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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA.
BY
JOHN GOULD, F.R.S.,
F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.E.S., F.ETHN.S., F.R.GEOG.S., M. RAY S., HON. MEMB. OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TURIN, OF THE ROY. ZOOL. SOC. OF IRELAND, OF THE PENZANCE NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE WORCESTER NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OF DARMSTADT AND OF THE TASMANIAN SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, ETC.
IN SEVEN VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20, BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE.
1848.
TO
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY
VICTORIA,
QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
THIS WORK,
ON THE
BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,
IS, WITH HER ROYAL PERMISSION,
DEDICATED
BY HER MAJESTY’S
MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL
SUBJECT AND SERVANT,
JOHN GOULD.
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HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE FRENCH.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SARDINIA.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.
HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.
HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF LEUCHTENBURG.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF HESSE DARMSTADT.
HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE MAXIMILIAN DE WIED.
HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF CANINO.
HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE D’ESSLING.
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