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    <dateIssued>1838-43</dateIssued>
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    <extent>4 v. 4 front. (port.) illus., 128 (i.e. 129) col. pl. 18 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>pt. 1. Birds of prey. Illustrated by thirty-six plates, with memoir and portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald.  1838.--pt. 2. Incessores.  Illustrated by thirty-two plates, with memoir and portrait of William Smellie.  1839.--pt. 3. Rasores and grallatores.  Illustrated by thirty-four coloured plates, with portrait and memoir of John Walker.  1842.--pt. 4. Natatores.  Illustrated by thirty-three coloured plates, with portrait and memoir of Wilson.  1843.</tableOfContents>
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