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Key to North American birds: containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland

Key to North American birds: containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland

Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899

Book . English.
2nd ed., rev. to date, and entirely rewritten, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds
Published Boston : Estes & Lauriat 1884

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    Edition statment: by Elliott Coues.
    Physical Description: xxx, 863p ; 27 cm.
    Subject: Birds, Fossil North America.; Birds Collection and preservation.; Ornithology.; Birds North America.
    Copy: JRUL copy: handwritten letter from the author, at 3 Hanover Square, W, 26 August, 1884, pasted on to flyleaf: 'My Dear [?] / I am sorry not to / meet you yesterday. I shall only be / in town a day or two longer, and / fear our next meeting must be deferred until, perhaps, another year. / By the way, on calling at / my booksellers, I learned that your / copy of the new Key to N. Amer. Birds / has been received and sent to your / city address. I hope it reached you / safely, and beg you to accept it with my best regards. / Sincerely yours, / Elliott Coues'.
    Added Entry: General ornithology.; Field ornithology.