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THE RHAMPHASTIDiE,
OR
FAMILY OF TOUCANS.
C O M P R I S I N G 51 C O L O U R E D P L A T E S .
WITH COPIOUS DESCRIPTIONS.
SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION, WITH ALL THE PLATES RE-DRAWN.
O N E V O L U M E IM P E R I A L P O L I O .
NEWLY BOUND IN H A L F MOROCCO EXTRA, G IL T EDGES,
OR IN
W H O L E MOROCCO EXTRA, G IL T EDGES.
m W M s s m im M m s m m
T he T rogonidvE,
OR
FAMILY OF TROGONS.
C O M P R I S I N G 4 7 C O L O U R E D P L A T E S .
WITH COPIOUS DESCRIPTIONS.
SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION, ONE VOLUME IMPERIAL FOLIO.
N EW LY BOUND IN ; H A L F MOROCCO EXTRA, G IL T EDGES,
OR IN
W H O L E MOROCCO EXTRA, G IL T EDGES.
RhamDh^HrfJtuf:^ ASP NS. r hichJ-i"duce,d the A“thor to publish a new edition of the Monograph of the
S o a re d T 1t^ anod' er 5d‘tlon of this Monograph desirable; accordingly the present fne has been
twenty-five years.” Species, and information acquired respecting this family of Birds during the last
with rn S liP iS in f may diiputu - i e pf,ln!_ of beauty with the Humming Birds. Their plumage with metallic brilliancy, and exhibits all the colours of the rainbow.”-G ri# tth r Edition o f Cuvieri.n certain parts shines
T he ODONTOPHORINiE,
OR
PARTRIDGES OF AMERICA.
C O M P R I S I N G 3 2 C O L O U R E D P L A T E S .
WITH COPIOUS DESCRIPTIONS.
O N E V O L U M E I M P E R I A L F O L I O .
Newly bound in Half Morocco extra, gilt edges,
OR IN
Whole Morocco extra, gilt edges.
“ This (says Mr. G o u l d ) , the result of twenty years’ investigation of the subject, is perhaps the most perfect as well
as the most important of the Author’s Ornithological Monographs.”
He further says: “ The interest which attaches to this Work is threefold. First, it displays, even to the most
unpractised eye, the broad distinction which subsists between the Partridges of America and those of Europe ; secondly,
the species are all remarkable for the elegance of their forms and for the chaste beauty of their colouring; and thirdly, at
no distant date these Birds will be regarded in America, as our Partridges in Europe are, as game, and perhaps
preserved by law—their flesh being as delicate for the table as that of our ordinary bird, from which, however, they differ
considerably in the structure of the beak, and in general habits and economy.”
The Mammals of Australia.
COMP R I S I NG 182 COLOU R E D P L A T E S .
WITH COPIOUS DESCRIPTIONS.
F O R M I N G T H R E E V O L U M E S I M P E R I A L F O L I O .
Newly bound in Half Morocco extra, gilt edges,
OR IN
Whole Morocco extra, gilt edges.
The Author’s visit to Australia had enabled him to procure so much valuable information respecting the habits and
economy, and many new species, of the singular and interesting M a m m a l ia of that country, that he determined on
publishing a Work on the subject.
“ In this Work, the animals themselves are not only figured, but portraits of them from life are delineated, of which
we cannot but notice one of Landseerian vigour—the physiognomy of the Tasmanian Wolf. In the publication of such a
Work Mr. G o u l d confesses that he has departed from his original purpose of confining himself wholly to Ornithology,
and owns that, with such profusion of materials at his command, he was tempted to overstep his self-assigned limits.
The scientific world ought to be grateful to him for having yielded to a temptation which, contrary to the normal rule, is
productive of good.”—Times.
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