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DRESSER, Henry.
A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region.

A nine-volume ornithological book published in parts between 1871 and 1896. It was mainly written by Henry Eeles Dresser, although Richard Bowdler Sharpe co-authored the earlier volumes. It describes all the bird species reliably recorded in the wild in Europe and adjacent geographical areas with similar fauna, giving their worldwide distribution, variations in appearance, and migratory movements.

Published
London: For the author, 1871-96.
References
Ayer/Zimmer 177; Anker 120; FBB 72; McGill/Wood 324; Nissen VBI 267.
Plates
631
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
London: For the author, 1871-96.
Ref
1192

FIRST EDITION, eight volumes, large 4to., additional vignette title and 633 lithographed plates (631 hand-coloured), after and by J.G. Keulemans, J. Wolf, E. Neale, and A. Thorburn, small roundel stamp of Cheltenham Public Library to versos of plates, this repeated to titles and at frequent intervals in the margins of the text, class-mark stamp to verso of titles, otherwise clean and without the foxing which is sometimes found in other copies, bookplates to endpapers, contemporary half green morocco by R.H. Porter, gilt tops, spines mellowed to brown, marbled endpapers, with paper class-marks and tape to the tail of spines, extremities rubbed. A monumental work giving a comprehensive account of all the European birds with illustrations of each species. Bookplate of Cheltenham Public Library to front pastedown. Coloured plates in order: [Volume 1 is text only]. Volume 2. 1. Missel Thrush. 2. Turdus Musicus. (Song Thrush) 3. Turdus Iliacus. (Redwing) 4-5. Turdus Pilaris. (Fieldfare) 6. Turdus Naumanni. (Red Tailed Fieldfare) 7. Turdus Dubius. (Dusky Thrush) 8. Turdus Ruficollis. (Red Throated Thrush) 9. Turdus Obscurus. (Dusky Thrush) 10. Turdus Varius. (White's Thrush) 11. Turdus Atrigularis. (Black-throated Thrush) 12. Turdus Sibiricus. (Siberian Thrush) 13. Turdus Merula. (Blackbird) 14-15. Turdus Torquatus. (Ring-Ouzel) 16-17. Monticola Saxatilis. (Rock Thrush) 18. Petrocossyphus Cyanus. (Blue Rock Thrush) 19. Cinclus Aquaticus. (Common Dipper) 20. Cinclus Melanogaster. (Black-bellied Dipper) 21. Saxicola Oenanthe. (Common Wheatear) 22. Saxicola Isabellina. (Isabelline Chat) 23. Saxicola Stapazina. (Black Eared Chat) 24. Saxicola Rufa. (Russet Chat) 25. Saxicola Melanoleuca (female) / Saxicola Rufa (female) 26. Saxicola Melanoleuca. (Black-Throated Chat) 27. Saxicola Deserti. (Desert Chat) 28. Saxicola Erythraea. (Arabian Chat) 29. Saxicola Erythraea. (Immature) 30. Saxicola Philothamna. (Tristram's Chat) 31. Saxicola Maesta. (Red Rumped Chat) 32. Saxicola Xanthoprymna. (Juvenile) / Saxicola Moesta. 33. Saxicola Morio (Eastern Pied Chat) / Saxicola Leucomela. (Pied Chat) 34. Saxicola Monacha. (Hodded Chat) 35. Saxicola Leucopyga. (White Rumped Chat) 36. Saxicola Leucura. (Black Chat) 37. Saxicola Rubetra. (Whinchat) 38. Pratincola Rubetra. (Female Whinchat and Young) 39. Saxicola Rubicola. (Stonechat) 40. Pratincola Rubicola. (Female Stonechat and Young) 41. Ruticilla Phoenicurus. (Common Redstart) 42. Ruticilla Mesoleuca. (Ehrenberg's Redstart) 43. Ruticilla Rufiventris. (Indian Redstart) 44. Ruticilla Titys. (Black Redstart) 45. Ruticilla Moussieri. (Moussier's Redstart) 46. Ruticilla Erythrogastra. (Guldenstadt's Redstart) 47. Cyanecula Wolfi. (Autumn plumage and unspotted variety) 48. Cyanecula Wolfi. (White Spotted Bluethroat) 49. Cyanecula Suecica. (Red Spotted Bluethroat) 50. Cyanecula Wolfii. / Cyanecula Suecica. 