AUTHOR:
Jardine, William, Sir (1800-1874)
TITLE: The
natural history of the Nectariniadae, or sun-birds. Illustrated by thirty-two
coloured plates, with portrait and memoir of Willoughby.
IMPRINT:
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1843.
COLLATION: [i-xvi,
17]-277, [1] p., 1 leaf: front. (port.), ill., 30 col. plates; 17 cm.
SERIES:
The naturalist’s library. Ornithology. v. 13.
NOTES:
Engraved half t.p. “A study of Sun-birds including the Little violet-banded,
the Scarlet-bellied and the Carmelite Sun-bird. The work, preceded by a portrait
and memoir of the English naturalist Francis Willoughby, was published as part
of the author’s Naturalist’s Library.” — Hünersdorff,
List 2: Medicine, Sciences & Natural History
REFERENCES:
Nissen, Illustrierte Vogelbücher, 471; Anker, Bird Books and Bird
Art, no. 224.
KEYWORDS: 1. Sunbirds. 2. Willoughby,
Francis (1635-1672)
LOCATION: QL696.P257J37 1843