An account of the birds found in Norfolk including notices of some of the rarer species, which have occurred in the adjoining counties

Description:

Extracted from The Zoologist Vol. IV: 1300-1324, 1373-1393. These are the original papers, extracted from the journal and bound together. (The work was also reprinted separately with a title page).

Mullens & Swann p. 209 & 259.

Condition

8vo, cloth, spine worn, defective, with some loss. A few ink spots to final page. Good. Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958). Oates was a dedicated naturalist and book collector, and was instrumental in securing the home of Gilbert White as a permanent memorial to the naturalist and author. There he also established the Oates Memorial Museum and Library, which commemorated his cousin, Captain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912), a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition, and his uncle Frank Oates (1840-1875).