Notes on a Collection of Birds' Nests and Eggs From Southern Arizona Territory (Thayer copy)

Bendire, Capt. Chas. E.

Published by United States National Museum, Washington, DC, 1887

About this Item

Bound into three quarter black polished calf and marbled boards; gilt rules & titles to spine; matching marbled end sheets; top edge gilt. 8vo; 8 pp of text plus 32 blank sheets; Removed from Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 cm. v. 10, 1887, p. 551-558. Bears the bookplate of John Eliot Thayer on the front pastedown. Thayer, born in 1882, was a wealthy Boston-based amateur ornithologist. Thayer became ill in 1928, and donated his collection of 28,000 skins and 15,000 eggs and nests to Harvard. After Thayer's death Harvard received his collection of 3,500 mounted birds. A very nice copy of this work.

Seller Inventory # 004784

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Notes on a Collection of Birds' Nests and Eggs From Southern Arizona Territory (Thayer copy)
• Publisher: United States National Museum, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1887
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History
  • Ornithology
  • Birds