51. Erithacus Rubecula. (Redbreast) 52. Calliope Camtschatkensis. (Ruby Throated Warbler) 53. Cossypha Albigularis. (White-Throated Robin-Chat) 54. Cossypha Gutturalis. (White-Throated Robin-Chat) 55. Nemura Cyanura. (Red-flanked Bluetail) 56. Daulias Luscinia. (Common Nightingale) / Daulias Philomela. (Northern Nightingale) 57. Sylvia Rufa. (Whitethroat) 58. Sylvia Curruca. (Lesser Whitethroat) 59. Sylvia Subalpina. (Subalpine Warbler) 60. Sylvia Conspicillata. (Spectacled Warbler) 61. Sylvia Melanthorax. (Palestine Warbler) 62. Sylvia Melanocephala. (Sardinian Warbler) 63. Sylvia Momus. (Bowman's Warbler) 64. Sylvia Orphea. (Orphean Warbler) 65. Sylvia Rueppelli. (Ruppell's Warbler) 66. Sylvia Atricapilla. (Blackcap) 67. Sylvia Salicaria. (Garden Warbler) 68. Sylvia Nisoria. (Barred Warbler) 69. Melizophilus Undatus. (Dartford Warbler) 70. Melizophilus Sardus. (Marmora's Warbler) 71. Regulus Cristatus. (Golden Crested Wren) Female and Young. 72. Regulus Ignicapillus. (Fire Crested Wren) / Regulus Cristatus. (Golden Crested Wren) 73. Regulus Ignicapillus. (Fire Crested Wren, female) / Regulus Maderensis. (Madeiran Gold-Crest) 74. Phylloscopus Superciliosus. (Yellow Browned Warbler) 75. Chiffchaff and Willow-Wren [with] Autumn Plumage. 76. Phylloscopus Collybita. (Chiffchaff) / Phylloscopus Trochilus. (Willow Wren) 77. Phylloscopus Bonelli (Bonellis Warbler) / Phylloscopus Sibilatrix. (Wood Wren) 78. Phylloscopus Bonellii. (Bonelli's Warbler) 79. Phylloscopus Borealis. (Eversmann's Warbler) 80. Hypolais Pallida (Olivaceous Warbler) / Hypolais Polyglotta. (Melodious Warbler) 81. Hypolais Icterina (Icterine Warbler) 82. Hypolais Opaca. (Western Olivaceous Warbler) / Hypolais Olivetorum (Olive-Tree Warbler) 83. Hypolais Languida. (Upcher's Warbler) 84. Hypolais Caligata. (Booted Warbler) 85. Aedon Familiaris. (Grey Backed Warbler) / Aedon Galactodes. (Rufous Warbler) 86. Acrocephalus Agricolus. (Paddy-Field Warbler) / Acrocephalus Dumetorum. (Blyth's Reed Warbler) 87. Acrocephalus Streperus. (Reed Warbler) / Acrocephalus Palustris. (Marsh Warbler) 88. Acrocephalus Arundinaceus. (Great Reed Warbler) 89. Acrocephalus Aquaticus. (Aquatic Warbler) 90. Lusciniola Melanopogon. (Moustached Sedge Warbler) / Acrocephalus Schoenobaenus. (Sedge Warbler) 91. Locustella Naevia. (Grasshopper Warbler) 92. Locustella Fluviatitis. (River Warbler) / Locustella Lanceolata. (Lanceolated Warbler) 93. Locustella Luscinioides. (Savis Warbler) 94. Locustella Certhiola. (Pallas' Warbler) 95. Bradypterus Cettii. (Cettis Warbler) Volume 3. 96. Cisticola Cursitans. (Fantail Warbler) 97. Drymaeca Gracilis. (Streaked Wren Warbler) 98. Argya Fulva. (Algerian Bush-Babbler) / Argya Squamata. (Palestine Bush-Babbler) 99. Accentor Collaris. (Alpine Accentor) 100. Accentor Montanellus. (Mountain-Accentor) 101. Accentor Modularis. (Hedge Sparrow) 102. Calamophilus Biarmicus. (Bearded Reedling) 103. Acredula Rosea. (British Long-Tailed Titmouse) 104. Acredula Caudata. (Long-Tailed Titmouse) 105. Acredula Irbil. (Irby's Long-Tailed Titmouse) 106. Parus Major. (Great Titmouse) 107. Parus Ledouci. (Algerian Coal Titmouse) / Parus Brittanicus. (English Coal Titmouse) / Parus Ater. (European Coal Titmouse) 108. Parus Palustris. (Marsh Titmouse) 109. Parus Palustris. (Marsh Titmouse) / Parus Borealus. (Northern Marsh Titmouse) 110. Parus Camtschatkensis. (Siberian Marsh Titmouse) 111. Parus Lugubris. (Sombre Titmouse) 112. Parus Cinctus. (Scandinavian Titmouse) 113. Parus Caeruleus. (Blue Titmouse) / Parus Teneriffae. (Ultramarine Titmouse) 114. PIarus Cyaneus. (Azure Titmouse) 115. Lophophanes Cristatus. (Crested Titmouse) 116. Aegithalus Pendulinus. (Penduline Titmouse) 117. Aegithalus Castaneus. (Chestnut-Crowned Titmouse) 118. Sitta Europaea. (Northern Nuthatch) 119. Sitta Caesia. (Common Nuthatch) 120. Sitta Neumayeri. (Syrian Nuthatch) 121. Sitta Frueperi. (Kruper's Nuthatch) 122. Certhia Familiaris. (Tree Creeper) 