Ornithological Papers on New Guinea and Neighbouring Islands

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Salvadori, Tommaso. [Collection of 29 ornithological papers]. Genoa, 1874-91. Together in two volumes octavo, in total approx. 780 pages, with 2 hand-coloured plates, binder's cloth retaining the wrappers., A rare series, entirely relating to the birds of New Guinea and neighbouring islands, including catalogues of specimens collected by D'Albertis on his Fly River expeditions of 1876 and 1877. Offprinted from the Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.

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