Snow, David

The Cotingas: Bellbirds, Umbrellabirds and Allies

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. Pp. 203, 22 full page color plates by Martin Woodcock, 30 full page distribution maps. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in white on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book monographs the family Cotingidae, some of the most spectacular birds of the American tropics - the 65 species of the bellbirds, umbrellabirds and related species. This family evolved in South America when it was an island continent isolated from all other land masses. This resulted in a diverse assemblage of species of some of the most brilliantly plumaged of all birds. This volume is co-published by The British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket with one small tear repaired..

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Book number: 7273

Catalogue: Ornithology

Stejneger, Leonhard

Results of Ornithological Explorations in the Commander Islands and in Kamtschatka

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. Pp. 382; 7 full-page chromolithographs of the heads of birds, 1 full-page line drawing of a bird's head, 7 text-figures (line-drawings of birds), 1 sketch-map of Kamtchatka and adjacent countries. One-half burgundy leather over purple pebbled-cloth boards, spine with eight sets of gilt-panel lines, spine lettered in gilt in four compartments, and with gilt emblem of the General Assembly of New Zealand Library on the front board, marbled endpapers, page edges decorated in faint red dots, lg 8vo. From the series: United States National Museum Bulletin no. 29. Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851-28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. From 1882 to 1883, while working for the Smithsonian, Stejneger took part in an exploration mission to Bering Island, the Commander Islands and Kamchatka. The result was this review of the species of birds collected or observed. This was Stejneger's first major monograph (from Wiki). This volume is ex-libris from the General Assembly of New Zealand Library with its emblem on the front cover and gilt call number on the spine. There are no other library marks or any ownership marks. Mild bump to top outer front corner, light edgewear to outer joints, a few creases in the plate tissue guards, a bright and clean copy in near fine copy..

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Book number: 8932

Catalogue: Ornithology

Stiles, F. Gary and Skutch, Alexander F.

A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1989. First edition. Pp. i-ix, 511; 52 color plates by Dana Gardner, 17 figures of black-and-white photo. Publisher’s original gray cloth, lettered in black on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, large 8vo. Describes an avifauna of 830 species in this tropical country. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9782

Catalogue: Ornithology

Stoddard, Herbert L.

Memoirs of a Naturalist

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1969. First edition. Pp. xix, 303, 4 color plates by Sutton, 80+ black-and-white photos. Publisher’s original light tan cloth, lettered in green on the spine and with an illustration of Stoddard’s signature on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. The introduction to this volume is by George Miksch Sutton. Small newspaper clipping noting Stoddard’s death in 1970 tipped into the frontis matter, Stoddard died one year after his memoir was published. This memoir presents a story of Stoddard’s lifetime spent in the cause of leading his fellow Americans to the awareness of the value of our natural resources in both economic and aesthetic terms. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge only. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Signature of Fred Ott dated 10/23/91 on the half title page. A rare work. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket..

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Book number: 9837

Catalogue: Ornithology

Stout, G.D., Matthiessen. P., Palmer, R.S. & Clem, R.V.

The Shorebirds of North America

New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First edition. Pp. 270, 32 full page color plates by Robert Clem. Publisher’s original cream-colored cloth, spine with two brown cloth labels lettered in gilt, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (14 1/4 x 10 inches). Both an art book and a complete reference book, this is the first work to cover the shorebirds of North American continent with such richness of pictorial reproduction, distinction, and readability of text, and authoritative technical detail. The 32 paintings, in opaque watercolor, are reproduced in six-color lithography (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with one repaired tear..

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Book number: 9693

Catalogue: Ornithology

Sundman, Gosta and Palmen, J. A.

Finska Fogelägg / Eggs of Finnish Birds / Suomen Lintuin Munia

Helsingfors: Finska Litterattur-Sallskapets Trycheri, 1879-1888. First edition. Pp. viii, xiii, x, ix, xvi (=56 total pages of text); 25 chromolithograph plates featuring a total of 234 individual figures of eggs. Early full black morocco leather, spine with four raised bands that are gilt decorated and bordered by gilt panel lines, the title and author are lettered in gilt in the second compartment, front and rear covers bordered in gilt and with beveled edges, original color pictorial endpapers, (original pictorial front wrapper is bound in place) oblong folio (10 x 13.5 inches; 25 x 34 cm). According to Casey Wood, McGill Library (p. 587): The work was issued in nine parts with 3 plates in each part of parts 1-7 and two in each of parts 8 and 9. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in 1879 and parts 8 and 9 in 1888. The text by J. A. Palmen was issued in parts I-V in German and Swedish, printed in parallel columns. The figures on the plates are in Latin, Swedish and Finnish. Zimmer Ayer Library (p. 611-12) lists this title but states that no text was present in their copy. Anker, Bird Books (p. 201-202) lists the same collation as the Casey Wood collation presented above but states the text must have been interrupted after Part V by Palmen. Anker also notes that this work is ""the first chromo-lithographic atlas published in Finland."" Without doubt this is a rare volume, especially when bound in a 'fine binding' as seen here. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Very light foxing to the final few color plates; a very clean and bright copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 8600

Catalogue: Ornithology

Sutton, George M.

