ROTSCHILD Lionel Walter

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ROTSCHILD Lionel Walter
The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands. With a complete history to date of the birds of Hawaiian possessions. Illustrated with coloured and black plates by Messrs Keukemans and Frohawk... London Porter 1893.-1900. Trois parties reliées en 2 vol. in folio. Demi-chagrin à coins, dos à nerfs. Tête dorée. Couv. cons. T.1- xx, xiv et 106 pp. T.2- Pagination 107 à 320. 83 lithographies dont52 en couleurs. «This important regional monograph is based on the collecting activities of Henry Palmer who was engaged by Rothschild in the Hawaiian Islands from December 1890 to August 1893. Palmer procured all the known resident land-birds and most of the sea-birds, a total yield of 1,832 specimens. Fifteen species were entirely new to science, and several birds new to the islands. Extracts from Palmer's diary on Laysan Island and a summary of his stay in the Sandwich Islands form part of the work, while one of the plates is a lithographed portrait of the orthinologist «among the frigate birds, Laysan Island». Dos passé. [Anker 429; Zimmer II-532; Nissen 794].
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