123. Tichodroma Muraria. (Wall-Creeper) 124. Troglodytes Parvulus. (Common Wren) / Troglodytes Borealis. (Northern Wren) 125. Motacilla Alba. (White Wagtail) / Motacilla Lugubris. (Pied Wagtail) 126. White Wagtail and Pied Wagtail. (Winter Plumage) 127. Motacilla Citreola. (Yellow-headed Wagtail) 128. Motacilla Sulphurea. (Grey Wagtial) 129. Motacilla Flava (Blue-headed Wagtail) / Motacilla Viridis. (Grey-headed Wagtail) 130. Motacilla Melanocephala. (Black-headed Wagtail) 131. Motacilla Rail. (Yellow Wagtail) 132. Anthus Trivialis (Tree Pipit) / Anthus Pratensis. (Meadow Pipit) 133. Anthus Bertheloti. (Canarian Pipit) 134. Anthus Seebohmi. (Petchora Pipit) 135. Red Throated Pipit. (winter Plumage) 136. Anthus Cervinus. (Red-Throated Pipit) 137. Anthus Campestris. (Tawny Pipit) 138. Anthus Richardi. (Richard's Pipit) 139. Anthus Ludovicianus. (Pennsylvanian Pipit) 140. Anthus Spinoletta. (Water Pipit) 141. Anthus Obscurus. (Rock Pipit) 142. Pycnonotus Barbatus. (Dusky Bulbul) 143. Pycnonotus Xanthopygus. (Palestine Bulbul) / Pycnonotus Capensis. (Goldvented Bulbul) 144. Oriolus Galbula. (Golden Oriole) 145. Lanius Excubitor. Great Grey Shrike) 146. Lanius Lahtora. (Pallid Shrike) 147. Lanius Meridionalis. (Southern Grey Shrike) 148. Lanius Algeriensis. (Algerine Grey Shrike) 149. Lanius Minor. (Lesser Grey Shrike) 150. Lanius Collurio. (Red Backed Shrike) 151. Lanius Auriculatus. (Woodchat Shrike) 152. Lanius Isabellinus. (Isabelline Shrike) 153. Lanius Nubicus. (Masked Shrike) 154. Telephonus Erythropterus. (Hooded Shrike) 155. Ampelis Garrulus. (Waxwing) 156. Muscicapa Grisola. (Spotted Flycatcher) 157. Pied Flycatcher. Female and Young. 158. Muscicapa Collaris. (White Collared Flycatcher) / Muscicapa Atricapilla. (Pied Flycatcher) 159. Muscicapa Parva. (Red-Breasted Flycatcher) 160. Hirundo Rustica. (Barn Swallow) / Hirundo Savignii. (Red Bellied Swallow) 161. Hirundo Rufula. (Red Rumped Swallow) 162. Chelidon Urbica. (House Martin) 163. Cotyle Riparia. (Sand Martin) 164. Cotyle Rupestris. (Crag Martin) 165. Cotyle Obsoleta. (Pale Crag Martin) 166. Carduelis Elegans.(Goldfinch) 167. Citril Finch. (Winter Plumage) 168. Chrysomitris Citrinella. (Citril Finch) 169. Chrysomitris Spinus. (Siskin) 170. Serinus Hortulanus. (Serin Finch) 171. Serinus Canonicus. (Tristram's Serin) 172. Serinus Canarius. (Canary) 173. Serinus Pusillus. (Red Fronted Finch) 174. Ligurinus Chloris. (Greenfinch) 175. Coccothraustes Vulgaris. (Hawfinch) 176. Passer Domesticus. (Common Sparrow) / Passer Italiae (Italian Sparrow) 177. Passer Hispaniolensis. (Spanish Sparrow) 178. Passer Montanus. (Tree Sparrow) 179. Passer Simplex. (Algerian Desert Sparrow) 180. Petronia Brachydactyla. (Desert Rock Sparrow) / Petronia Stulta. (Rock Sparrow) 181. Montifringilla Nivalis. (Alpine Snowfinch) Volume 4. 182. Fringilla Coelebs. (Chaffinch) 183. Fringilla Tintillon. (Azorean Chaffinch) / Fringilla Spodiogena. (Algerian Chaffinch) 184. Fringilla Montifringilla. (Brambling) 185. Fringilla Teydea. (Teydean Chaffinch) 186. Linaria Cannabina. (Linnet) 187. Linota Linaria. (Mealy Redpoll) 188. Linota Rufescens. (Lesser Redpoll) 189. Linota Exilipes. (Coues's Redpoll) 190. Limnota Hornemanni. (Greenland Redpoll) 191. Linota Flavirostris. (Twite) 192. Linota Brevirostris. (Eastern Twite) 193. Carpodacus Rubicillus. (Caucasian Rose Finch) 194. Carpodacus Sinaiticus. (Sinaitic Rose Finch) 195. Carpodacus Erythrinus. (Scarlet Grosbeak) 196. Erythrospiza Githaginea. (Trumpeter Bullfinch) 197. Erythrospiza Sanguinea. (Crimson-Winged Finch) 198. Pyrrhula Major. (Northern Bullfinch) 199. Pyrrhula Europaea. (Common Bullfinch) 200. Pyrrhula Murina. (Azorean Bullfinch) 201. Pinicola Enucleator. (Pine Grosbeak) 202. Loxia Pityopsittacus. (Parrot Crossbill) 203. Loxia Curvirostra. (Common