Catalogue No 24 Season 1910-11

NATURE BOOKS
Popular and Scientific

OVER 2000 TITLES

Out of Print Works

ZOOLOGY
BOTANY
GEOLOGY
SPORT

FROM THE STOCK OF
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N. B.—Don’t Overlook the Supplement, and Index at end.

MAMMALS.

1. Allen, Harrison. Monograph of the Bats of N. America. Original paper covers, uncut. Illustrated. Rare first edition. Wash., June, 1864.$1.75

2. Allen, H. Same. Second Ed. An entirely new work of 198 pp. and 38 plates. Bull. No. 43 of U. S. N. M. Orig. paper covers; uncut, fine copy. Out of print and in demand. Wash., 1893.$2.00

2A. Allen, J. A. The American Bisons, Living and Extinct. Being contained in Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Kentucky. Vol. 1. Other valuable papers by Shaler and Carr. 4to, half mor., many plates, fine copy of much value and rarity. Cambridge, 1876.$14.00

2B. Allen, J. A. American Bisons. Another copy, lacking Shaler’s Monographs.$12.00

3. Allen, J. A. History of N. American Pinnipeds, A Monograph of the Walruses, Sea-lions and Seals of N. America. Hayden Geol. Sur., 785 pp. Illustrated. Wash., 1880.$3.50

4. N. American Fauna. Paper covers, each with plates. No. 1, Pocket Mice, 40c; No. 2, Fourteen U. S. Mammals, 45c; No. 3, Biol. Sur. San Fran. Mountain Region, etc., 60c.; No. 4, Twenty-six U. S. Mam., 45c.; No. 5, Biol. South-Central Idaho, 35c.; No. 8, Pocket Gophers, $1.00; No. 11, Synopsis of the Weasels, 75c.; No. 12, Voles and Lemmings, 35c.; No. 10, Amer. Shrews, 80c.; No. 7, Death Val. Exped. Wash., 1889-1896.$2.75

5. Audubon, J. J., and Bachman, J. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of N. America. Illus. with 150 superb plates from drawings from nature, and colored by hand. 3 vols., text royal 8vo, 3 vols. plates, elephant folio (the original folio ed., published to accompany Audubon’s monumental work on the birds), in fine condition, except that the title-pages (only) of 2 of the plate vols. are creased. 6 vols., half morocco. New York, 1845-8.$225.00

6. Audubon and Bachman. Original Folio Plates of the Quadrupeds of N. America. Separate Folio plates, 22 × 28 inches. Colored, $1.75 to $2.50; Uncolored,$1.50.

7. Audubon and Bachman. Descriptions of New Species of Quadrupeds Inhabiting N. America. Read before Academy of Nat. Sciences, Oct. 5th, 1841. Author’s Ed. Valuable original description. Paper, 43 pp.$1.50

8. Baird, Allen, and Gill’s Monographs of Animals of N. America. 5 titles in 1 vol. I. Baird, Serpents, 1853. II. Allen, H., Bats, 1864. III. Gill, T., Arrangement Families of Mammals, Nov., 1872. IV. Gill, T., Arrang. Fam. Fishes, 1872. V. Gill, T., Arrang. Fam. Mollusks, 1871. Half roan, illus. Smiths. Inst., Wash., 1853-72.$2.50

9. Benard. Plates of Mammals (from Encyclo. Methodique). A 4to vol., half calf, containing 112 old copper-plates. Very full on Bats, Dogs and Monkeys.$2.00

10. Bible Quadrupeds. Natural History of Animals Mentioned in Scripture. Square 8vo, 276 pp., 16 wood engravings by Nev. Johnson. Phila., 1838.$1.25

11. Bigland, J. Natural History of Animals, Also a Natural History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects. 2 vols. in 1; 2 titles, 12mo, one-quarter roan, full gilt, 24 col. plates. Phila., 1844.$2.75

12. Blyth, Edw. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic Society. Half cloth, 187 pp. Calcutta, 1863.$1.25

13. Boitard, M. Le Jardin des. Plantes Description et Moeurs des Mammiferes de la Menagerie et du Museum d’Historie Naturelle. Precede d’une introduction Historique (etc.). 4to, half calf, fully illus. Paris.$1.50

14. Champfleury. Cat Book. Illustrated. Les Chats, Edition de Luxe. Cinquieme Edition augementee de Planches en Coleur et D’Eaux-Fortes. J. Rothschild, Editeur. Extremely fine copy, full diamond red Russia, gilt, as new. Many clever figures in text with numerous plates, etchings, etc., by celebrated artists. Paris, 1870.$3.75

15. Chenu. Encyclopedie d’Histoire Naturelle. Carnassiers. Avec la Collaboration de M. E. Desmarest and Quadrumanes. 4to, very fully illus., half calf. 2 vols. Complete on these subjects. An entire vol. devoted to the Monkey Tribe. Paris, n. d.$2.25

16. Church, John. Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Folio, Full-page Engravings by Tookey, from drawings by Ibbetson. About 150 plates, not numbered, no pagination. 2 vols., half morocco, good copy. The synonymy and descriptions are quite full, after Pennant and Shaw. This compilation has no small place in the historic biography of the mammalia, though it makes no scientific pretensions. London, 1805.$4.00

17. Clark, Bracy. About 15 Pamphlets, Books, Etc., on the Horse. Illus. by plates, bound in 1 vol. 4to, half roan, 2 prospectuses laid in. Clark was an English Quaker Veterinarian of note. A valuable lot. London, 1824-40.$3.50

18. Dwight, Thomas. Description of the Balænoptera Musculus in the Possession of the Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist. 4to, printed paper covers, author’s autog. copy, illus. Boston, May, 1871.$1.50

19. Elliot, H. W. Report on the Conditions of the Fur-seal Fisheries of Alaska, together with all Maps and Illus. accompanying said Report. Document 175; 54th Congress. Pr. paper covers, many colored maps and plates, 240 pp. Wash., 1896.$2.50

20. Elliot, Daniel G. The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. Field Colum. Mus. Publ’s. 2 vols., 2 parts, 850 pp., printed covers, uncut, illus. Chicago, 1904.$3.00

20A. Flower and Lydekker. Introduction to the Study of Mammals, Living and Extinct. 763 pp., uncut and unopened copy of this standard and profusely illus. work, pub. at $6.00. As new. London, 1881.$5.50

21. Godman, J. D. American Natural History. The Rambles of a Naturalist, with Biographical Sketch of the Author. Finely engraved plates, 2 vols., full morocco and gilt; relates entirely to Mammalia. Philadelphia, 1836.$3.00

22. Gray, Dr. J. E. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats in the British Museum. 137 pp., illus. London, 1870.$1.50

22A. Harlan, Richard. Fauna Americana. A Description of the Mammiferous Animals Inhabiting N. America. Calf, 318 pp. Phila., 1825.$3.00

23. Hog-teaching. Requisites For, and Complete Method of Training a Trick Pig. 12mo, uncut, 11 pp., paper. Phila., circa. 1800.$1.50

24. Hornaday, W. T. Extermination of the American Bison. Rept. Nat. Mus., 1886-87. pp. 369-548. Pr. covers, uncut, as new, 22 plates. Out of print. Wash., 1889.$3.00

25. Illiger, Von. Uberblick Der Saugthiere Nach Ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile. (Physicalische Klasse, 1804-11.) 4to, pp. 39-159. With tables, paper. “Vorgelesen den 28 Feb., 1811.”$2.00

26. Jackson, Sheldon. Ninth Annual Report on Introduction of Reindeer into Alaska, with Maps and Illus. 261 pp. Wash., 1900.$1.75

27. Jesse, E. Anecdotes of Dogs. Small 4to, half morocco, numerous fine steel plates, rare first ed. Each plate represents a type of the various species. London, 1846.$2.00

28. Krefft, Gerard. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Miss Harriet Scott and Mrs. Helena Ford for the Council of Education, with Short Account of all the Species hitherto Described. Many full-page lithographs. Folio, rare. Sydney, 1871.$5.75

29. Manby, Geo. Wm. Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821. With graphic illus., second ed. 225 pp., map, numerous lithog., including several of Whale Fishing, half calf. London, 1823.$2.00

30. Martin, W. C. Linnæus’ Natural History of Mammiferous Animals. With Particular View of Man and the Quadrumana. Very complete on Monkeys. 296 fine engravings on wood and 12 plates by the noted Wm. Harvey. Royal 8vo, uncut. London, 1841.$2.00

31. Ornithorhynchus, or Duck-bill. Descriptions of the Anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus. Also Description of the Anatomy of Ornithorhynchus hystrix. By Everard Home, Esq., F. R. S., as orig. publ’d in the Philosop. Trans. of the Royal Society of London for 1802, pp. 67 to 84 and 348 to 364, the first with 3, and the second with 4 engraved plates. Rare and of great interest, being the first scientific descriptions of these strange animals. 4to, paper. London, 1702.$5.00

