR. A natural history of birds.
Illustrated with . . . copper plates, curiously engraven
from the life. And exactly colour'd by the author,
Eleazar Albin. To which are added notes and observa-
tions by W. Derham . . . London. Printed for W. Innys
and R. Manby, 1738. 3 vols. 306 col. pi. 29|x24^'''°'

Title-pages of vols. 1-2 read: ... In two vols. Vol. 3
has title: A natural history of birds . . . Published by the
author Eleazar Albin, and carefully colour'd by his daugh-
ter and himself . . . vol. 11 (i.e. vol. iii).

Vols. 1-2 were published in 1838.

ALEXANDER EXPEDITION TO ALASKA,
1907-1909. University of California publication in
Zoology, 1 909-1 1. Berkeley, The University Press.
3 vols. 27"°-

Contents: I. Birds and mammals of the 1907 Alexan-
der expedition to southeastern Alaska . . . Introduction.
J. Grinnell, etc. . . . (Illus.)

2. Birds of the 1908 Alexander Alaska expedition. With
note on the avifaunal relationships of the Prince William
Sound district. By Joseph Grinnell.

3. Birds and mammals of the 1909 Alexander Alaska
expedition. By Harry S. Swarth. (Map.)

ALPHERAKY, SERGIUS. The geese of Europe
and Asia, being the description of most of the old world

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species by Sergius Alph6raky . . . with twenty-four
coloured plates by F. W. Frohawk . . . and frontis-
piece by Dr. P. P. Sushkin. London, R. Ward, Ltd.,
1905. ix, 198 pp., II. coL front. 24 coL pi. 34|x28"°-

ALLEN, GLOVER MORRILL. A list of the birds
of New Hampshire. By Glover M. Allen . . . Manches-
ter, N. H., Nature Study Press, 1903. 2 pp. i., [2^]-222
pp. 23h"^-

ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. The Masked Bob-white
(Colinus ridgwayi) of Arizona and its allies. By J. A.
Allen. [1886.] pp. 273-290. I col. pi. 23*^- (American
Mus. of Nat. Hist. Bulletin no. 7.)

ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. Notes of an ornithological
reconnoissance of portions of Kansas, Colorado, Wyom-
ing and Utah. By J. A. Allen, July, 1872. Cambridge,
University Press. Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co.

ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. Notice of some Venezuelan
birds collected by Mrs. H. H. Smith. On a collection
of birds from Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, made
by Mr. H. H. Smith. Notes on a collection of birds
from Quito, Ecuador. List of birds collected in
Bolivia by Dr. H. H. Rusby, with field notes by the
collector. On Cyclorhis vividis (Vieill) and its near
allies, with remarks on other species of the genus
Cyclorhis. Descriptions of new species of South
American birds with remarks on various other little
known species. On the Maximillian types of South
American birds in the American Museum of Natural
History ... By J. A. Allen, [n. d. n. pub.] v. p. 24*^-

ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. Ornithological notes from
the west. By J. A. Allen. I. Notes on the birds of
Kansas. II. Notes on the birds of Colorado, pp. 263-
404. 22^°"-

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ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. The types of the North
American genera of birds. By J. A. Allen. Author's
edition extracted from Bulletin of the American
Museum of Natural Hist. Vol. xviii, Art. xvi, pp.
274-384. New York, April 15, 1907.

AMERICAN NATURALIST. A popular illus-
trated magazine of natural history, 1 868-1 898, vols.
1-33. Boston, 1 868-1 898. 33 vols, illus. 24"°' Vols.
1-9, pub. Salem, Mass. Vols. lo-ii, Boston. Vols. 12-
31, Philadelphia. Vol. 32, Boston.

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. The
code of nomenclature and check-list of North Ameri-
can birds. Adopted by the American Ornithologists*
Union. Being the report of the committee of the union
on classification and nomenclature. New York, Amer-
ican Ornithologists' Union, 1886. iv, 392 pp. 32^'
First edition.

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.
Check-list of North American birds prepared by a
committee of the American Ornithologists' Union.
New York, A.O.U. 1895, 1910. 2 vols. 2d and 3d
editions. 2d edition, xi, 372 pp. 23^*^"* 3d edition
(revised), 430 pp. front, (map). 24*^"*

ANDERSON, CHARLES JOHN. Notes on the
birds of Damaraland and the adjacent countries of
south-west Africa. By the late Charles John Anderson.
Arranged and edited by John Henry Gumey, with
some additional notes by the editor, and an introduc-
tory chapter containing a sketch of the author's life;
abridged from the original published in Sweden. Lon-
don, John van Voorst, 1872. xlviii, 394 pp. front,
(map). 3 pi. 23°°

ANDR£, E. a naturalist in the Guianas. By Eugene
AndrL With a preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltic, with 34

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illus. and a map. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.
London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1904. xiv, 310 pp. front,
port. 34 illus. map. 23^*™-

ANTHONY, ALFRED WEBSTER. Birds of San
Pedro Martir, Lower California. By A. W. Anthony,
pp. 228-247. 23°°-

APGAR, AUSTIN CRAIG. Pocket key of the
birds of the northern United States, east of the Rocky
Mountains. By Austin C. Apgar . . . Trenton, N. J.,
J. L. Murphy, 1893. i p. i., [5]-63 pp. I4§^-

ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS, THE. Boston,
Lilly & Wait and Carter & Hendee . . . 1831. xvii,
390 pp. illus. in text. 17°°' [Library of Entertaining
Knowledge.]

ASTLEY, HUBERT DELAVAL. My birds in
freedom and captivity. By the Rev. Hubert D. Astley.
. . . New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. ; London, J. M.
Dent & Co., 1901. xvi, 254 pp. illus. (incl. pi.) 23"°-

ATKINSON, JOHN. A compendium of the orni-
thology of Great Britain, with a reference to the
anatomy and physiology of birds. By John Atkinson.
. . . London. Printed for Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1820.
VI [ix]-xii, 232 pp. 23^-

ATKINSON, JOHN. A compendium of the orni-
thology of Great Britain, with a reference to the
anatomy and physiology of birds. By John Atkinson.
London, Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1820. xii, 232 pp.
22^°°-

ATKINSON, JOHN CHRISTOPHER. British
birds* eggs and nests, popularly described. By Rev.
J. C. Atkinson . . . With coloured illustrations by W. S.

BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY

Coleman. London, New York, Routledge, Warne &
Routledge, 1861. viii, 182 pp. 12 coL pL, fold. tab. in
pocket.

ATTWATER, H. P. List of birds observed in the
vicinity of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. By
H. P. Attwater. July, 1892. 230-345 pp. 24'

,cm.

AUDEBERT, J. B. Histoire naturelle et g^n^rale
des Colibris, Giseaux-mouches, Jacamars Promerops.
By J. B. Audebert et L. P. Vieillot. Paris, Desray,
1802. 2 vols. pi. 34*^* (Title-page of vol. 2: Histoire
naturelle et g^n^rale des Grimpereaux et des Oiseaux de
paradis.)

AUDOUIN, JEAN VICTOR. Audouin's explica-
tion sommaire des planches d'oiseaux de I'Egypte et
de la Syrie publi6es par Jules-C6sar Savigny. Edited
by Alfred Newton . . . London, . . . 1883. vii, 139 pp.,
303-456 pp. 22°°- [The Willughby Society.]

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Audubon and his
journals. By Maria R. Audubon, with zoological and
other notes by Elliot Coues . . . New York, C. Scrib-
ner's Sons, 1897. 2 vols, front., illus., 13 pi., 19 port.,
12 facsim. 23*^*

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Audubon MSS. 31
pp. 44°°* (Containing a letter from M. R. and Flor-
ence Audubon, an article on the Wild Turkey, and the
Red Phalarope.)

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Audubon's story of
his youth. Introduction by Maria R. Audubon. 267-
289 pp. illus. 24^^-

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. [Journal kept by J. J.
Audubon while on a journey through the eastern states

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and a part of Canada to solicit subscriptions for his
"Birds of America," 1840-42.] 100 pp. 24|°°- (MS.
has never been published.)

AUDUBON. JOHN JAMES. [Autograph manu-
script journal or diary, beginning Oct. 12, 1820, and
continuing with slight gaps (a few leaves having
been cutout) to December 31, 1821.] 201 pp. i illus.
33x20*^' (This is apparently the first of Audubon's
regular and systematic journals.)

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The birds of America,
from drawings made during a residence of upwards of
25 years in the United States and its territories. By
John James Audubon . . . Prospectus. 2 pp. 285*^*

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The birds of America;
from original drawings. By John James Audubon . . .
London. Pub. by the author, 1827-38. 4 vols. 435 col.
pl. 99^"-

Engr. t.-p.

Imprint dates: vol. I, 1827-30; vol. 2, 1831-34; vol. 3,
1834-35; vol. 4, 1835-38.

Plate LXiv drawn from nature by Lucy Audubon.

Plates i-ii, vi-vii, engr. by W. H. Lizars; retouched by
R. Havell, Jr. ; pl. viii-ix engr. by W. H. Lizars; pl. iii-v,
Ci-cv, cviii, ex, engr., printed and coloured by R. Havell,
Jr.; pl. x-c, cvi-cvii, cix-cxii-ccccxxxv, engr., printed
and coloured by R. Havell.

Plates II, VII, dated 1829; pl. cvi-cx, cxii-cxv, dated
1831; pl. cxxxi-cxL., cxLiii-CLV, dated 1832; pl. clvi-
CLXxvii, CLXxix-CLXXXii, CLXxxiv-CLXxv, dated 1833;
pl. CLXxxvi-cxcvii, cxcix, ccii-ccxxxv, dated 1834; pl.
ccxxxvi-ccLXxxv, ccLXXXVii, ccLXXXix-ccxc, dated
1835; pl. ccLxxxvi, ccLXXXviii, ccxci-cccL, dated 1836;
pl. cccLi-cccc, dated 1837; pl- cccci-ccccxxxv, dated
1838.

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Plate CCLX marked "CCXL."

Originally issued in 87 pts.

"The plates were published without any text, to avoid
the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public
libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright."
— Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, vol.

I. P- 315-

Text to accompany the plates was published in 5 vols,
rl. 8vo, Edinburgh, 1831-39, under title, "Ornithological
biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the
United States of America . . ." Later editions, of text and
plates combined, with alterations, were published in 7 and
8 vols., rl. 8vo, under title, "The birds of America, from
drawings in the United States and their territories."

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The birds of America,
from drawings made in the United States and their
territories. New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia,
J. B. Chevalier, 1840-44. 7 vols. col. pi. 4°. Vols. 6-7;
New York, Philadelphia, J. J. Audubon, 1843-44.
Original edition.

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Letter of John James
Audubon describing Harlan's Hawk. 2 pp. MSS. 32^*

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The life of John
James Audubon the naturalist; ed. by his widow, with
an introduction by Jas. Grant Wilson. New York,
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. 2 pp. i., x, [ii]-443 pp.
front, port. 20'^'

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Ornithological bio-
graphy, or an account of the habits of the birds of the
United States of America, accompanied by descrip-
tions of the objects represented in the work entitled
"The birds of America," and interspersed with deline-
ations of American scenery and manners. By John
James Audubon. Edinburgh, Black, 1831-39. 28|*^-

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5 vols. voL 1-2, Adam Black; vols. 3-4-5, Adam and
Charles Black [ . . . printers]. Appendix in vol. 5 with
illus. in text.

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. A synopsis of the
birds of North America. By John James Audubon . . .
Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1839. xii, 359, [i] p.

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The quadrupeds of
North America. By John James Audubon and the
Rev. John Bachman, D.D., etc. New York. Published
by V. G. Audubon, 1849-54. 3 vols. 155 col. pi. 27*^-

AUDUBON, JOHN WOODHOUSE. Audubon's
western journal, 1 840-1 850. Being the MS. record of a
trip from New York to Texas, and an overland jour-
ney through Mexico and Arizona to the gold-fields of
California. By John W. Audubon, with biographical
memoir by his daughter, Maria R. Audubon . . . with
folded map, port, and drawings. Cleveland, The
Arthur H. Clark Co., 1906. 249 pp. front, port,
illus. 25'='°-

BACHMAN, C. L. John Bachman ... the pastor
of St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston. Charles-
ton, S. C, Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co., 1888.
436 pp. port. I9i*='°-

BAIKIE, W. B. Historia naturalis orcadensis. Z06I-
ogy. Part i (all published), being a catalogue of the
mammalia and birds hitherto observed in the Orkney
Is. By W. B. Baikie and Robert Heddle. Edinburgh,
J. & W. Paterson, 1848. 104 pp. 22|''°-

BAILEY, FLORENCE AUGUSTA MERRIAM.
Birds of village and field. A bird book for beginners.

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By Florence A. Merriam. Boston and New York,
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. xlix, 406 pp. front.,
illus. and pi. 19"°'

BAILEY, FLORENCE AUGUSTA MERRIAM.
Handbook of birds of the Western United States
including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope,
lower Rio Grande Valley. By Florence Merriam
Bailey; with thirty- three full-page plates by Louis
Agassiz Fuertes. . . . 3d ed., rev. Boston and New
York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. xc, 514 pp.
front., illus., plates, map. I9|*^*

BAILEY, HENRY BALCH. Forest and Stream
bird notes. Aa index and summary of all the orni-
thological matter contained in "Forest and Stream,"
vols, i-xii. Compiled by H. B. Bailey. New York,
Forest and Stream Pub. Co., 1881. 195 pp. 23''™-

BAILY, WILLIAM L. Our own birds; a familiar
natural history of the birds of the United States. By
William L. Baily. Rev. and ed. by Edward D. Cope
. . . Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869, 1878.
X, 11-265 PP- incl. front., illus., plates. i8*^' 2 edi-
tions. I 869-1 878.

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. The birds of
North America; the descriptions of species, based
chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smith-
sonia:n Institution. By Spencer F. Baird . . . with
the co-operation of John Cassin . . . and George N.
Lawrence. . . . With an atlas of one hundred plates
. . . Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., i860. 3 pp.
I., [iii]-lvi, 1005 pp. and atlas of 100 col. pi. 30*™*

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. Birds of the
boundary. By Spencer Fullerton Baird . . . with

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notes by the naturalists of the survey. 32 pp. 25 coL
pL 29*='°-

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. Birds of the
Pacific Railway. By Spencer F. Baird . . . with the
co-operation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence.
V. p. 30 col. pi. aQ*^"- (U.S. War Dept. explora-
tions and surveys for a railroad route . . . Wash.,
1858.)

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. A history of
North American birds. By S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer,
and R. Ridgway. Land birds, illustrated by 36 plates
and 593 woodcuts. . . . Boston, Little, Brown & Co.,
1875. 3 vols, illus., plates. 28*^

}cm.

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. A history of
North American birds. By S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer,
and R. Ridgway. Land birds, illustrated by 64 plates
and 593 woodcuts . . . Boston, Little, Brown & Co.,
1905- 3 vols, illus., plates. 26^

rem.

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. The published
writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1 843-1 882. By
George Brown Goode. Washington, Government
Printing Office, 1883. xvi, 377 pp. 22|*''°-

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. Review of
American birds, in the museum of the Smithsonian
Institution. By S. F. Baird. Part i, North and
Middle America. Washington, Smithsonian Institu-
tion, 1864. iv, 450 pp. 24'^- Original edition.

BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. Review of
American birds, in the museum of the Smithsonian
Institution, 1864-1872. 478 pp. Smithsonian Miscel-
laneous Collections. 23*^""

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BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. ... The
water birds of North America. By S. F. Baird, T. M.
Brewer, and R. Ridgway. Issued in continuation of
the publications of the Geological Survey of California.
J. D. Whitney, state geologist. Boston, Little, Brown
& Company, 1884. 2 vols., illus. 28"°'

BAKER, FRANK COLLINS. Notes on the food of
birds. By F. C. Baker. [1889.] pp. 266-270. 22^'

BAKER, T. B. L. An ornithological index, arranged
according to the synopsis avium of Mr. Vigors. By
T. B. L. Baker. London, . . . 1835. vii, 187 pp.

BANGS, OUTRAM. Birds and mammals from
Honduras. By Outram Bangs. Cambridge, Mass.
Printed for the Museum, July, 1903. pp. 141-159.

22|^"-

BANGS, OUTRAM. The Cuban Crab Hawk,
Urubitinga gundlachii (Cabanis). By Outram Bangs,
[1905.] pp. 307-309- 24^'

BANGS, OUTRAM. Notes on birds from Costa
Rica and Chiriqui, with descriptions of new forms and
new records for Costa Rica. By Outram Bangs, 1906.
pp. 102-112. 225*^-

BANGS, OUTRAM. On a collection of birds from
western Costa Rica. By Outram Bangs, 1907. ("The
Auk," vol. XXIV, no. 3, pp. 287-312.) 24'"°'

BANGS, OUTRAM. On the Wood Rails, genus
Aramides, occurring north of Panama. By Outram
Bangs. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1907. pp. 177-187.

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BANGS, OUTRAM. Birds of the Isle of Pines. By
Outram Bangs and W. R. Zappey. Boston, U.S.A.,
Ginn & Co., 1905. pp. 179-215. illus. with photo-
graphs and maps in text. 24*™'

BANGS, OUTRAM. The vertebrata of Gorgona
Island, Colombia. Introduction, Mammalia. By
Outram Bangs. Physical aspect and climate. Fauna.
By Wilmot W. Brown, Jr. Aves. By John E. Thayer
and Outram Bangs. . . . Reptilia, amphibia. By
Thomas Barbour. Cambridge, Mass. Printed for the
Museum, June, 1905. pp. 88-102. 33^"°'

BARLOW, CHESTER. The story of the Faral-
lones. Text by C. Barlow, arranged and published by
H. R. Taylor, editor of "The Nidologist " . . .
Alameda, Cal., 1897, un-p., illus. with photographs.
13x18^-

BARROWS, ANNA. Eggs; facts and fancies about
them. Compiled by Anna Barrows. Boston, D.
Lothrop Co., 1890. 159 pp. front., illus. i8|''°'-

BARROWS, WALTER BRADFORD. Economic
ornithology. By Walter B. Barrows. 193-200 pp.
22^"°- n. d., no pub. .

BARROWS, WALTER BRADFORD. The Eng-
lish Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in North America,
especially in its relations to agriculture. Prepared
under the direction of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, by Walter
B. Barrows. Washington, Government Printing Office,
1889. 405 pp. map. 23°°-

BARROWS, WALTER, BRADFORD. Michigan
bird life. A list of all bird species known to occur in
the state, together with an outline of their clsissifica-

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tion and an account of the life history of each species,
with special reference to its relation to agriculture.
With 70 full-page plates and 152 text figures. By
Walter Bradford Barrows, xiv, 822 pp. 70 pi. 152
illus. 24*=

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. Barton's frag-
ments of the natural history of Pennsylvania. Edited
by Osbert Salvin . . . London, 1883. xviii, 24 pp.
29°°- [The Willughby Society.]

BARTRAM, JOHN. An account of East Florida,
with a journal kept by John Bartran^i of Philadelphia,
botanist to His Majesty for the Floridas; upon a jour-
ney from St. Augustine up the river St. John's. Lon-
don, W. Nicoll & G. Woodfall, 1766. xxii, 90 pp. 20*^'
Introduction by Wm. Stork.

BARTRAM, JOHN. A journal kept by John
Bartram of Philadelphia, botanist to His Majesty for
the Floridas, upon a journey from St. Augustine up the
river St. John's. With explanatory notes; n. d. viii,

70 pp. 20°°'

The introduction to the Journal is signed by Wm.
Stork, M.D. First edition.

BARTRAM, JOHN. Observations on the inhabit-
ants, climate, soil, rivers, productions, animals,, and
other matters worthy of notice, made by Mr. John
Bartram in his travels from Pensilvania to Onondago,
Oswego, and the Lake Ontario, in Canada, to which is
annex'd a curious account of the cataracts at Niagra.
By Mr. Peter Kalm, a Swedish gentleman who travelled
there. London, Whiston and B. White, 1751. viii, 94
pp. folding pi. 19^

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BARTRAM, JOHN TAVENIER. The cage birds
of Bermuda ; their management in confinement, breed-

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ing, rearing, feeding, etc. By John Tavenier Bartram.
St. George's, Bermuda, 1879. ii, 56 pp. 2i'='°-

BARTRAM, WILLIAM. Travels through North
and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida,
the Cherokee Country, the extensive territories of the
Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy and the country
of the Chactaws ; containing an account of the soil and
natural productions of those regions, together with
observations on the manners of the Indians. Embel-
lished with copper plates. Philadelphia, James and
Johnson, 1791. xxxiv, 522 pp. front., pi. 20°°"

BARTRAM, WILLIAM. Travels through North
and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida,
the Cherokee Country, the extensive territories of the
Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the country
of the Chactaws, containing an account of the soil and
natural productions of those regions, together with
observations on the manners of the Indians. Embel-
lished with copper plates. By William Bartram.
Dublin, J. Moore, W. Jones, R. M'Allister and J. Rice,
1793. xxiv, 520 pp. front., illus. 2i'='°-

BATES, FRANK AMASA. The game birds of
North America; a descriptive check-list. By Frank A.
Bates . . . Boston, B.Whidden, 1896. 118 pp. front.,
illus. 17^*="-

BATES, HENRY WALTER. The naturalist on the
river Amazon. A record of adventures, habits of ani-
mals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspect
of nature under the equator during eleven years of
travel. By Henry Walter Bates. With memoir of the
author by Ed. Cloud. Reprint of the unabridged edi-
tion, with map and numerous illus. London, John
Murray, 1892. Ixxxix, 259 pp. front., port. 24"°-

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^ BAZIN, EUGENE. Scenes de la nature dans les
Etats-Unis et le nord de TAmdrique. Ouvrage traduit
d'Audubon, par Eugene Bazin. Paris, P. Bertrand,
1857. 2 vols. 22'^j-

BEAL, FOSTER ELLENBGRQUGH LAS-
CELLES. The Blue Jay and its food. (In U.S. Dept.
of Agriculture Yearbook, 1896. Washington, 1897.
pp. 197-206. illus.) 23'

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BEAL, FOSTER ELLENBOROUGH LAS-
CELLES. The Crow Blaclcbirds and their food. (In
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Yearbook, 1894. Washing-
ton, 1895. pp. 233-248. illus.) 23^

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BEAL, FOSTER ELLENBOROUGH LAS-
CELLES. Food of the Bobolink, Blackbirds, and
Crackles. By F. E. L. Beal . . . Washington, Gov-
ernment Printing Office, 1900. 77 pp. front, map,
illus. 23^-

BEAL, FOSTER ELLENBOROUGH LAS-
CELLES. How birds affect the orchard. By F. E. L.
Beal . . . [Washington, 1901?] [16] pp. 22|''°'-

BECHSTEIN, JOHANN MATTHAUS. Cage and
chamber-birds; their natural history, habits, food, dis-
eases, management, and modes of capture. Tr. from
the German of J. M. Bechstein, M.D. With consider-
able additions on structure, migration, and economy,
comp. from various sources by H. G. Adams. Incor-
porating the whole of Sweet's British Warblers . . .
London, H. G. Bohn, 1853. xvi, 500 pp. illus. 38
(i.e. 31) col. pi. (incl. front.). i8|°°-

BECKHAM, CHARLES WICKLIFFE. Observa-
tions on the birds of southwestern Texas. (In U.S.

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National Museum, Proceedings, 1887, pp. 633-696.)
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BEDDARD, FRANK E. Animal coloration; an
account of the principal facts and theories relating to
the colours and marking of animals. By Frank E.
Beddard. With 4 col. pis. ; and woodcuts in the text.
London, Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.; New York,
Macmillan & Co., 1892. vii, 288 pp. col. front, and
3 col. pi. illus. in text. 22§°°'

BEDDARD, FRANK E. The structure and classi-
fication of birds. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S.
Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, and
Bombay, 1898. xv, 548 pp. 252 illus. in text. 23°°'

BEEBE, CHARLES WILLIAM. The bird, its
form and function. By C. William Beebe . . . with
over three hundred and seventy illustrations, chiefly
photographed from life by the author. New York,
Henry Holt and Company, 1906. x, 496 pp. front.,
illus. 23^'°-

BEEBE, CHARLES WILLIAM. Two bird-lovers
in Mexico. By C. William Beebe . . . illustrated with
photographs from life taken by the author. Boston
and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company,

1905. xiii, 407, [i] pp., II. front., illus. 2i|*'"-

BEEBE, CHARLES WILLIAM. The Swans. By
C. William Beebe; reprinted from the loth annual
report of the N.Y. Zoological Society. New York,

1906. 26 pp. illus. 22^^™-

BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. A voyage
of discovery towards the North Pole, performed in
H.M. ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command

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of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818; to which is added
a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific
by way of the Pole. By Capt. F. W. Beechey. Pub-
lished by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty. London, Richard Bently, 1843. ix, 351 pp.
front., illus. 23*^

,cin.

BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. The Zool-
ogy of Capt. Beechey 's voyage; compiled from the
collections and notes made by Capt. Beechey, the
officers and naturalists of the expedition, during a
voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed
by His Majesty's ship Blossom, under command of
Capt. F. W. Beechey, in the years 1825, '26, '27, and
*28. By J. Richardson [Mammalia], N. A. Vigors
[Ornithology], E. T. Bennett (etc.). Illus. with up-
wards of 50 finely col. pi. by Sowerby. London, Henry
G. Bohn, 1839. xii, 180 pp. col. pis. 30

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BELDING, LYMAN. Land birds of the Pacific
district. By Lyman Belding. San Francisco, Cali-
fornia academy of sciences, 1890. 2 pp., i., 274 pp.

24*^'°-

BENDIRE, CHARLES. The Cowbirds. By Maj.
Charles Bendire. 589-590 pp. 2 pi. 22§'"°'

BENDIRE, CHARLES. The Cowbirds. By
Charles Bendire. The Common Crow of the United
States, by Walter B. Barrows and E. A. Schwarz. —
General report: Walter B. Barrows. Report on Insect
food: E. A. Schwarz. Washington, Government
Printing Office, 1895. v. p. illus., front. 24'='°-

BENDIRE, CHARLES. Description of the nest
and eggs of the California black-capped Gnat-catcher
(Polioptila calif omica, Brewster). By Capt. Chas.

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Bendire. — Notes on a collection of birds' nests and
eggs from southern Arizona Territory. By Capt.
Chas. Bendire (1887). pp. 549-558. 22^' n. t.-p.

BENDIRE, CHARLES Life histories of North

American birds, from the Parrots to the Crackles, with
special reference to their breeding habits and eggs.
By Charles Bendire . . . with seven lithographic
plates. Washington, The Smithsonian Institution,
1895. ix, 518 pp. 7 col. pi. zi^"^'

BENDIRE, CHARLES. Life histories of North
American birds, with special reference to their breed-
ing habits and. eggs, with twelve lithographic plates.
By Charles Bendire. Captain of U.S. Army (retired).
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1892. viii,
446 pp. 12 col. pi. 2>2>¥'^'

BENDIRE, CHARLES. Report on the section of
birds' eggs in the U.S. Nat. Mus. for the years end-
ing June 30, 1886, '87, '88, '89, '90, '92. . By Chas.
Bendire. v. p. 22§*^-

BENDIRE, CHARLES. Notes on a collection of
birds' nests and eggs from southern Arizona Territory.
By Capt. Chas. Bendire, U.S.A. (1887.) 551-558 pp.
2 pi. 22|'^'°-

BENNETTS, W. J. Notes on the food of the Ruffed
Grouse. By W. J. Bennetts. 1900. 10 pp. 23"°' n.
t.-p.