Crossbill) 204. Loxia Bifasciata (Two Bared Crossbill) / Loxia Leucoptera. (White Winged Crossbill) 205. Loxia Bifasciata. (Two Barred Crossbill) 206. Emberiza Melanocephala. (Black Headed Bunting) 207. Emberiza Cinerea. (Strickland's Bunting) 208. Emberiza Miliaria. (Common Bunting) 209. Emberiza Citrinella. (Yellow Bunting) 210. Emberiza Cirlus. (Cirl Bunting) 211. Emberiza Hortulana. (Ortolan Bunting) 212. Emberizia Chrysophrys. (Yellow-Browned Bunting) 213. Emberzia Striolata. (Striped Bunting) 214. Emberzia Cia. (Meadow Bunting) 215. Emberzia Ortulana / Emberzia Caesia / Emberzia Cirlus. (Juveniles) 216. Emberzia Caesia. (Cretzschmar's Bunting) 217. Emberzia Leucocephala. (Pine Bunting) 218. Emberzia Aureola. (Yellow Breasted Bunting) 219. Emberzia Rustica. (Rustic Bunting) 220. Emberzia Pusilla. (Little Bunting) 221. Emberzia Schoeniclus. (Male in Winter & Adult Female) 222. Emberzia Schoeniclus. (Reed Bunting) / Emberzia Pyrrhuldides. (Large Billed Reed Bunting) 223. Plectrophanes Lapponicus. (Lapland Bunting) 224. Plectrophanes Nivalis. (Snow Bunting) 225. Lapland and Snow Bunting (Autumn Plumage) 226. Certhilauda Desertorum. (Curve Billed Lark) 227. Certhilauda Duponti. (Dupont's Lark) 228. Crested Lark. Abyssinia. 229. Galerita Cristata. (Crested Lark) 230. Galerita Isabellina. (Isabelline Lark) / Galerita Macrorhyncha. (Tristram's Lark) 231. Alauda Arvensis. (Sky-Lark) 232. Alauda Arborea. (Wood Lark) 233. Ammomanes Deserti. (Desert Lark) 234. Ammomanes Cinctura. (Gould's Desert Lark) 235. Calandrella Brachydactyla. (Short Toed Lark) 236. Calandrella Minor. (Lesser Short Toed Lark) / Calandrella Baetica. (Andalucian Short Toed Lark) 237. Calandrella Pispoletta. (Pallas's Short Toed Lark) 238. Melanocorypha Calandra. (Calandra Lark) / Melanocorypha Bimaculata. (Eastern Calandra Lark) 239. Melanocorypha Calandra. (Calandra Lark) 240. Melanocorypha Sibirica. (White-Winged Lark) 241. Melanocorypha Yeltoniensis. (Black Lark) 242. Rhamphocoris Clot-Bey. (Thick Billed Lark) 243. Otocorys Alpestris. (Shore Lark) 244. Otocorys Penicillata. (Eastern Shore Lark) 245. Otocorys Bilopha. (Algerian Shore Lark) 246. Sturnus Vulgaris. (Young and Adult in Winter) 247. Sturnus Vulgaris. (Common Starling) 248. Sturnus Unicolor. (Sardinian Starling) 249. Sturnus Purpurascens. (Purple Winged Starling) 250. Pastor Roseus. (Rose Coloured Starling) 251. Pyrrhocorax Graculus. (Red-Billed Chough) / Pyrrhocorax Alpinus. (Alpine Chough) 252. Nucifraga Caryocatactes. (Nutcracker) 253. Perisoreus Infaustus. (Siberian Jay) 254. Garrulus Glandarius. (Common Jay) 255. Garrulus Brandti. (Brandt's Jay) 256. Garrulus Krynicki / Garrulus Atricapillus. (Syrian Jay) 257. Garrulus Kynicki. (Blackheaded Jay) 258. Garrulus Cervicalis. (Algerian Black Headed Jay) 259. Cyanopica Cooki. (Azure Winged Magpie) 260. Pica Mauritanica (Moorish Magpie) / Pica Rustica. (Common Magpie) 261. Corvus Monedula. (Jackdaw) 262. [Uncoloured plate] 263. Corvus Corone. (Carrion Crow) / Corvus Cornix. (Hooded Crow) 264. Corvus Frugilegus. (Rook) 265. Corvus Corax. (Raven) / Corvus Umbrinus. (Brown Necked Raven) 266. Cypselus Apus. (Common Swift) 267. Cypselus Affinis. (White Rumped Swift) 268. Cypselus Pallidus. (Pallid Swift) / Cypselus Unicolor. (Madeiran Swift) 269. Cypselus Melba. (White Bellied Swift) 270. Acanthyllis Caudacuta. (Needle Tailed Swift) 271. Caprimulgus Europaeus. (Common Nightjar) 272. Caprimulgus Aegyptius. (Egyptian Goatsucker) 273. Caprimulgus Ruficollis. (Russet Necked Nightjar) Volume 5. 