List XXVIII. Birds

List XXVIII. Birds includes over 250 works in all disciplines of ornithology.  Titles cover disciplines of taxonomy and classification, identification and morphology, anatomy and physiology, distribution and biogeography, habitat and ecology, exploration, and vertebrate paleontology. Some noteworthy items include a 1934 1st edition 4th printing of Roger Torrey Peterson’s Field Guide to the Birds, 1982 special edition Baby Elephant Folio of Audubon’s Birds of America, James DeKay’s gorgeously hand colored Zoology of New York Part II- Birds from 1844, and the stunningly illustrated two volume set of Hummingbirds from Sir William Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library. Also included are several beautifully rendered original bird prints form John James Audubon’s 1840-1844 Octavo edition of Birds of America.