Brachyurus Nympha. A Monograph of the Pittidae, or, Family of Ant-Thrushes

by Daniel Giraud Elliot

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First edition

Elliot, Daniel Giraud.A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1861- 1863.This plate: Brachyurus Nympha.Original hand-colored lithograph by Bowen & Co. Philadelphia .Sheet size approx. 21 x 14 in.First edition. Elliot's first ornithological work with his own illustrations, and quite possibly the scarcest of his major monographs.

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