274. Dryocopus Martius. (Great Black Woodpecker) 275. Picus Major. (Great Spotted Woodpecker) 276. Picus Numidicus. (Algerian Pied Woodpecker) 277-278. Picus Syriacus. (Syrian Pied Woodpecker) 279. Picus Leuconotus. (White Backed Woodpecker) 280. Picus Lilfordi. (Grecian Woodpecker) 281. Picus Medius. (Middle Spotted Woodpecker) 282. Picus Minor. (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker) 283. Picus Pipra. (Siberian Lesser Spotted Woodpecker) 284. Picoides Tridactylus. (Three-Toed Woodpecker) 285. Gecinus Viridis. (Green Woodpecker) 286. Gecinus Sharpil. (Sharpe's Green Woodpecker) 287. Gecinus Vaillantii. (Algerian Green Woodpecker) 288. Gecinus Canus. (Grey Headed Green Woodpecker) 289. Jynx Torquilla. (Wryneck) 290. Alcedo Ispida. (Common Kingfisher) 291. Ceryle Rudis. (Pied Kingfisher) 292. Halcyon Smyrnensis. (Smyrna Kingfisher) 293. Coracias Garrula. (Common Roller) 294. Coracias Indicus. (Indian Roller) 295. Merops Apiaster. (Common Bee-Eater) 296. Merops Persicus. (Blue Cheeked Bee-Eater) 297. Merops Viridis. (Little Green Bee-Eater) 298. Upupa Epops. (Hoopoe) 299. Cuculus Canorus. (Cuckoo) 300. Coccystes Glandarius. (Great Spotted Cuckoo) 301. Coccyzus Erythrophthalmus. (Black-billed Cuckoo) / Coccyzus Americanus. (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) 302. Strix Flammea. (Barn Owl) 303. Asio Otus. (Long-eared Owl) 304. Asio Accipitringus. (Short-eared Owl) 305. Asio Capensis. (Cape Eared Owl) 306. Syrnium Aluco. (Tawny Owl) 307. Syrnium Uralense. (Ural Owl) 308. Syrnium Lapponicum. (Lapp-Owl) 309. Snowy Owl. (Young) 310. Nyctea Scandiaca. (Snowy Owl) 311. Surnia Ulula. (Hawk Owl) 312. Surnia Funerea. (American Hawk Owl) 313. Nyctala Tengmalmi. (Tengmalm's Owl) Adult and Juvenile. 314. Scops Giu. (Scops Owl) 315. Bubo Ignavus. (Eagle Owl) 316. Glaucidium Passerinum. (Pigmy Owl) 317. Athene Noctua. (Little Owl) 318. Athene Glaux. (Southern Little Owl) 319. Gyps Fulvus. (Griffon Vulture) 320. Gyps Fulvus. (Griffon Vulture) Young. 321. Vultur Monachus. (Cinereous Vulture) 322. Neophron Percnopterus. (Egyptian Vulture) 323. Gypaetus Barbatus. (Bearded Vulture) [Young] 324. Gypaetus Barbatus. (Bearded Vulture) [Adult] 325. Gypaetus Barbatus. (Bearded Vulture) [Adult and Young] 326. Marsh Harrier. Young Male / Adult male. 327. Circus Aeruginosus. (Marsh Harrier) 328. Circus Cineraceus. (Montagu's Harrier) 329. Circus Cyaneus. (Hen-Harrier) 330. Circus Swainsoni. (Pallid Harrier) 331. Buteo Vulgaris. (Common Buzzard) 332. Buteo Desertorum. (African Buzzard) 333. Buteo Ferox. (Long Legged Buzzard 334. Archibuteo Lagopus. (Rough Legged Buzzard) 335. Rough Legged Buzzard. (Immature) 336. Booted Eagle. Nestling Plumage. 337. Aquila Pennata. (Booted Eagle) 338. Aquila Pomarina. (Lesser Spotted Eagle) 339. Aquila Clanga. (Larger Spotted Eagle) 340. Aquila Nipalensis. (Steppe-Eagle) 341. Aquila Rapax (Tawny Eagle) 342. Aquila Adalberti. (White Shouldered Eagle) 343. Aqula Adalberti (Juvenile) / Aquila Mogilnik (Juvenile) 344. Aquila Mogilnik. (Imperial Eagle) 345. Aquila Chrysaetus. (Golden Eagle) 346. Haliaetus Leucoryphus. (Pallas's Sea-Eagle) 347. Sea Eagle. Young. 348. Haliaetus Albicilla. (Sea Eagle) 349. Short-Toed Eagle. Adult and Nestling. 350. Circaetus Gallicus. (Short-Toed Eagle) 351. Bonallis Eagle. (Old Male) / Bovted Eagle. (Old Female) 352. Bonelli's Eagle. Nestling. 353. Nisaetus Fasciatus. (Bonelli's Eagle) 354. Astur Palumbarius. (Goshawk) 355. Sparrow Hawk. (Male and Female of Ireland) / (Male of England) 356. Sparrow Hawk. (Adult and Juvenile of Palestine) / (Male Juvenile of Turkey) 357. Sparrow Hawk. (Female of Scotland) / (Female of Switzerland) 358. Accipiter Nisus. (Sparrow Hawk) 359. Accipiter Brevipes. (Levant Sparrow Hawk) 360. Accipiter Brevipes. (Levant Sparrow Hawk) 361. Milvus Ictinus. (Common Kite) 362. Milvus Migrans. (Black Kite) 363. Elanus Caeruleus. (Black-Winged Kite) Volume 6. 364. Honey Buzzard. (Immature) 365. Pernis Apivorus (Honey Buzzard) 366. Honey Buzzard. (Young Variety and Immature Male) 367. Falco Gyrfalco. (Jerfalcon) 368-369. Falco Candicans. (Greenland Falcon) 370. Iceland Falcon. Young. 