colored plates representing nearly 700 Woodpeckers. 4 vols. in two, imp. folio, half red morocco (scraped), gilt edges. Metz: Jules Verronais, 1861-63 ONLY 100 COPIES WERE PRINTED, and these at the private expense of the author. 270. MANBY (GEORGE W.). Journal of a Voyage to Greenland. With folding map showing the track of the "Baffin" 20 fine lithographed plates and woodcuts. 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, London, 1822 uncut. FIRST EDITION. The illustrations include the rare plate of the "Larus Parasiticus" or Arctic Gull, and the text contains the descriptions of many other Arctic Birds. 271. MANUSCRIPTS. Two Manuscripts. Unsigned. One, of 2 pp. folio. "Description of a new species of Sylvia found in So. Carolina, Sylvia Carolinensis." Dated Charleston, April 16, 1833. Probably by Bachman; [the other] "Suggestions on the best mode of rearing young Turkeys." 8 pp. folio, dated Feb. 1833, signed "Experimenter.' 272. MARCY (RANDOLPH B.). The Prairie Traveler. Hand-book for Overland Expeditions. Woodcuts. 16mo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. With the Heckscher bookplate. New York, 1859 273. MARSHALL (C. H. T. AND G. F. L.). A Monograph of the Capitonidæ or Scansorial Barbets. With 73 colored plates by Keulemans. Royal 4to, half red morocco, uncut. London: Published by the Authors, 1870-71 Only a very small edition of this beautiful monograph was issued, the Edition being exhausted by the original subscribers. 274. MARTYN (WILLIAM F.). A New Dictionary of Natural History, or Complete Universal Display of Animated Nature. Illustrated with 100 large copperplates containing 729 hand-colored illustrations of Birds, Fishes, Insects, Animals and Shells, from original drawings. 2 vols. folio, tree calf, gilt backs. London, 1785 275. MASON (F.). Burmah, its People and Natural Productions, or, Notes on the Nations, Fauna, Flora, and Minerals of Tenasserim, Pegu and Burmah. Thick 8vo, half morocco (worn). Rangoon, 1860 276. MAYNARD (C. J.). The Birds of Eastern North America, with original descriptions of all the Species which occur East of the Mississippi River, between the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full Notes upon their Habits. With 48 colored plates of Birds and Heads, and numerous Heads in the text, finely colored by hand. Royal 4to, half red morocco. Newtonville, 1889 277. Revised and much enlarged edition. Eggs of North American Birds. Illustrated with 10 hand-colored plates. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1890 FIRST EDITION. 278. MEARNS (EDGAR A.). A List of the Birds of Hudson Highlands, with annotations. 8vo, cloth, morocco back, uncut. N. p., [1878] Separate from the Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Autograph presentation copy from the author to Dr. Coues. 279. MERRIAM (C. HART). A Review of the Birds of Connecticut. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, 1877 280. tation copy from the author to Dr. Coues. Another copy. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top. 281. MEYER (H. L.). Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs. Illustrated with 313 large and very beautifully colored plates and additional colored plates of Eggs. 4 vols. folio, half calf, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut (binding a little worn). London, 1835-41 THE LARGE ORIGINAL EDITION. This is, with the exception of Gould's "Birds of Great Britain,' ," the most beautiful of the many books pub. lished on British Birds; it contains accurate figures both of migratory and indigenous species and in most cases both the male and female Birds are represented, accompanied by their Eggs and by curious or rare Nests. It is celebrated for the beauty and accuracy of the coloring. 282. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs. Illustrated with over 400 colored plates. 7 vols. 8vo, half calf (worn). London, 1853-57 283. MICHAUX (F. A.). Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the Year 1802. Folding map. 8vo, half calf (rubbed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. London, 1805 284. MIDDENDORF (A. TH. v.). Saugethiere, Vogel und Amphibien. Illustrated with 26 plates, mainly colored. 4to, half sheep. N. p., n. d. 285. MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE). Game Birds and Shooting Sketches. Numerous illustrations. Square 8vo, crushed olive levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, doublures and flys of green China silk, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1894 286. The Wild Fowler in Scotland. With a frontispiece by Sir John Millais, 8 photogravure plates, 2 colored plates and 50 text illustrations of Birds by the Author. 4to, half vellum, gilt top, uncut. London, 1901 287. FIRST EDITION. The Natural History of British Surface-feeding Ducks. With 6 photogravures, 41 colored plates and 25 other illustrations. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1902 One of 600 copies on LARGE PAPER. 288. MINOT (H. D.). The Land-Birds and Game-Birds of New England, with Descriptions of the Birds, their Nests and Eggs, their Habits and Notes. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth (faded). Salem, 1877 FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from the author to Dr. Coues. Laid in is a photograph of a Nest of the Golden-crowned Wren, also presentation copy to Dr. Coues, with manuscript note on back. 289. The Land and Game Birds of New England. Boston, 1895; Romance of Natural History (Gosse), 2 vols. London, 1861; Birds of Sind (Butler), Bombay, 1879, and others. 22 vols. various sizes and bindings. 290. MISCELLANEOUS. Extrait des Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Paris, 1830. With presentation inscription by M. Ruppell; Monographie der Gattung Otis (Ruppell), 1837. 2 colored plates; Ornithologische Miscellen (Ruppell), etc. 3 colored plates. In one volume, 4to, boards. An interesting copy, belonging latterly to John Cassin the eminent Ornithologist, with autograph also of the famous German Naturalist Eschericht, and two presentation inscriptions from M. Ruppell to Eschericht. 