41. BELCHER (SIR EDWARD). The Last of the Arctic Voyages. With Notes on the Natural History by Sir John Richardson, etc. Illustrated with charts, woodcuts and 36 colored plates. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1855 FIRST EDITION. 42. BELDING (LYMAN). Land Birds of the Pacific District. Royal 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut. San Francisco, 1890 Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. 43. BENDIRE (CHARLES). Life Histories of North American Birds, with special reference to their Breeding Habits and Eggs With 19 large colored plates containing 386 Eggs. 2 vols., royal 4to, cloth, uncut. Washington, 1892-95 Autograph of Elliott Coues on title-page. One a presentation copy from the Author. 44. BEWICK (THOMAS). History of British Birds. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts by the author. 2 vols., with Supplement. Together 3 vols. imp. 8vo, crushed green levant morocco, gilt line borders on backs and sides, gilt tops, uncut, by Rivière. 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American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States not given in Wilson. Illustrated with 27 large plates of Birds drawn from Nature by Titian R. Peale and engraved by Alex. Lawson, all beautifully colored by hand. 4 vols. royal 4to, half red morocco (rubbed). Philadelphia, 1825-33 FIRST EDITION OF EACH VOLUME, A continuation of Wilson's American Ornithology, and very much rarer than the original work. Vol. 1 contains a Table by M. Duponceau, giving 27 different Indian Names for the Wild Turkey. The signed portion of an A. L. s. of Prince Bonaparte is laid in. 59. The Genera of North American Birds, and a Synopsis of the Species found within the Territory of the United States. 8vo, half sheep (some pp. foxed). New York, 1828 On the title-page is inscribed by Prince Bonaparte "Issachar Cozzens presented by the Author." Later from the Library of G. N. Lawrence, with his autograph and annotations. 60. 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