The Birds of North and Middle America: a Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds Known to Occur in North ... the West Indies and Other Islands of the.. by Ridgway Robert 1850-1929 - 2013-01-28

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1941. Paperback. Very Good -. Title continued: "of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds Known to Occur in North America, from the Artic Lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago." ix, [1], 254 p.: 16 in-text drawings; 24 cm. Beige paper covers printed in black. Stamp at the head of the front cover and title page for the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Philadelphia. Bookplate for the Foundation inside front cover stamped "Withdrawn." Pages and plates are largely unopened. Contents: Family Gruidae--The Cranes; Family Rallidae -- The Rails, Coots, and Gallinules; Family Heliornithidae -- The Sun-grebes; Family Eurypygidae -- The Sun-bitterns. Robert Ridgway (1850-1929), was an American ornithologist appointed in 1880 as the first full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum. An outstanding descriptive taxonomist, he wrote The Birds of North… Read More

Government Printing Office. Good. 1907; 973 Pages; Green cloth covered boards; 1/4 Leather bound; Wear on spine and edges from shelving; Discoloration on edges of front cover; Spine wear is tearing; Front hinge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked

Government Printing Office, 1911. Paperback. Good. Paperback. THIS IS PART 5 ONLY. 857 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear...rear cover torn and creased. Creasing on spine. Book shelf-cocked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1919. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Part 8 only. Small quarto. 852pp. + plates. Illustrated with black and white plates. Ex-Yonkers Museum of Science and Arts with stamp on front fly. Hinges cracked, corners and spine ends bumped with rubbed boards, good only.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. Ex-library with the usual markings.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. Ex-library with the usual markings. The front endpage is partially detached.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. Ex-library with the usual markings.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. Ex-library with the usual markings.

Government Printing Office. Acceptable. 1902; 834 Pages; Black cloth covered boards; 1/4 Leather bound; Wear on spine and edges; Spine is tearing and worn with attempted tape repair; Scuffing on both covers; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The birds of North and Middle America : a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of .