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THOMAS C JERDON, Illustrations of Indian Ornithology: Containing Fifty Figures of New, Unfigured and Interesting Species of Birds, Chiefly from the South of India, Madras: P R Hunt, American Mission Press, 1847

Title leaf, plate list, and 23 hand-coloured lithographs (of 50) with accompanying text, species list on the leaf at end. The plates are numbered from XLI - L and then (in manuscript) from XIII - XXV, the captions corresponding to the numbers on the plate are listed at the front
Green leather-bound with gilt text on a maroon label at the spine with 5 raised bands
30.2 x 23.5 x 3.5 cm

This book has become a valuable and scarce rarity in the world of ornithological bibliography and bibliophily. It was the first lithographic work, on birds, that showcased the work of native Indian artists, and a native Indian who lithographed and printed nearly half the plates.

LIST OF PLATES

1. Nisaetus Bonelli [MISSING]
2. Leucocirca Albofrontata [MISSING]
3. Zanclostomus Viridirostris [MISSING]
4. Accipiter Besra [MISSING]
5. Picus Hodgsonii [MISSING]
6. Prinia Cursitans [MISSING]
7. Muscipeta Paradisea [MISSING]
8. Turdus Wardii [MISSING]
9. Scolopax Nemoiicola [MISSING]
10. Pterocles Quadricinctus [MISSING]
11. Phfenicornis Flammeus [MISSING]
12. Falco Peregrinator [MISSING]
13. Crateropus Delesserti
14. Muscicapa Albicaudata
15. Oriolus Indicus
16. Ardea Flavicollis
17. Lanius Nigriceps
18. Pateornis Columboides
19. Malacocircus Griseus
20. Petrocincla Pandoo
21. Vinago Bicincta
22. Pastor Blythii
23. Dendrocygna Major
24. Caprimulgus Indicus
25. Ceyx Tridactyla
26. Bucco Viridis [MISSING]
27. Buteo Rufiventer [MISSING]
28. Falco Peregrinator [MISSING]
29. Accipiter Besra [MISSING]
30. Strix Candidus [MISSING]
31. Brachypus Poioicephalus [MISSING]
32. Muscicapula Sapphira [MISSING]
33. Otis Aurita [MISSING]
34. Anas Caryophyllacea [MISSING]
35. Pycnonotus Xantholasnius [MISSING]
36. Pterocles Quadricinctus [MISSING]
37. Brachypus Rubineus [MISSING].br.38. Mirafra Erythroptera [MISSING]
39. Dicaeum Concolor [MISSING]
40. Picus Cordatus [MISSING]
41. Scops Sunia
42. Francolinus Benulasa
43. Phyllornis Jerdoni
44. Falco Luggur
45. Anthus Similis
46. Parus Nuchalis
47. Picus Ceylonus
48. Columba Elphinstonii
49. Xiphoramphus Superciliaris
50. Indicator Xantlionotus