REPORT UPON NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS MADE IN ALASKA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1877 AND 1881. NO. III. ARCTIC SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. ARMY.

1887, 4to, 337pp, index, twelve color bird plates painted by Ridgway, and eight b&w fish plates. Ex-lib, Harvard Library, light blue covers moderately soiled, contents VG. Edited by Henry W. Henshaw, who completed the volume after Nelson was taken ill. Includes Part I. Birds of Alaska, With a Partial Bibliography of Alaskan Ornithology, by E. W. Nelson; Part II. Mammals of Northern Alaska, by E. W. Nelson and F. W. True; Part III. Field Notes on Alaskan Fishes, by E. W. Nelson, With Additional Notes by Tarleton H. Bean; Part IV. Insects. Report Upon the Diurnal Lepidoptera Collected in Alaska, by E. W. Nelson, by W. H. Edwards, With an Introduction by E. W. Nelson.