MURRAY, JAMES A.

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies. A systematic Account with Descriptions of all known Species of Birds inhabiting British India...Habits, Nidification, &c... 2 vols.

London & Bombay, Trübner & Co. etc., 1888-90.

2 orig. full pictorial cloth, richly gilt. Spine ends worn and covers somewhat soiled. (6),XXIV,VIII,325;VII,XVII,838,42 pp., many woodcut illustrations in the text and 39 lithographed plates of which 19 are handcoloured. Some browning, brownspots and some plates with small tears.

First edition of this importent work on the avifauna of India, originally issued in 7 parts. - Wood p. 476. - Zimmer p. 450.

Order-nr.: 31026