The Exploration of Southhampton Island, Section 2: The Birds of Southhampton Island

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1932. First edition Pp. 275, 14 plates - 5 in color, 2 text-figures. Publisher's printed green wraps, folio. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, vol. XII, Pt. II, Sections 2. This is the complete work on birds. Wraps a little browned along the spine and outer borders of the front and rear covers, no ownerships marks, a tight, clean, unused copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 2552

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds avifauna

Sutton, George M.

Mexican Birds: First Impressions, based upon an Ornithological Expedition to Tamaulipas, Neuvo Leon and Coahuila

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1951. First edition. Pp. xv, 282, 16 color plates and 65 pen and ink sketches by Sutton. Publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Signature of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper. Faint name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on top page edge. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a slight edge-worn but very good dust jacket..

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Book number: 9726

Catalogue: Ornithology

Tanaka, Ryosuke (editor)

The Collection of Famous Paintings on the Early Showa Era (in Japanese)

Tokyo: Tokyokai, 1935. First edition Pp. 140; 65 full page halftone plates. Brown cloth-covered limp boards, lettered in gold-lined label on the front cover, sewn with silk cord on the right side, in blue cloth-covered folding hard slipcase with two bone clasps that close the box, oblong folio (7 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches). Text is Japanese. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A tight and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine folding box..

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Book number: 5840

Catalogue: Ornithology

Tanner, James T.

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2003. Reprint. Pp. 111, frontispiece, 20 plates, 22 text-figures. Publisher’s printed pictorial blue laminated wrappers, lettered in black on the cover, lettered in white on spine, 8vo. This volume is a reprint of the 1942 volume on the ivory-billed woodpecker. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9196

Catalogue: Ornithology

Tawari, S. K.

Zoo Geography of India and South East Asia

Delhi, India: CBS Publishers and Distributors, 1985. First edition. Pp. (12), 459; 41 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in white on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. The present book is an attempt to highlight the faunal richness of the Oriental region. The book explains in a lucid manner as to how different vertebrate animals have radiated in the in the Eastern archipelago of Asia, the Indochinese peninsula and in subcontinental India. Distributional range of hundreds of species of freshwater fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals have been arranged systematically. The book not only accounts for numerous faunal assemblages but also reminds us of the need for conservation of so many splendid South East Asian species of animals which are on the verge of extinction. No ownership marks. A bight and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8222

Catalogue: Ornithology

Thompson, B. H.

History and Present Status of the Breeding Colonies of the White Pelican (Pelecansu erythrorhynchos) in the United States

Washington DC: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1933. First edition. Pp. 82, 2 distribution maps. Original printed brown wrappers, bound in one-quarter brown cloth over dark-brown marbled boards. Contribution of the Wild Life Division, Occasional Paper no. 1. A rare early work on the white pelican in a very attractive binding. A tight copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 9741

Catalogue: Ornithology

Tikader, B. K. and Das, A. K.

Glimpses of Animal Life of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Calcutta, India: Zoological Survey of India, 1985. First edition Pp. xi, 170, 50 plates (40 are in color), 1 two-color map. Publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg. 8vo. Presents an overview of the reptiles and amphibians along with the mammal and bird species of this isolated island group off the coasts of Burma and Thailand in the Bay of Bengal. The photos are printed on quality art paper. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8219

Catalogue: Ornithology

Todd, W.E. Clyde

Birds of the Labrador Peninsula and Adjacent Areas: A Distributional List

Vermillion, SD: Buteo Books, 1980. Second edition. Pp. xii, 822, 8 color plates, one color folding map, numerous distribution maps and black-and-white photos (un-numbered). Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, thick sm 4to. This is an exhaustive treatment based on the author's observations and fieldwork in Labrador conducted between 1901 and 1958. At the end of the text there is a Gazetteer of Localities, an Index to Families and an index to the Names of Birds. This work was originally published by the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh in 1963. The work was re-issued by Buteo Books in 1980 with a new binding, a biographical note by Kenneth C. Parkes, and a new errata sheet at the end of the work. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7821

Catalogue: Ornithology

Todd, Frank S.

Natural History of the Waterfowl

Vista, California: Ibis Publishing, 1996. First edition. Pp. xi, 490; 750+ color photographs of waterfowl and habitats. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches). Provides coverage of each of the more than 160 members of the ducks, geese, swans and screamers of the world. Includes information on habitat, plumage, migration, feeding, courtship, and mortality of the world's Waterfowl. This is the definitive on the Anseriformes and a valuable resource to anyone interested in Waterfowl. A beautiful copy printed on clay-coated paper with spectacular color photographs. Warmly inscribed by the author to George Archibald, conservationist and co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. No signs of wear. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9690

Catalogue: Ornithology