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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm02787126
040 $aCOO$cCOO$dOCLCG$dKRTAS$dSMI
049 $aSNI1$nosds 20110429
050 4 $aQL696.A2$bS27 1922a
090 $aQL696.A2$bS97 1921a
100 1 $aSwann, H. Kirke$q(Harry Kirke),$d1871-1926.
245 12 $aA synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) :$bcomprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution /$cby H. Kirke Swann.
250 $a2nd ed. rev. and corr. throughout.
260 $aLondon :$bPriv. print. for the author,$c[1921-1922]
300 $a[2], viii, 233, [12] p., [22] leaves of plates :$bcol. ill. ;$c33 cm.
500 $aLimited ed. of 28 copies privately printed on large paper, each having 22 coloured plates of eggs reproduced directly from photographs.
500 $aIssued in 4 parts (pt. 1 on 28 Sept. 1921; pt. 2 on 3 Jan. 1922; pt. 3 on 16 Feb. 1922; and pt. 4 on 20 May 1922).
500 $aA revised ed. of Swann's Synoptical list of the Accipitres (1920).
500 $a"For this second edition I have had the advantage of consulting Mr. W. Sclater's MS. list of the Accipitres ..."--Preface to 2nd ed.
500 $aSwann also drew on Richard Bowdler Sharpe's Catalogue of the Accipitres in the collection of the British Museum (1874) and Gray's Genera of birds (1844-1849) in writing this synopsis, as stated in the preface.
500 $aSome entries are marked to indicate that Swann's own collection included specimens of those species.
500 $a"Identical with the regular second edition in 8vo of the same date ... except for the size of the paper and the inclusion of a half-title, the colored plates, and the leaf of explanation of the latter ..."--Zimmer.
500 $aPlates color-lithographed by André & Sleigh, Ltd.
500 $aThe final group of pages includes addenda and errata leaves and the description of the plates.
500 $aIncludes index.
510 4 $aNissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher,$c916
510 4 $aAnker, J. Bird books,$c497
510 4 $aZimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.,$cp. 618-619
541 $aAbebooks.com (Melchior Books);$cpurchase;$d03/2011;$h$1820.79.
590 $aSCNHRB copy 39088015628514 is no. 15 of the limited ed.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. (armorial) John Colebrook-Robjent, with motto: Servato fidem; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has a contemporary red half-morocco leather binding with red cloth-covered boards, raised bands, gilt-lettered spine, and top edge gilt. The original printed cream-colored paper wrappers are bound in at the end of the volume.
600 10 $aSwann, H. Kirke$q(Harry Kirke),$d1871-1926$xNatural history collections$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aFalconiformes.
650 0 $aBirds of prey.
650 0 $aBirds$vClassification.
650 0 $aBirds$xEggs$vPictorial works.
700 1 $aSwann, H. Kirke$q(Harry Kirke),$d1871-1926.$tSynoptical list of the Accipitres.
700 1 $aGray, George Robert,$d1808-1872.
700 1 $aSclater, William Lutley,$d1863-1944.
700 1 $aSharpe, Richard Bowdler,$d1847-1909.
700 1 $aColebrook-Robjent, John F. R.,$d1935-2008,$eformer owner.$5DSI
710 2 $aAndré & Sleigh,$elithographer.
945 $aosds 5/2/2011 add 700 (item not in hand)
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$i39088015628514$nlc$trare