Report on a Zoological Collection made by the Officers of H.M.S. 'Flying‐Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Description:

With contributions from R. Bowdler Sharpe on Birds, G.A. Boulenger on Reptiles, E.A. Smith on Mollusca, A.G. Butler on Lepidoptera, A. Dendy in Porifera, and others. Fine hand-coloured lithographs by J. Smit (2 mammals) and J.G. Keulemans (1 bird). Offprint from Proc. Zoo. Soc. Lon. 55(3): 507-526.

Condition

8vo, orig. plain wrappers creased, chipped, and detached. Signature of one of the contributors, the zoologist Arthur Dendy (1865-1925) to the front wrapper.