32. Pallas, Petro Sim. Novae Species Quadrupedum E Glirium Ordine cum Illustrationibus Variis Complurium ex hoc Ordine Animalium. 4to, full calf, 27 copper plates (a small and very faint library stamp on each). A necessity in every working zool. library. Scarce. Erlangæ, 1778.$5.00

32A. Pallas, Dr. An Account of the Different Kinds of Sheep Found in the Russian Dominions and Among the Tartar Hordes of Asia. (With) Appendixes to illus. the Natural and Economical History of Sheep and other Domestic Animals, by J. Anderson. 6 plates, fine marble calf. Includes Musk Ox of Hudson Bay. Edinburgh, 1794.$3.50

33. Pennant’s History of Quadrupeds. 2 vols. in 1. First Edition, fine copy, thick 4to, old stamped calf, engraved title-pages, inside of covers marbled, 566 pp. Contains book-plate with Latin Motto “Ne timeas nisi Deum.” Fully illus. London, 1781.$5.00

34. Quadrupeds, The Book of. Outlines of Their Popular History. With particular notice of those mentioned in Scripture. 59 colored engravings on 20 plates, also woodcuts. London, n. d.$1.25

35. Rhoads, S. N. Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A Biographic, Historic and Descriptive Account of the Furred Animals of Land and Sea, both Living and Extinct, known to have Existed in these States. Designed as both a Popular and Scientific presentation of a branch of Nature-study hitherto unduly neglected. Royal 8vo, uncut, 266 pages, 9 plates and a Faunal Map. Privately published, postpaid price reduced from $2.00. Phila., 1903.$1.25

Testimonials: “The student of mammals will find your book invaluable in connection with the region of which it treats. In fact, it is a perfect treasure-house of information on this region, and will doubtless remain a standard authority.”—Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. Agriculture.

“A work which should be not only in every Public Library in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but in the library of every man resident in those States who is able to afford the luxury of a few books.”—George Bird Grinnell, in “Forest and Stream.”

36. Rhoads’ Reprint of Ord’s N. American Zoology, Being an Exact Reproduction of that part of the Second Amer. Edition of Guthrie’s Geography, publ’d in Phila. in 1815, of which only 3 copies are known. Based on Mr. Ord’s private annotated copy, with a copious Appendix and Index by Samuel N. Rhoads. 175 pp., portrait of Ord, privately published. Haddonfield, N. J., 1894.Postpaid, 75 cents

37. Rhoads. The Two Above Items. Nos. 35, 36.Postpaid, $1.75

38. Rhoads, S. N. Author’s Collection of About 50 Separata of Faunal and Systematic Papers on N. American Mammalia, describing over 30 new Species and Genera. Illus., unbound.$4.50

39. Sclater, W. L. & P. L. The Geography of Mammals. As New, Uncut, finely illus., colored maps. London, 1899.$2.50

40. Scoresby, Wm. Journal of a Voyage To the Northern Whale Fishery, including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Boffin of Liverpool, Half calf, 472 pp., very fully illus., folded maps and plates. Appendix on Botany Zool. and Geol. Edinburgh, 1823.$4.50

41. Sterndale, Robert A. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon, 540 pp., 170 illus. by the Author, T. W. Wood and Others. The best Manual on the subject. Calcutta, 1884.$3.00

42. Sumicrast, F. & Dr. Gilpin. Original Water-color Drawings of Mammals, three 4to size of Mexican Skunks, by Sumicrast; 2 octavo of Shrews, by Gilpin; also a pen and ink sketch of Shrew. A water-color drawing of jumping mouse, by Gilpin; octavo size, pencil drawing of skulls of Shrews.$3.00

43. Tennent, Sir J. E. Sketches of the Nat. History of Ceylon, Narratives and Anecdotes of Habits and Instincts of the Mammals, Birds, etc., also extensive Monograph on the Elephant. Orig. cloth, uncut, fully illus., 500 pp. London, 1861.$4.00

44. True, F.W. Contribution to N. History of the Cetaceans. Family Delphinidæ (or Dolphins, etc.). Bull. No. 36, U. S. N. M. 188 pp., 46 plates, paper covers, uncut.$1.50

45. Vogt, Carl, and Specht, Fred. The Natural History of Animals which Suckle their Young; in Word and Picture. Translated and Edited with Additions by G. G. Chisholm, F. R. G. S. 2 vols. in 1, folio, 254+240 pp., full buckram, printed on fine English paper, fine impressions of the splendid life drawings of the Artist Specht. New York, 1888.$4.50

46. White, Adam. A Popular History of Mammalia, with Account of their Classification and Habits. First ed., col. plates. Dedicated to J. E. Gray. 12mo. London, 1850.$1.25

47. Wolf and Elliot’s Wild Animals. The Life and Habits, Chiefly of the Mammalia. Illus. by designs by Jos. Wolf, engraved by the Whympers, and the letter-press by D. G. Elliot, F. Z. S., etc. Folio, gilt cloth. New York, 1874.$2.00

48. Woodward, J. J. Skeletons and Crania, Etc., in the Comparative Anatomy Exhibit U. S. Army Medical Museum. Phila. Centennial of 1876. 52 pp. Bound with Check List of Objects of Human Anatomy, same Exhib., by G. A. Otis. 135 pp. Also 8 other pamphlets by same Authors, anent the Centen. Interna. Med. Congress. Bound together in a half morocco volume. Wash., 1876.$2.75

BIRDS

49. Albin, Eleazar. A Natural History of English Song-birds, and such of the Foreign as are Esteemed for their Singing. (With) Figures of the Cock, Hen and Egg of each Species, etc. Third ed., 12mo, calf, 96 pp., copper plates, frontis. and several of the plates have been partly colored, a few pages gnawed. London, 1759.$1.50

49A. Adams, H. G. Humming Birds Described and Illustrated, With Introductory Sketch on their Structure, Habits, etc. 12mo, 70 pp., 8 colored plates, cuts. London, 1856.$1.50

49B. Adams, H. G. and H. B. The Smaller British Birds. Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits. Royal 8vo, full gilt, 252 pp., 32 colored plates, 16 of Birds, 16 of Eggs. London, 1874.$3.50

50. Aldrovandi, Ulyssis. Ornithologiæ Tomus Alter ad Illustrissimum Principen Alex. Perettum. Folio, old calf, broken, 862 pp., plus the collation of Aaaa to Hhhh, with the Colophon and Imprint of J. B. Bellagambam and the additional leaf of Privileges. Engr. title, engr. symbolic portrait of the Author and many curious and grotesque illus. and full-page woodcuts, with initial lettering. American Birds are recognizable. This was one of Linnæus’ source books of Nat. History. A faint library stamp on title. Bononiæ: Bellagambam, M. D. C.$12.00

51. Amer. Ornithol. Union Comm. on Protection of Birds. Stitched, Bull’s 1 and 2, rare, 2 pieces. No place.$1.00

52. A. O. U. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of N. American Birds Adopted by the Amer. Ornithol. Union. First ed., as new. New York, 1886.$1.50

52A. Andersson, Charles J. Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and Adjacent Countries of South-West Africa. Arranged and Edited by J. H. Gurney, with Sketch of the Author’s Life. 394 pp., uncut, illus. London, 1872.$3.50

53. Apgar, Prof. A. E. Original Manuscripts and Designs for His Birds of the U. S. East of the Rocky Mountains, also of his “Study of Birds in the Field.” Together with Annotated and corrected Page-Proof of the former Work, which was published by the American Book Co., in 1898. The Lot includes the Artist’s Original Sketches of pen and pencil Designs of nearly 400 Species of Birds. This work is notable as one of the earliest attempts to popularize Bird-Study, by sketchy Illus. and Popular Keys for out-door Identification, in a handy Pocket Manual. As a lot,$8.00

54. Audebert, J. B., Et Vieillot, L. P. Histoire Naturelle Et Generale Des Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, Jacamars et Promerops. Des Grimpereaux et des Oiseaux de Paradis. 2 vols. Large 4to, half calf, 183 fine, full-page copper plates, with the rare supplement to Colibris. In excellent condition. A Paris, 1802.$6.00

54A. Mouton-Fontinelle, J. P. Traite Elementaire D, Ornithologie, Contenant: Principles et Generalites, Analyse du Syst. de Linne, etc., etc.; suivi de L’Art D’Empailler les Oiseaux. 10 folding plates. 3 vols. Lyons, 1811.$5.00

54B. Mouton-Fontinelle. The Same. Vol. 3. L’art d’Empailler Les Oiseaux (or Bird Taxidermy). 10 plates, complete in itself, boards, uncut. Lyons, 1811.$3.00

55. Audubon’s Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the U. S. and their Territories. 500 tinted plates (only a few colored). 8 vols. Royal 8vo, new half mor., gilt tops, uncut. A few pages and plates somewhat soiled. A good substantial working set for the student, and the only uncut set we ever handled. New York: George R. Lockwood, n. d. (1871.)$200.00

56. Audubon. Other Editions. Sought for and Quoted, on Request.

56A. Audubon. Odd Plates, Plain and Colored. Octavo Size. Prices quoted on application.