BENT, ARTHUR CLEVELAND. A new sub-
species of Ptarmigan from the Aleutian Islands. By
A. C. Bent. City of Washington. Published by the
Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 6, 1912. 2 pp. 24!*^

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BENT, ARTHUR CLEVELAND. Notes on birds
observed during a brief visit to the Aleutian Islands
and Bering Sea in 191 1. By A. C. Bent. City of Wash-
ington, 1912, Smithsonian Institution. 29 pp. 25"°*

BERENS, S. L. The "Pram" expedition: Nansen
in the frozen world . . . and his journey across
Northern Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N. ,
arranged and edited by S. L. Berens. Pollowed by a
brief history of the principal earlier Arctic explorations
from the 5th century to the Peary expedition. . . .
By John E. Read. Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman &
Co., 1897.. viii, 531 pp. front., port., illus. ; t.-p. in red
and blk.

BERTHOUD, HENRY. Stories of bird life : a book
of facts and anecdotes, illustrative of the habits and
intelligence of the feathered tribes. By Henry Ber-
thoud. With 100 illus. London, T. Nelson & Sons,
Edinburgh, and New York, 1875. xii, 320 pp. front.
100 illus. i8^"°-

BEWICK, THOMAS. A general history of quad-
rupeds. The figures engraved on wood. By Thomas
Bewick. The fifth edition. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick and S.
Hodgson, 1807. x, 525 pp. illus. 22°°*

BEWICK, THOMAS. A general history of quad-
rupeds. The figures engraved on wood. By Thomas
Bewick. London, B. Quaritch, 1885. xi, 526 pp.
26""-

Vol. 3 of Memorial edition.

BEWICK, THOMAS. A history of British birds.
The figures engraved on wood. By T. Bewick . . .
and a supplement, with additional figures. Newcastle.
Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick; sold by him,

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and E. Charnley, Newcastle; and Longman & Co.,
London, 1821. 2 vols, illus. 22"°'

BEWICK, THOMAS. A history of British birds.
By Thomas Bewick. Newcastle: Printed by Edw.
Walker, Pilgrim St., for T. Bewick, . . . 1826. 2 vols,
illus. 23^'

This was the last edition superintended by T. Bewick,

who died in 1828.

BEWICK, THOMAS. A history of British birds.
By Thomas Bewick . . . Newcastle. Printed by J.
Blackwell & Co., for R. E. Bewick; sold by him, Long-
man & Co., London, 1847. 2 vols, illus. 23°"'

BEWICK, THOMAS. A history of British birds.
London, B. Quaritch, 1885. 2 vols, illus. 76"°'

Half-title: Memorial edition of Thomas Bewick's work.
Vols. 1-2. Limited ed. of 750 numbered copies.

Letterpress: Vol. i, by R. Beilby, rev. by T. Bewick; vol.
2, by H. Cotes.

Memorial edition numbered copies 83 and 89.

BEWICK, THOMAS. A memoir of Thomas
Bewick, written by himself. Embellished by numerous
wood engravings, designed and engraved by the author
for a work on British fishes and never before published.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, London, . . . 1862. xix, 344 pp.
front., vignette illus. in appendix. 24*™*

BEWICK, THOMAS. A memoir of Thomas
Bewick, written by himself. Embellished by numerous
wood engravings designed by the author for a work on
British fishes. A new edition prefaced and annotated
by Austin Dobson. London, B. Quaritch, 1887. xxviii,
343 pp. 26°^-

Vol. 5 in set of Bewick works, memorial edition. 2
copies numbered 83 and 89.

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BIGELOW, HENRY B. On hybrids between the
Mallard (Anas boschas) and certain other ducks. By
Henry B. Bigelow, 1907. ("The Auk," vol. 24, 1907,
pp. 383-388.) 24-°-
Autograph copy.

BIGLAND, JOHN. A natural history of birds,
fishes, reptiles, and insects by John Bigland. Illus. by
12 col. pi. engraved mostly from original drawings.
Philadelphia. Pub. by John Grigs, 1828. x, 179 pp.
12 col. pi. ; front, col. ; also ist t.-p. Two copies. 1828-
1832. Later bound under title of "History of Birds,
etc."

Date on col. t.-p. 1828, and on next p. 1832. Very

little difference in two editions.

BIRTWELL, FRANCIS J. Observations on color-
changes in the genus Buteo, apparently due to aptoso-
chromatism. By Francis J. Birtwell, 1903. 14 pp.

22|^'°-

BIRTWELL, FRANCIS J. The occurrence of
Aptosochromatism in Passerina cyanea. By F. J.
Birtwell, 1900. (From "Science," vol. 11, n. s., no.
769, pp. 291-299.) 22*^"*

BLAAUW, F. E. A monograph of the Cranes. By
F. E. Blaauw. Illus. by 22 col. pi. . . . by Heinrich
Leutemann and J. G. Keulemans. Leiden and London,
E. J. Brill, R. H. Porter, 1897. viii, 64 pp. 18 col. pi.
48*="-

BLACKBURN, MRS. HUGH. Birds drawn from
nature. By Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. Edmonston &
Douglas, Edinburgh, 1862. 23 pi. with preface and
index. 38*='°-

BLACKWELDER, ELIOT. Research in China.
In three volumes and atlas. . . . Part two. Petro-
graphy and Zoology, by Eliot Blackwelder. Syllabary

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of Chinese sounds, by Fredrich Hirth. Washington,
D. C, 1907. iv, 357-528, xvii-xxiv pp. illus. and coL
pis. 30""-

BLAKISTON, T. W. Amended list of the birds of
Japan, according to geographical distribution, with
notes concerning additions and corrections since Jan.,
1882. By T. W. Blakiston . . . London, Taylor &
Francis, Jan., 1884. 68 pp. 22'''°'

BLANCHAN, NELTJE. Bird neighbors. An intro-
ductory acquaintance with 150 birds commonly found
in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes.
By Neltje Blanchan. With introduction by John
Burroughs, and 50 col. pi. New York, Doubleday &
McClure Co., 1897. viii, 234 pp. front. 50 col. pi.

BLANCHAN, NELTJE. Birds that hunt and are
hunted. Life histories of 170 birds of prey, game birds
and water fowl. By Neltje Blanchan. With introduc-
tion by G. 0. Shields (Coquina), and 48 col. pi. New
York, Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. xii, 359 pp.
front, and 48 col. pi. 26|*''°-

BLANCHAN, NELTJE. How to attract the birds,
and other talks about bird neighbours. By Neltje
Blanchan. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902.
224 pp. front., illus. with photographs. 22*^"°'

BLYTH, EDWARD. Analytic descriptions of the
groups of birds composing the order Insessores Hetero-
genes. No. i. Rollers, Bee-eaters, and Kingfishers:
Todies, and Jacamars. No. 2. Systematic analysis of
the series. Characters of the series. Character of the
Motmots. Art. H. Outline of a new arrangement of
Insessorial birds. By Edward Blyth, 1838. v. p. 22*^

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BLYTH, EDWARD. The natural history of the
Cranes. A monograph by the late Edward Blyth.
Greatly enlarged, and reprinted, with numerous illus.
by W. B. Tegetmeier . . . Horace Cox and R. H.
Porter, 1881. vi, 91 pp. front., illus. and pis. 26*^°-

BODDAERT, PETER. Table des planches enlu-
min^ez d'histoire naturelle de M. d'Aubenton. Avec
les denominations de M.M. de Buff on, Brisson . . .
Par M. Boddaert . . . ^Utrecht, 1783. 58 pp. 24!^-
[Added title-page: Reprint of Boddaert's Table des
planches enlumin^ez d'histoire naturelle. Edited by
W. B. Tegetmeier. London, 1874.]

BOLTON, JAMES. Harmonia ruralis ; or. An essay
towards a natural history of British song birds; illus.
with figures, the size of life, of the birds, male and
female, in their most natural attitudes; their nest and
eggs, food, favorite plants, shrubs, trees, etc., faithfully
drawn, engraved, and colored after nature. London,
1824. 2 vols, front., col. pi. 33*^'

BOLTON, JAMES. Harmonia ruralis; or, an essay
towards a natural history of British song birds: illus-
trated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and
female, in their most natural attitudes, their nests and
eggs. By James Bolton. London, Henry G. Bohn,
1845. 2 vols. [vol. 2 wanting]; col. pi. 3i'"°'

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. An
account of four species of Stormy Petrels. By Charles
Bonaparte. 6 pp. 2 pi. 22'^'°'

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince,
American ornithology ; or. The natural history of birds
inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson.
With figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from

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nature. By Charles Lucien Bonaparte . . . Phila-
delphia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1825-33. 4 vols. 27 col.
pi. 38x30""-

Vol. 4 published by Carey & Lea.

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. Con-
spectus generum avium. Auctore Carolo Luciano
Bonaparte. Lugduni Batavorum, apud E. J. Brill,
1850, 1857. 2 vols, bound in one. 25°°*

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Coup d'oeil sur I'ordre des Pigeons. Par S.A. Mon-
seigneur le Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte. (From
Comptes rendus des stances de I'Acad^mie des Sciences.
Paris, 1855. vols. 39 and 40, 1854-55.) 59 pp. 29|*="-

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. The
genera of North American birds and a synopsis of the
species found within the territory of the United States.
By Charles Lucien Bonaparte, extracted from the
annals of the Lyceum of natural history of New York.
New York, J. Seymour, 1828. 451 pp. 22|*="-

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Monographie des Loxiens. Par Ch. L. Bonaparte et
H. Schlegel. Ouvrage accompagn6 de 54 planches
color^es, lithographi6es d'apr^s les dessins de M.
Badeker et autres naturalistes. Leiden et Diisseldorf,
Arnz et cie., 1850. xvii, 55 pp. 54 col. pi. 3i''"*

Two copies.

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Note sur les oiseaux des lies Marquises et particuli^re-
ment sur le genre nouveau Serresius, Par S. A. Mon-
seigneur le Prince Bonaparte. (From Academic des
Sciences, comptes rendus, vol. 41.) 30 pp. 295"°'

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BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Notes to the paper entitled Description of ten species
of South American birds. By Charles Lucien Bona-
parte. July 12, 1825. 137-140 pp. 22*=™-

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. Ob-
servations on the nomenclature of Wilson's Orni-
thology. By Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Philadelphia,
. . . Anthony Finley, 1826. un-p. 23'''°-

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. On
a new species of Duck, described by Wilson as the
same with the Anas fuligula of Europe. By Charles
Lucien Bonaparte. Read April 6, 1824. 8 pp. 23°°*

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Specchio comparativo delle ornitologie di Roma e di
Filadelfia di C. L. Bonaparte . . . Estratto dal No.
XXXIII. Del nuovo giornale de' letterati. Pisa, Delia
tipografia Nistri, 1827. xvi-80 pp. 22^*=™'

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince. Sup-
plemento alio specchio comparativo delle ornitologie
di Roma e di Filadelfia di Carlo Luciano Bonaparte
. . . Pisa, . . . 1832. 15 pp. 21°°'

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Tableau des oiseaux de proie. Par S.A. le Prince C. L.
Bonaparte, 1854. 16 pp. 22*"™'

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Tableau des oiseaux-mouches. Par le Prince C. L.
Bonaparte. (Extrait de la Revue et Magazine de
Zoologie, no. 5, 1854.) 12 pp. 22^-

BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN, Prince.
Tableaux synoptiques de I'ordre des Herons. Par S.A.

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Monseigneur Charles Lucien Prince Bonaparte. (From
Academie des Sciences, Compte rendus, Paris, 1855.
Vol. 40.) 8 pp.

BOOTH, E. T. Catalogue of the cases of birds in
the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton. Giving a few
descriptive notes, and the localities in which the speci-
mens were found. By E. T. Booth. Second edition,
1896. Brighton, King, Thome & Stace, 1896. x, 217
pp. front. & photographs. 2i^"'

BORASTON, JOHN MACLAIR. Birds by land
and sea, the record of a year's work with field-glass
and camera. By John Maclair Boraston. Illustrated
by photographs taken direct from nature by the author.
John Lane, London and New York, 1905. xiv, 282 pp.
front., illus. 22,^^'

BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY.
Journal containing papers and communications read
to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1 834-1 837.
Published by their direction. Vol. i, Hilliard, Gray &
Co., 1837. 563 pp. 20 pi. (some col.), map. 22°°"

BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY.
Proceedings, vols. 1-29, 1841-1900. Boston, 1844-
1900. 29 vols., illus. 22^"^-

BOURNS, FRANK S. Preliminary notes on the
birds and mammals collected by the Menage scientific
expedition to the Philippine Islands. By Frank S.
Bourns and Dean C. Worcester. Minneapolis. Printed
for the Academy, Dec. 8, 1894. 64 pp. 29*"

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BOWDITCH, HAROLD. A list of Bermudian
birds seen during July and August, 1903. By Harold
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XXXVIII, no. 451, 1904, Cambridge, Mass., pp. 555-
563.) 23^'"-

BRADFORD, CHARLES. The wild fowlers, or,
Sporting scenes and characters of the great lagoon.
By Charles Bradford. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New
York . . . London, 1901. 175 pp. front., illus. 19^™'

BREE, CHARLES ROBERT. A history of the
birds of Europe not observed in the British Isles. By
C. R. Bree . . . London, Groombridge & Sons, 1866.
4 vols., col. pi. 25*^

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BREE, CHARLES ROBERT. A history of the
birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles. By
Charles Robert Bree . . . London, George Bell &
Sons, 1875-76. 5 vols., col. front., col. plates. 25'^'°-
Second edition enlarged.

BREHM, ALFRED EDMUND. Bird-life, being a
history of the bird, its structure, and habits, together
with sketches of 50 different species. By Dr. A. E.
Brehm. Translated from the German by H. M.
Labouch^re and W. Jesse . . . illus. with 10 col. pi.
by J. G. Keulemans. London, John van Voorst, 1874.
xxvi, 898 pp. front. 10 col. pi. 25|"°-

BREHM, ALFRED EDMUND. La vie des ani-
maux, illustr^e description populaire du r^gne animal.
Par A. E. Brehm; Edition frangaise, revue par Z. Gerre.
Les Giseaux . . . Paris, J. B. Bailliere et fils, n. d.
2 vols, front., illus. [full page and in text].

BREMER, THOMAS M. North American oology,
being an account of the habits and geographical dis-
tribution of the birds of North America during their
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eggs. By Thomas M. Bremer, M.D. Part L Washing-
to 1. Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1857.
New York, D. Appleton & Co. viii., 132 pp., coL pL

BRENCHLEY, JULIUS L. Jottings during the
cruise of H.M.S. Curagoa among the South Sea Islands
in 1865. By Julius L. Brenchley. London, Longmans,
Green & Co., 1873. xxviii, 487 pp. front., illus. and
col. pis. 26|^'"-

BREWSTER, WILLIAM. Bird migration. (Nut-
tall Ornithological Club. Memoirs, no. i.) Cambridge,
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BREWSTER, WILLIAM. The birds of the Cam-
bridge region of Mass. By William Brewster. With
4 pi. and 3 maps. Cambridge . . . 1906. 426 pp.
front., port., 4 pi., 3 maps* 285*^™'

Autograph copy.

BREWSTER, WILLIAM. . . . Birds of the cape
region of Lower California. By William Brewster . . .
Cambridge, Mass., 1902. i p., i., 241, [i] p., fold. map.

24^--

BREWSTER, WILLIAM. Descriptions of seven
supposed new North American birds. By William
Brewster, 1 891. 10 pp. 23*"°*

BREWSTER, WILLIAM. Descriptions of the first
plumage in various species of North American birds.
By William Brewster. 39 pp. 22|*^'

BREWSTER, WILLIAM. On the occurrence, in
Massachusetts of certain rare or interesting birds. By

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William Brewster, 1901. ("The Auk," vol. 18, pp. 135-

I37-) 23'=--

BRISSON, A. D. Ornithologie ou m6thode conte-
nant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres,
esp^ces et leurs vari6t4s. A laquelle on a joint une
description exacte de chaque esp^ce, avec les citations
des auteurs qui en ont traits, les noms qu'ils leur ont
donn6s, ceux que leur ont donnas les diff^rentes nations,
et les noms vulgaires. Par M. Brisson . . . Ouvrage
enrichi de figures en taille-douce. A Paris . . . 1760.
6 vols., text. 26§''°- I vol. pi. 261 pi. 27^'"x33'''°-

BRISSOT, DE WARVILLE, J. P. New travels in
the United States of America, including the commerce
of America with Europe, particularly with France and
Great Britain; in 2 vols. By the late J. P. Brissot de
Warville. Lx)ndon, for J. S. Jordan, 1787. 2 vols. 23*^*
vol. 2, second ed. front., port.

BRITISH ZOOLOGY. . . . Published under the
inspection of the Cymmrodorion Society, instituted
for promoting useful charities, and the knowledge of
nature, among the descendants of the ancient Britons.
Illustrated with 107 copper plates. London, J. & J.
March, . . . 1766. 162 pp. 160 col. pi. 58*"°-
Contents: Clciss I, Quadrupeds; II, Birds.

BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS J. The birds of Aus-
tralia, comprising 300 full-page illus., with a descrip-
tive account of the life and characteristic habits of
over 700 species. By Gracius J. Broinowski . . .
Charles Stuart & Co., Melbourne, 1890-91. 6 vols,
bound in 3. 300 col. pi. 27|^'°*

BROOKS, CHARLES. Elementary course of nat-
ural history, being an introduction to zoology : intended

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for the college and parlor. — Elements of ornithology.
By Charles Brooks. Boston, James Munroe . . .
New York, C. S. Francis & Co., 1847. i-xxxv, 324 pp.
illus. in text and 25 pi. iS^''"'

BROWN, PETER. New illustrations of zoology,
containing 50 coloured plates of new curious and non-
descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and
insects. . . . London. Printed for B. White, 1776.
(In Edwards, G., "A natural history of uncommon
birds," vol. 4.) 136 pp. 50 col. pi. 29*"

-.cm.

BROWN, PIERRE. Nouvelles illustrations de
zoologie, contenant cinquante planches enlumin6es
d'oiseaux curieux et qui non 6t6s jamais descrits, et
quelques de quadrupedes, de reptiles et d'insectes,
avec de courtes descriptions syst6matiques. Par Pierre
Brown. A Londres. Imprint6 pour B. White, 1776.
136 pp., col. illus. 29*^°-

In English and French. Bound with vol. 4 of Edwards,
" Gleanings of natural history."

BROWN, THOMAS, Captain. Illustrations of the
American ornithology of Alexander Wilson and Chas.
Lucien Bonaparte, with the addition of numerous
recently discovered species and representative of the
whole sylva of North America. By Capt. Thomas
Brown. Edinburgh, London, 1835. iii pp. 124 col. pi.

Two copies, one copy with background left uncolored.
Extremely rare.

BROWN, THOMAS, Captain. Illustrations of the
game birds of North America, chiefly the size of
nature. By Capt. Thomas Brown. Edinburgh, Lon-
don, 1834. 15 col. pi. 37*^- No text

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BROWN, THOMAS, Captain. Illustrations of the
genera of birds, embracing their generic characters;
with sketches of their habits. By Capt. Thomas
Brown. London, Edinburgh, 1846. Part i. col. pi.

BROWN, THOMAS, Captain. The taxidermist's
manual ; or. The art of collecting, preparing, and pre-
serving objects of natural history ... By Capt.
Thomas Brown . . . London, Edinburgh, and Dub-
lin, A. Fullarton & Co. xii, 150 pp. illus., 6 pi. 18*"°-

BROWN, THOMAS, Captain. The zoologist's text-
book, embracing the characters of the classes, orders,
and genera of almost the whole animal kingdom, . . .
By Capt. Thomas Brown ... in two volumes. Illus.
by 107 engravings on steel. Glasgow, 1833. 2 vols.,
illus. i8""-

BRUNER, LAWRENCE. The birds of Nebraska.
By Lawrence Bruner. Lincoln, Neb., 1896. 297 pp.
front., port., illus. (Nebraska State Horticultural
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BRYAN, WILLIAM ALANSON. Some birds of
Molokai. By Alanson Bryan. Honolulu, H. I., Bishop
Museum Press, 1908. (Bishop Museum Occasional
Papers, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 133-176.) front., map, illus.
24"'°-

BRYANT, HENRY. A list of birds seen at the Ba-
hamas from Jan. 20 to May 14, 1859. With descriptions
of new or little known species. By Henry Bryant.
1861. 32 pp. 2i^*^'"-

BRYANT, WALTER E. A catalogue of the birds
of Lower California, Mexico. By Walter E. Bryant.

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[CaL Academy of Science.] Dec. 17, 1889. 238-320 pp.
24"°-

BRYANT, WALTER E. Additions to the orni-
thology of Guadalupe Island. By Walter E. Bryant.
269-318 pp. 24*=°'-

BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE
DE. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. ... A Paris, de
rimprimerie royale, 1770-74. 3 vols, text = v. i, xxii,
313 pp. vol. 3, 3382 pp. 3 vols, pi., 432 col. pi. 32*=™'

Under title " Ornithologie," designed by Martinet and
colored by hand. All 6 vols, bound by D6rome in fine
old red morocco, extra gilt, edges gilt.

BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE
DE. A natural history, general and particular; con-
taining the history and theory of the earth, a general
history of man, the brute creation, vegetables and
minerals. By George Louis Le Clerc, Count of Bufifon.
Translated by Wm. Smellie. A new edition ... to
which is added A history of birds, fishes, reptiles, and
insects, . . . By Henry Augustus Chambers. London,
Thomas Kelly & Co., i860. 2 vols., col. pi. 28^

cm.
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BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE
DE. A natural history of the globe, of man, of beasts,
birds, fishes, reptiles, insects and plants; from the writ-
ings of Buffon, Cuvier, Lacep^de, and other eminent
naturalists, edited by John Wright. A new edition . . .
with 500 engravings. Boston. Published by Gray &
Brown, 1 85 1. 5 vols. 500 engravings. 17^

.cm.

BULLER, WALTER LAWRY. Notes on the orni-
thology of New Zealand. By Walter L. Buller. 1877.
84 pp. I pi. 23'='°-

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DULLER, WALTER LAWRY. . . . Manual of
the birds of New Zealand. By Walter L. BuUer. Pub-
lished by command. New Zealand, . . . Geo. Dids-

bury, . . . 1882. ix, 107 pp. front., illus., and pi.
25cm.

BULLER, WALTER LAWRY. A history of the
birds of New Zealand. By Walter Lawry BuUer. Lon-
don, John van Voorst, 1873. xxiii, 384 pp., col. pi.,
front, (not col.). 31*™' Second edition. London, pub.

by the author, . . . 1888. 2 vols. col. pi. and illus.

38cm.

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY. Central Park, N. Y.
Printed for the Museum, 1881-1901. 14 vols., pi. and
woodcuts. 24*^™*

BUREAU, LOUIS. De la mue du bee et des orna-
ments palpebraux du Macareaux Arctique, Fratercula
arctica. Apr^s la saison des amours. Par le docteur
Louis Bureau, 1877. 2 editions. 21 pp. 2 pi. (iv. and
v.) 25"°- 610-616 pp. illus. in text. 22|'='"-

BUREAU, LOUIS. Recherches sur la mue du bee
des oiseaux de la famille des Mormonid^s. Par le
docteur Louis Bureau. . . . (Extrait du Bulletin de la
Society Zoologique de France, 1879.) Paris, F. Savy,
1879. 68 pp. 6 col. pi., map. 25''"-

BURROUGHS, JOHN. The writings of John Bur-
roughs. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. . . . 1 904-1 908. 15 vols. 2 fronts, (i col.), full
page illus. 28""*

BUTLER, AMOS W. The birds of Indiana. A
descriptive catalogue of the birds that have been

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observed within the state, with an account of their
habits. By Amos W. Butler. Indianapolis, 1898. 515-
1187 pp. 23^"°-

BUTLER, AMOS. Some notes concerning the Even-
ing Grosbeak. By Amos Butler, un-p., n. d. 8 pp.

BUTLER, ARTHUR G. Birds' eggs of the British
Isles. Collated by Arthur G. Butler. With 24 coloured
plates (illus. 475 specimens) from drawings by F. W.
Frohawk. London, L. Upcott Gill . . . New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. front, (col.), 24 col.
pi., vii, 105 pp. 29"°'

BUTLER, ARTHUR G. British birds with their
nests and eggs. . . . Illus. by F. W. Frohawk.
Brumby & Clarke, Ltd. n. d. 6 vols., col. pi. and other
pi. 28*='°-

BUTLER, ARTHUR G. Foreign finches in cap-
tivity. By Arthur G. Butler. . . . Illus. with 60 pi.
by F. W. Frohawk, F.E.S. ; coloured by hand. London,
L. Reeve & Co. viii, 332 pp. col. front. 60 col. pi. 33*^'

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Pro-
ceedings. 2d series. San Francisco, 1 889-1 896. 5 vols,
maps. 2^¥°'-

CALL, RICHARD ELLSWORTH. The life and
writings of Rafinesque, prepared for the Filson Club
and read at its meeting Monday, April 2, 1824. By
Richard Ellsworth Call. Louisville, Kentucky, John
P. Morton & Co., 1895. xii, 227 pp. front., port. 30"°*

CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD JAMES. Nests and
eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical

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distribution of the species and popular observations
thereon. By Archibald James Campbell . . . With map,
28 coloured plates and 131 photographic illustrations.
Sheffield . Printed for the author by Pawson & B railsf ord ,
1901. xi, 1 102 pp. port., pi. (partly col.), map. 26^*"™*

CAMPBELL, ARTHUR JAMES. Nests and eggs
of the Honey-eaters or meliphagous birds of Australia.
By A. J. Campbell. Read before the Australasian
Association for the Advancement of Science. Jan.,
1898. 76 pp. 22*^-

CAPEN, ELWIN A. Oology of New England, a
description of the eggs, nests and breeding habits of the
birds known to breed in New England: with colored
illustrations of their eggs. By Elwin A. Capen. Boston,
1886. 116 pp. 25 col. pi. 34'^-

CARRIKER, M. A., JR. An annotated list of the
birds of Costa Rica, including Cocos Island. By M. A.
Carriker, Jr., 1910. pp. 314-915. map (at end). 24|*'°'
(Reprinted from Annals of the Carnegie Museum, vol.
VI, nos. 2-4, 1910.)

CARVER, JONATHAN. Travels through the
interior parts of North America, in the years 1766 and
1768. By John Carver, Esq. . . . Illustrated with
copper plates. London. Printed for the author; and
sold by J. Walter . . . 1778. xvi, 17-543 pp. front.
3 illus. map. 22"°'

CARVER, JONATHAN. Travels through the
interior parts of North America, in the years 1766,
1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. . . . Illustrated
with copper plates, coloured. The third edition. To
which is added some account of the author and a
copious index. London: 178 1, xvi, 543 pp. 2 maps, pL
(col.). 2i|"°-

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CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY. The feathered
tribes. New York, Alexander Montgomery, 1854. iv,
632 pp. illus. 29*^-

CASSIN, JOHN. Birds, n. p., n. d., pp. 172-206,
col. pi. XIV-XXVIII. 2<f^'

Contents: Order i, Raptores. Order 11, Incessores. Order
III, Rasores. Order iv, Grallatores. Order v, Natatores.

