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Plate 1
Plate I

Thyrothorus Bewicki
(Bewick's Wren?)

Cotuurniculus Passerinus
(Western yellow-winged Sparrow?)

$30
(tear in lower margin below title,
original paint smears?)

III Tanager
Plate III

Pyranga Aestiva var. Cooperi
(Cooper's Tanager?)


$45
(light smears/foxing in lower right corner)

IV Goldfinches
Plate IV

Chrysomitris Psaltria var. Arizonae
(Arizona Goldfinch)

Chrysomitris Psaltria
(Goldfinch)


$55
(light smear/foxing above title)

Brown-capped rosy finch male
Plate V

Leucosticte Australis
(Brown-capped Rosy Finch, male)


$65

VI rosy finch female
Plate VI

Leucosticte Australis
(Brown-capped Rosy Finch, female)


$45

White-crowned Sparrow
Plate VII

Zonotrichia Leucophrys, var. Cambeli, Ad.
(Ridgway's Sparrow?)

Zonotrichia Leucophrys, var. Intermedia, Ad.
(White-crowned Sparrow?)


$75

XIII Jay
Plate XIII

Perisoreus Canadensis
var. Capitalis ad.
(Rocky Mountain Grey Jay?)


$75

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Plate XIV

Myiodynastes Luteiventrius, male
(Yellow-bellied Flycatcher?)


$65

IX Junco
Plate IX

Junco Cinereus, male
(Arizona Junco or Red-backed Junco?)


$70

Arizona jay
Plate XII

Cyanocitta Ultramarin, var. Arizonae ad.
(Arizona Jay?)


$55

XXI crow detail
Plate XXI

38th, 39th, 41st Parallels
(unidentified Crow/Blackbird with detail of wings and foot)


$45

XXIII crow
Plate XXIII

47th Parallel
(unidentified Crow/Blackbird with detail of wings and foot)


$45

XXIV crow
Plate XXIV

47th Parallel
(unidentified Crow/Blackbird with detail of wings and foot)


$45

XXV crow
Plate XXV

38th, 39th, 41st Parallels
(unidentified Crow/Blackbird with detail of wings and foot)


$45

Cal/Or crow
Plate XXVI

California & Oregon
(unidentified Crow/Blackbird with detail of wings and foot)


$45

Williamson's Sapsucker
Plate XXXIV

32th Parallel (East)

no title
(Williamson's Sapsucker) [woodpecker]


$90

Florida Crow, Fish Crow
Plate LXVII

Birds of North America

Corvus Floridanus
(Florida Crow)

Corvus Ossifragus
(Fish Crow)


$65

XXV crow
Plate LVIII

United States & Mexican Boundary

Quiscalus Macrourus
(Long-tailed Grackle?)

note: damp staining around edges


$30
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"Reports of Explorations and Survey to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean"

from the United State Pacific Railroad Expedition and Surveys (USPRR)
Volume V ZOOLOGY (circa 1856)

drawn principally by R. Ridgway
lithography by T. Sinclair & Son of Philadelphia

Color lithographs with some hand finishing • Titles mostly Latin
Sheet size: approximately 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

In the 1850s the United States Army conducted extensive surveys to ascertain the best route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. The final reports consist of 13 quarto volumes with hundreds of full page lithographs and numerous maps. The itineraries of the field parties, together with the illustrations, gave Americans their first comprehensive descriptions of the West. Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, arranged for naturalists to accompany the field parties. A wealth of biological material was obtained and the greater portion of the reports is devoted to descriptions of the plants and animals (mainly vertebrates) found in this vast region. Below are some of the birds.

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