A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant Thrushes (first edition) index of English and scientific

index of English and scientific names

It consolidates everything that is known about poison frogs

and some line-drawings by Goode

1 large triple-folding copper-engraved map of the southern coast of Africa

This is the definitive on the Anseriformes and a valuable resource to anyone interested in Waterfowl

A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant Thrushes (first edition) index of English and scientificPp. 1p: dedication to Philip Lutley Sclater, 1p: list of subscribers, 2p: preface, 14p: introduction, and with 31 fine hand colored lithographic plates, heightened with gum arabic (24 plates are signed by Elliot, 4 plates by Paul Louis Oudart, 1 plate is by E. Maubert, 1 plate is by Mesnel, 1 plate is unsigned). Each plate is accompanied by 2 3 pages of descriptive text. Bound in later one half green morocco leather over the original marbled boards