(BIRDS) Gould John A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family

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(BIRDS.) Gould, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds . . . Supplement. Compiled by R. Bowdler Sharpe. 58 hand-colored lithographed plates, plus 5 additional plates from the series. Folio, unbound; each plate with small embossed owner's name in the lower margin on the left and beneath the imprint (can easily be matted out). London, 1887

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Includes: title-page, plate list, contents leaf, and the plates. Also includes the plate list for Volume 1 and 2 plates from that volume: Phaethornis Eremita and Phaethornis Pygmaeus. There are 3 additional plates from a later volume in the series: Calothorax Calliope, Gouldia Laetitiae, and Gouldia Popelairi.