"The labour expended on this book, and the beautiful manner in which it is got up, render it a work of great interest to the naturalist. * * It is a model of how such subjects should be treated. We know of few more elaborate and careful pieces of comparative anatomy than is given of the head and foot by Dr. Melville. The dissection is accompanied by lithographic plates, creditable alike to the Artist and the Printer."—Athenæum.
POPULAR BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY; comprising a familiar and technical description of the Birds of the British Isles. By P. H. Gosse, Author of 'The Ocean,' 'The Birds of Jamaica,' &c. In twelve chapters, each being the Ornithological lesson for the month. In one vol. royal 16mo, with twenty plates of figures. Price 10s. 6d. coloured.
"To render the subject of ornithology clear, and its study attractive, has been the great aim of the author of this beautiful little volume.... It is embellished by upwards of 70 figures of British birds beautifully coloured."—Morning Herald.
"This was a book much wanted, and will prove a boon of no common value, containing, as it does, the names, descriptions, and habits of all the British birds. It is handsomely got up."—Mirror.
CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Shells of Molluscous Animals, with critical remarks on their synonyms, affinities, and circumstances of habitation. By Lovell Reeve, F.L.S.
Demy 4to. Published monthly, in Parts, each containing eight plates. Price 10s.
SOLD ALSO IN MONOGRAPHS:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Achatina | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Achatinella | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Arca | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Artemis | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Buccinum | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bulimus | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bullia | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Cardita | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Cardium | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Cassidaria | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cassis | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Chama | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Chiton | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Chitonellus | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Conus | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Corbula | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Crassatella | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cypræa | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Cypricardia | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Delphinula | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Dolium | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Eburna | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Fasciolaria | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ficula | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Fissurella | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Fusus | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Glauconome | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Haliotis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harpa | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Hemipecten | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ianthina | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Isocardia | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Lucina | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mangelia | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Mesalia | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Eglisia | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Mitra | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Monoceros | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Murex | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Myadora | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Oliva | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Oniscia | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Paludomus | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Partula | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Pectunculus | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Phorus | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pleurotoma | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Pterocera | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Purpura | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pyrula | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Ranella | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Ricinula | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rostellaria | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Strombus | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Struthiolaria | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Turbinella | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Triton | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Turbo | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Turritella | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| Voluta | 1 | 8 | 0 |
The genus Helix is in course of publication.
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