CASSIN, JOHN. Birds. ByJ. Cassin. 171-206 pp.
col. pi. XIV-XXVIII. 2d)Y°^' no t.-p., n. d.

CASSIN, JOHN. Birds: A. Birds collected in
Japan. B. Birds collected in China, the Loo Choo
Islands, the Islands of Singapore and Ceylon, and on
the coast of California, n. p., n. d. 218-248 pp. 6 pi.
(col.). 29*=

■.cm.

CASSIN, JOHN. Descriptions of new species of
birds of the genera Selenidera, Gould, and Numida,
Linnaeus; and of a new genus and species of Rasoria
bird in the Museum of the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia. By John Cassin. Journal of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. p.
col. pi. 34

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2

CASSIN, JOHN. Illustrations of the birds of Cali-
fornia, Texas, Oregon, and British and Russian
America. 30 pp. 5 col. pi. 2^\^^'

CASSIN, JOHN. Descriptions of owls, presumed
to be new species, in the collection of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. By John Cassin. —
Description of a new rapacious bird, in the Museum of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
(1847). By John Cassin. pp. 57-59, and 21-23. 5 col.
pl. 33'"-

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CASSIN, JOHN. Illustrations of the birds of Cali-
fornia, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America.
Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all
North American birds not given by former American
authors, and a general synopsis of North American
ornithology. By John Cassin . . . 1853 to 1855.
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1856. viii, 298
pp. 50 col. pi. (incl. front.). 27"^'

. . . Same, 1862.

CASSIN, JOHN. Mammalogy and ornithology . . .
with folio atlas. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1858. (U.S.
Exploring Expedition . . . 1838-1842.) viii, 466 pp.
pi. illus. 32§^- atlas. 56°°-

CASSIN, JOHN. Sketch of the birds composing
the genera Vireo, Viellot, and Vireosylvia, Bonaparte,
with a list of the previously known and descriptions of
three new species. By John Cassin (Feb. 25, 1851). —
Descriptions of new species of birds of the genera
Galbula and Bucco, Brisson, . . . 1851. — Notes on
N. A. Falconidae, with descriptions of new species,
Feb. 6. 1855. — Descriptions and notes on birds in the
collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil-
adelphia and in the Nat. Mus. Washington, Oct., 1856.
— Catalogue of the Caprimulgidse in the collection of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
Nov. 1 85 1. — An examination of the birds of the
genus Chrysomitris of the Museum of the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. — Catalogue of
the Hirundinidae in the collection of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. By John Cassin,
July, 1853. V. p. 4 col. pi. 23*™- (Proceedings Academy
of Natural Science.)

CATESBY, MARK. The natural history of Caro-
lina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing

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the figures of birds, insects, fishes, serpents, and
plants; — descriptions in English and French. To
which is prefixed a new and correct map of the coun-
tries with observations on their natural state, inhab-
itants and productions. By the late Mark Catesby
. . . London, Benjamin White, 1771. 2 vols., col. pi.,
front, in vol. i, map. 53^*"°'

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Bird-life; a
guide to the study of our common birds. By Frank
M. Chapman. . . . With seventy- five full-page plates
and numerous text drawings by Ernest Seton Thomp-
son. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897.
xii, 269 pp. front., illus. I9i'^'°-

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Bird-life; a
guide to the study of our common birds. By Frank M.
Chapman . . . Illustrated by Ernest Seton Thomp-
son . . . with seventy-five full-page plates in colors.
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1898. xvi,
195 PP- illus., 75 col. pi. 22§°°-

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Bird studies
with a camera ; with introductory chapters on the out-
fit and methods of the bird photographer. By Frank
M. Chapman . . . With over one hundred photo-
graphs from nature, by the author. New York, D.
Appleton and Company, 1900. xiv, 218 pp. front.,
illus. I9|*='°-

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Camps and
cruises of an ornithologist. By Frank M. Chapman
. . . With 250 photographs from nature, by the
author. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1908.
xvi, 432 pp. col. front., illus., col. pi. 23

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CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Color key to
North American birds. By Frank M. Chapmaa . . .

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with upward of 800 drawings by Chester A. Reed, B.S.
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903. vi,
312 pp. col. front, illus. (partly col.). 23*^"°'

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. The economic
value of birds to the state. By Frsmk M. Chapman.
Albany, J. B. Lyon Co., 1903. 66 pp. 12 col. pi. 28*'°*

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Handbook of
birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species
and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs,
their distribution and migrations and a brief account
of their haunts and habits ... By Frank M. Chap-
man, with full-page pi. in colors and black and white,
and upwards of 150 cuts in the text. Fifth edition.
New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1898. xiv, 431 pp.
front, (col.), illus. i8*^'°-

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Handbook of
birds of eastern North America, with introductory
chapters on the study of birds in nature. By Frank M.
Chapman . . . with full-page plates in colors and
black and white, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and text-
cuts, by Tappan Adney and Ernest Thompson Seton.
Revised edition. New York and London, D. Appleton
and Company, 1912. xxix, 530 pp. col. front. 24 pi.
(incl. front.), some col. 18*^™*

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. Visitors' guide
to the local collection of birds in the American Mu-
seum of Natural History, New York City. With an
annotated list of the birds known to occur within 50
miles of New York City. By Frank M. Chapman,
New York, 1894. 100 pp. front, illus. 22"°-

CHAPMAN, FRANK MICHLER. The warblers
of North America. By Frsmk M. Chapman, with

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cooperation of other ornithologists; with twenty-four
full-page colored plates, illustrating every species,
from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce
Horsfall, and half-tones of nests and eggs. New York,
D. Appleton & Company, 1907. 3 pp. i., v-ix, 306 pp.
8 pi., 24 col. pi. (incl. front.). 24§"°-

CHERRIE, GEORGE K. Notes on Costa Rican
birds. By George K. Cherrie. (Proceedings National
Museum, 1891.) v. p. 22'^'

CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Transac-
tions. Chicago. Published by the Academy, 1867—
1869. Vol. I. illus. and pi. (some col.). 29*^

-.cm.

CLARK, AUSTIN HOBART. Eighteen new species
and one new genus from Eastern Asia and the Aleutian
Islands. By Austin H. Clark. (U.S. National Museum
Proceedings, vol. 32, 1907, pp. 467-475.) 24'"°-

CLARK, AUSTIN HOBART. Report on a col-
lection of birds made by Pierre Louis Jouy in Korea.
By Austin H. Clark. (U.S. Nat. Mus. Proceedings,
vol. 38, 1910, pp. 147-176.) 24I''"-

CLARK, AUSTIN HOBART. The birds collected
and observed during the cruise of the United States
Fisheries steamer Albatross in the North Pacific ocean,
and in the Bering, Okhotsk, Japan, and eastern seas,
from April to Dec, 1906. By Austin Hobart Clark.
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910. (Proc.
of the U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 38, pp. 25-74. 1910.) 24^"°*

CLECKLEY, M. T. In the haunts of the Swain-
son's Warbler. With notes on migration, food, song,
description of bird, its nest and eggs, etc. Illustrated
by photographs of nests and eggs, by Dr. M. T.
Cleckley. Augusta, Georgia. 6 pp. illus. 24*^*

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COATES, HENRY. Audubon, the American orni-
thologist. By Henry Coates.* 8 pp. 22°°- (. . . Proc.
of the Perthshire Society of Nat. Sci., 1894 . . . vol.
II, pp. xxiv-xxix.)

Private copy with autograph letter to Mrs. Elliott

Coues.

COMSTOCK, J. L. Natural history of birds; with
engravings, on a new plan, exhibiting their compara-
tive size: adapted to the capacities of youth: with
authentic anecdotes, illustrating their habits and char-
acters; together with reflections, moral and religious,
designed for Sabbath school libraries, families, and
common schools. By J. L. Comstock, M.D. Hartford.
Published by D. F. Robinson & Co., 1830. 216 pp.
front. I9"'°-

COMTE, ACHILLE. Keepsake d'histoire naturelle
description des oiseaux suivie d'un expos6 de I'art
de les preparer et de les conserver. Classification de
Cuvier . . . texte de Bufifon. Revis^, r6duit et pr6ced6
d'une introduction par M. Achille Comte . . . Paris,
Bazonge-Pigoreau, n. d. xxiii, 512 pp. front. 38 col.
pi. 26i*^-

CONDOR, — continuation of the bulletin of the
Cooper ornithological club of California. A bi-monthly
magazine of Pacific coast ornithology. 1899. 14 vols,
illus. 25!*^™- Vol. I, pub. under title of Bulletin of the
Cooper O. C. of Cal., at Santa Clara, Cal. Vols. 2, 3,
4, pub. at Santa Clara, Cal. Vols. 5 and 6, Palo Alto,
Cal. Vol. 7, no t.-p. Vol. 8, Santa Clara, Cal. Vol. 9,
no t.-p. Vols. 10 and 11, Hollywood, Cal.

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. The birds of
Colorado. By W. W. Cooke . . . Fort Collins, Colo-
rado, March, 1897. The Smith Brooks Printing Co.,

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Denver. 143 pp. 22"°- (State Agr. College . . . Bul-
letin no. 37.) •

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. The birds of
Colorado. A second appendix to bulletin no. 37. By
W. W. Cooke. Pub. by the Experiment Station, Fort
Collins, Col., 1900. pp. 180-239. 23'''"- (The Agr.
Exp. Station of the Agr. College of Col., Bulletin 57.)

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. . . . Distri-
bution and migration of North American warblers.
By Wells W. Cooke . . . Washington, Government
Printing Office, 1904. 142 pp. 23"°- (U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture. Division of Biological Survey. Bulletin
18.)

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. . . . Distri-
bution and migration of North American ducks, geese,
and swans. By Wells W. Cooke . . . Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1906. 90 pp. 23"°' (U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture. Biological Survey. Bulletin 26.)

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. Distribution
and migration of North American shore birds. By
Wells W. Cooke. Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1910. 100 pp. 4 pi. 23*^' (U.S. Dept. of Agri-
culture, Biological Survey. Bulletin no. 35.)

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. The migratory
movements of birds in relation to the weather. By
Wells W. Cooke, pp. 379-390. Map [in text]. 231"^-
(U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 19 10.)

COOKE, WELLS WOODBRIDGE. Some new
facts about the migration of birds. (In U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture Yearbook, 1903, pp. 371-386. illus. 23'
Washington, 1904.)

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COOPER, J. G. Geological survey of California.
J. D. Whitney, State Geologist. Ornithology, vol. I,
Land birds. Edited by S. F. Baird from the mss. and
notes of J. G. Cooper. Published by authority of the
Legislature, 1870. xi, 592 pp. illus. in text. 27|*^'°-

COOPER, J. W. Game fowls, their origin and his-
tory, with a description of the breeds, strains and
crosses. The American and English modes of feeding,
training, and heeling; how to breed and cross, . . .
with a description and treatment of all diseases inci-
dent to game fowls. By J. W. Cooper. Standard edi-
tion. . . . Dr. J. W. Cooper, West Chester, Pa.
(1869). 304 PP- 23*=

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CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. Beautiful and curi-
ous birds of the world. By Charles B. Cory . . . Bos-
ton, Mass. Pub. by the author, 1883. col. plates.
69x54''°'- 2 pi. for each bird; col.

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. The birds of eastern
North America known to occur east of the nineteenth
meridian . . . Key to the families and species. By
Charles B. Cory . . . Special edition printed for the
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. Chicago, 1899.
2 vols, illus. 24*''"-

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. The birds of Haiti
and San Domingo. By Charles B. Cory. Estes &
Lauriat, Boston, U.S.A., 1885. 198 pp. front, (map.),
col. pis. 30''"'

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. ... The birds of
Illinois and Wisconsin. By Charles B. Cory . . . Chi-
cago, 1909. 764 pp. illus. 24I''"- (Field Museum of
Natural History, Publication 131. Zoological series,
vol. IX.)

Autograph copy.

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CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. Birds of the
Bahama Islands; containing many birds new to the
Islands, and a number of undescribed winter plumages
of North American species. By Charles B. Cory, illus.
Boston. Pub. by author, 1880. 250 pp. front., illus.

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. Birds of- the
Bahama Islands; containing many birds new to the
islands, and a number of winter plumages of North
American species. By Charles B. Cory . . . Boston,
Riverside edition, Estes & Lauriat, 1890. 250 pp. col.
front., 7 col. pi. 27|x2i|"°-

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. ... The birds of
the Leeward Islands, Caribbean Sea. By Charles B.
Cory . . . Chicago, 1909. i pi. i., pp. 193-255. front,
(map). 241*"°- (Field Museum of Natural History,
Publication no. 137. Ornithological series, vol. i, no. 5.)

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. How to know the
ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the
species being grouped according to size and color. By
Charles B. Cory . ". . Boston, 1897. 95 pp. front.,
illus. 23^xi8f'°-

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. How to know the
shore birds (Limicolse) of North America (south of
Greenland and Alaska), all the species being grouped
according to size and color. By Charles B. Cory . . .
Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1897. 89 pp. front.,
illus. 23x18^-

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. Hunting and fish-
ing in Florida, including a key to water birds known to
occur in the state. By Charles B. Cory . . . Second
edition. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1896. 304 pp. front.,
illus. 22r-

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CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. A list of the birds
of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands and
the Greater and Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of
Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory. Revised
edition. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1886. 34 pp. 31

cm.

CORY, CHARLES BARNEY. A naturalist in the
Magdalen Islands ; giving a description of the islands
and list of the birds taken there, with other ornitho-
logical notes. By Charles B. Cory. Illustrated from
sketches by the author. Boston, 1878. iv pp., li., [7]-
93 pp. front., illus., pi. 20x17*^-

COUES, ELLIOTT. American ornithological bibli-
ography. List of the faunal publications relating to
North American ornithology. By Dr. Elliott Coues.

4 vols. 22^''°'- vol. 4 British ornithology. (Bull.

of the U.S. Geol. and Geog. Survey of the Territories.)

COUES, ELLIOTT. Avifauna Columbiana: being
a list of birds ascertained to inhabit the District of
Columbia, with the times of arrival and departure of
such as are non-resident, and brief notices of habits,
etc. . . . Second edition revised to date and . . .
rewritten. By Elliott Coues . . . and D. Webster
Prentiss . . . Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1883. 133 pp. front., illus. 23'=°'' (U.S. Na-
tional Museum, Bulletin no. 26.)

COUES, ELLIOTT. . . . Birds of the Colorado
valley . . . scientific and popular information con-
cerning North American ornithology. By Elliott Coues.
Part first : Passeres to Laniidae, bibliographical appen-
dix, seventy illustrations. Washington, Government
Printing Office, 1878. xvi, 807 pp. 22 1*^- (Depart-
ment of the Interior. United States Geographical Sur-
vey of the Territories. Miscellaneous publications,
no. II.)

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COUES, ELLIOTT. . . . Birds of the northwest: a
handbook of the ornithology of the region drained by
the Missouri River and its tributaries. By ElHott
Coues . . . Washington, Government Printing Office,
1874. xi, 791 pp. 23|*"°" (U.S. Geological and Geo-
graphical Survey of the Territories. Miscellsineous
publications, no. 3.)

COUES, ELLIOTT. Check list of North American
birds. By Elliott Coues. Salem (Mass.), Naturalists'
Agency, 1873. I5 PP- H^""'

Consists of t.-p. and 7 leaves printed and numbered

on recto only.

COUES, ELLIOTT. Field-notes on birds observed
in Dakota and Montana along the forty-ninth parallel
during the seasons of 1873 and 1874. By Elliott Coues.
pp. 545-661. 23^

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COUES, ELLIOTT. Field ornithology. Compris-
ing a manual of instruction for procuring, preparing
and preserving birds ; and a check list of North Ameri-
can birds. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A. Salem, Nat-
uralists' Agency; New York, Dodd & Mead, 1874. iv,
116, 137 pp. 2^"^-

COUES, ELLIOTT. Key to North American birds,
containing a concise account of every species of living
and fossil bird at present known from the continent
north of the Mexican and United States boundary.
Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 wood-
cuts. By Elliott Coues. Salem, Naturalists' Agency ;
New York, Boston, 1872. 361 pp. illus. 29°°*

COUES, ELLIOTT. Key to the North American
birds, containing a concise account of every species of
living and fossil bird at present known from the conti-
nent north of the Mexican and United States boundary,

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inclusive of Greenland and Lower California. With
which are incorporated general ornithology: An out-
line of the structure and classification of birds; and
field ornithology: A manual of collecting, preparing
and preserving birds. The fifth edition ... in two
vols. By Elliott Coues. . . . Profusely illus. Boston,
Dana Estes & Co., 1903. 2 vols., paged continuously.
24''"- Vol. I, xii, 535 pp. front, col., 353 fig. and port.
Vol. 2, vi, 537-1152 pp. fig. 354-747.

COUES, ELLIOTT. List of faunal publications re-
lating to British birds. (U.S. Nat. Museum Proceed-
ings, vol. 20, pp. 359-482.) 22*^*

COUES, ELLIOTT. On the present status of Passer
domesticus in America, with special reference to the
western states and territories. By Dr. Elliott Coues,
U.S.A. pp. 175-193. 22F'°-

COUES, ELLIOTT. The expeditions of Zebulon
Montgomery Pike to the headwaters of the Mississippi
river, through Louisiana Territory and in New Spain
during the years 1805-6-7. New edition . . . By
Elliott Coues, ... in three volumes. New York, F.
P. Harper, 1895. 3 vols. 26|''™- Vol. i, front, port.,
memoir of author — Mississippi voyage. Vol. 2,
Arkansas, Mexico. Vol. 3, map and index.

COUES, ELLIOTT. Progress of American orni-
thology. 1 87 1, pp. 364-373. 23"°' (From the " Amer-
ican Naturalist," August, 1871.)

COUES, ELLIOTT. Natural history. List of birds
ascertained to inhabit the District of Columbia, with
the times of arrival and departure of such as are non-
residents, and brief notices of habits, etc. By Elliott
Coues and D. Webster Prentiss. 400-421 pp. 22|'^°'
No t.-p., n. d.

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CRAIG, HUGH. The animal kingdom, based upon
the writings of the eminent naturalists Audubon,
Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others. Edited by Hugh
Craig, with 64 full-page illus. Accurately and beauti-
fully executed in colors and tints. New York, Johnson
& Bailey [1897]. 2 vols., 64 col. pi. 26"°-

CRAWFURD, OSWALD. A year of sport and nat-
ural history, shooting, hunting, coursing, falconry, and
fishing, with chapters on birds of prey, the nidifica-
tion of birds and the habits of British wild birds and
animals. Edited by Oswald Crawfurd, with numerous
illustrations . . . London, Chapman & Hall, 1895.
331 pp. front. 29*^

vcm.

CRAWSHAY, RICHARD. The birds of Tierra del
Fuego. By Richard Crawshay . . . London, B.
Quaritch, 1907. xl, 158 pp. illus., 23 pi. (incl. front.),
21 col. pi., map. 29*"°-

" Three hundred copies of this work have been printed,
of which this is no. 85."

CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT O. Notes on the nat-
ural history of the Strait of Magellan and west coast
of Patagonia, made during the voyage of H.M.S.
Nassau in the years 1866-69, inclusive. By Robert O.
Cunningham. With map and illus. Edinburgh, 187 1.
xvi, 517 pp. front., illus. 21*™*

CURRIE, ROLLA P. A new Bird of Paradise. By
Rolla P. Currie. Descriptions of three new birds from
Lower Siam. By Charles W. Richmond, M.D. — A
flightless Auk, Mancalla californiensis, from the
Miocene of California. By Frederic A. Lucas. — De-
scription of a new bird of the genus Dendromis. By
Charles Richmond, M.D. v. p. 23'^°"

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CUVIER, GEORGES l£0P0LD, BARON. The
animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its
organization by the Baron Cuvier, with additional
descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of
many not before noticed. By Edward Griffith and
others. London, Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1827-
1834. 15 vols, and index, col. pi. 25'''°-

CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD, BARON. The
animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its
organization. By Baron Cuvier. Translated from the
French and abridged for the use of schools, etc., by
H. M. Murtrie . . . New York, G. & C. &H. Carvill,
1832. vi, 532 pp. 22§°°-

DARWIN, CHARLES. The zoology of the voyage
of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain
Fitzroy, during the years 1 832-1 836 . . . Edited and
superintended by Charles Darwin . . . Part 11. Mam-
malia. London, Smith, Elder and Co. . . . 1839. v,
97 pp. illus. and col. pi. 32^"*

Letter from Charles Darwin to Richard Owen in front of
volume.

DARWIN, CHARLES. The zoology of the voyage
of H.M.S. Beagle, under command of Captain Fitzroy,
during the years 1832 to 1836. Published with the
approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury. Edited and superintended by Charles Dar-
win. London. Published by Elder & Co. . . . 1840-

1843. 5 parts in 3 vols. Illustrated with many plates.
32cm.

DAVENPORT, CHARLES B. Inheritance in 'Ca-
naries. By Charles Davenport. Washington, D.C.
Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington,
1908. 26 pp. 3 col. pi. 2^^-

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DAVID, ARMAND, ABBE. Journal d'un voyage
dans le centre de la Chine et dans le Thibet oriental,
avec Catalogue des oiseaux nouveaux ou incompl^te-
ment connus, par J. Verreaux; et Remarques sur I'lbis
Sinensis, par E. Oustalet. 248 pp. 10 col. pi. 33!^"
(Nouvelles Archives du Museum. Bulletin, vol. 7.)

DAVID ARMAND, ABB£. Les oiseaux de la
Chine. Par M. l'Abb6 Armand David et M. E.
Oustalet. Avec un atlas de 124 planches, dessindes et
lithographi^es. Par M. Amoul, et colorizes au pinceau.
Paris, G. Masson, 1877. 2 vols., text and atlas. 25

icm.
2

DAVIDSON, R. O. A new theory of the flight of
birds. By R. O. Davidson. Washington, D. C, Henry
Polkinhorn, 1858. 28 pp. illus. 2i|^-

DAVIE, OLIVER. Methods in the art of taxidermy.
By Oliver Davie ... 90 full-page engravings chiefly
drawn by Theodore Jasper . . . the whole containing
500 figures, clearly illustrating the modes of procedure
in the art, together with examples of characteristic
forms and altitudes of various species of the animal
kingdom, including reproductions from photographs
of actual work by American taxidermists. Columbus,
Hann & Adair; Lx)ndon, H. T. Booth, 1894. xiv, 150,
vii, xiii pp. 27"°'

DAVIE, OLIVER. Nests and eggs of North Ameri-
can birds. By Oliver Davie. 4th ed., rev. and augm.
Introduction by J. Parker Norris. Illustrations by
Theodore Jasper . . . and W. Otto Emerson. Col-
umbus [O.], Hann & Adair, 1889. 5 pp. I., 455, xii pp.
13 pi. (incl. front.). 23*^-

The first edition was published in 1885 under title: An
egg check list of North American birds.

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DAVIE, OLIVER. Nests and eggs of North Ameri-
can birds. By Oliver Davie. The fifth edition revised,
augmented and illustrated. Part ii. Ornithological
and oological collecting. (The preparation of skin,
nests and eggs for the cabinet.) Columbus, The Lon-
don Press, 1898. 509, 18, xvi, pp. front., ill. in text.
23cm.

DAVIE, OLIVER. Reveries and recollections of a
naturalist. By Oliver Davie . . . with illus. Colum-
bus, 1898. 106 pp. front. 2sV^'
Edition de luxe.

DAVIS, C. H. Narrative of the North polar expedi-
tion U.S. Ship Polaris, Capt. C. F. Hall commanding.
Edited under the direction of the Hon. G. M. Robeson
... by Rear Admiral C. H. Davis, U.S. Naval Ob-
servatory, 1876. Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1876. 696 pp. illus. 26|^'°-

DAWSON, WILLIAM LEON. The birds of Ohio;
a complete scientific and popular description of the
320 species of birds found in the state. By William
Leon Dawson . . . with introduction and analytical
keys by Lynds Jones . . . Illustrated by 80 plates in
color-photography and more than 200 original half-
tones, showing the favorite haunts of the birds, flock-
ing, feeding, nesting, etc., from photographs taken by
the author and others . . . Columbus, The Wheaton
Publishing Co., 1903. xlvii, 674 pp., incl. front., illus.
8ocol.pl. 27°°-

"Original edition, limited to one thousand copies." This
copy not numbered.

DAWSON, WILLIAM LEON. The birds of Wash-
ington ; a complete scientific and popular account of the
372 species of birds found in the state. By William

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Leon Dawson . . . assisted by John Hooper Bowles.
Seattle, The Occidental Publishing Co., 1909. 2 vols,
front., illus., plates (partly col.), ss^""' Paged contin-
uously; Vol. I, 4 pp., I., iii-xvii pp., II., 458 pp.; vol. 2,
3 pp. I., iii pp., II., [4591-997 PP-

"Of this work in all 'its editions 1250 copies have been

printed and the plates destroyed." 15 additional plates by

Allan Brooks. Patron's edition.

DEARBORN, NED. A preliminary list of the birds
of Belknap and Merrimac Counties, New Hampshire,
with notes. By Ned Dearborn. Presented to the fac-
ulty of the N.H. College of Agr. and the Mechanic
Arts as a thesis for the degree of M.S., June, 1898.
Durham, N.H., College, 1898. 34 pp. 22°°-

DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. A biological
survey of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and
Utah. Part 11 . . . Washington, Government Print-
ing Office, 1893. 402 pp. front., illus., 14 pi., 5 maps.
23*^' (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of orni-
thology and mammology. North American fauna
no. 7.) Part i, not published (1908).

DE KAY, JAMES E. Zoology of New York, or the
New York fauna, com-prising detailed descriptions of
all the animals hitherto observed within the state of
New York, with brief notices of those occasionally
found near its borders, and accompanied by appro-
priate illustrations. By James E. De Kay. Part li.
Birds. Albany, Printed by Carroll & Cook, 1844. xii,
380 pp. 141 col. pi.

DELABARRE, E. B. Report of the Brown-
Harvard Expedition to Nachrak, Labrador, in the
year 1900. By E. B. Delabarre. 1902. pp. 65-212.
illus., front., map. 24"°- (Bulletin of the Geo. Society
of Phil., vol. III. no. 4.)

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DELATTRE, M. A. Notes ornithologiques sur les
collections rapportdes en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, et
classification parallelique des passereaux chanteurs,
par Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Paris, Mallet-Bache-
lier, . . . 1854. 95 PP- 28|^'°-

DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL
CLUB. Abstract of the proceedings of the Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club of Philadelphia (1890-
1901). V. p. 23'"

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DELAWARE VALLEY CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA. Proceedings, 1901-10. 3 vols., illus., maps. 25°°'

DESCOURTILZ, J. T. See p. 187.

DESFONTAINES, REN£ LOUICHE. Desfon-
taines's m6moire sur quelques nouvelles esp^ces
d'oiseaux des c6tes de Barbaric. Edited by Alfred
Newton . . . London, 1880. iv, pp. 496-505. pi.
x-xvi. 26"°^- [The Willughby Society.]