371. Falco Islandus. (Iceland Falcon) 372. Falco Peregrinus. (Peregrine) 373. Falco Minor. (Lesser Peregrine) 374. Falco Barbarus. (Barbary Falcon) 375. Falco Feldeggi. (Lanner) 376. Falco Sacer. (Saker) 377. Saker. Very Old Bird. 378-379. Falco Subbuteo. (Hobby) 380. Falco Regulus. (Merlin) 381. Merlin. Adult Female and Young. 382. Falco Vespertinus. (Red Legged Falcon) 383. Falco Eleonorae. (Eleonoran Falcon) 384. Falco Tinnunculus. (Common Kestrel) 385. Falco Cenchris. (Lesser Kestrel) 386. Pandion Haliaetus. (Osprey) 387. Osprey. Young and Nestling. 388. Phalacrocorax Carbo. (Cormorant) 389. Phalacrocorax Graculus. (Shag) 390. Phalacrocorax Africanus. (African Cormorant) 391. Phalacrocorax Pygmaeus. (Pygmy Cormorant) 392. Sula Bassana. (Gannet) 393. Pelecanus Onocrotalus. (Roseate Pelican) 394. Pelecanus Crispus. (Dalmatian Pelican) 395. Ardea Cinerea. (Common Heron) 396. Ardea Purpurea. (Purple Heron) 397. Ardea Melanocephala. (Black Necked Heron) 398. Ardea Alba. (Great White Egret) 399. Ardea Garzetta. (Lesser Egret) 400. Ardea Bubulcus. (Buffbacked Heron) / Ardea Ralloides. (Squacco Heron) 401. Ardetta Minuta. (Little Bittern) 402. Nycticorax Griseus. (Night Heron) 403. Botaurus Stellaris. (Bittern) 404. Botaurus Lentiginosus. (American Bittern) 405. Ciconia Alba. (White Stork) 406. Ciconia Nigra. (Black Stork) 407. Platea Leucorodia. (Spoonbill) 408. Ibis Comata. (Red Cheeked Ibis) 409. Plegadis Falcinellus. (Glossy Ibis) 410. Phoenicopterus Roseus. (Flamingo) 411. Anser Cinereus. (Grey Lag Goose) 412. Anser Segetum. (Bean Goose) 413. Anser Brachyrhynchus. (Pink Footed Goose) 414. Anser Albifrons. (White-Fronted Goose) 415. Bernicla Leucopsis. (Barnacle Goose) / Bernicla Brenta. (Brent Goose) 416. Bernicla Ruficollis. (Red-Breasted Goose) 417. Chen Hyperboreus. (Snow Goose) / Chen Albatus. (Cassin's Snow Goose) 418. Cygnus Olor. (Mute Swan) 419. Polish Swan (Adult and Young) / Bewick's Swan / Whooper Swan / Mute Swan (Adult and Young) 420. Tadorna Cornuta. (Common Sheldrake) 421. Tadorna Casarca. (Ruddy Sheldrake) 422. Anas Boschas. (Mallard) 423. Anas Angustirostris. (Marbled Duck) 424. Chaulelasmus Streperus. (Gadwall) 425. Spatula Clypeata. (Shoveller) 426. Querquedula Crecca. (Common Teal) 427. Querquedula Circia. (Garganey Teal) 428. Querquedula Formosa. (Baikal Teal) 429. Querquedula Falcata. (Falcated Teal) 430. Pintail. (Female and Young) 431. Dafila Acuta. (Pintail) 432. Mareca Penelope. (Wigeon) 433. Wigeon. Winter Plumage. 434. Fuligula Ferina. (Pochard) 435. Fuligula Rufina. (Red Crested Pochard) 436. Fuligula Marila. (Scaup) 437. Fuligula Cristata. (Tufted Duck) 438. Nyroca Ferruginea. (White-Eyed Duck) 439. Clangula Albeola. (Buffel Headed Duck) 440. Clangula Glaucion. (GoldenEye) 441. Clangula Islandica. (Barrow's GoldenEye) 442. Cosmonetta Histrionica. (Harlequin Duck) 443. Long-tailed Duck. Male and Young Female. 444. Harelda Glacialis. (Long-Tailed Duck) 445. Somateria Mollisima. (Eider Duck) 446. Somateria Spectabilis. (King Eider) 447. Somateria Stelleri. (Steller's Duck) 448. Oedemia Fusca. (Velvet Scoter) 449. Oedemia Nigra. (Common Scoter) 450. Oedemia Perspicillata.(Surf Scoter) 451. Erismatura Leucocephala. (White-Headed Duck) 452. Mergus Merganser. (Goosander) 453. Mergus Serrator. (Red Breasted Merganser) 454. Smew. Female and Young. 455. Mergus Albellus. (Smew) Volume 7. 