On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.

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On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson. ONLY Vol 2, part III and IV (From set of 2).

Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman as part of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia series. 1837.

Good hardback with no jacket, cloth boards with leather spine and corners, marbled end-papers and edges, binding firm, some rubbing, chipping, bumping, foxing, fading and marks, no owner inscriptions, book plate inside front board, light tanning, foxing to page edges, first and last few pages are heavily foxed, some creasing, minor marks. 398 pages, illustrated.

On the Natural History and Classification of Birds is a seminal two-volume work by the English zoologist and ornithologist William Swainson,. The book covers the general natural history of birds, including their anatomy, adaptations for flight, and the formation of nests. It also delves into the principles of ornithological bibliography, nomenclature, and methods for collecting and preserving specimens. A significant portion of the work is dedicated to Swainson's classification of birds into various orders, tribes, and families, which he approached from an ardent, albeit now outmoded, belief in the 'quinary' system of classification, emphasizing analogies and patterns in nature. Several bird species are still named after Swainson, attesting to his significant contributions to ornithology, even if some of his own species classifications have since been revised.

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On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds Vol II (part III and IV ) by William Swainson.
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