Author: Forbes, W. A.
Title: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir. C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Zoology. Volume IV. Report on the anatomy of the petrels (Tubinares) collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, in the years 1873-1876.
Description: London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1882. Large 4to. 64 pp.; 33 wood-engravings in the text, seven lithographed plates (three in chromolithography) with explanatory text leaves. Disbound. = From the famous series, The zoology of the Challenger Expedition, volume IV, part XL, with fine anatomical plates. The text figures are anatomical or morphological; one is unnumbered and page-sized, showing the author's view on the phylogeny of the group. The lower quarter of the plate damp-stained, otherwise a good copy. Rare, especially when complete and far superior to the later reprint. Nissen ZBI, 4754.

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