456. Columba Palumbus. (Ring Dove) 457. Columba Livia. (Rock Dove) 458. Columba Oenas. (Stock Dove) 459. Columba Bollii. (Bolle's Dove) 460. Columba Laurivora. (Canarian Pigeon) 461. Columba Trocaz. (Maderian Pigeon) 462. Turtur Vulgaris. (Turtle Dove) 463. Turtur Orientalis. (Asiatic Turtledove) 464. Turtur Isabellinus. (Isabelline Turtle Dove) 465. Turtur Senegalensis. (Egyptian Turtle Dove) 466. Pterocles Arenarius. (Black-Bellied Sand Grouse) 467. Pterocles Alchata. (Pin Tailed Sand Grouse) 468. Syrrhaptes Paradoxus. (Pallas's Sand Grouse) 469. Phasianus Colchicus. (Pheasant) 470. Caccabis Saxatilis. (Greek Partridge) 471. Caccabis Rufa. (Red-Legged Partridge) 472. Ammoperdix Bonhami. (Seesee Partridge) 473. Francolinus Vulgaris. (Francolin) 474. Perdix Cinerea. (Partridge) 475. Partridge. Female and Young. 476. Coturnix Communis. (Common Quail) 477. Lagopus Mutus / Lagopus Rupestris. (Autumn Plumage) 478. Lagopus Mutus. (Common Ptarmigan) 479. Lagopus Scoticus. (Red Grouse) 480. Rock Ptarmigan. 481. Lagopus Rupestris. (Rock Ptarmigan) 482. Lagopus Hemileucurus. (Spitsbergen Ptarmigan) 483. Lagopus Albus. (Willow Ptarmigan) 484. Lagopus Albus / Lagopus Mutus. (Winter Plumage) 485. Uncoloured plate. 486. Bonasa Betulina. (Hazel Grouse) 487. Tetrao Tetrix. (Black Grouse) 488. Tetrao Mlokosiewiczi. (Georgian Black Grouse) 489. Hybrid between Tetrao Tetrix & Tetrao Urogallus / Capercaillie (Barren Hen) 490. Tetrao Urogallus. (Capercaillie) 491. Caucasian Snow Partridge. (Female and Young) 492. Tetraogallus Caucasicus. (Caucasian Snow Partridge) 493. Tetraogallus Caspius. (Caspian Snow Partridge) 494. Turnix Sylvatica. (Andalusian Hemipode) 495. Rallus Aquaticus. (Water Rail) 496. Porzana Maruetta. (Spotted Crake) 497. Porzana Bailloni. (Baillon's Crake) 498. Porzana Parva. (Little Crake) 499. Crex Pratensis. (Land Rail) 500. Porphyrio Veterum. (Purple Gallinule) 501. Porphyrio Smaragnotus. (Green Backed Gallinule) 502. Porphyrio Alleni. (Allen's Gallinule) 503. Gallinula Chloropus. (Moorhen) 504. Fulica Cristata. (Crested Coot) 505. Grus Communis. (Common Crane) 506. Grus Virgo. (Demoiselle Crane) 507. Grus Leucogeranus. ( Siberian Crane) 508. Otis Tarda. (Great Bustard) 509. Otis Tetrax. (Little Bustard) 510. Otis Undulata. (Houbara Bustard) 511. Otis Macqueeni. (Macqueen's Bustard) 512. Oedicnemus Scolopax. (Stone Curlew) 513. Glareola Pratincola. (Common Pratincole) 514. Cursorius Gallicus. (Cream Coloured Courser) 515. Charadrius Pluvialis. (Golden Plover) 516. Charadrius Fulvus. (Eastern Golden Plover) 517. Squatarola Helvetica. (Grey Plover) / Charadrius Fulvis. (Eastern Golden Plover) 518. Charadrius Pluvialis. (Golden Plover) / Squatarola Helvetica. (Grey Plover) 519. Squatarola Helvetica / Charadrius Pluvialis. Appendix A. 520. Aegialitis Asiatica / Aegialitis Geoffroyi in Winter Plumage. 521. Aegialitis Geoffroyi. ( Greater Dand Plover) 522. Aegialitis Asiatica. (Caspian Plover) 523. Aegialitis Cantiana. (Kentish Plover) 524. Aegialitis Curonica. (Lesser Ringed Plover) 525. Aeglialitis Hiaticula. (Ringed Plover) 526. Eudromias Morinellus. (Dotterel) 527. Pluvianus Aegyptius. (Black Headed Plover) 528. Chettusia Gregaria. (Sociable Plover) 529. Chettusia Leucura. (White-Tailed Lapwing) 530. Hoplopterus Spinosus. (Spur Winged Plover) 531. Vanellus Vulgaris. (Lapwing) 532. Strepsilas Interpres. (Turnstone) 533. Haematopus Ostralegus. (Oystercatcher) 534. Recurvirostra Avocetta. (avocet) 535. Blackwinged Stilt. Female and Young. 536. Himantopus Candidus. (Black Winged Stilt) 537. Phalaropus Hyperboreus. (Red-Necked Phalarope) 538. Phalaropus Fulicarius. (Grey Phalarope) 539. Phalaropus Fulicarius. (Grey Phalarope) 540. Scolopax Rusticola. (Woodcock) 541. Gallinago Major. (Double Snipe) 542. Gallinago Gallinaria. (Common Snipe) 543. Gallinago Coelestis. (Common Snipe) 544. Gallinago Gallinula. (Jack Snipe) Volume 8. 