The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

  • Selby, Prideaux John, 1788-1867.
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIST OF VOLUMES OF THE NATURALIST’S LIBRARY, IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE PUBLISHED. ls<, HUMMING-BIRDS, Thirty-six Coloured Plates ; with Memoir and Portrait of Linnjeus. ‘Id, MONKEYS, Thirty-two Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Buffon. 3d, HUMMING-BIRDS, Thirty-two Coloured Plates ; with Portrait and Memoir of Pennant. 4th, LIONS, TIGERS, &c., Thirty-eight Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Cuvier. 5th, PEACOCKS, PHEASANTS, TURKEYS, &c.. Thirty Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Aristotle. 6th, BIRDS OF THE GAME KIND, Thirty-two Co- loured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. 7th, FISHES OF THE PERCH GENUS, &e., Thirty- two Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Sir Joseph Banks. 8th, COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS (Beetles), Thirty- two Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Ray. 9th, COLUMBIDiE (Pigeons), Thirty-two Coloured Plates; with Portrait and Memoir of Pliny. VOLUMES IN PREPARATION. British Butterflies, in 1 vol. — Deer, Sheep, Goats, Camels, Antelopes, Wild Cattle, Indian Cattle, Elks, &c. &c. in 2 vols—Parrots, in 1 vol Bees, in 1 vol Dogs, in 1 vol—British Animals, in 1 vol —British Birds, in 2 vols., containing the Land Birds in the one, and the Water Birds in the other, &c. &c. *»* Note.—The English Names of the Illustrations are the first words of the letterpress descriptions immediately opposite to the Plates.