57. Audubon. St. John, Mrs. Horace. Audubon the Naturalist in the New World. His Adventures and Discoveries. 12mo, first ed., 172 pp. London, 1856.$1.75

58. Audubon. Same. With Portrait. New York, 1856.$1.00

59. Audubon, J. J. A Long and Interesting Letter (marked Duplicate) to his Friend Edward Harris, of Moorestown, N. J. Dated London, 1837. Contains interesting references to Townsend who had just returned to Phila. from his Western Expedition, as also to Swainson and Bonaparte. Full of matters relating to birds and to his work. A final paragraph and the signature are in Audubon’s own hand. 3 pp., folio.$20.00

60. Audubon, J. J. A Short Communication To Edward Harris of Moorestown, N. J., written and signed by Audubon, Dated Edinburgh, 1838.$9.00

61. Audubon, J. J. “Audubonia,” by S. N. Rhoads. Being the Text of the 2 letters above and 1 other. 7 pp., paper, 1903. Author’s separate.35 cents

62. Audubon, J. J. The Cover of a Letter Addressed by Audubon To Edward Harris and bearing Daniel Webster’s autograph as a frank.$5.00

63. Audubon, J.J. A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. 359 pp., uncut. Edinburgh and London, 1839.$5.00

64. Audubon and His Journals. By Maria R. Audubon. With Zoological and other Notes by Elliott Coues. 2 vols. 1108 pp., illus., gilt tops, uncut, as new. New York, 1898.$6.00

65. Auk, The. Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Pub. by the American Ornithologists’ Union. Vols. 14-25, inclusive; complete in parts; also odd vols. and parts. (See also under Nuttall Bulletin.)

65A. A Year With the Birds. By an Oxford Tutor. Second Ed., Enlarged. Small 4to, uncut, 179 pp., frontis. Oxford and London, 1886.$1.50

66. Baird, S. F. Review of American Birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1, North and Middle America. 450 pp., original paper covers, illus., very scarce. All published. Wash., 1864-72.$2.50

67. Baird, Cassin and Lawrence. The Birds of N. America. Descriptions of Species Based Chiefly on Collections in Smithsonian Institution Mus. With Atlas of 100 Plates of 148 New or Unfigured Species. 2 vols. 1 vol. text, 1 vol. atlas colored plates. 4to, 1005 pp., text. This is the first and best ed. of the plates. Phila., 1860.$20.00

68. Bechstein, J. M. Cage and Chamber Birds, Their History, Food, Diseases, etc. Also Structure, Migration and Economy. Incorporating Sweet’s British Warblers. 12mo, half morocco, full gilt, illus. by 36 colored plates and woodcuts, 500 pp., fine copy. London, 1856.$2.25

69. Bechstein’s Cage Birds. Naturgeschichte Der Stubenvogel Oder Anleitung zur Kenntness, Wartung, Zahmung, etc., etc., Half morocco, 4th Revised and Enlarged ed., with 6 hand-colored copper plates and a frontis. Figures of 2 American species, 480 pp. Halle, 1840.$2.25

70. Bendire, Chas. Life History of N. American Birds, Their Breeding Habits and Eggs. 19 colored plates of Eggs, 4to, 2 vols., orig. cloth, uncut. Indispensable and becoming rare. Wash., 1892-95.$18.00

70A. Bird Song. Adams, H. G. Favorite Song Birds. 12mo, colored plates. London, 1851. $2.00. (B) Evans, W. E. The Songs of the Birds. 12mo, illus. London, 1888. $1.50. (C) Minstrelsy of the Woods. 12mo, half calf, plates. London, 1832. $2.50. (D) Nash, J. Practical Treatise on British Song Birds. Colored plates, 12mo, pr. boards, cracked. London, 1824. $2.00. (E) Natural History of Singing Birds. Plates, 12mo, boards. Edinburgh, 1754. $1.50. (F) The History of Singing Birds. Trans, from the French of Count de Button. Plates, 12mo, calf. Edinburgh, 1791.$1.50

71. Bewick, Thos. History of British Birds, 2 Vols., Also the General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Pigstye cut unobliterated. 3 vols., full crushed green levant morocco, top edges gilt. A very handsome set of early impressions of the rare first editions. Bound by Bradstreets. Newcastle, 1790-97-1804.$39.00

72. Bewick, T. History of British Birds. Vol. I only, containing History and Description of Land Birds complete. Figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Pigstye cut at p. 285 somewhat obliterated. Old calf, broken, first ed., 335 pp. Both vols. of this edition bring from $25 to $50. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1797.$6.00

73. Bewick, T. General History of Birds and Quadrupeds, With 128 Engravings. The now rare American Edition, with 3 title-pages and 70+142 pp. The double figure engravings have apparently been done on copper by American engravers from Bewick’s woodcuts. Original sheep, good copy. Phila., Robert Desilver, 1824.$3.50

74. “Birds of Central New York.” A Directory of the Ornithologists of the U. S. Lists of the Collectors and Students of Birds, with Valuations of their Collections, number of Species, etc. Pp. 42 to 57 occupied by an Annot. List of Central N. Y. Birds, 267 Spp., 12mo, original boards, 64 pp., rare. Utica, N. Y., 1877.$2.00

75. Blumenbach’s Cage Birds. Aller Sing und Stubenvogel Fang Wartung und Bähmung. Mit einer Abhandlung über die Vögel in Allegemeinen, etc., etc. 12mo, boards, 140 pp., 2 colored plates. Wien, 1855.$1.00

76. Bonaparte, Charles Lucian. American Ornithology, or the Nat. Hist. of Birds Inhabiting the U. S., not given by Wilson. With figures drawn engraved and colored from Nature. 3 vols., folio. In fine, half, straight-grain, red morocco, gilt, marbled boards, tooled mor. labels on front covers. Text and plates of vols. 1 and 3 in unusually clean condition, text of vol. 2 has some leaves foxed, and plate 14 with water-color discoloration at top. The fourth and last vol. of this publication (pub. 1833, only 6 plates) is almost impossible to obtain, owing to its limited issue. Phila., 1825-1828, inclusive.$35.00

A copy of the complete set is worth nearly double the above price.

77. Bonaparte, C. L. A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and N. America. New cloth, uncut. A general enumeration of the birds of these countries, containing the most complete list hitherto published. By the Prince of Musignano. London, 1838.$1.25

78. Bonaparte, C. L. Specchio Comparativo Delle Ornitologie di Roma e di Filadelfia. Pp. 80. Original wrappers, uncut, very rare. Presentation copy to John Lowell by the Author. Pisa, 1827.$8.00

79. Bonaparte, C. L. Tableaux Paralleliques de L’ordres Gallinaces, Institut Imperial de France Acad. des Sciences. (Extrait des Comptes rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, tome 42-1856.) 20 pp., 4to.$1.50

80. Bonaparte, Mons. le Prince Ch. Excursions Dans Les Divers Musees D’Allemagne, de Hollande et de Belgique, et Tableaux Paralleliques de L’Ordre des Echassiers. (Extrait des Comptes de l’Acad. de Sciences, tome XLIII.). 4to, 27pp., 1856.$1.50

81. Book of Ornithology for Youth. Descriptive of the Most Remarkable Birds in all Countries, with particular notices of American Birds. 12mo, half roan and boards, rare, first ed., illus. with woodcuts. Boston, 1832.$1.25

82. Bree, C. R. History of the Birds of Europe, not Observed in the British Isles. Second edition enlarged, greatly superior to the first for reference purposes, having been revised by Bree to bring it up to the 12 years of additional knowledge then available. 5 vols., royal 8vo, half morocco, full gilt, gilt figured backs, marbled sides, colored plates, handsome set, as new. London, 1875.$14.50

83. Brehm’s Birds. Jasper, Theodore. Ornithology, or the Science of Birds from the Text of Dr. Brehm, with 212 illus. Folio, half morocco, fine copy, 156 pp., rubricated title. Columbus, O., 1878.$4.00

84. Brehm’s Thierleben (Birds of), Chromo-Ausgabe, mit 170 Tafeln in Farbendruck, unterzeitung der Zoologen Dr. Girtanner, Professor Dr. Klungzinger, Prof. Dr. O. Schmidt, und Prof. Dr. Taschenberg nach dem Leben ausgeführt vom Maler Olof Winkler. Royal 8vo. Vols. IV, V, and VI, being the complete part of the work relating to BIRDS, in the original parts as issued, unbound. The illus. and color work in this edition are very fine. Leipzig, 1882.$5.00

84A. Brent, B. P. The Pigeon Book, Wherein All Known Varieties of Domestic Pigeon are Described and Classified, etc. 12mo, 114 pp., illus. by fine wood cuts. London (1850?).$1.00

