Outlines of American ornithology : part 1, Land birds / S.F. Baird and R. Ridgway

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Notes: Cover title.; Preface dated January 8, 1874. Stamped on leaf [1]: Mar 27 1872.; Proof sheets. A laid-in citation, source unknown, states "... the work was never published, and the electrotype plates were destroyed."; Verso of each leaf blank, thick black rules at edges.; Includes indexes.; Consists of analytical and diagnostic tables of History of North American birds by Baird, T.M. Brewer, and Ridgway.; Also available online.; SCNHRB copy (39088015712193) stamped on cover wrapper: Smithsonian Institution National Museum May 28 1919 [ms. acc. no.] 246137.; SCNHRB copy has leaf 66 bound following no. 87.; SCNHRB copy includes ms. corrections in ink.; SCNHRB copy bound in navy buckram; title in gilt on spine, stamped at foot: unpublished.; Elecresource

Author: Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887; Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929; Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 History of North American birds

Physical description: iii p., 152 [i.e. 166], [3] leaves, [5] leaves of plates ; 23 cm