CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN AND FANNING ISLANDS AND LOWER CALIFORNIA, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNITED STATES NORTH PACIFIC SURVEYING EXPEDITION, 1873-75
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo: 172 pp. From the library of Dr. Louis Bennett Bishop (1865-1950), a noted ornithologist whose collection resides at the Field Museum in Chicago, with his ink stamp to the front flyleaf. Original rust cloth binding, with a gilt-stamped black leather spine label. The spine is darkened a bit, with some rubbing to the corners and tips; else very good. Barrett 2336.
Bound with four other reports:
Anthony, Alfred W. NEW BIRDS FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. Extract from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d Ser., II - October 11, 1889. Octavo: 73-82 pp.
Bryant, Walter E. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF SOME LOWER CALIFORNIAN BIRDS, With a description of the young plummage of Geothlypis Beldingi. PROVISIONAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SUPPOSED NEW MAMMALS FROM CALIFORNIA AND LOWER CALIFORNIA. Extract from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d Ser., II - June 20, 1889. Octavo: 8 pp.
Bryant, Walter E. A CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. Extract from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d Ser., II - December 17, 1889. Octavo: 237-320 pp.
Brewster, William. BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. XLI, No. 1. Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1902. With a presentation slip from the author tipped in ahead of the title page. Octavo: 241, [1] pp. with a folding map. Very good. Item #78479
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