85. Brooks, Chas. Elements of Ornithology. Intended for College and Parlor. 12mo, cracked, 324 pp., 400 cuts. Has set of the Brewer and Wilson engraved plates of Birds at end. Boston, 1847.$1.25

86. Burroughs, John. Locusts and Wild Honey. 12mo, 253 pp., Rare first ed., fine copy. Boston, 1879.$2.00

87. Cassin, John. Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian-America. Intended to contain Descriptions and Figures of all N. American Birds not given by former American Authors, and a general synopsis of N. American Ornithology. Numerous fine colored plates. Royal 8vo, tall copy, uncut, scarce. A necessary supplement to Audubon, containing birds not described by that Author. Phila., 1862.$24.00

88. Cassin, J. Illustrations of Texan and Calif. Birds, Etc. A Set of the excessively rare Suppressed Issue of text and plates as first prepared. These plates, figuring 5 species, given in the standard edition, were drawn and lithographed by H. L. Stephens and printed in colors by Rosenthal. The color-work being poor, Cassin rejected them, after a few impressions were made. The re-issued plates were drawn, engraved and colored in a superior manner at Bowen’s establishment. This lot of rejected plates with text, unpaged was bound up by Cassin in a volume of ornithological pamphlets belonging to him and is of great historic interest and rarity, stitched, no covers.$6.00

88A. Candler, Charles. Observations on the Birds of Harleston District. (Also) Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Allies of Harleston, Sketch of Geology, Climate, etc. Compiled and Edited by Rev. F. W. Galpin. 148 pp., frontis., fine copy. London, 1888.$2.00

89. Chenu. Encyclopedie d’Histoire Naturelle Oiseaux. Avec la collaboration de M. Des Murs. 3 vols., 4to, half calf, very fully illus., complete on Birds. Many plates after Audubon and Wilson. Paris, n. d.$2.75

89A. Collins, Mortimer. The British Birds. A Communication from the Ghost of Aristophanes. 4to, 75 pp., as new. London, 1872.$2.75

89B. Cooke, W. W. Report on Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley, in 1884 and 1885. Edited by C. H. Merriam. Div. of Economic Ornithology. Bull. No. 2. 313 pp., folding map. Wash., 1888.$2.75

90. Cooper, Miss C. Rural Hours. Fourth and best ed., 21 color plates, full gilt, full stamped morocco, 521 pp., fine copy, extra engr, title in colors. Most of the plates are of Birds. N. Y., 1851.$2.75

91. Cory, Charles B. The Birds of Eastern N. America, Known to Occur East of the 90th Meridian. Two parts, bound in 1 vol. Part 1, Water Birds; Part 2, Land Birds. With Key to the Families and Species. 4to, new, unbound, fully illus., fine copy, printed covers. Boston, 1900.$2.75

92. Cory. Same. First Field Museum ed., on heavy paper, original covers, paper. Land Birds only. Chicago, 1899.$2.25

93. Cory, C. B. The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo. 4to, Three-quarter mor., gilt tooled, gilt top, uncut, 22 colored plates, map, 198 pp., extra fine copy with the original covers of parts bound at end. Boston, 1885.$8.50

94. Coues, Elliott. Birds of the Colorado Valley. A Repository of Scientific and Popular Information concerning N. Amer. Ornithology. Having the invaluable bibliography. Fine copy of this scarce book. Wash., 1878.$3.50

95. Coues, Elliott. Birds of the Northwest. A Handbook of Ornithology of the Region Drained by the Missouri River and its Tributaries. Wash., 1874.$2.25

96. Coues’ Check List of N. American Birds. Second ed., revised, with Dictionary of the Etymology, Ornithography and Orthœpy of the Scientific Names. 165 pp. Boston, 1882.$1.75

97. Coues, Elliott. Field Ornithology, Comprising Manual of Instruction for Procuring, Preparing and Preserving Birds, and Check List of N. American Birds. First ed. Letter written to E. T. Freedly, of Phila., by Dr. Coues, inserted regarding his portrait, Salem, 1874.$2.75

98. Coues, Dr., and Kidder, J. H. Contrib. to the Nat. Hist. of Kerguelen Island. U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., No. 3. Paper, 122 pp. Washington, 1876.$1.50

99. Coues and Prentiss. Avifauna Columbiana. List of Birds of the Dist. of Columbia, etc. The valuable second ed., illus., revised to date and entirely rewritten. Bull. 26 U. S. Nat. Museum. Original paper covers, fine copy. Wash., 1883.$2.00

100. Curious. A stout little full roan volume, comprising 80 Illus. of Birds, done in real feathers, the backgrounds being colored engravings or water-color sketches. In some cases a few feathers have been lost, but the majority are perfect.$1.75

101. Davie, Olivier. An Egg Check List of N. American Birds, Accurate Descriptions of the Color and Size of the Eggs and Locations of the Nests of the Land and Water Birds. First ed., pr. paper covers, 77 pp. Columbus, O., 1885.$1.75

102. Dresser, H. E. A History of the Birds of Europe, Including All the Species Inhabiting the Western Palæarctic Region. Parts 1 to 74, inclusive (lacking 9, 11, 12); also has the last 2 parts 83, 84 (double no.), containing title page, contents, list of subscribers, preface and introduction. 4to, printed paper covers, no plates with this lot. A bargain. London, 1881.$4.75

103. Edwards, George. Discourse on the Emigration of British Birds, Reflections on the Annual Migration of Birds, Etc., Etc. Paper covers, 64 pp. London, 1814.$2.75

103A. Edwards, George. A Natural History of Birds, the Most of which have not been hitherto Figured or Described. Colored in their Natural and Proper Colours after Curious Original Paintings, designed from Life, etc. 4 vols. in 2, 4to, half mor., 270 pp., portrait, engr. title-page to 1st vol., 210 colored plates. Rather shaken, but text and plates clean and unspotted, good margins. Though chiefly of birds, mammals and fishes are also figured. London, 1802.$17.50

104. Elliott, D. G. Classification of the Trochilidæ. (Smiths. Contr. Knowl.), 4to, uncut, original printed covers, fine copy, illus. Washington, 1879.$3.50

105. Elliott, D. G. Monograph of the Birds of Paradise (Paradiseidæ). An imperial folio of 37 finely colored plates which vie with those of Gould in fidelity to nature and brilliancy of color-work. With explanatory text. Half morocco. London, 1873.$76.00

106. Elliott, D. G. New and Hitherto Unfigured Species of the Birds of N. America. in 2 vols. Atlas folio of 72 magnificent colored plates, with woodcuts in the text. Fine copy, half calf, of this principal work of Prof. Elliot. A necessary addition in the historic series of American Ornithologies from Alexander Wilson’s day to the present generation. N. Y., 1866-69.$118.00

107. Eyton, T. C. History of the Rarer British Birds. Illus. with Fine Woodcuts after the Style of Bewick. This work also includes Account and Figure of the now extinct Passenger Pigeon and other Wanderers to Britain from America. 101 pp., supplemented by a 69-page Catalogue of British Birds of the same date. Bound together, orig. cloth, uncut, paper label, very rare. London, 1836.$3.00

108. Feathered Favourites of America. Being a series of colored plates of birds with text on back of each plate. 12mo, roan, about 100 beautiful plates.$1.50

108A. Ferguson, George. Illustrated Series of Rare and Prize Poultry, with Comprehensive Essays on all Classes of Domestic Fowl. 372 pp., fine colored plates. Rare. London, 1854.$3.50

109. Finsch, Otto. Die Papageien, Monographisch Bearbeitet. 3 vols. (1st 2 vols. only, large folding map, folding plate of osteology, 5 colored plates of Parrots.) An authoritative work. Pub. at $10.00. 2 vols. Leiden, 1867-68.$2.50

110. FISHER, A. K. Hawks and Owls of the U. S. in their Relation to Agriculture. As new, fine copy, 25 colored plates, rare and useful. Wash., 1893.$6.00

111. GARDINER, Wm. The Music of Nature, Attempt to Prove that What is Pleasing in Singing, Speaking, Performing on Musical Instruments is Derived from Sounds of the Animated World, Etc. Amer. ed. of this fine book. 505 pp., col. frontis., illus., Birds’ Songs p. 231, etc. Boston [1837].$2.00

112. Gentry, T. G. Nests and Eggs of Birds of the U. S. 4to, full mor., 300 pp., gilt edges, 50 col. plates, portrait. Phila., 1882.$8.00

113. Gentry, T. G. Same. In orig. paper parts (lacking 1 part).$7.00

114. Gentry, T. G. Same. Odd parts.

115. Gentry, T. G. Same. Portfolio of 21 colored plates on extra heavy paper, issued separately by Wagonseller, the Publisher, pr. paper label. Phila., n. d.$2.50

116. Gloger, C. L. Disquisitionum de Avibus ab Aristotele Commemoratis. Specimen 1. 12mo, stitched, 56 pp. Vratislaviæ, 1830.$1.25

