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Field ornithology : comprising a manual of instruction for procuring, preparing and preserving birds, and a check list of North American birds

by: Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Check list of North American birds; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, former owner. DSI; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899, inscriber. DSI; Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1874

Topics: Birds, Birds, Birds

Publisher: Salem [Mass.] : Naturalists' Agency ; Boston : Estes & Lauriat ; New York : Dodd & Mead

Collection: biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Title vignette

"Printed at the Salem Press, F.W. Putnam & Co."--Verso of t.p

The third page grouping ([1]-137) is the Check list of North American birds, which was also issued separately. This section is separately paged, with text and numbering appearing on the recto side of each leaf only

Additions and corrections to the manual appear on p. 113-116 (2nd group), and those for the Check list appear on p. 123-137 (3rd group)

The final 3 p. are publisher's advertisements

Includes bibliographical references

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.

extracted picklist

SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088009939596) has bookplates: 1. Jonathan Dwight Jr.; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with Mrs. Tucker's collation note on t.p

SCNHRB c. 1 has the copyright statement that should have appeared on the verso of the t.p. misprinted upside down over the text of the Contents listing on p. iii

SCNHRB c. 1 has publisher's gold-, black-, and blind-stamped blue embossed cloth publisher's binding with brown polished endpapers

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015707243) inscribed in ink on 2nd front free endpaper: Prof. S.F. Baird with kindest regards of Elliott Coues

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on t.p.: Library, National Museum Smithsonian Institution Nov 27 1888 [ms. acc. no.] 126338

SCNHRB c. 2 has slip of paper with copyright information tipped-in following t.p

SCNHRB c. 2 in original purple publisher's cloth binding, title stamped in black on front cover with gilt vignette, title in gilt on spine

Addeddate: 2012-11-30 16:51:11

Associated-names: Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Check list of North American birds; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, former owner; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899, inscriber; Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner