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 COLOURED  F IG U R E S 
 OP  THE 
 BIRDS  OF  THE  BRITISH  ISLANDS. 
 ISSUED BY  
 LORD  LILFORD',  F.Z.S.  & c . , 
 PRESIDENT  OP  THE  BRITISH  ORNITHOLOGISTS’  UNION. 
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 NESTS  AND  EGGS  OP  INDIAN  BIRDS.  By A l l a n   0.  H u m e ,   C.B.  
 Second Edition, Edited and Revised by E. W. O a t e s . 
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 A  HISTORY  OP  THE  BIRDS  OP  EUROPE  (including all the Species  
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 ARGENTINE  ORNITHOLOGY:  a Descriptive Catalogue of  the Birds  
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 THE  BIRDS  OF  THE  SANDWICH  ISLANDS.  By S co tt  B. W ilso n , 
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