117. Goss, N. S. Birds of Kansas. A Revised Catalogue, With Descriptive Notes of Nests and Eggs of Breeding Species. Topeka, 1866.$1.50

118. Gosse, P. H., and Hill, R. The Birds of Jamaica, containing descriptions of about 200 Species of birds belonging to the Jamaica Fauna, derived entirely from original investigations. Post 8vo. London, 1847.$1.50

119. Gould, John. An Introduction to the Trochilidæ, or Humming Birds. 216 pp., Author’s autogr. pres. copy to G. Waterhouse. Rare. London, 1861.$3.50

120. Gould, John. Monograph of the Partridges of America. (Odontophorinæ.) An imperial folio, half mor. of 32 finely drawn groups of these handsomely colored birds, represented by such great variety of striking forms in Mexico and the Western U. S. With descriptive text. London, 1844-50.$57.00

121. Gould, John (A. L. S.) A Century of Birds From the Himalaya Mountains. Dedicated to Wm. the Fourth and Adelaide, with a fine Manuscript List of Plates inserted, of which there are 80 printed in Lithography, and colored by hand. A curious feature of these plates is that the trees and groundwork on which the birds are set is uncolored. They were drawn from Nature, and also on stone by E. Gould, and printed by the noted early Lithographer, Hullmandel. This is the first of Gould’s great folio of birds, and is the scarcest of them all. Uniform in size with the succeeding Imperial Folios in Natural History subjects. Bound in half green levant, gilt edges, fine copy. London, 1832.$85.00

121A. Graves, George (author of British Ornithology, and Ovarium Britannicum). The Naturalist’s Pocket-Book; or, Tourist’s Companion. Introduction to Natural History, Collecting and Preserving Various Productions of Nature, etc. First ed., calf, 335 pp., illus. London, (1817).$2.50

122. Gray, George R. List of the Genera of Birds, with their Synonyma; the Typical Species of each Genus. Half calf, loose, with Appendix of 1842. Best edition, 113 pp. London, 1841.$3.75

122A. Gray, George R. Hand List of Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those contained in the British Museum. Part III, Struthiones, Grallæ and Anseres. Fine copy, 350 pp. London, 1871.$3.75

123. Greene, W. T. Parrots in Captivity. 3 Vols., Large 8vo, 81 col. plates. As new. London, 1884.$10.00

124. Gurney, J. H. Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt and Other Countries. With Analysis of the Claims of Certain Foreign Birds to be Considered British, and other Ornithological Notes. Full of scientific and popular interest. London, n. d.$1.50

125. Hagerup, A. T. Birds of Greenland. Trans. From the Danish by Frimann B. Arngrimson. Edited by M. Chamberlain. Printed covers, 62 pp. Boston, 1891.$1.00

126. Hartlaub, Dr. G. Ornithologischer Beitrag Zur Fauna Madagascar’s Mit Berücksichtigung der Inseln Mayotta, Nossi-Be und St. Marie, sowie der Mascarenen und Seychellen (Cabanis Jour. für Ornithologie von 1860, besonders abgedruckt). 87 pp., paper. Bremen, 1861.$1.25

127. Hartlaub, G. Titian Peale’s Vogel Der “United States Exploring Expedition” im Auszuge mitgetheilt und mit kritischen Anmerkungen (Archiv. f. Naturgesch. XVIII., Jahrg. 1, Bd.). 94 pp, paper.$1.50

128. Hatch, Dr. P. L. Notes on the Birds of Minnesota. 487 pp., as new. Minneapolis, 1892.$1.50

129. Hayes, Mr. Nat. Hist. of British Birds, Etc., with their Portraits. Imperial folio, boards, uncut, 40 full-page copper plates, plain. London, 1775.$1.50

130. Heine, F. Museum Heineanum. Verzerchniss der Ornithologischen Sammlung. Mit Kritischen Anmerkungen und Beschreibung der neuen Arten, systematisch bearbeitet von Dr. J. Cabanis. Part 1, Oscines; 2, Clamatores; 3, Strisores; 4, Scansores; 2 vols. 12mo, cloth and half morocco, rare. Halberstadt, 1851-63.$3.00

131. Hirst, Henry B. Book of Cage Birds. Second ed. 12mo, 284 pp., Dedicated to John Cassin. Many American Birds described. Rare. Phila., 1843.$1.75

132. Hudson, W. H. British Birds, with a Chapter in Structure and Classification. By Frank E. Beddard, F. R. S. With 8 colored plates from Drawings by A. Thornburn and 11 plates and 100 figures from Drawings by Lodge. As new, uncut, gilt top, 352 pp. London and N. Y., 1895.$2.25

133. Hungarian Ornithology. Ein Lebensbild von J. S. von Petenyi der Begründer der Wissenschaft. Ornithologie in Ungarn, 1799-1855. Folio, printed covers, portrait, 139 pp. Verfasst von Otto Herman, Budapest, 1891.$2.00

134. Illiger, von Herrn. Tabellarische Uebersicht der Vertheilung der Vögel über die Erde (Vorgelesen den 19ten Nov., 1812). Pp. 221 to 236. With a lot of comparative charts at end, complete, paper.$1.25

135. Ingersoll, Ernest. Nests and Eggs of American Birds. Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5. With Colored Plates of the Eggs. Royal 8vo, in orig. paper covers. Salem, Mass., n. d.The lot, $2.50

136. Jacobs, W. J. Summer Birds of Greene County, Penna. Author’s Autograph, Compliments. Scarce, 14 pp., printed covers. Waynesburg, 1893.$1.00

137. Jardine, Sir Wm. Contributions to Ornithology for 1852. 162 pp., 14 colored plates (lacking plates 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 90, 93). Paper, rare. Edinburgh, 1853.$1.75

138. Jardine’s Illustrations of Ornithology. Jardine, Sir William (F. R. S.), and Selby, P. J., with the Co-operation of J. Children, T. Hardwicke, T. Horsfield, Stamford Raffles, N. Vigors, etc. Three folio vols., full Russia gilt, gilt edges. This is the complete Series of this Publication, under the above Authors and Artists. There are 161 finely colored plates of Birds previously unfigured or little known, or nondescript. A few of the plates have more than one Species represented. From 1 to 4 pages of text accompanies each plate; an Index of the 1st 2 vols. is given. The last vol. was abruptly ended. A page of explanation is bound at the end of the 3rd vol., in which it is “proposed to carry on a New Series of these Illus.” It states also that the New Series will be published early in 1836, which would give the approximate date of the last vol. of this Series as 1835. Probably begun in 1832; as a complete set like this of this Series of Illustrations is excessively rare, and no record has been found of it being sold. Many of the New Species are American. Several of the Anatidæ are figured. Condition and binding very fine, corners and edges of vols. somewhat rubbed and need a little touching up. Edinburgh, Published by W. H. Lizars, n. d.$128.00

139. Keyser, L. S. Birds of the Rockies. 8 full-page plates (4 in color) by L. A. Fuertes. With a complete check-list of Colorado Birds. Half roan, uncut, as new. Chicago, 1902.$2.75

140. King Survey, 40th Parallel. Vol. 4. Ornithology and Palæontology. The former by Robert Ridgway and the latter by Meek, Hall and Whitfield. 4to, 17 plates of fossils. Wash., 1877.$3.00

141. Krider, John. Forty Years’ Notes of a Field Ornithologist. Interesting observations on his hunting and collecting experiences, with 335 species of Birds of Maine, Penna., New Jersey, Virginia, N. Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minn. and Iowa. New unused copies. Phila., 1879.60 cents

142. Kuhl, H. Conspectus Psittacorum. Cum specierum definitonibus, novarum descriptionibus, synonymis et circa patriam singularum naturalem adeos rarus, etc. 4to, 104 pp., no plates.$1.75

143. Kumlien, L. Contrib. to Nat. Hist. of Arctic Amer. of the Howgate Polar Exped., 1877-78. U. S. N. Mus., Bull. 15. Paper, full of birds, 179 pp. Wash., 1879.$1.25

144. Laishley, Richard. Popular History of British Birds’ Eggs. Square 8vo, 313 pp., 20 col. plates, ½ mor. 1st ed. London, 1858.$1.50

145. Layard, E. E. The Birds of South Africa. A Descriptive Catalogue of all the Known Species Occurring South of the 28th Parallel of South Latitude. 382+23 pp., frontis., Author’s autogr. pres. copy, scarce. Cape Town and London, 1867.$5.00

146. Lee, Mrs. R. Anecdotes of Habits and Instincts of Birds, Reptiles and Fishes. Illus. by H. Weir. 12mo, 410 pp., illus. London, 1853.$1.25

147. MacGillivray, Wm. Descriptions of the Rapacious Birds of Great Britain. Dedicated to J. J. Audubon. 12mo, boards, uncut, worn. Edinburgh, 1836.$1.75

