. A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulid and Bucconid . PKINTED BY TAYLOR AND IMtANClS, ) MON COUIiT, STRECT,. Frice £25, in two Volumes, hound in half-morocco^ containing 100 Coloured Plates. ZOOLOGICAL SKETCHES By JOSEPH WOLF. MADE FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FROM ANIMALS IN THEIR VIVARIUM. EDITED, WITH NOTES,By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, , , , SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. This series of Drawings was undertaken with the object of preserving a faithful record of theliving characters of the most rare and interesting Animals in the Vivariu
. A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulid and Bucconid . PKINTED BY TAYLOR AND IMtANClS, ) MON COUIiT, STRECT,. Frice £25, in two Volumes, hound in half-morocco^ containing 100 Coloured Plates. ZOOLOGICAL SKETCHES By JOSEPH WOLF. MADE FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FROM ANIMALS IN THEIR VIVARIUM. EDITED, WITH NOTES,By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, , , , SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. This series of Drawings was undertaken with the object of preserving a faithful record of theliving characters of the most rare and interesting Animals in the Vivarium of the ZoologicalSociety of London. In selecting the subjects, particular regard has been paid to those species which exhibitaptitude for acclimatization, either as objects of economic value, or simply as additions to theExotic Animals which are now so frequently seen in the parks and on the ornamental waters ofEurope. The Drawings have been executed in Water Colours, after most careful study, by Mr. Wolf,who may be fairly said to stand alone in minute knowledge of the habits and forms of Mammaliaas well as of Birds; and the Lithographic c
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