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Humming birds, described and illustrated : with an introductory sketch of their structure, plumage, haunts, habits, etc.

by: Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 1812-1881; Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856. My humming birds; Hewitt, Sarah Cooper, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1862

Topics: Juvenile literature, Hummingbirds

Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons

Collection: biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

statement of responsibility: by H.G. Adams ; with eight coloured plates and several wood engravings

Series from publisher's advertisement on final p

Hand-colored plates, accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets

"My humming birds, by C.W. Webber"--P. [55]-70

CHMRB copy 39088009903709 has ms. ink inscription on front free endpaper: Sally Hewitt, Xmas, 1864

CHMRB copy has bookplates: 1. Presented by Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Dec. 1922; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Accession no. 1325

CHMRB copy has publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped olive green embossed cloth binding with yellow endpapers; in archival box for preservation