BIBLIOTHECA ANIMALIS

and beautifully illuminated, with a short description.
Idem. A Natural History of English Song-Birds, and such Foreign ones as are esteemed for their Singing; with the Cock, Hen and Egg, of each Species; engraven from the Life and curiously coloured. 8v. Ib. 1737.
Idem. A natural History of English Song-Birds and Such of foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their Singing. London, 1739.
This is a history of songbirds, both those bred in England itself and those imported from foreign lands, which are especially beloved because of their beautiful singing. The birds are all neatly engraved in copper, and as an appendix the different species of cocks, hens, and eggs are drawn from nature; likewise, a special report is provided on how one should handle canaries during the breeding season.
Conf. Neue Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen New Newspapers of Learned Matters. Anno 1739. p. 829.
Theod. Albmair, The four elements explained in XXV. Discourses, in which one discusses the principal things that are born in them, that is, musk, civet, etc. 4t. Florence, 1668.