148. Marsh, O. C. Odontornithes, A Monograph on the Extinct Toothed Birds of N. America. 34 plates and woodcuts, large 4to. Invaluable on this subject. Wash., 1880.$2.50

148A. Massachusetts Birds. Maynard, C. J. The Naturalists’ Guide. With a Complete Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Mass., occupying one-half of the book. Frontis. of Baird’s Sparrow, 170 pp. Boston, 1871.$2.00

148B. Massachusetts Birds. Maynard, C. J. The same. Revised ed. with the 2 rare and valuable colored plates of Brewster’s Warbler and Maynard’s Sparrow. Salem, 1877.$2.50

149. McGregor, R. C. Birds of Philippines. Philip. Mus. Bulls., Nos. 1 to 4. 4 papers on Birds of these Islands. Illus. Manila, 1903-4.$1.25

150. McGregor, R. C. Two Papers on Birds of the Philippine Islands. Dept. Interior, Nos. 25 and 24. Pr. paper covers. Manila, 1905.$1.00

151. McGregor, R. and Worcester, D. Hand List of the Birds of the Philippine Islands. Dept. of the Inter., No. 36. Printed paper covers. Manila, 1906.$1.00

152. Miller, Thomas. English Country Life. Descriptions of Rural Habits, Country Scenery, Etc. Illus. by Birket Foster, Gilbert, Harvey, etc. 12mo, half morocco, 479 pp. London, 1859. Much on birds.$1.75

153. Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. Second edition, with a plan of study and many new articles and original observations, by James Rennie, illus. Half calf. W. P. Turnbull’s copy and book-plate. London, 1831.$2.00

153A. Moore, John. Columbarium, or, the Pigeon House. An Introduction to the Natural History of Tame Pigeons, Etc. 12mo, illus., 64 pp. Phila., 1874.$1.50

154. Morris, Rev. F. O. A History of British Birds. Illustrated with 350 elegant plates colored by hand. The most popular and reliable work on this subject. Some American species are figured. 6 vols., royal 8vo, uncut, gilt figured. London, 1868.$14.00

154A. Moubray, B. Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing and Fattening Poultry, Pheasants, Pigeons and Rabbits, Management of Swine, Cows and Bees, Instructions for the Private Brewery, etc. Fifth ed., 12mo, boards, uncut, 355 pp., colored frontis. London, 1824.$2.00

154B. Moubray, B. Same. The very rare first ed., lacking pp. 35-48. London, 1815.$1.00

155. Moubray’s Treatise on Domestic and Ornamental Poultry. New Edition, revised and greatly enlarged by L. A. Meall. Also the Diseases of Poultry, with Physiological Observations and Experiments. By F. R. Horner. 12mo, 504 pp., very fine colored plates. London, 1854.$2.50

155A. Natural History of Birds. Facts Selected from Several Writers for the Amusement and Instruction of Children. 6 parts in 3 vols., 12mo, calf, curious colored plates. London, 1791.$3.00

156. Newman, Edward. Birds-Nesting. Complete Description of Nests and Eggs of Birds which Breed in Great Britain and Ireland. Limp cloth, 52 pp. London, 1861.$2.25

157. Nomenclator Avium Musei Zoologici Berolinesis. Namenverzeichniss der in der zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Univ. zu Berlin aufgestellten Arten von Vögeln nach den in der neueren Systematik. 123 pp., paper. Berlin, 1854.$1.75

158. N. Amer. Birds. 4th, 5th, and 6th supplements to the Amer. Ornith. Union Check List of. 3 pieces, pr. paper covers. 1892-94.$1.25

159. Norris, J., Sr. and Jr. Catalogue of the Oological Collection of. Pr. paper covers, privately printed. Phila., 1894.$1.00

160. Nuttall, Thos. Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern N. America. 2 vols., revised by Montague Chamberlain, 20 colored plates, 172 woodcuts, as new. Publ. price, $8.00. Second Chamberlain edition. Boston, 1897.$3.00

161. Nuttall Bulletin and the Auk. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, Mass. A complete set of 8 vols., variously bound in 3 vols.; vol. 6 being in parts, together with The Auk; vols. 1 to 8, inclus., in parts, as issued; all in fine condition. The above include all of the most difficult volumes to secure in a complete set of the chief Magazine of American Ornithology. 16 vols. Cambridge, Boston and N. Y., 1876-1891.$65.00

162. Oologist (Originating in the Young Oologist, Published Monthly at Gaines, N. Y., V. I., 1884, and ending V. II., No. 2, 1885). A set of this Magazine beginning as above from V. I. to V. XII. (1895) inclusive. Bound in 3 vols., half morocco, with the original covers bound in. In all 11 vols.; also vol. 12 in parts, lacking title. Gaines and Albion, N. Y.$17.50

163. Ord, George (F. L. S.). Sketch of the Life of Alexander Wilson, Author of the Amer. Ornithology. New half mor., fine copy. Phila., 1828.$3.75

164. Ornithologist and Oologist. Vols. 10, 11. In original parts, fine condition, paper covers. Boston, 1885-86.$1.75

165. Parrots. Gray, R. G. List of the Specimens of Birds in the British Museum. Part III, Section II. Psittacidæ. 110 pp. London, 1859.$1.25

166. Parrots. The Miscellany of Natural History. Vol. 1, Parrots, by Sir Thos. Dick Lauder and Capt Thos. Brown. 12mo, 170 pp., 35 hand-colored plates of parrots, portrait of Audubon and engraved extra title, fine copy. Edinburgh, 1833.$3.50

167. Pearson, L., and Warren, B. H. Report, Diseases and Enemies of Poultry. A 730-page work on Rapacious Birds, Mammals, etc., injurious to fowls in Pennsylvania, profusely embellished with fine chromo-lithographic plates and on heavy paper, paper covers. Harrisburg, 1897.$1.50

168. Pennant’s Genera of Birds. 4to, old calf, engraved title, 16 plates, complete, first ed., a very rare book. John Arden’s autogr. copy with his book-plate, 68 pp. London, 1781.$4.50

169. Pennsylvania Birds. Surface, H. A. Monthly Bulletins and Zoological Quarterly of the Penna. Dept. of Agriculture. Vol. 1 of each. Complete for the years 1903-04, the latter devoted entirely to birds. Both very fully illus., out of print. Bound together in 1 vol., half morocco. Harrisburg, 1903-04.$2.75

170. Ridgway, Robt. The Birds of North and Middle America. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 4 vols., new half mor., uncut, illus. with plates, fine set, except slight water-stains on lower margin of a number of pages of 2 vols. The final authority in systematic Ornithology. Out of print, and in great demand. Wash., 1901-07.$25.00

171. Ridgway, R. Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. XIX; pp. 459-670. Paper, charts and plates, valuable. Wash., 1896.$1.25

172. Ridgway, R. The Humming Birds. Printed paper covers, uncut, unopened, 46 plates, 383 pp. Smiths. Inst., Wash., 1892.$1.75

173. Ridgway, R. A Manual of N. American Birds. 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Portrait of Spencer F. Baird. 4th ed., as new, 631 pp.$7.50

174. Ridgway, R. and Forbes, S. A. Ornithology of Illinois. Part 1, Descriptive Catalogue by Ridgway; part 2, Economic Ornith. by Forbes. Nat. Hist. Survey of Illinois. Vol. 1, 33 plates, frontis. colored, royal 8vo, cloth, as new, useful, but scarce. All published. Springfield, 1889.$6.00

175. Rhoads, S. N. Set of Author’s 7 or 8 Excerpts on American Birds. Published in the Amer. Nat., Auk, etc., mostly in printed covers, includes big paper on birds of Washington and British Columbia.$2.00

176. Rhoads & Pennock. Birds of Delaware. A Preliminary List. (From “The Auk,” April, 1905), 12 pp., author’s separate, paper covers. A first published attempt on Delaware Ornithology.40 cents

177. Robinson, W. A Flying Trip to the Tropics. Record of an Ornithological Visit to the U. S. of Columbia, S. A., and Island of Curacao, West Indies. As new, gilt tops, map and col. plates of birds and other illus., a fine work out of print. Cambridge, 1895.$2.50

178. Salvadori, T. Borean Birds. Uccelli di Borneo, Catalogo Sistematico. Con Note ed Osservazioni di G. Doria ed O. Beccari, etc. Paper, uncut, col. frontis., map and 5 col. plates, 429 pp., autogr. pres. copy to Dr. E. Coues. Annali Mus. Cir. to Nad Genova, V. 5, 1874.$3.00

179. Samuels, Edward A. Our Northern and Eastern Birds, Containing Descriptions of Birds of Northern and Eastern States and British Provinces, etc. Royal 8vo, half mor., gilt top., 600 pp., illus., some colored reproductions of Audubon plates, supplement by Holder. Ex Libris C. L. Wheeler. Pub. at $10.00. N. Y., 1883.$4.75

