American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. Small call number of the

Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket and name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge

Edwards believed that the Black and Blue Creeper was also described as the Guira Coereba of Markgrave

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no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding

3 line-drawings

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. “Philadelphia Edition” with 103 hand-colored plates, 5 vols (3 text, 2 plates), complete. Small call number of thePp. Text: [iii] cxxxii, 214; [iii] viii, 9 390; [vi] viii, xvi, 9 426; Plates: title page, 2 pp index of plates, 76 plates; title page of Bonaparte Supplement, 1 pp index of plates, 27 plates for a total of 103 hand colored lithographed plates featuring nearly 400 figures of birds, most by Alexander Lawson after Wilson and Rider. Publisher's original half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt, all edges