DESMAREST, ANSELME-GA£TAN. Histoire
naturelle des Tangaras, des Manakins et des Todiers.
Par Anselme-Gaetan Desmarest; avec figures impri-
m6es en couleur, d'apr^s les dessins de Mile. Pauline de
Courcelles, 61eve de Barraband. Paris, 1805. 136 pp.
27 col. pi. 52'

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DESMAREST, ANSELME-GAETAN. Histoire
naturelle des Tangaras, des Manakins et des Todiers.
Par Anselme-Gaetan Desmarest; avec figures impri-
m6es en couleur, d'apr^s les dessins de Mile. Pauline de
Courcelles, 61^ve de Barraband. Paris, Garnery, . . .
Delacheuss^e, . . . 1805. 8 pp. and descriptive text
to plates. 2 plates of each bird, i col. sS""^'

DES MURS, O. Iconographie ornithologique.
Nouveau recueil g^n^ral de planches peintes d'oiseaux,

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pour servir de suite et de complement aux planches
enlumin^es de Buffon. Edition en folio et en 4°, de
rimprimerie royale, 1770, et aux planches colorizes de
Mm. Temminck et Laugier de Chartrouse, mimes
formats, accompagn^ d'un texte raisonn6, critique et
descriptif. Publi6 par O. Des Murs. A Paris, Fried-
rich Klincksiech, 1849. 72 col. pi. 46''"-

DES MURS, O. Oiseaux. Paris, Bertrand, 1855.
98 pp. 20col.pl. 2i|^" (Expedition dans les parties
centrales de I'Amerique du Sud . . . sous la direc-
tion du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Zoologie.)

DEWAR, DOUGLAS. Bombay ducks; an account
of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a
naturalist's Eldorado. By Douglas Dewar; with nu-
merous illustrations from photographs of living birds,
by Captain F. D. S. Fayrer, LM.S. London, New York,
J. Lane, 1906. xii, 304 pp. front., plates. 23*"™-

DEWAR, DOUGLAS. Indian birds; being a key to
the common birds of the plains of India. By Douglas
Dewar. London, John Lane; New York, John Lane
Co., 1910. 228 pp. 20°°'

DIONNE, CHARLES EUSfiBE. Les oiseaux de la
province de Quebec. Par C. E. Dionne . . . Qu6bec,
Dussault & Proulx, 1906. 414 pp. 11. illus., 8 pi.
(incl. front.). 24*"

■ cm.

DIONNE, CHARLES EUSfiBE. Les oiseaux du
Canada. Par C. E. Dionne . . . Quebec, P. G.
Delisle, 1883. xliii, 284 pp., ii. illus. I9^'°- Title
vignette.

DIXON, CHARLES. Among the birds in northern
shires. By Charles Dixon. With col. front, and 40

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other illus., by Charles Whymper. Blackie and Son,
Ltd., London, Glasgow, and Dublin, 1900. x, 303 pp.,
col. front. 40 illus. 23*^

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DIXON, CHARLES. Annals of bird life. A year-
book of British ornithology. By Charles Dixon, with
illus. London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1890. viii, 352
pp. front., illus. 21"°*

DIXON, CHARLES. The birds of our rambles, a
companion for the country. By Charles Dixon . . .
with illus. by A. T. Elwes. London, Chapman & Hall,
Ltd., 1891. X, 449 pp. front., illus. 2I*'"-

DIXON, CHARLES. Curiosities of bird life; an
account of the sexual adornments, wonderful display,
strange sounds, sweet songs, curious nests, protective
and recognitory colours, and extraordinary habits of
birds. By Charles Dixon . . . London, G. Redway,
1897. 2 pp. I., [vii]-xii, 322 pp. 20|*="-

DIXON, CHARLES. The game birds and wild fowl
of the British Islands, being a handbook for the natu-
ralist and sportsman. By Charles Dixon. With illus.
by A. T. Elwes, coloured. London, Chapman & Hall,
Ltd., 1895. XV, 468 pp. front., col. illus. 23*^

,cm.

DIXON, CHARLES. Jottings about birds. By
Charles Dixon. With coloured frontispiece by J.
Smit. London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1893. iv, 239
pp. front., col. 2i'="-

DIXON, CHARLES. Lost and vanishing birds;
being a record of some remarkable extinct species and
a plea for some threatened forms. By Charles Dixon
. . . with ten plates, by Charles Whymper. London,
J. Macqueen, 1898. 295 [i] pp. 10 pi. (incl. front.).

22|""-

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DIXON, CHARLES. The nests and eggs of British
birds, when and where to find them; being a hand-
book to the oology of the British Islands. By Charles
Dixon . . . London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1893.
xii, 371 pp. 21^-

DIXON, CHARLES. Our rarer birds; being studies
in ornithology and oology. By Charles Dixon; with
70 illus. by Charles Whymper and a frontispiece by
J. G. Keulemans. London, Richard Bentley & Son,
1888. xiv, 378 pp. front., 70 illus. 23°°-

DIXON, CHARLES. Rural bird life; being essays
on ornithology, with instructions for preserving objects
relating to that science. By Charles Dixon; with 45
illus. and a preface, by Elliott Coues. Boston, Estes &
Lauriat (1880). xvi, 374 pp. front., illus. 20''°'

DIXON, CHARLES. Rural bird life; being essays
on ornithology, with instructions for preserving objects
relating to that science. By Charles Dixon; with a
frontispiece in colours, and numerous illus. engraved
on wood, by G. Pearson. Second edition. London.
Longman, Green & Co., 1882. xiv, 374 pp. front.,
illus. 19'"-

DIXON, CHARLES. Stray feathers from many
birds; being leaves from a naturalist's notebook. By
Charles Dixon . . . with numerous illus. by Charles
Whymper. London, W. H. Allen & Co., 1890. viii,
231 pp. front., illus. 23"°-

DIXON, GEORGE. A voyage round the worid;
but more particularly to the North-West coast of
America: performed in 1 785-1 788 in the King George
and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon
... By Capt. George Dixon. London, Geo. Goulding,
1789. xxix, 360, 48 pp. maps and illus. 28"°-

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DOAN, WILLIAM D. Birds of West Virginia. (In
West Virginia Experiment Station Bulletin, no. 3,
Dec, 1888, pp. 47-88.)

DONOVAN, E. The natural history of British
birds; or a selection of the most rare, beautiful, and
interesting birds which inhabit this country: the
descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus;
with general observations, either original or collected
from the latest and most esteemed English ornitholo-
gists; and illustrated figures. . . . By E. Donovan.
In 5 vols. London . . . 1799. 5 vols., col. pi. 24!*"°-

DONOVAN, E. The naturalist's repository, or
monthly miscellany of exotic natural history: consist-
ing of elegantly coloured plates with appropriate
scientific and general descriptions of the most curious,
scarce, and beautiful productions of nature that have
been recently discovered in various parts of the world.
. . . The whole composed according to the latest im-
provements in the various departments of the sciences,
and forming collectively a truly valuable compendium
of the most important discoveries of quadrupeds,
birds, fishes, insects, shells, marine productions, and
eVery other interesting object of natural history, the
produce of foreign climates. By E. Donovan, Lon-
don . . . 1823-1827. 5 vols., col. pi. 24*"°-

D'ORBIGNY, ALCIDES. Historia fisica politica
y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Por D. Ramon de la
Sagra. Aves por M. Alcides D'Orbigny. . . . Paris.
En la libreria de Arthus Bertrand, 1839. 220 pp. 31
col. pi. 40*="-

DRESSER, HENRY EELES. Eggs of the birds
of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the
western palaearctic area. By H. E. Dresser. London,

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published by the author (by special permission) at the
office of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
. . . 1910. 2 vols. 106 pi. 3 1 1*""' Vol. I, letterpress;
vol. 2, plates.

Contains autograph letter from author in vol. i .

DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A history of the
birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting
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author, 1902-03. 2 vols, front, (i col.) 23^*^"- Paged
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DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A monograph of
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Dresser. Pub. by the author at Topelyffe Grang^;
Farnborough, R.S.O., Kent, 1893. lii pp. 27 col. pi.
40'^-

DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A monograph of the
Meropidae, or family of the Bee-eaters. By H. E.
Dresser. London. Published by the author . . .
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DRESSER, HENRY EELES. On certain species
of Aquila. By H. E. Dresser (1873). — Monograph of
the Genus Saxicola. By W. T. Blanford and H. E.
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DUGMORE, A. RADCLYFFE. Bird homes. The
nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breed-
ing in the eastern United States, with hints on the
rearing and photographing of young birds. By A.
Radclyffe Dugmore. Illus. with photographs from
nature, by the author. New York, Doubleday &
McClure Co., 1900. xvi, 183 pp. pi. front., illus. (some
col.). 261*^-

DUGMORE, A. RADCLYFFE. Camera adven-
tures in the African wilds; being an account of a four
months* expedition in British East Africa, for the pur-
pose of securing photographs of the game from life. By
A. Radclyffe Dugmore, with 140 photographs from life,
by the author. New York. Doubleday, Page & Co.,
1910. xix, 233 pp. front., many photographs.

DUNCAN, T. C. Ostrich farming in America. By
J. C. Duncan, M.D., Ph.D. (1888). Pp. 685-702,
front, and illus. 22|*'°- (Report on ostrich farming,
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DURY, CHARLES. Papers on the destruction of
native birds. By Chas. Dury. From Journal of the
Cincinnati Society of Nat. Hist., 1886. No t.-p., 179-
224 pp. 22*''°-

DUTCHER, BASIL HICKS. Bird notes from
Little Gull Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y. By Basil Hicks
Dutcher. — Bird notes from Long Island, New York.
By William Dutcher. 126-139 pp. 24^"' (From "The
Auk," vol. VI, no. 2, April, 1889.)

DUTCHER, WILLIAM. A contribution to the life
history of the Herring Gull (Larus Argentatus) in the
United States. By William Dutcher and William L.
Bailey, pp. 418-431, pi. xxi and xxii. 22|*''°- (From
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DWIGHT, JONATHAN, JR. Index to the bulle-
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1876-1883, and its continuation "The Auk," volumes
l-xvii, 1 884-1 900. Compiled by a committee of the
American Ornithologists' Union, edited by Jonathan
Dwight, Jr., M.D. New York, 1907. viii, 426 pp. 24'='°-

DWIGHT, JONATHAN, JR. The Ipswich spar-
row (Ammodramus princeps Maynard) and its sum-
mer home. By Jonathan Dwight, Jr. With a colored
plate. Cambridge, Mass. Pub. by the Club, August,
1895. 56 pp., col. front. 27*^- (Memoirs of the Nut-
tall Ornithological Club, no. 11.)

DWIGHT, JONATHAN, JR. The sequence of
plumages and moults of the Passerine birds of New
York. By Jonathan Dwight, Jr. (March, 1899.) pp.
73-360. 7 pi. 24'=°;- No t.-p.

EATON, ELON HOWARD. Birds of New York.
By Elon Howard Eaton. Albany, Univ. of the State of
New York, 1910. 501 pp., 42 col. pi. 30"™- (New York
State Museum, Memoir 12.)

ECKSTORM, MRS. FANNIE (HARDY). The
woodpeckers. By Fannie Hardy Eckstorm . . . Bos-
ton and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
1901. 4 pp. I., 131, [i] p. col. front., illus., col. plates.
I9r'°-

EDWARDS, GEORGE. A discourse on the emi-
gration of British birds; or this question at last solved:
Whence came the stork . . . containing a curious,
particular and circumstantial account of the respective
retreats of all those birds of passage, . . . also a copi-
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birds of passage ... By a naturalist. London, J.
Walker, 1795. xv, 64 pp. 211*"

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thoughts on the passage of birds and additions to many
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landsche en Zeldzaame Vogelen, benevens eenige
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afgebeeld, door G. Edwards en M. Catesby: Vervol-
gens, ten opzigt van de Plaaten merkelyk verbeterd,
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Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan, Sepp. 1 752-1 781. 3 vols.
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Somaliland. By D. G. Elliot, C. B. Cory, Curator
of Dept. Chicago, U.S.A., Feb., 1897. (East Africa
collection of birds.) 29-67 pp. 25*"

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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. The gallinaceous
game birds of North America, including the partridges,
grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys ... by Daniel
Giraud Elliot . . . with forty-six plates. London,
Suckling & Co., 1897. xviii, 220 pp., il. 46 pi. (incl.
front.), col. chart. 2i°°-

ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of
the Bucerotidse, or family of the Hombills. By Daniel
Giraud Elliot . . . [London.] Published for the sub-
scribers by the author [printed by Taylor and Francis],

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no specimens are obtainable. Original edition.

ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of the
Paradiseidse, or Birds of Paradise. By Daniel Giraud
Elliot . . . [London.] For the subscribers, by the
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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of the
Phasianidae, or family of the Pheasants. By Daniel
Giraud Elliot . . . New York, The author, 1872. 2
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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of the
Pittidse, or family of Ant Thrushes. By Daniel
Giraud . . . New York, D. Appleton& Co., 1863. 99
(2) pp. front., col. pi. 58|°°-

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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of the
Pittidae, or family of Ant Thrushes. By Daniel Giraud
Elliot . . . London, Bernard Quaritch, 15 Picca-
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Plates, with preface, introduction, and descriptive text.
Original edition.

ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A monograph of
the Tetraoninae, or family of the Grouse. By Daniel
Giraud Elliot . . . New York, The author, 1865.
10 pp. I., [40] pp. 27 col. pi. 6o*^-

Published in five parts, 1864-65. Each plate accompa-
nied by from one to three pages of descriptive letterpress.
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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. North American
shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers
and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the
shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North
American continent . . . By Daniel Giraud Elliot
. . . With seventy-four plates. New York, F. P.
Harper, 1895. xvi, 17-268 pp., illus., 71 pi. (incl.
front.). 2i'^'°-

First edition.

ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD.^ The wild fowl of the
United States and British possessions; or. The Swan,
Geese, Ducks, and Mergansers of North America . . .
By Daniel Giraud Elliot . . . with sixty-three plates.

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New York, F. P. Harper, 1898. xxii, 19-316 pp. front,
port., 63 pL 21*="-
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ELROD, M.J. Birds in their relation to agriculture.
The wealth of Montana as shown by statistics. By
Morton J. Elrod. University of Montana, Missoula,
Mont. 1904. pp. 173-190 and 197-208. 8 pi. 22|°°-
(Reprint from 2d Annual Report, Mont. State Board
of Farmers' Institutes.)

ESSEX INSTITUTE. Bulletin. Salem, Mass.,
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EVANS, ARTHUR HUMBLE. Birds. By A. H.
Evans . . . London, New York, Macmillan and Co.,
limited, 1900. xvi, 635 pp. front, (fold, map), illus.

23^

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Harmer . . . and A. E. Shipley . . . vol. ix.)

EVANS, ARTHUR HUMBLE. Turner on birds:
a short history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny
and Aristotle, first published by Dr. William Turner,
1544. Edited, with introduction, translation, notes
and appendix, by A. H. Evans, M.A. Cambridge, at
the University Press, 1903. xviii, 223 pp. 23*^'
Latin on left-hand page, English on right.

EYTON, THOMAS CAMPBELL. A history of the
rarer British birds. By T. C. Eyton . . . London,
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
[etc.], 1836. vi pp., II., loi pp., illus. 22*"™-
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FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. Parts 1-7. (Bos-
ton Society of Natural History. Occasional Papers,
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FAXON, WALTER. Brewster's Warbler. By
Walter Faxon. With one plate. Cambridge, U.S.A.
Printed for the Museum, Jan., 191 1. Pp. 57-78. i col.
pi. 32*^°- [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Harvzurd College, vol. XL, no. 2.]

FAXON, WALTER. The birds of Berkshire
County, Mass. By Walter Faxon and Ralph Hoffman.
60 pp. 23^""-

FINLEY, WILLIAM LOVELL. American birds,
studied and photographed from life. By William
Lovell Finley; illustrated from photographs, by Her-
man T. Bohlman and the author. New York, C.
Scribner's Sons, 1907. xvi, 256 pp. front., 47 pi.
2i|^'^-

FINN, FRANK. Ornithological and other oddities.
By Frank Finn . . . late deputy superintendent of the
Indian Museum, Calcutta; with fifty-six illustrations
reproduced from photographs. London, New York,
J. Lane Company, 1907. xvi pp., 11., 294 pp., ii- front.,
plates. 23''™-

FINSCH, OTTO. Die Papageien, Monographisch
Bearbeitet. Von Dr. Otto Finsch. Leiden, E. J. Brill,
1867-68. 3 vols., illus., col. pi., map. 24*^

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FISHER, ALBERT KENRICK. The economic
value of predaceous birds and mammals. (In U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture. Yearbook, 1908, pp. 187-194,
pi. i-iii. 23*='°- Washington, 1909.)

FISHER, ALBERT KENRICK. . . . Hawks
and Owls from the standpoint of the farmer. By A. K.
Fisher . . . Washington, 1895. [18] pp., illus., plates.

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FISHER, ALBERT KENRICK. The Hawks and
Owls* of the United States in their relation to agri-
culture, prepared under the direction of Dr. C. Hart
Merriam ... by A. K. Fisher . . . Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1893. 210 pp. 25 col. pi.

FISHER, ALBERT KENRICK. Two vanishing
game birds — the Woodcock and the Wood Duck. (In
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Yearbook, 1901, pp. 447-
458. illus., pi. LXiii-LXiv. 23*"°* Washington, 1902.)

FISHER, WALTER KENRICK. A new Procel-
sterna from the Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Group.
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pp. 559-563-) 23<^'^-

FISHER, WALTER KENRICK. Birds of Lay-
san and the Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Group. By
Walter K. Fisher. Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1903. 39 pp. 10 pi. 28§'=°^

FLAGG, WILSON. A year with the birds; or. The
birds and seasons of New England. By Wilson Flagg
. . . Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1881. 2 pp. i., iv,
324 pp. 191*^-

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FLAGG, WILSON. The birds and seasons of New
England. By Wilson Flagg, with illus. Boston, James
R. Osgood and Co., 1875. vi,457pp. front., illus. 2i"°'

FORBES, HENRY O. A naturalist's wanderings
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With numerous illus. from the author's sketches and
descriptions, by Mr. John B. Gibbs. New York,
Harper & Bros., 1885. xix, 536 pp. front, (col.), illus.
and maps. 23^™*

FORBES, S. A. The food of birds. By S. A. Forbes,
111. State Lab. of Nat. Hist., pp. 120-176. 22""^'

FORBES, S. A. An ornithological cross-section of
Illinois in autumn. (Bulletin of the Illinois State Lab-
oratory of Nat. Hist., vol. vii, 1907, pp. 305-335.) 26*^'°-

FORBUSH, EDWARD HOWE. The destruction
of birds by the elements in 1903-04. Special report
by Edward Howe Forbush, Wareham, Mass. front.,
illus. 22|"°' (Prepared under the direction of the Mass.
State Board of Agriculture, pp. 429-543.)

FORBUSH, EDWARD HOWE. A history of the
game birds, wild fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts
and adjacent states ... By Edward Howe Forbush
. . . Illustrated with drawings by W. I. Beecroft
and the author and photographs by Herbert K. Job
and others. Issued by the Massachusetts State Board
of Agriculture. By authority of the Legislature, 1912.
xvi, 622 pp. col. front., 36 pi., illus. in text. 25!"°'

FORBUSH, EDWARD HOWE. Special report on
the decrease of certain birds, and its causes, with sug-
gestions for bird protection. By Edward Howe For-
bush. pp. 430-543; front., I illus. 22^"°- (Prepared
under the direction of the Mass. State Board of
Agriculture.)

FORBUSH, EDWARD HOWE. Statutory bird
protection in Massachusetts. By Edward Howe For-
bush, 1907. 14 pp. 23'"°' (Printed from the Sept.,
1907, bulletin of the Mass. State Board of Agriculture.)

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FORBUSH, EDWARD HOWE. Useful birds and
their protection, containing brief descriptions of the
more common and useful species of Massachusetts,
with accounts of their food habits and a chapter on
the means of attracting and protecting birds. By
Edward Howe Forbush. Illustrated by the author,
C. A. Lyford, C. A. Reed and others. Published under
direction of the Mass. State Board of Agriculture by
authority of the Legislature, xx, 457 pp. front., illus.

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FOREST AND STREAM. Pictures from "Forest
and Stream," Thirty- two proof impressions selected
from the '* Forest and Stream." New York, Forest and
Stream Publishing Company, 1901. 44x50^'°*

FORSTER, JOHN REINHOLD. An account of
the birds sent from Hudson's Bay; with observations
relative to the natural history; and Latin descriptions
of some of the most uncommon. By J. R. Forster.
53 pp. 22*"°' [The Willughby Society, vol. lxii.]

FORSTER, JOHN REINHOLD. Forster's Ani-
mals of Hudson's Bay. Edited by Philip Lutley
Sclater, . . . London, 1882. iv, 53 pp. 22|^- [The
Willughby Society.]

FORSTER, JOHN REINHOLD. Forster's Cata-
logue of the animals of North America, or Faunula
Americana. Edited by Philip Lutley Sclater . . .
London, 1882. iv, 43 pp. i pi. 23'''°- [The Willughby
Society.]

FORSTER, JOHN REINHQLD. Indian Zoology,
second edition. London. Printed by Henry Hughs for
Robert Faulder, 1790. viii, 161 pp. 16 pi. 26'''°'

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FORSTER, THOMAS. Observations of the natural
history of the Swallow tribe ; with collateral statement
of facts relative to their migration and to their brumal
torpidity, and a copious table of reference to authors.
Illustrated by figures of 5 species, engraved on wood
by Willis. To which is added a general catalogue of
British birds. By Thomas Forster. London . . . 18 17.
xiv, 97 pp. illus. 23|'"°-

FOSTER, L. S. A consideration of some ornitho-
logical literature, with extracts from current criticism.
I, 1876 to 1883. II, 1884 to 1893. By L. S. Foster.
53 PP- 23|^'°-

FOWLER, WILLIAM WARDE. Summer studies
of birds and books. By W. Warde Fowler . . . Lon-
don and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1895. x, 288
pp., incl. illus., pi. 195*^™*

FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. Narrative of a journey to
the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-22. By
John Franklin, Capt. . . . Third edition. Two vols.
London, John Murray . . . 1824. 2 vols., maps. 22*^*

FREILIGRATH, F. Epistel an Audubon nebst
einer Antwort aus Amerika au Freiligrath (De
Angmarset). Philadelphia, 1844. 16 pp. 14!'™'

FREMONT, JOHN C. Report of the exploring
expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842
and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-
44. By Brevet-Captain J. C. Fremont . . . Washing-
ton, Gales and Seaton, 1845. 693 pp., pi., maps. 24'^°"
Original edition printed by order of the U.S. Senate.

FROHAWK, F. W., Artist. Weaver birds. Plates
(partly col.), with descriptive text. v. p. 26*"°' Not. -p.,
n. d. Name of author not given.

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GADOW, HANS. Through Southern Mexico; being
an account of the travels of a naturalist. By Hans
Gadow. With over i6o full-page and other illus. and
maps. London, Witherby & Co.; New York, Charles
•Scribner's Sons, 1908. xvi, 527 pp. front., 160 full-
page and other illus. 22|^*

GAMBEL, WILLIAM. Remarks on the birds
observed in Upper California, with descriptions of new
species. By William Gambel. pp. 25-26. 2 col. pi.

GATKE, HEINRICH. Heligoland as an ornitho-
logical observatory ; the result of fifty years' experience.
By Heinrich Gatke . . . tr. by R. Rosenstock . . .
Edinburgh, D. Douglas, 1895. x pp., 11., 599 pp.
front., illus., port. 25!*^'

GENTRY, THOMAS GEORGE. Life-histories of
the birds of eastern Pennsylvania. By Thomas G.
Gentry . . . Philadelphia. Pub. by the author, 1876-
77. 2 vols. 2o|"^™" Vol. 2 has imprint: Salem, Mass.,
The Naturalists' Agency, 1877.

GENTRY, THOMAS GEORGE. Nests and eggs
of birds of the United States ... By Thomas G.
Gentry . . . Philadelphia, J. A. Wagenseller, 1882.
X, 300 pp. front, port., I. (i.e. 54) col. pi. 31x251"°*

GENTRY, THOMAS GEORGE. The House-
Sparrow at home and abroad, with some concluding
remarks upon its usefulness, and copious references to
the literature of the subject. By Thomas G. Gentry.
Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haff dinger. 1878.
l-vi, 128 pp. front. 23*^

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GfiRARDIN, S£BASTIEN. Tableau ^l^mentaire
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rencontre commun^ment en France . . . Par S^bas-
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GERARDIN, SfiBASTIEN. Recueil de planches
du tableau 616mentaire d'ornithologie, ou histoire
naturelle des oiseaux que Ton rencontre commun6-
ment en France: Pr6c6d6 d'un trait6 sur la mani^re
naturelle, . . . ParSebastienG^rardin (DeMirecourt).
Paris, G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne. Amsterdam, G.
Dufour et Compagnie, 1822. 144 pp. 41 pi. 30*^™*

GERINI, GIOVANNI. Storia naturale deliguccelli
trattata con metodo e adornata de figure intagliate in
Rame e miniate al naturale. . . . Firenze, 1 767-1 776.
5 vols., t.-p. in Italian and Latin. 599 col. pi. 47x37*:™'

GIBBS, MORRIS. Annotated list of the birds of
Michigan. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. 1879. pp. 481-497.
22^- (U.S. Geol. Survey, Bulletin.)

GIEBEL, C. G. The saurus Ornithologiae. Reper-
torium der gesammten Ornithologischen literatur und
Nomenclator Sammtlicher gattungen und arten der
vogel nebst synonymen und geographischer verbrei-
tung. Von Dr. C. G. Giebel. Leipzig, 1872-1877. 6
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GILLISS, J. M. The U.S. naval astronomical expe-
dition to the Southern hemisphere during the years
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Chile: its geography, climate, [etc.]. By Lieut. J. M.
Gilliss. Washington, A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855. 2 vols,
illus. and maps. 30*^"

GIRAUD, JACOB P., JR. The birds of Long Island.
By J. P. Giraud, Jr. New York, Wiley & Putnam,
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GIRAUD, JACOB P., JR. A description of i6 new
species of N.A. birds, described in the annals of the
New York Lyceum of Nat. Hist. By Jacob P. Giraud,
Jr., collected in Texas, 1838. New York, Geo. F.
Nesbitt, 1841. col. pi. with des. text. 45''

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GMELIN, JO. FRID. Caroli a Linn6 equitis aurati
de Stella polari, . . . Systema Natufae per regna tria
naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species
cum characteribus, diflerentiis, synonymis, locis.
Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo.
End. Gmelin, Lepsiae, Georg. Emanuel. Beer, 1788.