180. Samuels, E. A. Among the Birds. Sketches for Young Folks of the Domestic Life of Birds. 12mo, illus., rare. Boston, 1868.$1.25

181. Schlegel’s Bird Notes and Synopsis. Museum D’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue Methodique et Critique des Collections Deposees dans cet Etablissement [by H. Schlegel.] Lacking the papers on Milvi, Pernes, Polybori, Vultures, all Reviens, Columbæ, Struthiens. Bound in 2 vols., half roan, by J. Cassin, each family paged separately, each complete in itself. These 2 vols. comprise all published relating to birds in this series of noted monographs of bird families, issued irregularly during five continuous years. A rare series. Leyde, E. J., Brill, 1862-1867.$4.75

182. Sclater, P. L. Lot of Sclater Papers on Birds. All from the Proc. Zool. Soc. About 35 titles, no plates, paper. London, 1864.$1.75

183. Sclater, P. L., and Salvin, O. Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (etc.). Oblong 4to, printed boards. Londini, 1873.$1.75

184. Selby, Prideaux John. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Land and Water Birds. 2 vols., 8vo, text and 2 vols. imperial folio, containing 217 large plates depicting hundreds of species, all beautifully drawn from Nature and colored by hand. 4 vols., half morocco. This work holds the same relation to British Birds as Audubon’s great work does to the Birds of America. Edinburgh, 1833-41.$58.00

185. Shriner, C. A. Birds of New Jersey. Illus., as new, out of print. Trenton, 1896.$1.50

185A. Smith, Charlotte. A Natural History of Birds. Intended Chiefly for Young Persons. 12mo, boards, paper labels, 2 vols., uncut, 145+157 pp. plates, very scarce. London, 1816.$4.00

186. Stone, Witmer. Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Portrait of Alex. Wilson, faunal map, new copies; only a few unsold. Phila., 1894.$1.75

187. Tegetmeier, W. B. Pheasants for Coverts and Aviaries. Illus. with full-page engravings by T. W. Wood. 4to, cloth, gilt. London, 1873.$3.50

188. Torrey, Bradford. Every-day Birds. Elementary Studies. With 12 illus. in colors after Audubon and 2 from photos. 12mo, 1st ed., as new. Boston and N. Y., 1901.$2.00

189. Townsend, J. K. Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mts. to the Columbia River and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, etc., with a Scientific Appendix. 352 pp., binding rather shabby and text a little foxed. Contains much scientific data, particularly as to Birds, throughout the work, and catalogues of birds and of quadrupeds of Oregon with descriptions of a number of species. Phila., 1839.$6.00

190. Tunstall, M. Ornithologia Britannica seu Avium Omnium Britannicarum tam Terrestrium quam Aquaticarum Catalogus, Sermone Latino, Anglico and Gallico redditus, etc. Title and 4 pp. folio, original paper covers, copper plate of Water Ouzel, extremely rare, splendid copy. London (printed for the Author by Dixwell), 1771.$4.75

191. Tunstall’s Ornithologia Britannica. Ed. by Alfred Newton. Willoughby Society. 14 pp., pr. heavy paper cover, illus., autogr. of Elliott Coues, reprint of the preceding in 8vo. London, 1880.$1.50

192. Turnbull, Wm. P. The Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 4to, half roan, Impression was limited to 150 copies, finely illustrated by American engravers and artists. Glasgow, Printed for Private Circulation, 1869.$7.00

193. Turnbull, W. P. Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Illus. green paper cover, fine copy. Phila., Henry Grambo, 1869.$2.50

194. Verreaux, J., et O. des Murs. Descrip. D’Oiseaux Nouveaux de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et indication des especes deja connues de ce pays. (Rev. et Mag. de Zool.), 1860. Inscribed, “Mr. Cassin, avec les amities de l’un Des Auteurs. J. P. Verreaux.” 27 pp., 1 col. plate, paper. 1860.$ 1.50

195. Warren, B. H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, with Special Reference to the Food Habits, based on over 4000 Stomach Examinations. 2nd ed., revised and augmented, 100 col. plates after Audubon, 434 pp., half mor., fine copy. Harrisburg, 1890.$4.00

196. Warren, B. H. Same. Specially bound author’s autogr. pres. copy to Benj. J. Everhart. Half Russia, full gilt.$6.50

197. Warren, B. H. Same. Extra illus., uncut copy, unbound.$30.00

198. Warren, B. H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania. 50 col. plates. 1st ed., half morocco. Harrisburg, 1888.$2.25

199. Whitehead, John. Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo. Numerous fine colored plates of Birds, Insects, etc. Devoted chiefly to Birds of Kina Balu region. Folio, 317 pp., as new, heavy paper, gilt top, illus. covers. Pub. at $12.00. London, 1893.$4.25

199A. Wilson, Alex. American Ornithology, or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Illus. with plates, engraved [by A. Lawson] and colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature by Alexander Wilson. With a Sketch of the Author’s Life by George Ord, F. L. S., etc. In 3 vols. of text, 4to, large paper, and 1 vol. folio of colored plates. 4 vols., ¾ calf. Published by Collins & Co. of New York, and H. Hall, of Philadelphia, 1828, ’28, ’29, ’29. An extraordinarily fine set of the EDITIO PRINCEPS AMERICANA, in which Ord completed the labors of Wilson by editing, re-arranging and adding to his unpublished MSS. intended for the completion of the Original Work, begun in 1808, interrupted by Wilson’s death in 1812, and continued to 9 vols. by Ord in 1814. Owing to the better quality of the paper used in this fine edition, as well as the superior color work of the plates, and the greater facility of its use as a work of reference, it justly commands as great a price as the original 4to edition of 9 vols. Contents clean and unsoiled as when issued, binding sound and good.$87.50

200. Wilson, Alex. American Ornithology, with a Continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, and Illustrative Notes and Life of Wilson by Wm. Jardine. 4 vols., 12mo, orig. cloth, uncut, paper labels, worn. Portrait and 4 plates by Lizars. Ed. by Robt. Jameson. Edinburgh, 1831.$4.50

201. Wilson, Alex. Series of 4 Articles Entitled “The Naturalist,” Nos. 2 to 5, inclus., relating chiefly to Birds, from Vol. II of the Portfolio, paper. Phila., 1809.$1.00

202. Wilson, Alex. (Ornithologist). The Foresters, a Poem Descriptive of a Pedestrian Journey to the Falls of Niagara in the Autumn of 1804. 16mo, calf. West Chester, 1838.$2.00

203. Wilson, Alex. Another copy. “Presented to C. Walton (Phila. dentist) by Hannah Cassin (wife of John Cassin, the noted Phila. Quaker Ornithologist). Third Month 16th, 1880. To remind him of a walk taken with her husband to Susquehanna County.” 16mo, sheep.$2.50

204. Wilson, Alex. Same. Another Ed., Half Roan. Phila., 1853.$1.50

204A. Wood, Neville. The Ornithologist’s Text-book. Reviews of Ornithological Works, with Appendix. 12mo, half calf, first ed., 235 pp. London, 1836.$2.50

REPTILES.

205. Agassiz, Louis. Turtles of America. Embryology and Synopsis of. The complete monograph of the Testudinata, as pub. in Contrib. to Nat. Hist., of U. S. 2 vols., folio, 34 fine plates, plain and colored. Boston, 1857.$4.50

206. Baird, S. F. Atlas, Herpetology. Prepared under the Superintendence of. Large folio, half mor., plates 1 to 23, inclus. (lacks 24 to 32), finely engraved and colored. Being the Herpetology of the U. S. Exploring Expedition during 1838-1842, under command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. This atlas is complete as to the Batrachia and Ophidia; has part of the Sauria, but lacks all the Chelonia. With 4to vol. of text by C. Girard. 2 vols. Worth $30.00 complete. Phila., 1858.$10.00

207. Barton, Benj. S. A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty Which Has Been Ascribed to the Rattlesnake and Other American Serpents. Philadelphia, Henry Sweitzer, 1796. 70 pp., together with “Supplement” to same, in a “Letter to Prof. Zimmermann.” Phila., 1800. 40 pp., first ed., very rare, 2 pieces.$7.00

208. Barton, Benj. S. Supplement to A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty of the Rattlesnake and other American Serpents. 12mo, paper, 40 pp. Phila., 1800.$2.25

209. Barton, B. S. Some Account of the Siren Lacertina and Other Species of that Genus, etc. In a letter from Prof. Barton of Phila. to John Gottlob Schneider, of Saxony. A brochure of 33 pp., and a plate, of which Barton states in the preface only 50 copies were printed for select distribution among his friends. Phila., Jasper Harding, Printer, 1821.$3.00

210. Bonnaterre, l’Abbe. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature. Erpetologie. Paris, 1789. Ophiologie. Paris, 1790. 2 vols. in 1, 4to, new half mor., all the fine copper-plate engravings of Reptiles and Batrachians. Complete as to these subjects.$3.75

