The Naturalist's Library II

In our last post we looked at Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library, a 40 volume set on the natural world arranged in 4 groups: Fishes, Insects, Birds, and Mammals. Following the images from Insects in our last post, here are some more images, this time from the Birds section.
The Library's Special Collections include a number of rare or valuable titles, some dating back to the sixteenth century. These titles are mostly held in the Mackintosh Library. Because of the value of these itmes, special access arrangement are in place, with viewing strictly by appointment only with our Academic Liasion Librarians.