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GODMAN, FREDERICK DU CANE. A mono-
graph of the Petrels (order Tubinares). By Frederick
du Cane Godman. . . . With hand-colored plates,
by J. G. Keulemans. Witherby & Co., London, 1907-
1910. 2 vols. (2 parts), 381 pp. 103 col. pi. 34"° Paged
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GODMAN, FREDERICK DU CANE. Natural
history of the Azores, or, Western Islands. By Fred-
erick du Cane Godman. London, John van Voorst,
1870. V, 358 pp. front, map. 23''

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GODMAN, JOHN D. American natural history.
By John D. Godman. Second edition. Philadelphia,
Key & Michkie, 1831. 3 vols. 22§"°-

GODMAN, JOHN D. Rambles of a naturalist. By
John D. Godman, M.D., to which are added reminis-
cences of a voyage to India, by Reynell Coates, M.D.
Philadelphia, Thomas T. Ash, Key and Biddle, 1833.
151 pp. 18'

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GOLDI, EMIL august. Against the destruction
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especially on the island of Maraj6. Two memorials
presented in 1895 and 1896 to His Excellency the
governor of the state of Pari and the Legislature. By
Prof. Dr. Emil A. Goldi . . . Second ed. Tr. from
the Portuguese into English by Mr. Wm. H. Clifford.
Park, Brazil, 1904. Second edition. 20 pp. 23

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GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. A history of the earth
and animated nature. By Oliver Goldsmith, with
numerous notes from the works of the most distin-
guished British and foreign naturalists. Blackie & Son
. . . London, 1855. 2 vols, front, ports., illus. and
pi. 24|^°'- 2 t.-p., I col.

GOODE, GEORGE BROWN. Bibliography of the
published writings of Philip Lutley Sclater, F.R.S.,
Secretary of the Zoological Society of London. Pre-
pared under the direction of G. Brown Goode. Wash-
ington, Government Printing Office, 1896. xix, 135 pp.
front, port. 23

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GOSS, N. S. History of the birds of Kansas. By
N. S. Goss. Illustrating 529 birds. Topeka, Kansas,
Geo. W. Crane & Co., 1891. 692 pp. 35 pi. 26*='°-

GOSS, N. S. A revised catalogue of the birds of
Kansas, with descriptive notes of the nests and eggs of
the birds known to breed in the state. By N. S. Goss
. . . Topeka, Kansas, publishing house of T. D.
Thacher, State Printer, 1886. iv, 76 pp. 24*^™-

GOSSE. PHILIP HENRY. The birds of Jamaica.
By Philip Henry Gosse ; assisted by Richard Hill, Esq.,
of Spanish-town. London, J. van Voorst, 1847. x,
447, [I] pp. I9r'"-

Plates were issued in 4", 1849, with title: Illustrations
of the birds of Jamaica.

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GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. The Canadian natur-
alist. A series of conversations on the natural history
of lower Canada. By P. H. Gosse. Illus. by forty-four
engravings. London, John van Voorst, 1840. xii,
372 pp. 44 engravings. 20'^"*

GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. Evenings at the micro-
scope; or, Researches among the minuter organs and
forms of animal life. By Philip Henry Gosse. New
York, D. Appleton & Co., 1896. xii, 480 pp., illus. 20*™'

GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. Letters from Alabama
(U.S.), chiefly relating to natural history. By Philip
Henry Gosse. London, Morgan & Chase, 1859. xii,
306 pp. illus. in text. i8'^-

GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. A naturalist's rambles
on the Devonshire coast. By Philip Henry Gosse.
London, John van Voorst, 1853. xvi, 451 pp. front.
28 pi. (some col.). 20*^*

GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. A naturalist's sojourn
in Jamaica. By Philip Henry Gosse, assisted by
Richard Hill. London, Longman, Brown, Green &
Longman, 1851. xxiv, 508 pp. front., 6 col. pi. 20*^™*

GOULD, AUGUSTUS A. Report of the inverte-
brata of Massachusetts comprising the Mollusca, Crus-
tacea, Annelida and Radiata, published agreeably to
an order of the legislature by the commissioners on the
zoological and botanical survey of the state. Cam-
bridge, 1 841. xiii, 373 pp. 213 fig. on 15 pi. 23^'°-

GOULD, JOHN. The birds of Asia. By John Gould
. . . London. Printed by Taylor and Francis, pub.
by the author, 1850-83. 7 vols. 530 col. pi. 56|"°-

Completed after the author's death by R. Bowdler
Sharpe. Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive
letterpress.

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GOULD, JOHN. The birds of Europe. By John
Gould . . . London. Printed by R. and J. E. Taylor,
pub. by the author, 1837. 5 vols. 449 col. pi. 56"°-

Issued in parts, 1832-37. Plates drawn froni life and
on stone by J. and E. Gould and E. Lear. Each plate
accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

GOULD, JOHN. The birds of Great Britain. By
John Gould, F.R.S., etc. . . . London. Printed by
Taylor and Francis, pub. by the author, 1873. 5 vols.,
col. pi. 56|*''°- 376 pi. (colored by hand), with introduc-
tion and accompanying letterpress; issued in 25 parts,
1862-73.

GOULD, JOHN. The birds of New Guinea and the
adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species
recently discovered in Australia. By John Gould.
Completed after the author's death by R. Bowdler
Sharpe. London, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1875-88.
5 vols., col. pi. sei'^""-

GOULD, JOHN. A century of birds from the Him-
alaya Mountains. By John Gould. London, 1832. 56*^"'

Two copies, each 80 col. pi. i without text and mss.
list of pi. 2 pi. with descriptive text. PI. drawn from
nature by E. Gould. This is the first of Gould's great
folio of birds and is the scarcest of them.

GOULD, JOHN. An introduction to the birds of
Australia. By John Gould. London. Printed for the
author by Richard and John E. Taylor . . . 1848. viii,
134 pp. 22|'=°*-

GOULD, JOHN. Handbook to the birds of Aus-
tralia. By John Gould. In two volumes. London.
Published by the author . . . 1865. 2 vols. 25^"°*

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GOULD, JOHN. An introduction to the birds of
Great Britain. By John Gould. London. Printed for
the author by Taylor and Francis . . . 1873. iv,
135 pp. 22*="-

GOULD, JOHN. An introduction to the Trochilidae
or family of Hummingbirds. By John Gould. London.
Printed for the author by Taylor and Francis, Red
Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1861. iv, 216 pp. 23*^

,cm.

GOULD, JOHN. A monograph of the Odonto-
phorinae, or Partridges of America. By John Gould
. . . London. Published by the author, 1850. 4 pp.,
I., [ii]-23 pp. 33 I. 32 col. pi. 56§"°'

A few of the leaves are printed on both sides.

GOULD, JOHN. Monograph of the Pittidse. By
John Gould . . . Part i . . . London. Pub. by the
author, 1880. Cover-title, 10, i., 10 col. pi. 57*^-

No more published. "The illustrations are principally
taken from the author's works on the 'Birds of Asia,'
'Australia,' and *New Guinea.'" Each plate accompanied
by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

GOULD, JOHN. A monograph of the Ramphas-
tidae, or family of Toucans. By John Gould . . . Lon-
don. Published by the author, 1854. 3 PP- !•» [9]~26 pp.
54 I. 52 pi. (51 col.). 56|""-

A few of the leaves are printed on both sides.

GOULD, JOHN. A monograph of the Trochilidae,
or family of Hummingbirds. By John Gould . . .
London, The author, 1861. 5 vols. 360 col. pi. 56'^'
Plates with preface, introduction, and accompanying
letterpress. Originally issued in 25 parts, 1849-61.
Supplement. Completed after the author's death by
R. Bowdler Sharpe . . . London, Henry Sotheran &
Co., 1887. I vol., col. pi. and descriptive text. 56*""-

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GOULD, JOHN. A monograph of the Trogonida,
or family of Trogons. By John Gould. Second ed.
London. Printed by Taylor and Francis . . . pub-
lished by the author . . . 1875. xx pp. 46 pi. with
descriptive text. 56§'

:lcm.

GOULD, JOHN. A synopsis of the birds of Aus-
tralia, and the adjacent islands. By John Gould . . .
London. Published by the author, 1837-38. 4 vols.
(4 parts), col. pi. 30*^

-vcm.

GRAHAME, JAMES. The birds of Scotland, with
other poems. By James Grahame. Philadelphia.
Pub. by S. F. Bradford, 1807. 103 pp. 19*"™-

GRANT, JOHN B. Our common birds and how to
know them. By John B. Grant; with sixty-four plates.
New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1891. 216 pp., incl. pi.
14x20*^-

GRANT, W. R. OGILVIE. Bird notes. — Second
list of the birds collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford in
the Solomon Archipel^o [London, March 6, 1887].
On the genus Platalea, with a description of a new
species from New Guinea. From the "Ibis," Jan.,
1889. — On the genus Turnix. [" Ibis " for Oct., 1889].

— Notes on Turnix beccarii, Salvadori (July, 1890).

— Notes on some birds obtained at Madeira, Deserta
Grange, and Porto Santo (Oct., 1890). — On some
new Francolins and a new Hornbill discovered by Mr.
F. J. Jackson in East Africa (Jan., 1891). — ... A"
short review of the Francolins belonging to the gen-
era Francolinus and Pternistes (Jan., 1892). — On
the Gallinaceous genera Bambusicola and Arboricola
(July, 1892). — Notes on Pigeons collected by Mr. A.
H. Everett in Mantanani and Banguey, off the North-
west coast of Borneo (Oct., 1888), etc. v. p., illus.,
col.pl. 23^°-

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GRANT, W. R. OGILVE. A hand-book to the
game birds. By W. R. Ogilve Grant. London, Edward
Lloyd, limited, 1896-97. 2 vols., col. front., illus. 42
col. pi. 18*=°*'

GRAVES, GEORGE. British ornithology: being
the history with a coloured representation of every
known species of British birds. By George Graves.
London. Printed for the author. Sherwood, Neeley &
Jones, 1811-13. 2 vols., col. pi. 221*""-
First edition (scarce).

GRAVES, GEORGE. British ornithology: being
the history with a coloured representation of every
known species of British birds. By George Graves,
assisted by several eminent ornithologists. London
. . . Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, 1811-21. 3 vols.,
col. pi. 25*='°'

GRAVES, GEORGE. The naturalist's pocket-
book, or, tourist's companion : being a brief introduc-
tion to the different branches of natural history, with
approved methods for collecting and preserving the
various productions of nature. By George Graves . . .
London. Printed by W. and S. Graves. . . . iii, 335.
front, (col.). 22*="-

GRAVES, GEORGE. Ovarium britannicum; being
a correct delineation of the eggs of such birds as are
.natives of, or domesticated in. Great Britain. By
George Graves. London. Printed for the author, and
sold by Sherwood, Neeley & Jones [etc.], 1816. vi pp.,
col. front., 14 col. pi. 23*"°*

GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT. Catalogue of British
birds in the collection of the British Museum. By
George Robert Gray. London. Printed by order of the
trustees, 1863. xii, 247 pp. 23^"-

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GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT. Fasciculus of the
birds of China. By G. R. Gray, 1871. (With 12 hand-
coloured plates by Wm. Swainson.) 8 pp. 12 col. pi.

GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT. The genera of birds:
comprising their generic characters, a notice of the
habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species
referred to their several genera. By George Robert
Gray . . . Illustrated by David William Mitchell . . .
1844-49. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Long-
man, 1849. 3 vols., 334 pi. (partly fold., 185 col.),
incl. front. 38§"°-

Originally issued in parts, 1844-49.

GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT. Hand-list of genera
and species of birds, distinguishing those contained in
the British Museum. By G. R. Gray. London, 1869-
187 1. 3 vols., 3 parts. 22^°°*

GRAY, GEORGE ROBERT. A List of the genera
of birds, with their synonyma and an indication of the
typical species of each genus. By George Robert Gray.
Second edition . . . London . . . Richard & John E.
Taylor, 1841. xii, 115 pp. 23|"°-

GRAY, ROBERT. The birds of the west of Scot-
land, including the outer Hebrides, with occasional
records of the occurrence of the rarer species through-
out Scotland generally. By Robert Gray. Glasgow,
Thomas Murray & Son, 1871. x, 520 pp. front., illus.
23"°-

GREELY, ADOLPHUS W. International polar
expedition. Report on the proceedings of the United
States expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. Grinnell
Land. By Adolphus W. Greely, . . . Washington,

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Government Printing Office, 1888. 2 vols, illus., pi.,
maps, charts, so*^"*"

GREELY, ADOLPHUS W. Three years of Arctic
service; an account of the Lady Franklin Bay expedi-
tion of 1881-84 and the attainment of the farthest
north. By Adolphus W. Greely. With over 100 illus.
made from photographs taken by the party, and origi-
nal drawings, and with the official maps and charts.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 2 vols,
front., illus., maps. 24*^°*'

GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS. Birds I have
kept in years gone by, with original anecdotes and full
directions for keeping them successfully. By W. T.
Greene. London, L. Upcott Gill, 1885. viii, 198 pp.,
col. front, ig*^-

GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS. Birds of the
British Empire. By W. T. Greene. London, The Im-
perial Press, ltd., 1898. 360 pp., illus. 23*"°-

GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS. Parrots in cap-
tivity. By W. T. Greene . . . with notes on several
species by the Hon. and Rev. F. G. Dutton . . . Lon-
don, G. Bell and Sons, 1884-87. 3 vols. col. front., col.
plates. 25!^-

GREW, NEHEMJAH. Catalogue and description
of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the
Royal Society and preserved at Gresham College,
made by Nehemjah Grew, M.D. . . . Whereunto is
subjoined the comparative anatomy of stomach and
guts, by the same author. London. Printed by W.
Rawlins, for the author, 1681. 43 pp., 31 pi. 32*^

tCta.

GRIEVE, SYMINGTON. The Great Auk, or
Garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.), its history, archae-

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ology, and remains. By Symington Grieve . . . Lon-
don, T. C. Jack [etc., etc.], 1885. x pp., 11., 141 pp., 11.,
58 pp., incl. front., illus. 3 pi. (2 coL), fold, map." 29"°-

Two copies, same edition, but one has 3 pi. (2 col.), while
the other has no pis.

GRIEVE, SYMINGTON. Supplementary note on
the Great Auk, or Garefowl (Alca impennis, Linn.).
By Mr. Symington Grieve (read March 24, 1897).
pp. 237-340. 5 pi., front, port. 22*^-

GRINNELL, GEORGE BIRD. American duck
shooting. By George Bird Grinnell . . . with 58 port,
of North American swans, geese and ducks, by Edwin
Shepard, and numerous vignettes in the text, by Wil-
mont Townsend. New York, Forest & Stream Pub.
Co. [1901]. 623 pp. front., illus. 22'"°-

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. Birds of the 1908 Alex-
ander Alaska expedition, with a note on the avifaunal
relationships of the Prince William Sound district. By
Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley, The University Press,
1910. pp. 361-428. 27|"°- (Univ. of Gal. Publications
in Zoology.)

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. Check list of California
birds. By Joseph Grinnell. Santa Clara, Cal. Pub.
by the Club, 1902. (Pacific coast avifauna no. 3.)
98 pp. 2 maps.

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. The Biota of the San
Bernardino Mountains. By Joseph Grinnell. Berke-
ley, The University Press. 170 pp. 24 pi. (i col. map).
2ycm. (Univ. of Cal. Publications in Zoology, vol. 5.)

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. Early summer birds in
Yosemite Valley. By Joseph Grinnell. n. d., n. p.

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23h°^' (Sierra Club Bull., vol. 8, June, 191 1, pp. 118-
124.)

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. A systematic list of the
birds of California. By Joseph Grinnell . . . Holly-
wood, Cal., The Club, 1912. (Cooper Ornithological
Club. Pacific coast avifauna, no. 8.)

GRINNELL, JOSEPH. . . Three new Song Spar-
rows from California. By Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley,
The University Press, 1909. Pp. [265J-269. 27"°'
(University of California Publications in Zoology, vol.
5» no. 3.)

GRUNDTRIG, F. L. On the birds of Shiocton in
Bovina, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin, 1881-83. By F. L.
Grundtrig. (From the Transactions of the Wis. Acad,
of Sci., Arts and Letters, vol. x, pp. 74-158.) Map.
23^^-

GUILLEMARD, F. H. H. The cruise of the Mar-
chesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea, with notices of
Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay
Archipelago. By F. H. H. Guillemard. With maps and
numerous woodcuts ... In 2 vols. London, John
Murray, 1886. 2 vols., illus. 22|*^-

GURNEY, JOHN HENRY. A descriptive cata-
logue of the Raptorial birds in the Norfolk and Nor-
wich Museum. Compiled and arranged by John Henry
Gurney. Part one: containing Serpentariidae, Poly-
boridae, Vulturidae. London, John van Voorst, 1864.
90 pp. 28^

2 cm.

GURNEY, JOHN HENRY. On a Raptorial bird
transmitted by Mr. Andersson from Damaraland. By
J. H. Gurney. 1865. pp. 117-118, col. pi.

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GURNEY, JOHN HENRY. Rambles of a natural-
ist in Egypt and other countries, with an analysis of
the claims of certain foreign birds to be considered.
British and other ornithological notes. By J. H. Gur-
ney, Jr. London, Jarrold & Sons, vi, 307 pp., no date.

HAGERUP, ANDREAS T. The birds of Green-
land. By Andreas T. Hagerup. Tr. from the Danish
by Frimann B. Arngrimson. Ed. by Montague Cham-
berlain. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1891.
viii, [9]-62 pp. 24h^°'-

HARBAUGH, HENRY. The birds of the Bible.
By the Rev. H. Harbaugh . . . Philadelphia, Lind-
say & Balkiston, 1854. I p., I., xi, 13-300 pp. col.
front., 10 col. pi. 26"°-

Added t.-p., illus. in colors.

HARGITT, EDWARD. Notes on Woodpeckers.
No. I. On the Piculets of the Old World; No. 2. The
Genus lyngipicus; No. 4. The Woodpeckers of the
Ethiopian region; No. 8. On the Genus Hermicercus.
No. 9. On the Genus Micropternus. [London, 1885.]
V. p. 23'='"-

HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION. Alaska.
. . . New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. 2 vols,
fronts., illus. 26

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HARRIS, HENRY E. Essays and photographs.
Some birds of the Canary Islands and South Africa.
By Henry E. Harris. 29 illus. London, R. H. Porter
. . . 1901. xiv, 212 pp. front., 92 illus. 23^"°-

HARRISON, ALFRED H. In search of a Polar
continent, 1905-07. By Alfred H. Harrison. With
illustrations and a map. London, Edward Arnold . . .
1908. XX, 292 pp. front., map, illus. 23*^"

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HARTING, JAMES EDMUND. The birds of
Middlesex. A contribution to the natural history of
the county. By James Edmund Harting. London,
John van Voorst, 1866. xvi, 284 pp. front. I9*'°-

HARTING, JAMES EDMUND. The birds of
Shakespeare critically examined, explained, and illus-
trated. By James Edmund Harting . . . London,
John van Voorst, 1871. xxii, 321 pp. front. 23*^-

HARTING, JAMES EDMUND. A hand-book of
British birds, showing the distribution of the resident
and migratory species in the British Islands, with an
index to the records of the rarer visitants. By J. E.
Harting. New and revised edition. With 35 col. pi.,
carefully reproduced from original drawings by the
late Prof. Schlegel, London. London. John C. Nimmo,
1901. xxxi, 520 pp. front, (col.), col. pi. 23*™'

Title-page in red and black.

HARTING, JAMES EDMUND. Hints on shore
shooting; with a chapter on skinning and preserving
birds. By James Edmund Harting. London, John van
Voorst, 187 1. 88 pp. front. 19"°-

HARTING, JAMES EDMUND. Our summer
migrants. An account of the migratory birds which
pass the summer in the British Islands. By J. E.
Harting ... 2d ed. Illustrated from designs by
Thomas Bewick. London, Bickers and Son, 1877. x,
336 pp., illus. 22*^-

HARTT, CH. FRED. Thayer Expedition. Scien-
tific results of a journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz . . .
Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil. By Ch.
Fred Hartt, with illus. and maps. Boston, Fields,
Osgood and Co., 1870. xxiii, 620 pp. front., illus., maps.

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HARVARD COLLEGE. Museum of Comparative
Zoology. Bulletin. Cambridge. Welch, Bigelow & Co.,
University Press, July, 1876. pp. 350-375; illus. in
text. 23|°°-

Contents: Exploration of Lake Titacaca. By Alexander
Agassiz and S. W. Garman.

List of mammals and birds. By J. A. Allen, with field
notes by Mr. Garman.

Crustacea. By Walter Faxon.

HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER. The
Capercailzie in Scotland. By J. A. Harvie-Brown.
Exiinburgh, David Douglas, 1879. xv, 155 pp. front.,
illus. 23<^-

HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER. Trav-
els of a naturalist in northern Europe; Norway,
1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875. By J. A.
Harvie-Brown . . . with coloured plates and other
illustrations and 4 maps . . . London, T. Unwin,
1905. 2 vols, front., illus., plates (partly col.), incl.
ports., fold. maps. 23§^"" Paged continuously.

HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER. A
vertebrate fauna of Scotland. By J. A. Harvie-Brown.
Tay Basin and Strathmore, by J. A. Harvie-Brown.
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1906. Ixxxvi, 377 pp.
illus., map. 23*""*- 2d t.-p., no illus.

HATCH, P. L. . . . Notes on the birds of Minnesota.
By Dr. P. L. Hatch . . . June, 1892. Minneapolis,
Harrison & Smith, 1892. 487 pp. 24*''°- (The geologi-
cal and natural history survey of Minnesota. First
report of the State Zoologist. . . .)

HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An account of the
voyages undertaken by the order of his present Maj-
esty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemi-

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sphere, and successively performed by Com. Byron,
Capt. Wallis, Capt. Carteret, and Capt. Cook, in the
Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour; drawn up
from the journals which were kept by the several com-
manders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks. By
John Hawkesworth. In 3 volumes, illus. with cuts,
charts, maps. London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell . . .
1773- 3 vols, illus. ^of^'

HAWKS, FRANCIS L. Narrative of the expedi-
tion of an American squadron to the China seas and
Japan, . . . yrs. 1852, '53, and '54, under command of
Commodore M. C. Perry, U.S.N. Compiled from the
original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and
his officers, at his request and under his supervision.
By Francis L. Hawks. With numerous illus. Wash-
ington, Beverly Tucker, Senate Printer, 1856. 3 vols,
illus. 30*^-

HAYES, WILLIAM. Portraits of rare and curious
birds, with their descriptions, from the menagery of
Osterly Park, in the county of Middlesex. By W.
Hayes and family. London. Printed by W. Bulmer &
Co., . . . 1794. lOi pp. col. pi. and front. 29*'°'-

HAYES, WILLIAM. Portraits of rare and curious
birds, with their descriptions, from the menagery of
Osterly park, in the county of Middlesex. By W.
Hayes and family. London. Published for the author
by R. Faulder . . . 1794-99. 2 vols. 100 col. pi.
30x24*™- and I vol., col. front, col. pi. 31x25*"°-

Paged continuously; vol. i, 3 pp. i, 50 pp.; vol. 2: 2 pp.
I, 51-101 pp. Dedication of vol. 2 dated ist Jan., 1800.

HEADLEY, FREDERICK WEBB. The structure
and life of birds. By F, W. Headley . . . With
seventy-eight illustrations. London and New York,

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Macmillan and Co., 1895. xx, 214 pp., incl. front.,
illus. 2i"°-

HEALY, CAPT. M. A. Report of the cruise of the
Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic ocean
in the year 1885. By Capt. M. A. Healy. Washington
. . . 1887. 102 pp. front, (folding map) ; illus. and
maps. 30"°'

HENSHAW, HENRY WETHERBEE. Birds of
the Hawaiian Islands; being a complete list of the
birds of the Hawaiian possessions, with notes on their
habits. By H. W. Henshaw. Honolulu, H.I., T. G.
Thrum, 1902. 1+6, [2] pp., pi. 22°°-

HENSHAW, HENRY WETHERBEE Report

upon the ornithological collections made in portions
of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico,
and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873 and
1874. By H. W. Henshaw. 34°°- (U.S. Geog. Survey
. . . Report, vol. 5, 1875, pp. 131-507; I5 col.pl.)

HERDMAN, W. A. The first report upon the fauna
of Liverpool Bay and the neighboring seas. Written by
the members of the Liverpool Marine Biology commit-
tee, and edited by W. A. Herdman, With 10 pi. and
2 maps. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 372
pp. ID pi., map. 23*^

HERRICK, FRANCIS HOBART. The home life
of wild birds ; a new method of the study and photo-
graphy of birds. By Francis Hobart Herrick. With
141 original illustrations from nature, by the author.
New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901.
xix, 148 pp., incl. illus., pi. 27^

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HEWITSON, WILLIAM C. British oology; being
illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures

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of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and col-
oured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the
materials and situation of their nests, and number of
eggs. By William C. Hewitson. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Published for the author, n. d. 2 vols., xxvi-CLXix
col.pl. 23f'"-

HEWITSON, WILLIAM C. British oology; being
illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures
of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and col-
oured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the
materials and situation of their nest, number of eggs,
etc. By William C. Hewitson. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Published for the author, n. d. 3 vols. 169 col. pi. 24^*^™'

HIRST, HENRY B. The book of cage birds. By
Henry B. Hirst. Third edition. Philadelphia, Bernard
Duke, 1843. 278 pp. 20*"°-

HITCHCOCK, EDWARD. Report on the geology,
mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts, in
four parts . . . illus. by numerous woodcuts and an
atlas of plates. By Edward Hitchcock. Amherst, J. S.
& C. Adams, 1833. xii, 700 pp. 4 pts., illus. 23*^

>cm.

HOFFMANN, RALPH. A guide to the birds of
New England and eastern New York; containing a
key for each season and short descriptions of over two
hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to
their appearance in the field. By Ralph Hoffmann . . .
with four full-page plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes,
and nearly one hundred cuts in the text. Boston and
New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904.
xiii, 357 [i] p., illus., 4 pi. (incl. front.). I9§"°-

HOLDEN, GEORGE H. Canaries and caged birds:
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house birds. Birds for pleasure and for profit. By
•George H. Holden. Third edition. Pub. by George H.
Holden. New York and Boston, Mass. (1895). 309»
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HOLMES, EZEKIEL. Birds injurious to agricul-
ture. By Ezekiel Holmes. M.D., of Winthrop, Maine.
No date. 1 10-160 pp., pi. xv-XLVi. 22^*''°-

HORNADAY, WILLIAM T. The American natural
history ; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher
animals of North America. By Wflliam T. Hornaday;
illus. by 227 original drawings by Beard, etc. 116
photographs . . . and numerous charts and maps.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1904. xxv, 449 pp.
front.; 227 drawings; 116 photographs. 25*^'

HORNADAY, WILLIAM T. Camp-fires on desert
and lava. By William T. Hornaday. Photographically
illus. by Dr. Daniel T. MacDougal, Mr. John M.
Phillips, and the author; with two new and original
maps by Mr. Godfrey Sykes . . . New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1908. xix, 366 pp. front, (colored
photograph) ; illus. with photographs (some colored).