211. Cook, M. C. Our Reptiles and Batrachians. The Lizards, Snakes, Frogs, etc., Indigenous to Great Britain. 12mo, illus., col. plate ed., as new London, 1893.$1.50

212. Cope, E. D. The Crocodilians, Lizards and Snakes of N. America. 1090 pp., 36 plates and illus. in text. U. S. Nat. Mus. Rep., 1898. Paper covers. The most compendious and recent authority on this wide subject. Wash., 1900.$3.00

213. Fowler, H. W. The Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey. Paper covers, 408 pp., 122 plates. Trenton, 1907.$1.25

214. Garman, H. Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois. Author’s ed. from Bull. Illinois State Laboratory N. History, vol. 3, pp. 215 to 390, plates 9 to 15, inclus. Fine copy in pr. covers of this rarity. Peoria, 1892.$2.00

215. Holbrook, John E. N. American Herpetology. Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the U. S. Vol 1, 4to, new half mor., title-page and some plates mended, but complete. Vol. 1 contains 23 colored plates. This is the rare first ed. which the Author sought to recall from the subscribers on the issue of the third vol. Phila., J. Dobson, 1836.$8.00

216. Holbrook’s Herpetology. 63 odd plates, nearly all large paper from ed. of 1842, 19 of serpents, 18 toads and frogs, 5 lizards, 8 testudinata, 13 salamanders, all colored except 3. Rare lot.$8.00

217. Mitchell, S. Weir (M. D.). Researches Upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake and the Anatomy and Physiology of the organs concerned. Smiths. Cont. to Knowledge. Folio, pr. covers, 12 woodcuts, 145 pp., uncut. Wash., 1861.$3.00

218. New Jersey Reptiles. Ann. Report of the N. J. State Museum on the Amphibians and Reptiles of N. J., also of Fish. Frontis. and plates of Reptiles and Fish, 408 pp. Trenton, 1907.$1.25

219. Smith, W. H. The Tailed Amphibians, Including the Caecilians. A Thesis. Presented to Faculty of Univ. of Mich. 12mo, 158 pp., full of Folding Synoptical Tables. Detroit, 1877.$1.50

220. Stejneger, L. The Poisonous Snakes of N. America. Paper, uncut, 19 plates. Wash., 1895.$1.75

INSECTS.

220A. Accentuated List of British Lepidoptera, etc. Pub. by the Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge. 118 pp. London, 1858.$2.50

221. American Entomologist, The. An Illus. Magazine of Popular and Practical Entomology. Edited by Benj. D. Walsh and Charles V. Riley. Vol. 3, Jan. to June, Aug. to Oct., inclusive; 1871. 9 Nos. in orig. paper covers. This vol. is extremely rare. The lot,$2.00

222. Banks, Nathan. The First List of Works Relating to American Entomology. Paper covers, 95 pp. Wash., 1900.$1.50

223. Bees. Bee-keeping. By “The Times” Bee-master. 12mo., illus., 224 pp. London 1864.$1.00

224. Bees. De Gelieu, Jonas. The Bee Preserver, or Practical Directions for the Management of Hives. Trans. from the French. 12mo, boards, uncut, book-plate of Sir R. Shafter Adair. 134 pp., illus., first English ed., rare. Edinburgh and London, 1829.$1.75

225. Bees. Huish, Robt. Treatise on the Nature, Economy and Practical Management of Bees, in which the various systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are Examined (etc., etc.) Forming the most complete Guide to the Study and Management of those valuable insects. Boards, uncut, broken, 414 pp., 6 plates, rare first ed. London, 1815.$3.00

226. Bees. Huish, Robt. Bees, Their Natural History and General Management (etc.). 458 pp., 12mo, portrait of author, illus., fine copy. London, 1842.$1.50

227. Bees. Milton, John. The Practical Bee-keeper, or Concise and Plain Instructions for the Management of Bees and Hives. 147 pp., illus., 12mo. Has bibliography. London, 1843.$1.00

228. Bees. Neighbour, A. The Apiary, or Bees, Beehives and Bee-Culture. 359 pp., 12mo, plates (2 colored), third ed. London, 1878.80c.

229. Same. London, 1866. Second edition.$1.00

230. Bees. Nutt, Thos. Humanity to Honey Bees, or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees, upon an Improved and Humane Plan. 240 pp., plates, small 8vo, orig. linen, paper label, rare, first ed. Wisbech, 1832.$1.75

231. Bees. Nutt, Thos. Another in fancy half calf, fine copy, same edition.$1.75

232. Another. Fifth edition. 1839.$1.00

233. Bees. Payne, J. H. The Apiarians’ Guide, Containing Practical Directions for the Management of Bees upon the Depriving System. 71 pp. small 8vo, orig. linen, uncut, 1 plate, fine copy, only 110 printed, list of subscribers, very rare. London, 1833.$2.00

234. Bees. Purchas, S. Spiritual Honey from Natural Hives, or Meditations and Observations on the Nat. Hist. and Habits of Bees. 176 pp., 16mo, book-plate of H. T. Stainton, noted Entomologist and writer on Bees. Fine copy. London, n. d.$1.75

235. Bees. Samuelson, Jas. The Honey Bee, Its Natural History, Habits, Anatomy and Microscopical Beauties. 12mo, 166 pp., 8 tinted plates, first ed. London, 1840.$1.00

235A. Bees. Samuelson. Same. 1860.$1.75

236. Bees. Scenes of Industry Displayed in the Beehive and the Ant-hill. 212 pp., plates, half roan, 12mo, fine engravs. London, n. d.85c.

237. Bees. Simmons, S. A Modern Bee Farm and Its Economic Management. 195 pp., illus. London, 1887.80c.

238. Bees. Strutt, Geo. The Practical Apiarian, or a Treatise on the Improved Management of Bees. 112 pp., printed boards, uncut, 12mo, first ed., with 8-page pamphlet “Expl. of Strutt’s Model.” Clare, 1825.$1.75

239. Bees. Taylor, H. The Bee-Keeper’s Manual. 12mo, 126 pp., illus. London, 1839.$1.00

239A. Bees. See under Cotton, Thorpe and Warder.

240. Berge, F. Lepidoptera of Europe. Schmetterlingsbuch. Naturgeschichte der Schmetterlinge und besondere der Europaischen Gattungen. Mit 162 schwarzen und 1100 coloriten Abbildungen auf 52 Tafeln. 4to, 232 pp., and 52 finely colored plates of over 1000 figures. Stuttgart, 1851.$3.25

241. Beutenmuller. Catalog Lepidoptera. Fifty Miles from New York City, with their Food Plants. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., pp. 199 to 230, V. 5, 1890.$1.00

242. Bevan, Edw. The Honey-Bee, Its Natural History, Physiology and Management. 12mo, full calf, 404 pp., illus, first ed. London, 1827.$1.25

243. Blassiere, J. J. Histoire Naturelle de la Reine des Abeilles, avec l’Art de former des Essaims de M. A. G. Schirach. Rare first ed., small 8vo, half calf, 269 pp., 3 folded copper plates, engraved by Fargue. Autogr. of W. Spence, noted Entomologist. A La Haye, 1771.$4.00

244. Brown, Capt. Thos. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths. Illus. by 96 col. engravings, engraved title. 2 vols. in 1, complete, 16mo, half morocco. London, 1832.$3.00

245. Casey, T. L. Revision of the American Pæderini. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci., Vol. XV, No. 2, 1905. Pr. paper covers, 248 pp.$1.25

246. Canadian Entomologist. Vol. I, rare, half calf, 110 pp., fine copy. Toronto, 1869.$2.00

247. Casey, T. L. Coleopterological Notices No. 1, continued, pp. 97 to 198 of vol. 5. Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1890. Also the same, pt. 3, complete, pp. 9 to 214 of vol. 6 of the said Annals. As issued in the orig. parts, uncut. N. Y., 1890-91. The lot,$2.00

248. Casopis. Societatis Entomologicæ Bohemiæ, Acta. Vol. I, complete in 4 parts. Orig. paper covers. V. Praze, 1904.$1.00

249. Chenu. Encyclopedie d’Histoire Naturelle. Coleopters avec la collaboration de M. E. Desmarest. 4to, half calf, very fully illus. 2 vols. Complete on the Beetles. Paris, n. d.$2.00

250. Chenu. Encyclopedie d’Histoire Naturelle. Papillons avec la collaboration de M. H. Lucas. 4to, half calf, very fully illus. Complete as to Butterflies. Paris, n. d.$1.25

251. Clarke, John. Treatise on Mulberry Trees, Silk Worms and Silk, with woodcuts. First ed., 12mo, 363 pp. Phila., 1839.$1.50

252. Coleoptera. Fuessly, Jean Gaspar. Archives de l’Histoire des Insectes, Publiees en Allemand. Traduites en Francois. 4to, calf, 185 pp., 54 colored plates. Winterthour, 1794.$7.00