291. MISCELLANEOUS EXCERPTS from Publications of U. S. Societies; Extracts from Publications of Foreign Societies; Separates from Proceedings of U. S. Museum; Bird Lists of America, etc. In 24 portfolios, 8vo, cloth. 292. MONTAGU (GEORGE). Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. Colored frontispiece. 2 vols. in one, 8vo, boards, calf back. London, 1802 FIRST EDITION. Described by Coues as "one of the most notable of Treatises on British Birds." With the leaf of errata to each volume. 293. Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. Colored Frontispieces, 2 vols.; [also] Supplement. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates. 1 vol. Together 3 vols. 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 1802-13 FIRST EDITION. SCARCE, with the Supplement. 294. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. Second Edition, with a Plan of Study, etc. By James Rennie. Woodcuts. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. London, 1831 295. MORRIS (BEVERLEY R.). British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with 60 colored plates. 4to, full contemporary morocco (worn, and covers loose), gilt edges. FIRST EDITION. London, 1855 296. MORRIS (F. O.). A History of British Birds. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 360 colored plates. 6 vols., royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. 297. London, 1866 FIRST EDITION. Another copy. 8 vols. 12mo, cloth. London, n. d. 298. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. With 225 colored plates. 3 vols. royal 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1867 From the library of Henry Ward Beecher, with his bookplate in each volume, and an A. L. s. from the author in the first volume. 299. MOSLEY (S. L.). A History of British Birds, their Nests and Eggs. With hand-colored figures of all the Species and Varieties. 2 vols. only. 8vo, half green morocco. Huddersfield, 1884-9 Privately Printed. The "Superior" Edition, bound from the original parts. The work was never completed and only 69 parts were ever published. 300. MUDIE (ROBERT). The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. With 57 colored illustrations drawn from Life, by the Author. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut (titles foxed). FIRST EDITION. 301. Another copy. Second Edition. London, 1834 2 vols. 8vo, half London, 1835 Another copy. dark green morocco. 302. Third Edition. 2 vols. 12mo, full green calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Lloyd and Wallis. 303. Another copy. red morocco, gilt edges. London, 1841 Fourth Edition. 2 vols. 12mo, half London, 1854 304. Gleanings of Nature: Containing 57 groups of Animals and Plants. With numerous illustrations, colored and plain. Royal 8vo, cloth. London, 1838 305. NASH (CHARLES W.). The Birds of Ontario in relations to Agriculture. Illustrated. 8vo, half red morocco, original wrappers bound in. Toronto, 1898 306. NASH (JOSEPH). A Practical Treatise of British Song Birds, in which is given every information relative to their Natural History, Incubation, etc. Illustrated with engravings. 12mo, original boards, uncut (worn). London, 1824 FIRST EDITION. 307. NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. From the works of the Best Authors, Ancient and Modern. With 100 colored copperplate engravings of Birds in separate volume. 3 vols. 8vo, half red morocco (name cut from titles). Bungay, 1815 308. NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE (White); Bird Watching (Selous); The Naturalist in Norway (Bowden), and others. 20 vols., various sizes and bindings. 309. NATURALIST (THE). Containing treatises on Natural History, Chemistry, etc., etc. Edited by D. J. Browne. With 24 colored and other lithographed plates. 2 vols. 8vo, contemporary half sheep (worn, one plate loose, and former owner's initials on backs of plates). Boston, 1831-32 SCARCE. All published? 310. NATURALIST'S LIBRARY (The). Edited by William Jardine. The Ornithological portion. With the beautiful series of colored plates. 14 vols. 16mo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1843 311. NELSON (EDWARD W.). Birds of Alaska, with a partial Bibliography of Alaskan Ornithology. With 12 colored plates of Alaskan Birds. 4to, cloth. Washington, 1887 Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. No. 3 of the Arctic Series published in connection with the Signal Service, U. S. A. 312. NEWMAN (EDWARD). A Dictionary of British Birds. 8vo, cloth. London, 1866 FIRST EDITION. 313. NEWTON (ALFRED). A Dictionary of Birds. With contributions from R. Lydekker, R. W. Shufeldt, and others. Map and illustrations. 4 vols. 8vo, half red roan (worn). London, 1893-96 With presentation inscription from Alfred Newton to Elliott Coues on fly-leaf, and with Coues' MS. notes throughout. 314. NEW YORK FOREST AND GAME COMMISSION. Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York. With numerous colored plates of Fishes, Birds, and other Game. 8 vols. 4to, half olive levant morocco, backs emblematically tooled, gilt tops. Albany, 1896-1903 The First to the Eighth Annual Reports inclusive. Fine copies. 315. NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS) AND HOUTTUYN (MARTIN). Nederlandische Vogelen. With 250 large plates of Birds drawn, engraved, and colored from life, by Christian and J. C. Sepp. 5 vols., imp. folio, contemporary half calf (a little worn). Amsterdam: Jan Christian Sepp, 1770-1829 ORIGINAL EDITION. From the library of Lord Powys afterwards Lord Lilford, with his bookplate in each volume. Brunet described this collection as beautifully executed and but seldom found complete. This work is similar for the Birds of Holland to Gould or Selby for the Birds of Great Britain. 316. Another copy of the First Part to p. 157. Illustrated with 82 colored plates. Folio, half old red morocco, uncut. ORIGINAL EDITION of the First Part. Amsterdam, 1770 317. NUTTALL (THOMAS). A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. Land Birds-Water Birds. Woodcuts. 2 vols. thick 12mo, half calf. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Cambridge, 1832-34 318. A Popular Handbook of the Birds of the United States and Canada. 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