HORR, MRS. ELLA L. Birds of Worcester County.
Published by Worcester Natural History Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts, 191 1. Prouty-Dodge Print-
ing Co. . . . Worcester, Mass. 28 pp. 22^""-

HORSBRUGH, BOYD. Game birds and water
fowl of South Africa. By Major Boyd Horsbrugh.
With coloured plates by Sergeant C. G. Davies.
London, Whitby & Co., 1912. xii, 159 pp. 65 col. pi.
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HORSFIELD, THOMAS. Zoological researches in
Java and the neighboring islands. By Thomas Hors-
field. London. Printed for Kingsbury, Parbury &
Allen, 1824. Unpaged; pL, some coL 30*""*

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. The birds of
Rhode Island. By Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., . . and
Edward Sturtevant . . . [n. p.] 1899. iiipp. front.,
5P1. 24^"^-

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. The birds of
Massachusetts. By Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., and
Glover Morrill Allen. Published by subscription.
(Cambridge, Mass., 1901. 154 pp. 24!*™'

Copy no. 90.

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. " Every bird " ;
a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland,
beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four
line illustrations by the author, Reginald Heber Howe,
Jr. . . . Boston, B. Whidden, 1896. vii, 192 pp. illus.

-»-lcm.

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. On the birds'
highway . . . Boston, Small, Maynard & Co., 1899.
XV, 175 pp. illus. l8^*='°-

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. Notes on
Rhode Island ornithology, edited by Reginald Heber
Howe, Jr. Bristol, Rhode Island, 1900-03. 3 vols, in i,
with supplement, v. p. 24^

,cm.

HOWE, REGINALD HEBER, JR. A review of
Prof. George H. Perkins's A preliminary list of the
birds found in Vermont. (In Contributions to North
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HOWELL, ARTHUR HOLMES. . . . Birds of
Arkansas. By Arthur H. Howell . . . Washington,
Government Printing Office, 191 1. 100 pp., illus., 7 pi.
(incl. 'front. ; fold. map). 23°°- (U.S. Dept. of Agric.
Biological Survey, Bulletin 38.)

HOWITT, MARY. Birds and their nests. By
Mary Howitt. With 23 full-page illus. by Harrison
Weir. New York, George Routledge and Sons. Lon-
don, S. W. Partridge & Co.; n. d. iv, 124 pp. illus. in
text and 23 full-page illUs. 2i§*^"* Vignette on t.-p.

HUDSON, W. H. Birds in a village. By W. H.
Hudson. London, Chapman & Hall, 1903; Philadel-
phia, J. B. Lippincott Co. 232 pp.; t.-p. in red and
black. 2i''°-

HUDSON, W.H. British birds. By W. H. Hudson.
With a chapter on structure and classification by
Frank E. Beddard; with 8 col. pi. from original draw-
ings by A. Thornburn, and 8 pi. and 100 figs, in black
and white, from original drawings, by G. E. Lodge, and
3 illus. from photographs from nature, by R. B, Lodge.
London and New York, Longmans, Green & Co., 1895.
xxii, 363 pp. front., illus. (some col.). 2i*^°''

HUDSON, W. H. The naturalist in La Plata. By
W. H. Hudson. Illustrated by J. Smit. London, J. M.
Dent & Co., 1903. ix, 394 pp. front., illus. 22"°-

HUGHES, GRIFFITH. The natural history of
Barbados. In ten books. By the Rev. Mr. Griffith
Hughes. London, 1750. vii, 314 pp. illus., map. 41*^'

HUME, ALLAN OCTAVIAN. Stray feathers; a
journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies.
Edited by Allan O. Hume, 1873-99. Calcutta, London.

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12 vols., maps. Vols. I and 2, 23"''°- Vols. 2-12, 26*^"'
Vol. 12, Index by Chas. Chubb.

HUME, ALLAN OCTAVIAN. The game birds of
India, Burmah, and Ceylon. Hume and Marshall,
Calcutta. Published by Allan O. Hume and C. H. T.
Marshall, 1878-80. 3 vols., col. pi. 26^'°-

HUNTINGTON, DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Our
feathered game; a handbook of the North American
game birds. By Dwight W. Huntington; with eight
full-page shooting scenes in color and one hundred and
thirty-five bird portraits. New York, C. Scribner's
Sons, 1903. xii pp. 11., 396 pp., 11., col. front., 36 pi.
(7 col.). 20^^"*-

IBIS, (THE), a magazine of general ornithology.
Edited by Philip Lutley Sclater. With a large number
of fine col. pi. by Keulemans and others. London,
Triibner Co. and Van Voorst and R. H. Porter, 1859-
date. 57 vols.; 9 series; illus. 23''"* Complete set.

INGERSOLL, ERNEST. Birds'-nesting : a hand-
book of instruction in gathering and preserving the
nests and eggs of birds for the purposes of study. By
Ernest Ingersoll. Boston, Bradlee Whidden, 1895.
xi pp., II., no pp. 2i"°-

INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CON-
GRESS. Proceedings of the fourth International Orni-
thological Congress, London, June, 1905; forming vol.
14 of the Ornis ; ed. . . . by E. J. O. Hartert and J. L.
Bonhote. London, Dulau, 1907. 696 pp.; pi.; illus.

INTERNATIONAL POLAR EXPEDITION. Re-
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Barrow, Alaska, in response to the resolution of the
House of Representatives of Dec. ii, 1884. Washing-
ton . . . 1885. 695 pp. front., pi. (partly col.). 30*^™-

IRBY, L. HOWARD. The ornithology of the
Straits of Gibraltar. By Lieut.-Col. L. Howard Irby.
London, R. H. Porter, 1875. 236 pp. front, i map.

22i*^-

IRBY, L. HOWARD. The ornithology of the
Straits of Gibraltar. By Lieut.-Col. L. Howard Irby.
Second edition. . . . With an appendix containing a
list of the Lepidoptera of the neighbourhood. London,
R. H. Porter, . . . 1895. 326 pp. front, (col.); col.
pis. and maps. 30*™'

JACOBS, J. WARREN. Gleanings from nature.
No. I, Oological abnormalities. By J. Warren Jacobs
. . . Waynesburg, Pa., 1898. — No 2, Eggs of Native
Pennsylvanian birds. A world's fair collection, owned
and exhibited by J. Warren Jacobs, Waynesburg,
Pa. . . . Waynesburg, Pa., 1895. 36, 10 pp., illus. 22*^-

JAMESON, ROBERT. American ornithology; or
the natural history of the birds of the United States.
By Alexander Wilson, and Charles Lucien Bonaparte.
Editedby Robert Jameson, Esq. . . . in four volumes.
Edinburgh, 1831. 4 vols, ifront. port, in vol. i. i6*^-

JAPANISCHE VOGELSTUDIEN . . . K. K.
Osterr. Handels-Museum, Wien, 1895. 12 col. pi.
47"°- no text.

JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM. Illustrations of orni-
thology. By Sir William Jardine and Prideaux John
Selby . . . Edinburgh, Daniel Lizars . . . n. d. 3 vols.
151 col. pi. 37^°"' Text unpaged.

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JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM. Illustrations of orni-
thology. By Sir William Jardine . . . and Prideaux
John Selby . . . Edinburgh, Daniel Lizars, n. d.
2 vols, no col. pi. 31*™" Text unpaged.

JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM. Illustrations of orni-
thology. By Sir William Jardine . . . and Prideaux
John Selby, Esq. . . . Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars . . .
[i826?-35] 3 vols. 151 pi. (partly col.). 3i*='°- Text
unpaged. Copy with pi. in two states; each subject in
colors and in black.

JASPER, THEODORE. Ornithology; or, The
science of bird's. From the text of Dr. Brehm, with two
hundred and twelve illustrations by Theodore Jasper.
Columbus, Ohio, Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. 156 pp.
front., pi. A-D, 1-37. 38^^"'-

JENNINGS, JAMES. Ornithologia, or. The bird:
a poem in two parts ; with an introduction to their nat-
ural history: and copious notes by James Jennings.
London. Printed for the author, and published by
Poole & Edwards, 1828. xxix, 468, 4 pp. front. I9^'"°-

JERDON, T. C. Illustrations of Indian ornithology,
containing fifty figures of new unfigured and interest-
ing species of birds, chiefly from the south of India.
By T. C. Jerdon. Madras, P. R. Hunt, 1847. 50 col.
pi. with descriptive text. 24|*^'

JERDON, T. C. The birds of India, being a natural
history of all the birds known to inhabit continental
India: with descriptions of the species, genera, families,
tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families
as are not found in India, making it a manual of orni-
thology specially adapted for India. By T. C. Jerdon
. . . Calcutta, 1862-64. 3 vols. 24*"

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JOB, HERBERT KEIGHTLEY. Among the
water-fowl; observations, adventure, photography.
A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found
in the northern and middle states and lower Canada,
east of the Rocky Mountains. By Herbert K. Job,
profusely illustrated by photographs from nature,
mostly by the author. New York, Doubleday, Page &
Co., 1902. xxi, 224 pp. front., illus. 22^™*

JOB, HERBERT KEIGHTLEY. The sport of bird-
study: a book for young or active people. By Herbert
Keightley Job . . . profusely illustrated with photo-
graphs from life by the author. New York, The Outing
Publishing Company, 1908. xiii pp., 284, iv pp., il.
front., 75 pi. 22*='°-

JOB, HERBERT KEIGHTLEY. Wild wings;
adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild
birds of North America on sea and land. By Herbert
Keightley Job, . . . with an introductory letter by
Theodore Roosevelt; with one hundred and sixty illus-
trations after photographs from life by the author.
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & Company
[1905]. xxivpp., II., (2), 341 [i] pp., incl. illus., plates,
front. 22'^'"-

JOHNS, C. A. British birds in their haunts. By
the Rev. C. A. Johns, with illustrations on wood drawn
by Wolf , engraved by Whymper. London, 1862. xxxii,
626 pp. ; illus. 20*''°-

JONES, HOWARD. Illustrations of the nests and
eggs of birds of Ohio, with text. Illustrations by Mrs.
N. E. Jones. Text by Howard Jones . . . Circleville,
O., 1886. 3 vols. 68 col. pi. 44ix40'="'

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JONES, J. MATTHEW. Contributions to the
natural history of the Bermudas. Edited by J.
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ton, 1884. (Bulletin of the U.S. Nat. Mus., no. 25.)
xxiii, 353 pp.

JONES, THOMAS RYMER. Cassell's book of
birds, from the text of Dr. Brehm. By Thomas Rymer
Jones ; with upwards of four hundred engravings, and
a series of coloured plates. In four volumes. London,
Cassell, Petter and Galpin; and New York. 275°°*
front, in vols, i, 3 and 4, illus.

JONES, THOMAS RYMER. The natural history
of birds: a popular introduction to ornithology. By
Thomas Rymer Jones . . . with 220 illus. London,
Frederick Ware & Co., . . . New York, Scribner,
Welford and Armstrong, xx, 452 pp. front., 220 illus.

JOSSELYN, JOHN. New England's rarities dis-
covered in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of
that country. By John Josselyn. With an introduc-
tion and notes, by Edward Tuckerman. Boston,
William Veazie, 1864. viii, 169 pp. 26*'°-

JOURNAL OF THE STRAITS BRANCH OF
THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. Published half-
yearly. Singapore, Government Printing Office, 1884.
Ornithological notes made in the Straits settlement and

in the western states of the Malay Peninsula, v. p.

22cm.

JUDD. SYLVESTER DWIGHT. . . . Birds of
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thology. By Sylvester D. Judd . . . Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1902. 116 pp. illus., 17
pi. 23^

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JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. ... The Bob-
white and other Quails of the United States in their
economic relations. By Sylvester D. Judd . . . Wash-
ington, Government Printing Office, 1905. 66 pp.
illus., 2 pi. (incl. col. front.). 23°°*

JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. The economic

value of the Bob-white. Washington, 1904. PI. xvi.

23cm.

JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. The food of nest-
ling birds. Washington, 1901. 23*="'-

JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. Four common

birds of the farm and garden. Washington, 1896. illus.
23cm.

JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. . . . The Grouse
and Wild Turkeys of the United States, and their
economic value. By Sylvester D. Judd . . . Wash-
ington, Government Printing Office, 1905. 55 pp.
2 pi. (incl. col. front.). 23*^'

JUDD, SYLVESTER DWIGHT. ... The rela-
tion of Sparrows to agriculture. By Sylvester D. Judd
. . . Washington, Government Printing Office, 1901.
98 pp. illus., 4 pi. (incl. front.). 23"°-

JUKES, J. BEETE. Narrative of the surveying
voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Capt. F. P.
Blackwood in Torres strait. New Guinea, and other
islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years
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volumes. London, T.&W. Boone, 1847. 2 vols, front.,
illus. 22,^°"-

KAEDING, HENRY B. Birds from the west coast
of Lower California and adjacent islands. By Henry B.
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Condor," vol. 8, 1905, no. 4-5.)

KANE, ELISHA KENT. Arctic explorations; the
second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. By Elisha Kent Kane. Illus.
by upwards of 300 engravings from sketches by the
author . . . Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson . . .
1856. 2 vols, front, port. ; illus. 23*''°-

KAUP, Dr. A monograph of the Falconidae accord-
ing to nature systematically arranged. By Dr. Kaup.
Darmstadt, 1847. 159 pp. and t.-p. illus. in text.
Original mss.

KEARTON, RICHARD. Birds' nests, eggs and
egg-collecting. By R. Kearton. Illus. with 22 col. pi.
. . . Revised and enlarged. London, Paris, New York,
and Melbourne, Cassell & Co., Ltd. [1896]. 96 pp.
col. front., col. pi. 20'^'°'

KEARTON, RICHARD. British birds' nests; how,
where and when to find and identify them. By R.
Kearton, with an introduction by R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Illus. from photographs by C. Kearton. . . . London,
Paris, New York, and Melbourne, Cassell & Co., Ltd.,
1898. XX, 368 pp. front. ; illus. from photographs. 24^'

KEARTON, RICHARD. With nature and a cam-
era; being the adventures and observations of a field
naturalist and an animal photographer. By Richard

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Kearton . . . illustrated by 1 80 pictures from photo-
graphs by Cherry Kearton. Popular ed. London,
Paris, New York, and Melbourne, Cassell and Com-
pany, Limited, 1898. xiv, 368 pp., incl. front., illus.

KEELER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. Bird notes
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Charles A. Keeler. San Francisco, D. P. Elder and
M. Shepard, 1899. vii, 352 [i] pp., li. 17^"°-

KEELER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. Evolution of
the colors of North American land birds. By Charles
A. Keeler. San Francisco, Cal. Acad, of Sci., Jan.,
1893. xii, 361 pp. 19 pi. (col.). 24*""-

KEELY, ROBERT N. In Arctic seas. The voyage
of the " Kite " with the Peary expedition, together with
a transcript of the Log of the "Kite" by Robert N.
Keely, Jr. . . . and G. G. Davis. Illus. by maps, port.,
and photographic views. Philadelphia, Rufus C.
Hartranft, 1893. vii, 524 pp. front., illus., map. 23*^"'

KELLS, WILLIAM L. Nesting of some Canadian
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— Two Warblers new to Canada, March, 1901. —
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V. p. 23*^'°' ("The Ottawa Naturalist.")

KERMODE, FRANCIS. Catalogue of British
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KERMODE, FRANCIS. Provincial museum of
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KEYES, CHARLES R. Preliminary annotated
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and H. S. Williams. 49 pp. 22'=°-

KEYSER, LEANDER SYLVESTER. Birds of the
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page plates (four in color) by Louis Agassiz Fuertes;
many illustrations in the text by Bruce Horsfall, and
eight views of localities from photographs ; with a com-
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McClurgandCo., 1902. i p., i.,xiv, [2] pp., 11., 19-355
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KIDDER, D. P. The nest and the eggs; revised by
the editor D. P. Kidder. New York. Pub. by G. Lane
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in text. 2 t.-p. vignettes. 15"°'

KING, F. H. Economic relations of Wisconsin
birds. By F. H. King. Fall River, Wis., 1882. pp.
422-610. 26^"- illus. in text. n. t.-p.

KINGSLEY, JOHN STERLING. The standard
natural history. Edited by John Sterling Kingsley.
Boston,S. E. Cassino&Co., 1885. 6 vols, illus. 26|^-

KIRBY, MARY. Beautiful birds in far-off lands:
their haunts and homes. By Mary and Elizabeth
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KLOSS, C. BODEN. In the Andamans and Nico-
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illustrations. New York, E. P. Button & Co. ; London,
John Murray, 1903. xvi, 373 pp. front., illus., and
map. 24*^-

KNIGHT, ORA WILLIS. The birds of Maine;
with key to and description of the various species
known to occur or to have occurred in the state; an
account of their distribution and migration, showing
their relative abundance in the various counties of the
state as well as other regions, and contributions to
their life histories. By Ora Willis Knight . . . Bangor,
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(map), plates. 24"=™'
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KNIGHT, ORA WILLIS. A list of the birds of
Maine, showing their distribution by counties and their
status in each county. Prepared under the auspices of
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Knight. Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print, 1897.
184 pp. 22|*=°'' (Bulletin no. 3, The University of
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KNIGHT, WILBUR CLINTON. ... The birds
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KNOBEL, EDWARD. Field key to the land birds
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KNOWLTON, FRANK HALL. . . . Birds of the
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with 1 6 colored plates and 236 illustrations. New York,
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KNOX, A. E. Game birds and wild fowl: their
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KNOX, A. E. Ornithological rambles in Sussex;
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KONINGSBERGER, J. C. . . . De vogels van
Java en hunne oeconomische beteekenis, door Dr. J. C.
Koningsberger . . . Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., 1901.
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KRIDER, JOHN. Forty years* notes of a field
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KUMLIEN, LUDWIG. . . . The birds of Wiscon-
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KUMLIEN, LUDWIG. Contributions to the nat-
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LANGE, DIETRICH. Our native birds; how to
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LANGILLE, J. HIBBERT. Our birds in their
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LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. The greatest
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LANTZ, D. E. List of birds collected by Col. N. S.
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LATHAM, JOHN. A general history of birds. By
John Latham . . . Winchester [Eng.]. Printed by
Jacob and Johnson, for the author; sold in London by
G. and W. B. Whittaker [etc.], 1821-28. 10 vols. 184
(i.e., 193) col. pi. 28§x22|°°-

LAUDER, SIR THOMAS DICK. Parrots. By Sir
Thomas Dick Lauder and Capt. Thomas Brown ; the
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(Miscellany of natural history, vol. I.) x, 107 pp.
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LAWRENCE, GEORGE NEWBOLD. Birds of
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LAWRENCE, GEORGE NEWBOLD. Birds of
southwestern Mexico. Collected by Francis E. Sum-
ichrast for the U.S. Nat. Mus. Prepared by George
N. Lawrence. Washington, 1875. 141 pp. i col. pi.

22^-

LAWRENCE, GEORGE NEWBOLD. Descrip-
tions of three new species of Humming-birds of the
genera Heliomaster, Amazilia, and Mellisuga, i860.
Descriptions of six new species of birds of the fami-
lies Charadridse, Trochilidae, and Caprimulgidae, 1862.
Descriptions of new species of birds of the genera
Myiarchus and Phlogopsis, i860, v. p. 22*^"*

LAWRENCE, GEORGE NEWBOLD. Notes on
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^ LAWRENCE, GEORGE NEWBOLD. The pub-
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Printing Office, 1892. xi, 124 pp. front, port. 24'^-

LAYARD, EDGAR LEOPOLD. The birds of
South Africa. A descriptive catalogue of all the known
species occurring south of the 28th parallel of south
latitude. By Edgar Leopold Layard. Cape Town,
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LAYARD, EDGAR LEOPOLD. The birds of
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LEACH, WILLIAM ELFORD. Leach's system-
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LEACH, WILLIAM ELFORD. The zoological
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(text) ; vol. 2, plates. 25*™' 2nd copy, 3 vols. col. pi.

24^'

LEAR, EDWARD. Illustrations of the family of
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hitherto unfigured, containing 42 lithographic plates
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First edition; no text.

LECHNER, A. A. VAN PELT. "Oologia Neer-
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LEGGE, W. VINCENT. A history of the birds of
Ceylon. By Captain W. Vincent Legge. London. Pub.
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num. front., map. 32^^

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LE MAOUT, EMM. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
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I'indication de leur mceurs, etc. . . . Par M. Emm

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LEMBEYE, JUAN. Aves de la isia de Cuba. Por
JuanLembeye. Habana, 1850. Facsimile edition. 136
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LE MOINE, SIR JAMES MACPHERSON. Omi-
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LEOTAUD, A. Giseaux de I'lle de la Trinidad
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LESSON, RENE PRIMEVlfiRE. Histoire natu-
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LESSON, RENfi PRIMEVlfiRE. Histoire natu-
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LESSON, RENE PRIMEVlfeRE. Histoire natu-
relle des Colibris, suivie d'un supplement k I'histoire
naturelle des Giseaux-mouches; ouvrage orn6 de
planches dessin^es et grav6es par les meilleurs artistes
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LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS. Histoire naturelle
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Paris, Delachauss^e, 1805-08. 6 vols. 300 col. pi.
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LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS. Histoire naturelle
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LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS. Histoire naturelle
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LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS. Histoire naturelle
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LEVAILLANT, FRANf OIS. Histoire naturelle
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LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS. Voyage de M. Le-
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LEWIN, JOHN WILLIAM. A natural history of
the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved
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Same. New edition. London, Bohn, 1838.

LEWIN, JOHN WILLIAM. Natural history of the
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LICHTENSTEIN, ANTON AUGUST HEIN-
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LILFORD, THOMAS L. P., 4th Baron. Notes
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LOUCKS, W. E. Life history and distribution of the
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LUCAS, FREDERIC A. The tongues of Wood-
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McATEE, WALDO LEE. ... The Horned Larks
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McATEE, WALDO LEE. Woodpeckers in relation
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McCHESNEY, CHARLES E. Notes on the birds
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M'CLINTOCK, F. L. A narrative of the discovery
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MacGILLIVRAY, JOHN. Narrative of the voy-
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account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the
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MacGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM. Descriptions of the
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MacGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM. A history of Brit-
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MacGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM. A history of Brit-
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organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classi-
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MacGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM. Life of William
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MacGillivray, WILLIAM. The natural his-
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Printed for private circulation, 1855. xx, 507 pp.
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McGregor, RICHARD C. a hand-Ust of the
birds of the Philippine Islands. By Richard C.
McGregor and Dean C. Worcester. Manila, Bureau
of Printing, 1906. 123 pp. 26|*^-

McGregor, RICHARD C. a manual of Philip-
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McILWRAITH, THOMAS. The birds of Ontario;
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MacLEARY, W. S. Remarks on the comparative
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MACOUN, JOHN. Catalogue of Canadian birds.
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MACPHERSON, H. A. The Pheasant. — Natural
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MACPHERSON, H. B. The home-life of a Golden
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MANTON, WALTER PORTER. Taxidermy with-
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MARK, EDWARD LAURENS. The Bermuda
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MARRINER, GEORGE R. The Kea: a New Zea-
land problem, including a full description of this very
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MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES. Odontomithes:
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MARSHALL, C. H. T. A monograph of the Capi-
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text, not numbered. 33^*

MARTIN, M. Voyage to St. Kilda, the remotest of
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MARTIN, WILLIAM CHARLES LINNAEUS. A
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MASSACHUSETTS ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY
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MATHEWS, FERDINAND SCHUYLER. Field
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. An atlas of
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Bahama
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. The birds of
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all the species which occur east of the Mississippi River
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. The birds of
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all the species which occur east of the Mississippi River,
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122 illustrations (some col.). 35°°*

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. The birds of
Florida: containing original descriptions of upwards of
two hundred and fifty species, with notes upon their
habits, etc. By C. J. Maynard. With . . . plates
drawn and colored from nature, by Helen S. Farley
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3ix25*^'°-

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tonville, Mass., C. J. Maynard & Co., 1878. Bound as vol.
I of "Birds of Eastern N. A."

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. A catalogue
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Maine, with annotations relative to the breeding hab-
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Wm. Brewster. 1871. (Bost. Soc. of Natural History,
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Contribu-
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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Directory to
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Mass., C. J. Maynard, 1907. 317 pp. front. 23 pi.
and many wbodcuts. i6*^"

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drawn pi. extra. Third copy, 23 hand-colored pi. extra.

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MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Directory to
the birds of Eastern North America, illus. with many
woodcuts and 20 pi. drawn and engraved by the
author, Charles J. Maynard. West Newton, Mass.,
C. J. Maynard, 1905. 144 pp. front., illus. i&^-

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Eggs of
North American birds. By Chas. J. Maynard. Illus-
trated with ten hand-colored plates. Boston, De
Wolfe, Fiske & Co., 1890. iv, 159 pp. 10 col. pi. (incl.
front.). 23'

iCm.

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Handbook
of the Sparrows, Finches, etc., of New England. By
C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. Newtonville, C.J. May-
nard, 1896. vii pp., II., 94 pp. illus., 21 pi. (17 col.).
I5|xi2f°'-

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Manual of
taxidermy for amateurs. A complete guide in collect-
ing and preserving birds and animals. By C. J. May-
nard . . . New ed. New York, Forest and Stream
Pub. Co. [1901]. viii, iii-xvi, 115, [9]pp. illus. I9|*''°-

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. The natu-
ralist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of
natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds
of the eastern Massachusetts. By C. J. Maynard.
With illustrations by E. L. Weeks. Boston, Fields,
Osgood & Co., 1 87 1, ix, 170 pp. front., illus. 20*"™-

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Nature
studies in schools, conducted by C. J. Maynard. Vol.i,
1899, West Newton, Mass., C. J. Maynard. 274 pp.
illus. and 10 col. pi. 23|'"°-

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. Records of
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nard. Vol. i, 1908, West Newton, Mass. 181 pp.
illus. in text. 13 pL (some col.). iS'^"'

MAYNARD, CHARLES JOHNSON. The War-
biers of New England. By C. J. Maynard . . . West
Newton, C. J. Maynard, 1905. 3 pp., i., 138 pp. col.
front., illus., 12 col. pi. 24"°-

E^ch plate accompanied by guard sheet with description.
Pi. i-vi each accompanied by a duplicate pi. uncolored.
"This copy is hand-colored by C. J. Maynard, no. 19."

MEARN, EDGAR A. Descriptions of a new
species and three new sub-species of birds from Ari-
zona. (From "The Auk," vol. vii, no. 3, July, 1890.)
— A study of the Sparrow Hawks (subgenus tinnun-
culus) of America, with especial reference to the con-
tinental species (Falco sparverius, Linn.). (From
"The Auk," vol. ix, no. 3, July, 1892.) v. p. 23!"°-

MEINERTZHAGEN, DAN. Bird life in an Arctic
spring. The diaries of Dan Meinertzhagen and R. P.
Hornby. London, R. H. Porter, 1899. iii, 150, iii pp.
front, port., illus. and 27 pi. 20*™'

MERRIAM, CLINTON HART. Report of the
ornithologists and mammalogists. (U.S. Dep't of
Agriculture. Division of Economic Ornithology and
Mammalogy, Report, 1889, pp. 363-536.) illus., col.
pi. 22|*^'°-

MERRIAM, CLINTON HART. A review of the
birds of Connecticut, with remarks on their habits. By
C.HartMerriam. June, 1877. xii,242pp. 2 col. pi. 24"°'

MERRIAM, CLINTON HART. The summer
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Edward A. Preble. (Special publication from Alle-
gany Co. report.) The Johns Hopkins Press, Balti-
more, Nov., 1900. pp. 292-397. 27°°-

MERSHON, W. B. The Passenger Pigeon. By W.
B. Mershon. New York, The Outing Publishing Com-
pany, 1907. xii, II., 225 pp. col. front., 7 pi. (i col.),
facsim. 245"°-

MERZBACHER, GOTTFRIED. The central
Tian-Shan mountains, 1902-03. By Gottfried Merz-
bacher. Published under the authority of the Royal
Geographical Society. New York, E. P. Dutton and
Co., 1905. ix, 294 pp. front., photographs. 23"°'

MEYER, H. L. Coloured illustrations of British
birds and their eggs. By H. L. Meyer. London, G. W.
Nickerson, 1842-50. 7 vols. col. pi. 22*=°' Vols. 3-8,
printed by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.