545. Limicola Platyrhyncha. (Broad Billed Sandpiper) 546. Tringa Maculata. (Pectoral Sandpiper) 547. Tringa Fuscicollis. (Bonaparte's Sandpiper) 548. Tringa Alpina. (Dunlin) 549. Tringa Minuta. (Little Stint) 550. Tringa Minuta / Tringa Temmincki / Tringa Alpina. Appendix A. 551. Tringa Temminck. (Temminck's Stint) 552. Tringa Minutilla. (American Stint) 553. Tringa Subarquata. (Pygmy Curlew) 554. Tringa Striata. (Purple Sandpiper) 555. Tringa Canutus. (Knot.) 556.Knot. Immature and Young Down. 557. Machetes Pugnax. (Ruff) 558. Machetes Pugnax. (Reeve) 559. Sanderling. Young. 560. Calidris Arenaria. (Sanderling) 561. Tryngites Rufescens. (Buff Breasted Sandpiper) 562. Acititurus Longicaudus. (Bartram's Sandpiper) 563. Totanus Hypoleucos. (Common Sandpiper) 564. Totanus Ochropus. (Green Sandpiper) 565. Totanus Glareola. (Wood Sandpiper) 566. Totanus Stagnatilis. (Marsh Sandpiper) 567. Common Redshank (Spring Plumage). / Spotted Redshank (Autumn Plumage). 568. Totanus Calidris (Common Redshank). / Totanus Fuscus (Spotted Redshank). 569. Spotted Redshank / Common Redshank (Winter Plumage). 570. Totanus Canescens. (Greenshank) 571. Macrorhamphus Griseus. (Red Breasted Snipe) 572. Terekia Cinerea. (Terek Sandpiper) 573. Limosa Lapponica. (Bar-Tailed Godwit) 574. Limosa Aegocephala. (Black-Tailed Godwit) 575. Numenius Borealis. (Esquimaux Curlew) 576. Numenius Phaeopus. (Whimbrel) 577. Numenius Tenuirostris. (Slender Billed Curlew) 578. Numenius Arquatus. (Common Curlew) 579. Sterna Hirundo. (Arctic Tern) 580. Sterna Fluviatilis. (Common Tern) 581. Sterna Dougalli. (Roseate Tern) 582. Stern Minuta. (Little Tern) 583. Sterna Media. (Allied tern) 584. Sterna Caspia. (Caspian Tern) 585. Sterna Anglica. (Gull Billed Tern) 586. Sterna Cantiaca. (Sandwich Tern) 587. Sterna Fuliginosa. (Sooty Tern) 588. Hydrochelidon Hybrida. (Whiskered Tern) 589. Whiskered Tern. (Winter Plumage & Young) 590. White Winged Black Tern. (Young and Nestling) 591. Hydrochelidon Leucoptera. (White-Winged Black Tern) 592. Hydrochelidon Nigra. (Black Tern) 593. Xema Sabinii. (Sabine's Gull) 594. Rhodostethia Rosea. (Cuneate Tailed Gull) 595. Pagophila Eburnea. (Ivory Gull) 596. Black Headed Gull. (Winter and Young) 597. Larus Ridibundus (Black Headed Gull) / Larus Melanocephalus. (Adriatic Gull) 598. Larus Ichthyaetus. (Great Black-headed Gull) 599. Larus Minutus. (Little Gull) [** 2 plates with this # **] 600. Larus Canus. (Common Gull) 601. Larus Gelastes. (Slender Billed Gull) 602. Larus Argentatus. (Herring Gull) 603. Larus Fuscus. (Lesser Black-Backed Gull) 604. Larus Marinus. (Greater Black-Backed Gull) 605. Larus Glaucus. (Galucous Gull) 606. Larus Leucopterus. (Iceland Gull) 607. Kittiwake. Young. 608. Rissa Tridactyla. (Kittiwake) 609. Stercorarius Catarrhactes. (Common Skua) 610. Stercorarius Pomatorhinus. (Pomatorhine Skua) 611. Richardson's Skua. Young, and Dark Form. 612. Stercorarius Parasiticus. (Buffon's Skua) / Stercorarius Crepidatus. (Richardson's Skua) 613. Thalassidroma Pelagica. (Storm Petrel) / Thalassidroma Leucorrhoa. (Leach's Petrel) 614. Oceanites Oceanicus. (Wilson's Petrel) / Bulweria Columbina. (Bulwer's Petrel) 615. Puffinus Anglorum. (Manx Shearwater) / Puffinis Kuhli. (Mediterranean Shearwater) 616. Puffinis Griseus. (Sooty Shearwater) / Puffinis Major. (Great Shearwater) 617. Procellaria Glacialis. (Fulmar) 618. Oestrelata Haesitata. (Capped Petrel) 619. Alca Torda. (Razorbill) 620. Alca Impennis. (Gare-Fowl, or Great Auk) 621. Alca Troile. (Common Guillemot) 622. Alca Bruennichi. (Brunnich's Guillemot) 623. Uria Grylle. (Black Guillemot) 624. Mergulus Alle. (Little Auk) 625. Fratecula Arctica. (Puffin) 626. Colymbus Glacialis. (Great Northern Diver) 627. Colymbus Arcticus. (Black-Throated Diver) 628. Colymbus Septentrionalis. (Red Throated Diver) 629. Podiceps Cristatus. (Great Crested Grebe) 630. Podiceps Griseigena. (Red Necked Grebe) 631. Podiceps Auritus. (Sclavonian Grebe) 632. Podiceps Nigricollis. (Eared Grebe) 633. Podiceps Fluviatilis. (Little Grebe)