Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney :
F.W. White, printer,
1901-14.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Special catalogue (Australian Museum) ;
no. 1. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Australian Museum, Sydney. "Second edition of catalogue no. 12, entirely re-written, with additions." Previous edition entitled : "Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania". "The original drawings of birds, from which the figures have been re-produced, were made by the late Mr. Neville Cayley, who also coloured the plates of eggs in the coloured copies."--Introduction. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Each volume was published in parts, the details of which appear on the reverse of the Introduction to vols. 1-3, and the reverse of the Title page for vol.4. Part publication details: Vol 1 pts 1-4, 1901-1904 -- Vol 2 pts 1-3, 1906-1909 -- Vol 3 pts 1-5, 1911-1912 -- Vol 4 pts 1-5, 1913-1914. Plates B1-B25, the photographs of eggs which are included with the parts as published, have not been bound into this set of 4 vols. Plates A1-A20, the photographs of nests, have been bound in place. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 v. : ill., plates ; 32 cm. |