MEYER, H. L. Illustrations of British birds. By
H. L. Meyer. London, Longman & Co. 4 vols., coL
pi., no text, n. d. 27*^-

Vol. I, Land birds, 77 pi. (col.).
Vol. II, Land birds, 76 pi. (col.).
Vol. Ill, Water birds, 82 pi. (col.).
Vol. IV, Water birds, 81 pi. (col.).

MICHAUX, FRANf CIS ANDRfi. Travels to the
westward of the Allegany Mountains in the states of
the Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the year 1802.
Containing account relative to the present state of
agriculture, and the natural products of those districts;
together with particulars of the commercial relations
which subsist between those states, and those to the
eastward of the mountains, and of Lower Louisiana.
By F. A. Michaux . . . Translated from the French.

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London, Richard Phillips, 1805. 96 pp., front, (map).
First English edition. 2i|'^°''

Contains interesting accounts of the Wild Turkeys
and other birds.

MICHELET, JULES. The bird. By Jules Miche-
let; with 210 illustrations by Giacomelli. London, New
York [etc.], T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. x pp., 11., [13]-
340 pp., incl. illus., plates. 24|"°-

MICHENER, E. Insectivorous birds of Chester
Co., Pa. Agricultural Ornithology. By E. Michener,
M.D. Avondale, Pa. pp. 2.87-307. 22"™-

MICHIGAN BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Thirty-second annual report of the secretary of the
state board of agriculture of the state of Michigan
from July i, 1892, to June 30, 1893. By authority.
Lansing, R. Smith & Co. . . . 1894. 516 pp. illus. in
text. 24^"-

MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. Bul-
letin, vols. 1-6, Jan., 1897-June, 1905. Grand Rapids
and Detroit, Mich., 1897-1905.

No more published. Vols. 1-3 were published at
Grand Rapids: vols. 4-6, at Detroit.

MIDDENDORFF, A. T. Einleitung, Klimatologie,
Geognosie, Botanik . . . Theil i. St. Petersburg,
1848. (Reise in den Aussersten norden und osten
Sibiriens, Band i.) 256 pp., 26 pi., some col. 31"°*

MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE. British Diving Ducks.
By J. G. Millais; vol. i, with thirty- two plates
(twenty- two of which are coloured), by Archibald
Thorburn, O. Murray Dixon, H. Gronvold, and the
author. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, Bombay,
and Calcutta, 1913. vii, 141 pp. col. front., 42'^*
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MILLAIS,JOHNGUILLE. Game birds and shoot-
ing-sketches ; illustrating the habits, modes of capture,
stages of plumage, and the hybrids and varieties which
occur amongst them. By John Guille Millais. London,
Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. xii, 72 pp., pi. (some
col.) and illus. 40x32'"°-

MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE. The natural history of
British game birds. By J. G. Millais. With 18 col. pi.,
17 photogravures, and 2 other illus., by Archibald
Thorburn and J. G. Millais. Longmans, Green & Co.,
New York, Bombay, and Caltutta, 1909. xi, 142 pp.
col. front., col. pi. 42*^"-

Title-page in red and black. Only 550 copies of this book

have been printed. This copy is No. 87.

MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE. Tfie natural history
of the British surface-feeding ducks. By J. G. Millais;
with 6 photogravures, 41 col. pi. and 25 other illus.
Longmans, Green & Co., London, New York, and
Bombay, 1902. xiv, 107 pp. front, col., col. pi. and
illus. 25'='°-

Only 600 copies of this edition have been printed. This
copy is no. 100.

MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE. The wildfowler in
Scotland. By John Guille Millais . . . Longmans,
Green & Co., London, New York, and Bombay, 1901.
XV, 167 pp. front., 8 photogravures, pL, 2 col. 50
illus. from author's drawing and from photographs.

First edition.

MILLER, CHARLES W, An experiment in coloni-
zation of the House Martin. By Charles W. Miller.
Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa., Jan., 1909. 12 pp. 2 pi.
23"^- (Bulletin no. i. The Worthington Society for
the study of bird life.)

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MILLER, OLIVE THORNE. The second book of
birds. Bird families. By Olive Thorne Miller. With 8
cx)l. pi. from designs, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and i6
other full-page illus. Boston and New York, Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1903.
viii, 209 pp. front, (col.), pi. (col.), illus. 20*^'"'

MILNE, JOHN. Relics of the Great Auk on Funk
Island. By John Milne. [Reprinted from "The Field"
of March 27 and April 3 and 10, 1875.] 16 pp. front.

2icm.

MINOT, HENRY DAVIS. The land-birds and
game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the
birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . . .
By H. D. MinoJ; . . . Salem, Mass., Naturalists'
Agency; Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1877. ^vi, 456 pp.
front., illus. 23|*=°'-

First edition.

MINOT, HENRY DAVIS. The land-birds and
game-birds of New England, with descriptions of the
birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . . .
illustrations. By H. D. Minot. Second edition, ed.
by William Brewster . . . Boston and New York,
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. xxiv pp., 11.,
492 pp. front, port., illus. 22|'^-

MIVART, ST. GEORGE. A monograph of the
Lories, or Brush-tongued Parrots, composing the
family Lariidae. By St. George Mivart; . . . London,
R. H. Porter, 7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.,
1896. liii, [193] pp. 61 col. pi., 3 maps. 34*='°-

MONTAGU, GEORGE. A dictionary of British
birds. Reprinted from Montagu's ornithological
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described by Selby; Yarrell, in all three editions, and
in natural-history journals. Comp. and ed. by Edward
Newman . . . London, J. van Voorst, 1866. xxiv,
399, [I.] pp. 22^""-

MONTAGU, GEORGE. Ornithological dictionary
of British birds. By Colonel G. Montagu, F.L.S. 2d
ed. With a plan of study, and many new articles and
original observations. By James Rennie . . . London,
Hurst, Chance & Co., 1831. I p., I., Ix pp., il., 592 pp.
illus. 2i|*=°'-

Marquis of Lome copy.

MORRIS, BEVERLEY R. British game birds and
water fowl. By Beverley R. Morris . . . illustrated
with sixty colored plates. London, Groombridge &
Sons, 1855. iv, 252 pp. col. front., 60 col. pi. 3i"°'

MORRIS, BEVERLEY R. British game birds and
wild fowl. By Beverley R. Morris. Fourth edition,
revised and corrected, W. B. Tegetmeier. With 60
large pi., coloured by hand. In two vols. London,
John C. Nimmo, 1895. 2 vols. 60 col. pi. 28*^

3 cm.

MORRIS, FRANCIS ORPEN. A history of Brit-
ish birds. By the Rev. F. O. Morris . .. . London,
Groombridge & Sons, n. d. 8 vols, front, (col.), col.
pi. 19^"'

MORRIS, FRANCIS ORPEN. A history of Brit-
ish birds. By the Rev. F. O. Morris . . . London,
Geo. Bell & Sons, 1870. 6 vols., col. front., 352 col. pi.
26^'"-

First published in 1851^57. Second edition.

MORRIS, FRANCIS ORPEN. A natural history
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F. O. Morris, R.A. London, George Bell & Sons, 1875.
3 vols, front., 332 pi. 26|"°-
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MORRIS, ROBERT O. The birds of Springfield
and vicinity. By Robert O. Morris. Springfield, Mass.
Published by Henry R. Johnson, 1901. 54 pp. front,
(map). 22*='°-

MORSE, ALBERT PITTS. Annotated list of birds
of Wellesley and vicinity; comprising the land-birds
and most of the inland water-fowl of eastern Massa-
chusetts. ByAlbert Pitts Morse . . . Wellesley, Mass.
Pub. by the author, 1897. 56 pp. front. iSl*""-

MOSELEY, H. N. Notes by a naturalist on the
"Challenger," being an account of various observa-
tions made during the voyage of H.M.S. " Challenger '*
round the world, in the years 1872-76, under the com-
mand of Sir G. S. Nares . . . and Capt. F. T. Thomp-
son. By H. N. Moseley. With a map, 2 col. pi. and
numerous woodcuts. London, 1879. xvi, 606 pp.
map, 2 col. pi. and woodcuts, front. 23"°'

MOSLEY, S. L. A history of British birds, their
nests and eggs, with hand-coloured figures of every
species and variety. By S. L. Mosley, with text
revised by a Fellow of the Zoological Society. Hud-
dersfield, 1884-87. 2 vols. col. pi. 22|*='°-

MUDIE, ROBERT. The feathered tribes of the
British Islands. By Robert Mudie . . . 2d ed. Lon-
don, Whittaker & Co., 1835. 2 vols. col. front., illus.,
col. plates. I9|''°-

Engr. title-page, with vignette in colors.

MUDIE, ROBERT. The feathered tribes of the
British Islands. By Robert Mudie. Fourth edition,

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revised by W. C. L. Martin. Illus. with 28 pi. con-
taining 52 figs, of birds, and 7 pi. of eggs. In 2 vols.
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854. 2 vols., front., illus.
and pi. ig'"^'

Two title-pages, the first with vignette.

MULSANT, E. Histoire naturelle des Giseaux-
mouches ou Colibris, constituant la famille des Tro-
chilides. Par E. Mulsant et feu Eduard Veneaux,
Lyon. Geneve-Bale, H. Georg, 1874-77. 4 vols, and
supplement, col. pi. in each vol. 57 col. pi. in sup. (no
text). 34'='°-

NANSEN, DR. FRITDJOF. Farthest North,
being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship
"Fram," 1893-96, and of a 15 months' sleigh journey.
By Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. New York,
Harper & Bros., 1897. 2 vols, front., illus., 16 col. pi.,
map. 25"°-

NARBRGUGH, SIR JOHN. An account of sev-
eral late voyages to the South-sea by the command of
King Charles the second ... 11. Capt. J. Tasman's
discoveries on the coast of the South Terra Incognita.
III. Capt. J. Wood's attempt to discover a north east
passage to China, iv. F. Marten's Gbservations made
in Greenland, and Northern Countries . . . London,
D. Brown . . . 171 1. xxiv, 191, 223 pp. map. 20*"°-

NASH, CHARLES W. The birds of Ontario in
relation to agriculture. By Charles W. Nash, Toronto.
Published by the Ontario Dept. of Agr. Toronto,
Warwick Bro's & Rutter, 1898. 32 pp. 32 full-page
illus. 25"°-

NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS; containing a
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intended for the amusement and instruction of chil-
dren. With copper plates. In six parts. London, J.
Johnson, 1791. 3 vols. (6 pts.). col. pi. i8"°-

NAUMANN. Iconographie d'oiseaux d'Europe et
de leurs ceufs. fidition frangais de 413 pi. col., destinies
^.servir d'atlas k I'ornithologie europ^ene de Degland
et Gerbe . . . Par A. Bourier. Paris, A. Hermann &
Fils, 1910. 3 vols. col. pi. 40*^-

NEHRLING, HENRY. Our nature birds of song
and beauty, being a complete history of all the song-
birds, Flycatchers, Hummingbirds, Swifts, Goatsuck-
ers, Woodpeckers, Kingfishers, Trogons, Cuckoos, and
Parrots of North America. By Henry Nehrling . . .
With thirty-six colored plates after water-color paint-
ings by Prof. Robert Ridgway . . . Prof. A. Goering
. . . and Gustav Muetzel . . . Milwaukee, G. Brum-
der, 1 893-. 2 vols. 5 col. pi. 30^"^-

NELSON, EDWARD W. Report upon the natural
history collections made in Alaska between the years
1877 and 1881, by Edward W. Nelson. Edited by
Henry W. Henshaw. Washington, Government Print-
ing Office, 1887. 337 pp. 12 col. pi. 30*''"'

NELSON, EDWARD W. A revision of the North
American mainland species of Myiarchus. By E. W.
Nelson. (Proceedings of the Biological Society of
Washington, vol. xvii, 1904, pp. 21-50.) 22|*^-

NELSON, HARRY LEVERETT. Bird-songs about
Worcester. By Harry Leverett Nelson. Boston,
Little, Brown and Company, 1889. 2 pp., i., 131 pp.

jgcm.

NEW JERSEY. State Museum. Annual report of
the New Jersey State Museum including a list of the

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birds of New Jersey, with a description of each and
illustrations and the law protecting birds, etc., 1903.
Camden, N. J., Chas. Sinnickson & Sons Co., 1904.
133 PP- front., pi., some col. 23^*^-

NEWTON, ALFRED. A dictionary of birds. By
Alfred Newton, assisted by Hans Gadow, with contri-
butions from Richard Lydekker . . . Charles S. Roy
. . . and Robert W. Shufeldt . . . London, A. and C.
Black, 1893-96. 2 pp., L., xii, 124, 1088 pp. illus.,
fold. map. 23*^-

NEW YORK. Commissioners of fisheries, game and
forests. Annual reports of the commissioners of fish-
eries, game and forests of the state of New York, 1895-
99. 5 vols. col. pi., illus. 30"^-

NIDOLOGIST. Published monthly, with illustra-
tions. Vols. 1-4, 1893-97. Alameda, Cal., 1893-97.
4 vols., illus. 25|*^-
No more published.

NORDENSKIOLD, A. E. The voyage of the Vega
round Asia and Europe, with a historical review of
jM^evious journeys along the North Coast of the old
world. By A. E. Nordenskiold. Tr. by Alex. Leslie.
With 5 steel portraits, numerous maps and illus. In
2 vols. London, Macmillan and Co., 1881. 2 vols,
maps and illus. 24*^"*

NORTH, A. J. Descriptive catalogue of the nest
and eggs of birds found breeding, in Australia and
Tasmania. By A. J. North. Printed by order of the
Trustees of the Australian Museum, Dr. E. P. Ram-
say, Curator. Sidney, F. W. White . . . 1889. vii,
416 pp. 21 pi. 24^'^-

NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA, Oct., 1889, to date.
Vols. I to date. Washington, 1889 to date. 23^"°'

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NORTON, ARTHUR H. Birds of the Bowdoin
College expedition to Labrador in 189 1. By Arthur H.
Norton. (From the Proceedings of the Portland Soci-
ety of Natural History, vol. 11, art. viii, pp. 139-158.)
Portland, Me., May 20, 1901. 235*"°-

NORTON, CHARLES ELIOT. The poet Gray as
a naturalist, with selections from his notes on the
Systema naturae of Linnaeus, and facsimiles of some
of his drawings. By Charles Eliot Norton. Boston,
Charles E. Goodspeed, 1903. 67 pp. illus. on separate
sheets. 22§*''°-

Limited edition of 500 copies of this book was printed on
hand-made paper by D. B. Updike. — Boston, Nov., 1903.
This is copy no. 55.

NOURSE, J. E. American explorations in the ice
zones . . . With a brief notice of the Antarctic cruise
under Lieut. Wilkes, 1840, and of the locations and
objects of the U.S. signal service Arctic observers.
Prepared chiefly from official sources. By Prof. J. E.
Nourse, U.S.N. Third edition. Boston, B. B. Russell
(1884). 624 pp. front., illus. 23"^

.cm.

NOURSE, J. E. Narrative of the second Arctic
expedition made by Chas. F. Hall : his voyage to Re-
pulse Bay, sledge journeys to the Straits of Fury
and Hecla and to King William's Land, and residence
among the Eskimos during the years 1864-69. Edited
under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy,
by Prof. J. E. Nourse, U.S.N. . . . Washington, Gov-
ernment Printing Office, 1879. 1,644 pp. front, port.,
illus., maps. 27*^

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NUTTALL, THOMAS. A manual of the ornithol-
ogy of the United States and of Canada. By Thomas
Nuttall . . . The land birds. Cambridge, Hilliard and

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Brown, 1832. Two copies [i in 2 vols, rare, interleaved
with notes by former owner, Mr. James Brown]. —
Same. Cambridge, Milliard and Brown, 1832. i p.,
I., [v]-vi, 683 pp. illus. 20"°' — Same. 2d ed., with
additions. Boston, Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1840.
viii, 832 pp., illus. 20*^-

NUTTALL, THOMAS. A popular handbook of
the ornithology of the United States and Canada,
based on Nuttall's Manual. By Montague Chamber-
lain . . . Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1891.
2 vols. col. front., illus. 205*^°* Title vignette.

"This work is practically an edition of 'A manual of the
ornithology of the United States and Canada,' written
by Thomas Nuttall." — Pref. Contents: Vol. i. The land
birds. — Vol. 2. Game and water birds.

NUTTALL, THOMAS. A manual of the orni-
thology of the United States and of Canada. By
Thomas Nuttall . . . The water birds. Boston,
Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1834. vii, 627 pp. illus.

Two copies in different binding to go with "Land Birds"
(1832 and 1840). Third copy, rare, interleaved with notes
by former owner, Mr. James Brown, in 2 vols.

NUTTALL, THOMAS. A popular handbook of
the ornithology of the United States and Canada . . .
1 89 1. — A popular handbook of the ornithology of
eastern North America. By Thomas Nuttall. 2d rev.
and annotated ed. By Montague Chamberlain. With
additions and one hundred and ten illustrations in
colors . . . Boston, Little, Brown and Company,
1896. 2 vols, illus. 20 col. pi. (incl. front.). 2i§°°-
Title vignette.

Contents: Vol. i. The land birds. — Vol. 2. Game and
water birds.

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NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. Bulle-
tin, a quarterly journal of ornithology. Editor, J. A.
Allen, associate editors, S. F. Baird and Elliot Coues.
Cambridge, Mass., published by the dub, 1876-83,
vols. 1-8. (8 vols, bound in 4.) 4 vols. pi. (some col.).
24°°-

OATES, EUGENE WILLIAM. Catalogue of the
collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum . . .
By Eugene W. Oates. London, by order of the Trus-
tees, 1901-05. 4 vols. col. pi. 23*™-

OATES, EUGENE WILLIAM. A handbook to the
birds of British Burmah, including those found in the
adjoining state of Karennee. By Eugene W. Oates.
London, R. H. Porter . . . and Messrs. Dulau & Co.,
1883. 2 vols. 26°°-
First edition.

OATES, EUGENE WILLIAM. The nests and eggs
of Indian birds. By Allan O. Hume. Second edition.
Edited by Eugene William Oates. London, R. H.
Porter, 1889-90. 3 vols. 4 portraits in each vol. 24^*

OBERHOLSER, HARRY C. The mammals and
summer birds of western North Carolina. By Harry C.
Oberholser. Biltmore,* N. C, 1905. 8 pp., unp. 22^*^*

OBERHOLSER, HARRY C. Notes on birds from
the Cameroons district, West Africa. A list of the birds
collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Central Asia, 1900.
— Notes on some birds from Santa Barbara Islands,
Cal., 1900. — Catalogue of a collection of birds from
Madagascar, 1900. — A review of the Larks of the
genus Otocoris, 1902. — A revision of the Great
Homed Owls (American), 1904. — A review of the
Wrens of the genus Troglodytes, 1904. Washington,

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Government Printing Office, v. p. illus., maps. 24"°*
(Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Nat. Mus.)

OBERHOLSER, HARRY C. Notes on some birds
from Santa Barbara Islands, Cal. By Harry C. Ober-
holser. pp. 229-234. 23!*^-

OLDYS, HENRY. . . . Pheasant raising in the
United States. By Henry Oldys . . . With a chapter
on diseases of pheasants, by George Byron Morse . . .
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910. 40 pp.
illus. 23'=°-

OLPHE-GALLIARD, LfiON. Contributions k la
faune ornithologique de 1' Europe occidentale. . . . Par
L^n Olphe-Galliard. Bayonne, 1884-86. Nos. 1-40
in 5 vols. 22|*"°'

OOLOGIST, a monthly publication devoted to
oology, ornithology and taxidermy. Vol. i to date,
1894 to date. Gaines, N. Y., and Albion, N. Y., 1894
to date, illus. 22|'^-

Vols. 1-26 were published in Gaines, N. Y.
Vols. 27 to date were published in Albion, N. Y.

ORD, GEORGE. Observations on two species of the
genus Gracula of Latham. By George Ord. Read,
May 19, 1818. pp. 253-260. 22*""-

ORD, GEORGE. Sketch of the life of Alexander
Wilson, author of American ornithology. By George
Ord. Philadelphia. Pub. by Harrison Hall, 1828.
cxcix pp. 25*^™-

ORD, GEORGE. Supplement to the American
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vol. Illus. with pL engraved from Wilson's original
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ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST: Birds, their
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OSGOOD, WILFRED H. A biological reconnais-
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OSPREY, an illustrated monthly magazine of pop-
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OWEN, J. A. The wild-fowl and sea-fowl of Great
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OWEN, RICHARD. Memoirs of the extinct wing-
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PACKARD, ALPHEUS SPRING. Labrador coast.
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PAINE, HARRIET E. Bird songs of New England.
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PALMEN, J. A. Contribution to the knowledge of
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PALMEN, J. A. Report on the migration of birds.
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1892. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1893.
PP- 375-396. map. 22|'^-

PALMER, FRANK H. Insect-eating birds. By
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PALMER, THEODORE SHERMAN. . . . Leg-
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PALMER, THEODORE SHERMAN. Progress of
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PALMER, WILLIAM. The avifauna of the Pribilof
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PARKER, W. KITCHEN. On the morphology of
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PARKIN, THOMAS. The Great Auk, a record of
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PEARSON, THOMAS GILBERT. Stories of bird
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PIKE, OLIVER. Adventures in bird-land. By
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PIKE, WARBURTON. The barren grounds of
Northern Canada. By Warburton Pike. London and
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PISONIS, GULIELMI. Historia naturalis Bra-
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POPE, ALEXANDER. Upland game birds and
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PORTER, ROSE. A charm of birds chosen and
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POYNTING, FRANK. Eggs of British birds, with
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PREVOST, FLORENT. Histoire naturelle des
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PRICHARD, H. HESKETH. Through the heart
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RAINE, WALTER. Bird-nesting in north-west
Canada by Walter Raine. Illus. Toronto, Hunter,
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RAMBERT, EUGENE. Les oiseaux dans la nature.
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RAY, P. H. Report of the international polar expe-
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REED, CHESTER ALBERT. American orni-
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06. 6 vols, illus. 22^^-

REED, CHESTER ALBERT. North American
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eggs of nearly every species of North American birds.
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. 5 pp.,
!•» 356 pp. col. front., illus. 23'

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REED, CHARLES S. Ornitologia econ6mica utili-
dad de las especies Chilenas del sub-orden Striges.
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del "Bole tin de la Sociedad Agricola del Sur," vol. 5,
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REED, CHARLES S. Zoolojia Chilena. Las aves
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de su relacion con la agricultura. Por Carlos S. Reed
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REID, SAVILE G. The birds of the Bermudas.
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REPORT on the collections of natural history made
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REPORTS on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Mass.
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RHOADS, SAMUEL N. Birds. By Samuel N.
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RHODE ISLAND. — Commissioners of birds. A
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RICH, WALTER HERBERT. Feathered game of
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RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN. Fauna Boreali-
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RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN. The zoology of the
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RICHMOND, CHARLES W. Birds collected by
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RICHMOND, CHARLES W. Partial list of birds
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strong. By Charles W. Richmond. — Catalogue of a
collection of birds made by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Mada-
gascar, with descriptions of three species. By Charles
W. Richmond. — Catalogue of a collection of birds
made by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Eastern Turkestan, the
Thian-shan Mts. and Tagdumbash Pamir, Central
Asia, with notes on some of the species. By C. W.
Richmond, 1895. — Catalogue of a collection of birds
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Ladak, with notes on some of the species, and a de-
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RICHMOND, CHARLES W. List of generic terms
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. The birds of North and
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to occur in North America from the Arctic lands to the
Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other Islands
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By Robert Ridgway. Washington, Government Print-
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Birds of the Galapagos
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Catalogue of the birds
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Directions for collecting
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. The Humming-birds. By
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A manual of North Ameri-
can birds. By Robert Ridgway. lUus. by 464 outline
drawings of the generic characters. Philadelphia, J. B.
Lippincott Co., 1896. xiii, 653 pp. front, port., 124
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. The ornithology of Illinois.
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Ornithology. U.S. geo-
logical exploration of the fortieth parallel. Clarence
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ton, Government Printing Office, 1877. 669 pp. 24 pl.
30cm.

RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Outlines of a natural
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7 pp. pl.xi-xviii. 23°°*

RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Revision of nomenclature
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. I. Studies of the American
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Studies of the American
Herodiones. Part i. Synopsis of the American genera
of Ardeidae and Ciconiidae, including descriptions of
three new genera, and a monograph of the American
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no t.-p. V. p. 23*^'

RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A winter with the birds of
Costa Rica. By Robert Ridgway. With photographs
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RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Color standards and color
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RIKER, CLARENCE B. A list of birds observed
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RILEY, C. V. The insectivorous habits of the Eng-
lish Sparrow. By C. V. Riley, Ph.D. Author's edition.
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RILEY, JAMES. Remarks on Sidi Hamet's notices
of the interior parts of Africa, as published by the
American sea-captain James Riley in his narrative of
the loss of the American Brig Commerce, etc. Pre-
sented to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks. By Jacob
Graberg of Herriso; . . . Mss. 25 pp. 29!*^-

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RIVES, WILLIAM C. A catalogue of the birds of
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ROBINSON, ROWLAND E. In New England
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ROBINSON, WIRT. An annotated list of birds
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Wirt Robinson and Charles W. Richmond. Washing-
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ROBINSON, WIRT. A flying trip to the tropics.
A record of an ornithological visit to the United States
of Colombia, South America, and to the island of
Curasao, West Indies, in the year 1892. Cambridge,
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ROOD, MRS. E. IRENE, Ed. Papers presented
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Mrs. E. Irene Rood . . . under the direction of Dr.
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208 pp. 25*=

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ROOSEVELT, ROBERT B. The game-birds of the
coasts and lakes of the northern states of America. A
full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and in-
land waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-
loaders and muzzle-loaders. By Robert B. Roosevelt.
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. African game trails.
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hunter-naturalist. By Theodore Roosevelt. With
more than 200 illus. from photographs by Kermit
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Hunting trips of a
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plains. By Theodore Roosevelt. Illus. by A. B. Frost,
R. Swain GifTord, J. C. Beard, Fannie E. Gifford,
Henry Sandham. London, Kegan Paul, 1886. xvi,
347 pp. front., illus. 24'"°-

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. The wilderness
hunter ; an account of the big game of the United States
and its chase with horse, hound, and rifle. By Theo-
dore Roosevelt. G. P. Putnam's Sons, xv, 472 pp.
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ROSS, ALEXANDER MILTON. The birds of
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ROTHSCHILD, WALTER. The Avifauna of Lay-
san and the neighboring islands: with a complete his-
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and black plates, by Messrs. Keulemansand Frohawk:
. . . London, R. H. Porter, 1893-1900. xx, xiv, 320
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ROTHSCHILD, WALTER. Extinct birds. An
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those birds which have become extinct in historical
times — that is, within the last 600 or 700 years. To
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verge of extinction. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild.
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London, Hutchinson & Co., 1907. xxix, 244 pp. 42 col.
pl. 39'

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ROTHSCHILD, WALTER. Novitates zoologies.
A journal of zoology in connection with the Tring
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ROWLEY, GEORGE DAWSON. Ornithological
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ROWLEY, JOHN. The art of taxidermy. By John
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ings in text. New-York, D. Appleton & Co., 1898. xi,
244 pp. front, (col.), illus. I9^*^'

RUDOLF, crown prince of Austria. Notes on sport
and ornithology. By his imperial and royal highness
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RUSS, KARL. The speaking Parrots: a scientific
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Leonora Schultze, and revised by Dr. Karl Russ.
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SAINT-PIERRE, JAMES HENRY B. DE. Stud-
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SALERNE, M. L'histoire naturelle, 6claircie dans
une de ses parties principales, Tornithologie, qui traite
des oiseaux de terre, de mer et de riviere, tant de nos
climats que des pays 6trangers . . . Par M. Salerne
. . . enrichi de 31 figures dessin^s d'apr^s nature.
Paris, Debure, 1767. xii, 463 pp. 31 col. pi., inch
front, (col.).

SALVADORI, TOMMASO. Intorno alia Porzana
Moluccana Wall, ed alia Gallinula Ruficrissa Gould.
Nota di Tommaso Salvador! . . . 1879. — Nuova
specie del genere Gacticus Vieillot, 1874. — Intorno al
genere Cymborhynchus vigors 1874. — Intorno ad
una specie poco nota del genere Cyclopsittacus . . .
1882. — Intorno ad alcuni uccelli di Costa Rica. v. p.
24^""-

SALVIN, FRANCIS HENRY. Falconry in the
British Isles. By Francis Henry Salvin and William
Brodrick. London, John van Voorst, 1855. vi, 147 pp.
24 col. pi. 30*^'

SALVIN, OSBERT. Central and South American
birds. 3 vols. col. pi. 22§*'°-

SALVIN, OSBERT. Notes on birds from British
Guiana. By Osbert Salvin and F. D. Goodman. —
Notes on birds obtained by Mr. Henry Whitely in
British Guiana. By Osbert Salvin. v. p. 6 col. pi.
no date, no t.-p. 23*"°'

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SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Among the
birds : a series of sketches for young folks, illustrating
the domestic life of our feathered friends. By Edward
A. Samuels . . . Boston, Nichols and Noyes, 1868.
viii, 223 pp. front., illus. iS*^

2 cm.

SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. The birds
of New England. By Edward A. Samuels. Boston,
Noyes, Holmes and Company, 1870. front., 591 pp.
illus. and 8 col. pi. 24*^-

SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. The birds of
New England and adjacent states . . . with illus. of
many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their
eggs. By Edward A. Samuels. With an appendix con-
taining supplementary notes. Sixth edition, revised
and enlarged. Boston, Noyes, Holmes & Co., 1875.
vii, 591 pp. front., col. illus. and 8 col. pi. 24*^"""

SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Oology of
some of the land birds of New England, as a means of
identifying injurious or beneficial species. By E. A.
Samuels, Boston, Mass. pp. 386-430. 22§*^"^' no t.-p.

SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Ornithology
and oology of New England: containing full descrip-
tions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states
and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classi-
fication and nomenclature; together with a complete
history of their habits, times of arrival and departure,
their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a
careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ;
with illustrations of many species of the birds, and
accurate figures of their eggs. By Edward A. Samuels
. . . Boston, Nichols and Noyes, 1867. vii, 583 pp.
front., illus., plates. 24*^"-

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SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Our north-
ern and eastern birds. Containing descriptions of the
birds of the northern and eastern states and British
provinces, together with a history of their habits,
times of arrival and departure, etc., with illus. of many
species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs.
By Edward A. Samuels. With a suppl. from Holder's
"American Fauna." New York, 1883. vii, 600 pp.
front., illus. 26'='°-

SAMUELS, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. With rod
and gun in New England and the maritime provinces.
By Edward A. Samuels . . . with valuable supple-
mentary chapter. . . . Samuels & Kimball, Boston,
1897. 540 pp. illus. with photograph and portrait,
front.

SANDYS, EDWYN. Upland game birds. By
Edwyn Sandys and T. S. Van Dyke. Illus. by L. A.
Fuertes, A. B. Frost . . . New York, The Macmillan
Co.;* London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1902. vii, 429
pp. front., illus. 24*^

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SAUNDERS, HOWARD. An illustrated manual

of British birds. By Howard Saunders. With 384 illus.

and 3 col. maps. Second edition, revised and enlarged.

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1899. xi, 776 pp. illus.
23cm.

SAXBY, HENRY L. The birds of Shetland. With
observations on their habits, migration, and occasional
appearance. By the late Henry L. Saxby; edited by
his brother Stephen H. Saxby . . . Edinburgh, Mac-
lachlan & Stewart; London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co.,
1874. XV, 398 pp. front. 8 pi. (incl. front.). 23^*"°-

SCHAANNING, H. THO. L. Ostfinmarkens fu-
glefauna. Omithologiske meddellelser vedrorende trak-

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teme om Varangerf jorden speclelt Sydvarangers fauna
i aarene 1900-1906. A. and H. Tho. L. Schaanning,
1907. 97 pp. 23"°-

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SCHAEFFER, DIACOBUS CHRISTIANUS.

Museum ornithologicum exhibens envmerationem et

descriptionem avium quas nova prorsus ratione sibi

paratas in museo suo asservat Diacobus Christianus

Schaeffer . . . Ratisbonae, 1789. ^2 pp. 52 pi. (col.).
32cm.

SCHLEGEL, H. De vogels van Nederlandsch
Indie, beschreven en afgebeeld door H. Schlegel . . .
Leiden, E. J. Brill; Amsterdam, G. L. Funke. n. d.
68 pp. 50 col. pi. 32^*^™" (Title-page in French and
Dutch. Text in French and Dutch.)

SCHLEGEL, H. Kritische Ubersicht der Euro-
paischen Vogel. Von Dr. H. Schlegel. Leiden, Leip-
zig, Paris, 1844. cxxxv, Ii6pp. 25*^"°' (Text in German
and French.)

SCHLEGEL, H. Natuurlijke Historic van Neder-
land. De Dieren van Nederland. Haarlem, A. C.
Kruseman, i860. Ixxi, 132 pp. 18 Tafereel and 17
Plaat. 23'='°-

SCHLEGEL, H. Natuurlijke Historic van Neder-
land. De Dieren van Nederland. Gewervelde dieren
door Prof. H. Schlegel. Haarlem, A. C. Kruseman,
1861. vii, 134-263 pp. pl. 18-35 (col.). 23'='°-

SCHOEDLER, FRIEDRICH. The book of nature:
an elementary introduction to the sciences of physics,
astronomy, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, botany,
zoology, and physiology. By Friedrich Schoedler.

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2d edition. Trans, from the 6th Ger. ed. by Henry
Medlock. London and Glasgow, Richard Griffin & Co.,
1854. 7> 608 pp. illus. 2i°°-

SCLATER, PHILIP LUTLEY. Argentine orni-
thology. A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the
Argentine Republic, By P. L. Sclater . . . With notes
on their habits by W. H. Hudson . . . London, R. H,
Porter, 1888. 2 vols, illus. 20 col. pi. 26|'="'

SCLATER, PHILIP LUTLEY. Catalogue of a
collection of American birds belonging to Philip Lutley
Sclater. London, N. Triibner & Co., 1862. xiv, 338 pp.
20 col. pi. 22|*™-

SCLATER, PHILIP LUTLEY. A monograph of
the birds forming the Tanagrine genus Calliste; illus.
by a col. pi. of all the known species. By Philip Lutley
Sclater . . . London, John van Voorst, 1857. xvii,
104 pp. col.pl. 23*^-

SCLATER, PHILIP LUTLEY. A monograph of
the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or families Galbulidae and
Bucconidae. By P. L. Sclater . . . London. Published
for the author by R. H. Porter . . . (1882). Hi, 171 pp.
55col.pl. 33

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SCLATER, PHILIP LUTLEY. Report on the
birds. (Zoology, vol. 2, part. viii. In Report on the
scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger
during the years 1873-76. . . .) Published by order of
Her Majesty's Government . . . London, Longmans
& Co. ; John Murray, etc. . . . 1881. i66 pp. 30 col.
pl. 33'

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SCLATER, -WILLIAM LUTLEY. A history of
the birds of Colorado. By William Lutley Sclater . . .

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With 17 pL and a map. Witherby & Co., London,
1912. xxiv, 576 pp. front, port., 17 pi. 23*''°-

SCOPOLI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. Scopoli's orni-
thological papers, from his Delicise Florae et Faunae
Insubricae. (Ticini: 1 786-1 788.) Exiited by Alfred
Newton . . . London, 1882. iv, 20 pp. 26'='°- [The
Willughby Society.]

SCOTT, CAPT. ROBERT F. The voyage of the
"Discovery." By Capt. Robert F. Scott. With 260
full-page and small illus. by Dr. E. A. Wilson and other
members of the expedition. Photogravure front. 12
col. pi. on facsimile from Dr. Wilson's sketches, pan-
oramas, and maps. In two volumes. New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons; London, Smith, Elder & Co.,
1905. 2 vols, front., illus., maps. 25^™'

SCOTT, WILLIAM EARLE DODGE. Bird stud-
ies; an account of the land birds of eastern North
America. By William E. D. Scott. With illustrations
from original photographs. New York and London,
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. i p., i., 363 pp. front.,
illus. 26"='°-

SEEBOHM, HENRY. The birds of Siberia; a
record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the
Petchora and Venesei. By Henry Seebohm. With map
and illustrations. London, John Murray, 1901. xix,
512 pp. illus. 23^*^-

SEEBOHM, HENRY. Coloured figures of the eggs
of British birds, with descriptive notices by Henry
Seebohm . . . edited (after the author's death) by
R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. Sheffield, Pawson and
Brailsford, 1896. xxiv, 304 pp. front.* port., 59 col.
pi. 26*^-

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SEEBOHM, HENRY. Contributions to the orni-
thology of Siberia. By Henry Seebohm, etc. . . . v. p.
2 col. pi. 23'''°' ("The Ibis." Fourth series, no. ix, Jan.,
1879.)

SEEBOHM, HENRY. The geographical distribu-
tion of the family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sand-
pipers, Snipes, and their allies. By Henry Seebohm
. . . London [etc.], H. Sotheran & Co. [1888]. xxix,
524 pp. front., illus., col. pi. 33x27'^"'

SEEBOHM, HENRY. A history of British birds,
with coloured illustrations of their eggs. By Henry
Seebohm. London . . . R. H. Porter, and Dulau &
Co., 1883-85. 3 vols, text; i vol. pi. 26^'°-

SEEBOHM, HENRY. A monograph of the Tur-
didae, or family of Thrushes. By the late Henry See-
bohm . . . Ed. and completed (after the author's
death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe . . . London, H.
Sotheran & Co., 1902. 2 vols, front, port., 149 col.
pi. 39X3I*="-

SEEBOHM, HENRY. On the birds observed by
Dr. Bunge on his recent visit to Great Liakoff Island.
By Henry Seebohm. On Merula torquata and its
geographical races. . . . and other papers, v. p. illus.
232

SEEBOHM, HENRY. Siberia in Europe: a visit
to the valley of the Petchora, in North-east Russia;
with descriptions of the natural history, migration of
birds, etc. By Henry Seebohm, with map and illus.
London, John Murray, 1880. xv, 311 pp. map. illus.

SEEBOHM, HENRY. Siberia in Asia: a visit to
the valley of the Yenesay in east Siberia. With descrip-

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tions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc.
By Henry Seebohm. With map and illus. London,
John Murray, 1882. xviii, 304 pp. map. illus. 2i'^'°*

SEEMANN, BERTHOLD. Narrative of the voy-
age of H.M.S. Herald during the years 1845-51, under
command of Capt. Henry Kellett; being a circum-
navigation of the globe, and three cruises to the Arctic
regions in search of Sir John Franklin. By Berthold
Seemann. In two volumes. London, Reeve & Co.,
1853. front, (col.), illus. 22'='°-

SELBY, PRIDEAUX JOHN. Illustrations of
British ornithology. By Prideaux John Selby . . .
Edinburgh. Printed for the proprietor, and pub. by
W. H. Lizars . . . 1833. 2 vols. 228 pi. (224 col.).

SELIGMANN, JOHANN MICHAEL. Sammlung
verschiedener auslanischer und seltener vogel worin-
nen ein jeder dererselben nicht nur auf das genaueste
beschrieben sondern auch in einer richtigen und sauber
illuminerten. Abbildung vorgestellet wird von Johann
Michael Seligmann. Niimberg gedruckt ben Johann
Joseph Fleischmann, 1 749-1 776. 9 vols. 41^"'

SENNETT, GEORGE B. Notes on the ornithol-
ogy of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas, from observa-
tions made during the season of 1877. By George B.
Sennett, of Erie, Pa. Edited, with annotations, by
Dr. Elliott Coues (1878). 311 pp. 24^"°-

SENNETT, GEORGE B. Further notes on the
ornithology of the lower Rio Grande of Texas, from
observations made during the spring of 1878. By
George B. Sennett. Edited, with annotations, by Dr.
Elliott Coues. [Meadville, Pa., May 30, 1879.] pp.
371-440. 23^'°-

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SENNETT, GEORGE B. Further notes on the
ornithology of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas. (U.S.
Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bulletin v. v, no. 3, pp.
331-590.)

SHACKLETON, SIR ERNEST H. The heart of
the Antarctic; being the story of the British Antarctic
expedition, 1907-1909. By E. H. Shackleton. With
an introduction, by H. Robert Mill ... an account
of the first journey to the South Magnetic Pole, by
Prof. T. W. Edgenorth David. Philadelphia, J. B.
Lippincott Co., 1909. 2 vols, front., illus. 26*^

rem.

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. An analytical index to
the works of the late John Gould. By R. Bowdler
Sharpe . . . With biographical memoir and portrait.
London, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1893. xlviii, 375 pp.
front, port. 30*^

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SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Birds in nature. By
R. Bowdler Sharpe. With 39 col. pi. and other illus.
by P. Robert. London, Sampson Low, Marston,
Searle and Rivington, Ltd., 1888. 78 pp. front, (col.),
col. pi., illus. 32*'"''

Edition limited to 300 copies, of which this is no. 136.

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A hand-book of the
birds of Great Britain. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Lon-
don, W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 1894-97. 4 vols. col.
pl. 19^"-

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A hand-book to the
birds of Great Britain. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Lon-
don, Edward Lloyd, Limited, 1896-97. 4 vols. col.
front., illus., 124 col. pl. i8*^'

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A hand-list of the gen-
era and species of birds [nomenclator avium turn fossil-

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ium turn viventium]. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. London,
by order of the Trustees, 1899-1909. 5 vols. 23*^'°"

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A monograph of the
Alcedinidae: or family of Kingfishers. By R. B.
Sharpe. London. Pub. by the author, 1868-71. Ixxi
pp. and descriptive text. 120 col. pi. 30*™*

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Monograph of the Para-
diseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Phlonorhynchidae,
or Bower-birds. By R. Bowdler Sharpe ... In two
volumes. London, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1891-98.
2 vols. col. pi. 56§*^-

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. On birds collected by
Prof. J. B. Steere in the Philippine Archipelago. By
R. B. Sharpe . . . Read Nov. 16, 1876. 307-355 pp.

pi. XLVI-LIV.

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Sketch-book of British
birds. By R. Bowdler Sharpe . . . With coloured
illustrations by A. F. and C. Lydon. London, Society
for promoting Christian knowledge . . . 1898. xx,
255 pp. col. front., col. illus. in text. 25!*™*

SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Bulletin of the British
Ornithological Club. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe,
LL.D. Vol. IV. Avium generum index alphabeticus.
London, R. H. Porter, April, 1899. 31 pp. 23*"

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SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. A monograph of the
Hirundinidae, or family of Swallows. By R. Bowdler
Sharpe and Claude W. Wyatt. London, Henry
Sotheran & Co., 1885-94. 2 vols. col. pi. and maps.
33"°-

SHAW, GEORGE. Cimela physica. Figures of
rare and curious quadrupeds, birds, etc., together with

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several of the most elegant plants. Engraved and
coloured from the subjects themselves. By John
Frederick Miller. With descriptions by George Shaw.
London. Printed by T. Bensley . . . 1796. 106 pp.
front, (col.). 60 col. pi. SS'"^'

SHAW, GEORGE. General zoology or systematic
natural history by George Shaw, with plates from the
first authorities and most select specimens, engraved
principally by Mrs. Griffith. London. Printed for
G. Kearsley, 1809-26. [Aves.]

Vols, vii-xiv [each vol. in 2 parts], illus. 22'=™-
Vols, ix-xrv, Pt. I, by James Francis Stephens. Vol. xrv,
Pt. 2, Index.

SHELLEY, GEORGE ERNEST. A handbook to
the birds of Egypt. By G. E. Shelley. London, John
van Voorst, 1872. viii, 342 pp. front, (col.), col. pi.
26""-

SHELLEY, GEORGE ERNEST. A monograph of
the Nectariniidae, or family of Sun-birds. By Captain
G. E. Shelley . . . London. Published by the author,
1876-80. cviii, 393 [i] p. 121 pi. 34|'^°'-

Originally published in 12 parts, July 28, 1876-Feb-
ruary, 1880.

SHEPPARD, EDWIN. Birds of Virginia. Edwin
Sheppard. 56 watercolors, hand-painted. 22^'^"x30'"°"

SHORT, ERNEST H. Birds of western New York.
With notes. Ernest H. Short. Second edition, 1896.
Frank H. Lattin, Pub., Albion, N. Y. 20 pp. 22^-

SHRINER, CHARLES ANTHONY. The birds of
New Jersey. Comp. by Charles A. Shriner, state fish
and game protector. By authority of the fish and game

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commission of the state of New Jersey. [Paterson,
N. J.] Printed for the Commission, 1896. 16 pp., 11.,
17-212 pp. illus., plates. 23!*^-

SHUFELDT, R. W. Comparative oology of North
American birds. By R. W. Shufeldt. Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1894.

SHUFELDT, R. W. Observations upon the habits
of Micropus melanoleucus, with critical notes on its
plumage and external character. By R. W. Shufeldt,
1886. pp. 1 51-158. I pi. 22*""- no t.-p.

SHUFELDT, R. W. The myology of the Raven.
A guide to the study of the muscular system in birds.
By R. W. Shufeldt. London and New York, Mac-
millan & Co., 1890. xix, 343 pp. illus. 23*^'

SIEBOLD, PH. FR. DE. Fauna Japonica sive
descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam
jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India
Batava Imperium tenent, fuscepto Annis 1 823-1 830
collegit, notis observationibus et adumberationibus
illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold conjunctis studies C. J.
Temminck et H. Schlegel pro vertebratis atque W. De
Haan pro invertebratis elaborata. Regis auspiciis
edita Lugduni Batavorum, 1833. Amstelodami, apud
J. Muller et Co. 4 vols. 41x32''™-

SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN. Into the heart of
Cataract Canon, Grand Caiion of Arizona. By
William A. Brewer. — My trip to King's river Canon.
By Dr. Joseph Le Conte. — Conifers of the Pacific
slope ; how to distinguish them. By John G. Lemmon.
Birds of the High Mts. By Vernon L. Kellogg, etc.,
1902. pp. 77-176. front., illus. 24*™'

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SLATER, HENRY H. Manual of the birds of Ice-
land. By Henry H. Slater. Edinburgh, David
Douglas, 1 90 1, xxiii, 150 pp. front, illus. 2 maps.
2o<^-

SMITH, ANDREW. Illustrations of the zoology
of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and de-
scriptions of the objects of natural history collected
during an expedition into the interior of South Africa,
in the years 1834, '35 ^^^ '3^- • • • by Andrew Smith
. . . London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1849. 5 vols. col.
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SMITH, ANDREW. Sir Andrew Smith's miscel-
laneous ornithological papers. Edited by Osbert
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Annual reports.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Miscellaneous
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SMITHWICK, J. W. P. Ornithology of North
Carolina. A list of the birds of North Carolina, with
notes of each species. Issued by the N.C. Agricultural
Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C. Bulletin no. 144,
October 30, 1897. 198-227 pp. map (inserted). 22'™-

SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. By an
old Bushman . . . 2d ed., with coloured plates. Lon-
don, Groombridge and Sons, 187 1. viii, 407 pp. col.
front, and pi. 2o|*="-

STANLEY, EDWARD. A familiar history of
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London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1880. xii, 420 pp.
illus. ig'^"-

STARK, J. Elements of natural history, adapted to
the present state of the science, containing the generic
characters of nearly the whole animal kingdom, and
descriptions of the principal species. By John Stark,
F.R.S.E. With illus., engravings. Wm. Blackwood,
Edinburgh; T. Cadell, London, 1828. 2 vols. 23^-

Vol. I. Vertebrata. Vol. 2. Invertebrata.

STEARNS, WINFRID ALDEN. Bird life in
Labrador. By Winfrid A. Stearns. [Amherst, Mass.,
1886.] viii, 100 pp. I illus. 2^^'

STEARNS, WINFRID ALDEN. A manual of orni-
thology. B^ Winfrid A. Stearns. Being a prelimi-
nary study of the classes, orders, families, sub-families,
with an enumeration of the genera and principal spe-
cies of the birds of North America, together with a
brief synopsis of the special features of general orni-
thology. Designed for the student and all lovers of the
most fascinating branch of science . . . 1895, Atlanta,
Ga. 162 pp. 23

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STEARNS, WINFRID ALDEN. New England
bird life, being a manual of ornithology. Revised and
edited from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . . .
by Elliott Coues . . . Second edition. Boston, Lee
and Shepard; New York, Charles T. Dillingham, 1887.
2 vols. 20|*=°'-

STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. ... The birds of
the Kuril Islands. By Leonhard Stejneger . . . Wash-
ington, Government Printing Office, 1898. (U.S. Nat.
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STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. Notes on a collection
of birds made by Mr. Harry V. Henson in the island
of Yezo, Japan. By Leonhard Stejneger. [1892-93.]
289-769 pp. I pi. — Remarks on the systematic
arrangement of the American Turdidae. By L.
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449-484.)

STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. Description of Ral-
lus jouyi, with remarks on Rallus striatus and Rallus
gularis. By Leonhard Stejneger. (Proc. U.S. Nat.
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in American Ornithology. Leonhard Stejneger. (Proc.
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STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. On the status of the
Gray Shrike, collected by Capt. Blakiston, Yezo,
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STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. On the Wheatears
(Saxicola) occurring in North America. By Leonhard
Stejneger . . . Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1 901. pp. 473-481. 33*^-

STEJNEGER, LEONHARD. Results of ornitho-
logical explorations in Commander Islands and in
Kamtschatka. By Leonhard Stejneger. With nine
plates. Washington, Government Printing Office,

1885. 382 pp. 22f"-

STERLAND, W. J. The birds of Sherwood Forest.
With notes of their habits, nesting, migrations, etc.,
being a contribution to the natural history of the
country. By W. J. Sterland. With 4 illus. by the
author. London, L. Reeve & Co., 1869. ix, 244 pp.
front, (col.), 4 pi. (incl. front.). 20*™*

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ST. JOHN, MRS. HORACE. Audubon, the natu-
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By Mrs. Horace St. John. Revised and corrected, with
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ST. JOHN, MRS. HORACE. Life of Audubon, the
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STONHAM, CHARLES. The birds of the British
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STREETS, THOMAS H. Contributions to the
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STRICKLAND, HUGH EDWIN. The Dodo and
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STRICKLAND, HUGH EDWIN. Ornithological
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STUDER, JACOB H. The birds of North America.
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SUNDEVALL, CARL J. Ett f6rs6k att best'amma
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SWAINSON, WILLIAM. A selection of the birds
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SWAINSON, WILLIAM. Fauna Boreali-Ameri-
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SWANN, H. K. The birds of London. By H. K.
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SWAYSLAND, W. Familiar wild birds. By W.
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SWINHOE, ROBERT. Catalogue of the mam-
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TEMMINCK, COENRAAD JACOB. Nouyeau
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TWEEDDALE, ARTHUR, Ninth Marquess of. A
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TWEEDDALE, ARTHUR, Ninth Marquess of.
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TYAS, ROBERT. Beautiful birds described. Edited
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Bul-
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WARREN, B. H. Report on the birds of Pennsyl-
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578 pp. col. front., illus. (incl. map), 9 pi. I9i'^-

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WHEELOCK, MRS. IRENE GROSVENOR.
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many illustrations in the text from original photo-
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WHITE, GILBERT. Natural history and antiqui-
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WHITEHEAD, JOHN. Exploration of Mount
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WHITLOCK, F. B. The birds of Derbyshire, with
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WHITLOCK, F. B. The migration of birds; a con-
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WHITNEY, CASPAR. Jungle trails and jungle
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WHYMPER, CHARLES. Egyptian birds for the
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WIDMANN, OTTO. Preliminary catalogue of the
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WILLCOX, MARY ALICE. Pocket guide to the
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WILLIAMS, C. Child's natural history of birds.
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WILLIS, JOHN R. List of birds of Nova Scotia.
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WILLUGHBY, FRANCIS. De Middleton in agro
Warwicensi, armigeri, e regia societate. Omitholo-
giae: libri tres, in quibus aves omnes hactenus cog-
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accurate describuntur, descriptiones iconibus elegantis-
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WILLUGHBY, FRANCIS. The ornithology of
Francis Willughby, of Middleton, in the County of
Warwick, Eng., Fellow of the Royal Society: in three
books, wherein all the birds hitherto known being
reduced into a method suitable to their natures are
accurately described ... to which are added three
considerable discourses ... by John Ray. London.
Printed ... for John Martyn . . . 1678. 10 pp. 441
pp., 6 pp. 78 pi. 37^'"-

WILSON, ALEXANDER. American ornithology;
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States. Illus. with plates engraved and colored from
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WILSON, ALEXANDER. American ornithology;
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States. By Alexander Wilson. Plates engraved and
coloured from original drawings taken from nature.
New York, Philadelphia, 1829. 76 col. pi. ist copy,
39°°- 2d, 46*="-

WILSON, ALEXANDER. American ornithology;
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By Alexander Wilson ; with a continuation by Charles
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of Wilson, by Sir William Jardine. In three volumes.
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Edinburgh. 3 vols, front., pi. 22§

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WILSON, ALEXANDER. American ornithology;
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WILSON, ALEXANDER. The foresters: a poem
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WILSON, ALEXANDER. The poems and literary
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WILSON, JAMES. Illustrations of zoology, being
representations of new, rare, or remarkable subjects of
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1831. ii, 4 pp. col. pi. 41'="'

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WILSON, JAMES. The rod and the gun; being two
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WOOD, NEVILLE. The ornithologist's text-book;
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